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- Troubleshooting
The built-in display is blank
when you turn on your Life-
Book notebook.
(continued)
The power manage-
ment timeouts may be
set for very short inter-
vals and you failed to
notice the display come
on and go off again.
Press a keyboard button or move the mouse to restore operation.
If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button. (The display
may be shut off by Standby mode, Auto Suspend or Video Time-
out)
The notebook turned on
with a series of beeps and
the built-in display is blank.
POST has detected a
failure that doesn’t allow
the display to operate.
Contact your support representative.
The display goes blank by
itself after you have been
using it.
The notebook has gone
into Video timeout,
Standby mode, or Save-
to-Disk mode because
you have not used it for
a period of time.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore
operation. If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button.
Check your power management settings, in the Power Options
control panel.
The power manage-
ment timeouts may be
set for very short inter-
vals and you failed to
notice the display come
on and go off again.
Press any button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to restore
operation. If that fails, push the Power/Suspend/Resume button.
(The display may be shut off by Standby Mode, Auto Suspend or
Video Timeout)
Your display won’t turn on
when the system is turned
on or when it has resumed.
The system may be
password-protected.
Check the status indicator panel to verify that the Security icon is
blinking. If it is blinking, enter your password.
The display has bright or
dark spots.
If the spots are very tiny
and few, this is normal
for a large LCD display.
This is normal; do nothing.
If the spots are numer-
ous or large enough to
interfere with your oper-
ation needs.
Display is faulty; contact your support representative.
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