User's 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 flashe
s.
► Bring the notebook up/down to a normal
temperature again.
► If the operating time of the battery life is
extremely short, th e battery is probably too
old. Replace battery if necessary.
You may have an application running that
consumes a great deal of power due to frequent
accessing of the hard disk or optical drive.
► Use the mains adapte r as frequently as
possible.
The maximu m brightness may have been set
for the screen.
► Set the scre en slightly darker with the
key combination for Decreasing the screen
brightness in order to reduce the amount of
power being draw n.
Acoustic warnings
Acousticerror me
ssages
Errors
Cause
Troubleshooting
A beep sounds every few secon ds
The battery is almost flat.
► Charge th e battery.
Error messages on the screen
Errormessag
esonthe screen
Errormessag
e:
This section describes the error messages generated by the BIOS Setup. Error messages displayed
by the operating system or programmes a re described in the relevant docu m entation.
If the error message appears repeatedly, despite troubleshooting mea sures, please
contact the place of purchase or our customer service centre.
Error message/cause Resolution
CMOS battery bad
If the error message occurs 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 BIO Setup, select th
e Exit menu.
► Select the entry Load Setup Defaults.
► Select OK and press the Ente
rkey.
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