Samsung M6000 Laptop User Manual


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SamsungM6000User’sManual Troubleshooting87
Batterypowerseemstorunoutfasterthanexpected.
Ifyouarerunningthecomputerfromthebatteryratherthanthe
ACadapter,makesurethatyousettheBatteryPowerSaving
ModefieldinSystemSetuptoNon-Turbo.Thissettingenablesthe
microprocessorandtheharddrivetoslowdownwhenthe
computerisidle.
Youcanalsoenableotherpower-savingoptionsthroughSystem
Setup.SetthetimeouttimesintheStandbyTimeoutandSuspend
Timeoutfieldstotheshortesttimestoensuremaximumpower
savings.
Certainsoftwareprograms“hang”duringoperationswhenthere
isnointeractionwiththekeyboardorperipheraldevices.
Yourcomputermaybeinstandbyorsuspendmode.Tapthe
touchpadtoresumefromstandbyorpressthepowerbuttonto
resumefromsuspend.
Aserialorparalleldeviceattachedtoaserialorparallelporton
therearpanelofthesystemunitdoesnotworkproperly.
Checktheattacheddevice.Isitturnedon?Isthecableproperly
installedbetweenthedeviceandtheport?Ifyouareusingan
operatingsystemthatisnotplugandplaycompliant,makesure
thePlug&PlayO/SfieldinSystemSetupissettoNo.Checkto
makesurethattheportisenabledinSystemSetup.
APCCarddoesnotworkcorrectly.
MakesurethatthePCCardisinsertedrightsideupinthePCCard
slot.Checkthatthecardisinsertedfullyintotheslot.Ifyouare
usingaPCCardmodem,checkthemodemcableconnections.If
youareusinganoperatingsystemthatisnotplugandplay
compliant,makesurethePlug&PlayO/SfieldinSystemSetup
issettoNo..
TheSystemSetupsettingsarenotretainedwhenyouturnoffthe
computer.
TheCMOSbatteryinsidethecomputermayneedtobereplaced.
TheCMOSbatteryprovidespowertosavethesystemBIOS
informationwhenthecomputeristurnedoff.Normally,the
CMOSbatterylastsforseveralyears.Donotattempttoopenthe
chassisandreplacethisbatteryyourselforyourwarrantyisvoid.
HaveanauthorizedSamsungservicecenterreplacetheCMOS
battery.
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