Operation Manual

Troubleshooting and tips
The battery discharges too quic
kly
Battery:
Cause
Troubleshooting
The battery is either too hot or
too cold. In this
case the battery indicator flas
hes.
► Bring the notebook up/ down to a normal
temperature again.
► If the ope rating time of the battery life is
extremely short, the battery is probably too
old. Replace battery if necessary.
You may have an application r unning that
consumes a great deal of po wer due to frequent
accessing o f the hard disk or optical drive.
► Use the mains adapter as frequently as
possible.
The maximum brightness may have been set
for the screen .
► Set the screen slightly darker with the
key c ombination for Decreasing the sc reen
brightness in order to reduce the amount of
power being drawn.
Acoustic warnings
Acousticerror me
ssages
Errors
Cause
Troubleshooting
A beep sounds every few seconds
The battery is almost flat.
► Charge the battery.
Error messages on the screen
Errormessag
esonthe screen
Errormessag
e:
This section describes the error messages generated by the BIOS Setup. Error messag es displayed
by the operating system or programme s are described in the relevant documentation.
If the error message appears repeatedly, despite troubleshooting measures, p lease
contact th e place of purchase or our customer service centre.
Error messag e/cause Resolution
CMOS battery bad
If the error message occu rs repeatedly, the
buffer battery in the notebook is flat.
► Contact your sales outlet or our customer
service centre.
System CMOS checksum bad - default configuration
used
The system configuration information is
incorrect.
► Switch the notebook off.
► Switch the notebook on.
► Press the function key
F2
to access the
BIOS Setup.
► In the BIOS Setup, select the Exit menu.
► Select the entry Load Setup Defaults .
► Select OK and press the Enter key.
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