Manual

Thescreenisunreadableordistorted.
Ensurethat:
•Thedisplaydevicedriverisinstalledcorrectly.
•Thescreenresolutionandcolorqualityarecorrectlyset.
•Themonitortypeiscorrect.
Incorrectcharactersaredisplayedonthescreen.
Ensurethattheoperatingsystemandprogramsarecorrectlyinstalledonyourcomputer.Iftheproblem
persists,contactyourlocalServiceProvider.
WhenIturnonthecomputer,nothingisdisplayedonthescreenandthecomputerdoesnotbeep
whilestartingup.
Ensurethat:
•Thebatteryisinstalledcorrectly.
•Theacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthepowercordispluggedintoaworking
electricaloutlet.
•Pressthepowerbuttonagaintoensurethatthecomputeristurnedon.
Iftheproblempersists,contactyourlocalServiceProvider.
WhenIturnonthecomputer,onlyawhitecursorisdisplayedonablankscreen.
Restoreback-uples,orrestoretheentirecontentsofyourharddiskdrivetotheoriginalfactorycontents
usingtherecoveryprogramsprovidedonyourcomputer.
Iftheproblempersists,contactyourlocalServiceProvider.
Myscreengoesblankwhilethecomputerison.
Yourscreensaverorpowermanagementmightbeenabled.Dooneofthefollowingtoexitfromthescreen
saverortoresumefromsleeporhibernationmode:
•Touchthetouchpad.
•PresstheFnkeyonthekeyboard.
•Pressthepowerbutton.
•PressFn+F2tocheckwhethertheLCDscreenhasbeenturnedoff.
Problemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsontroubleshootingproblemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices.
Harddiskdriveproblems
Printtheseinstructionsrst.
Theharddiskdrivemakesarattlingnoiseintermittently.
Therattlingnoisemightbeheardwhen:
•Theharddiskdrivebeginsornishesgettingaccesstodata.
•Youcarrytheharddiskdrive.
•Youcarryyourcomputer.
Thisisanormalcharacteristicofaharddiskdriveandcanbeignored.
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