Operation Manual
Table Of Contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Important notes
- Preparing the notebook for use
- Working with the notebook
- Security functions
- Connecting external devices
- System Configuration Utility
- Troubleshooting and tips
- You have forgotten your User and/or Admin password
- Installing new software
- Restoring the hard disk contents under Windows
- The notebook's date or time is incorrect
- The LCD screen of the notebook remains blank
- The LCD display panel is difficult to read
- The external monitor stays blank
- The external monitor is blank or the image is unstable (only under Windows)
- The notebook cannot be started
- The notebook stops working
- The mouse does not work
- The floppy disk cannot be written
- The printer does not print
- Acoustic warnings
- Memory expansion
- Technical data
- Index

Troubleshooting and tips
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If the date and time are repeatedly incorrect when you switch on the notebook, the buffer
battery that supplies the internal clock is dead.
Connect the notebook via its power adapter to a grounded mains outlet or install a fresh
battery. The buffer battery will take approximately two days to complete its recharge.
Should the problem persist, please contact our Hotline/Help Desk.
The LCD screen of the notebook remains blank
The LCD screen is switched off.
Ê Press a key or enter the password
External monitor or television set connected.
Ê Set the setting Boot Screen in the System Configuration Utility in the Startup - Display Device menu
to LCD.
The LCD display panel is difficult to read
Reflection
Ê Turn the notebook or alter the tilt of the LCD display panel.
The external monitor stays blank
If your screen remains blank this may be due to the following:
External monitor is switched off.
Ê Switch the external monitor on.
Power saving has been activated for the external monitor (screen is blank).
Ê Press any key to continue.
Brightness is set too dark.
Ê Adjust the brightness of the monitor.
Screen output is set to the notebook’s LCD screen
Ê Press the key combination [Fn] + [F10] (selecting internal/external display).