Fujitsu C2111 manual

Copyrig ht Copyright Fujitsu P C Corp ora tio n has ma de ever y effo rt to ens ure the accuracy and completeness of this document . Ho wever , as ongoing developme nt effort s are co ntinually impro ving the capabilities of our pr oducts, we cannot guara ntee the a ccuracy of the contents of this document . W e dis clai m lia bil it y for erro rs,[...]

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T able of Con tents Fujitsu LifeBook ® C Series n otebook T able of Contents 1 PREFACE Preface About Thi s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu Conta ct Informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 GETTING TO KNOW Y OUR COMPUTER Overview Unp[...]

LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k Starting Y our LifeBook Notebook Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Boot Se quence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 BIOS S etup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Booting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Window s Prod[...]

T able of Con tents 7 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Care and Mai ntenance Fujitsu Life Book Noteboo k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Floppy Disk s and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Media Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 PC Cards [...]

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3 Preface Preface ABOUT TH IS GUIDE The LifeBook® C Seri es notebook from Fujitsu is a powerful noteb ook com puter . It is powered by a fast Intel® P entium® 4 pr ocessor , has a large built-in c olor displ ay , and br ing s the computi ng p ower of desktop person al comp uters (P Cs) to a por ta ble envi ronment. This manual e xplains ho w to [...]

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7 Overview Figur e 2-1 Fuji tsu Life Book C Seri es n otebo ok (15” mo del s hown ) Overview This s ecti on desc ri bes th e compon ents of your Fujitsu LifeBook no tebook. W e strongly reco mmend that you read it befor e using your notebook – ev en if you ar e alre ady fam iliar with note book co mputers. UNPACKING W hen you rec ei ve y our Li[...]

8 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two Figure 2- 3 Life Book n otebook with dis play op en (15” mo del s hown) Locating the Controls and Connectors T O P AND FR ONT COMPO NEN TS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook notebook’ s top and front components. (Figure 2-3) Display Panel L atch The displ ay pane l latch lock s [...]

9 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connect ors Figure 2- 4 LifeB ook noteb ook left -side pa nel LEFT- SIDE PAN EL COMP ONENTS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook notebook ’s left-side compo nents. (Figure 2 -4) Closed Cover Sw itch The closed cover switch turn s off the LCD back ligh ting when th e displ ay i s closed . Power Swit[...]

10 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two Figure 2- 5 LifeB ook noteb ook rig ht-side panel RIGHT -SIDE P ANEL COMPON ENTS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook notebook’ s rig ht-side components. (Figure 2-5) V olume Control The vol ume contro l pro vides manual contr ol of the sound lev el of all audio ou tput. (See V olu[...]

11 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connect ors Figure 2- 6 LifeB ook noteb ook back panel BACK PANE L COMPONENTS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook notebook ’s back panel compo nents. (Figur e 2-6) Parallel Po rt The parallel port allows y ou to c onnect parallel devices, suc h as a print er . (This is also somet imes r eferre d [...]

12 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two Figure 2-7 LifeBook notebo ok bottom panel BOTTOM CO MPON ENTS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook note book’ s bottom panel compo nents. (Figure 2-7) Main Unit a nd Configu ration Lab el The configuration la bel shows the mod el number and other informa tion about y o ur LifeBook[...]

13 Status Indica tor Panel Figure 2- 8 Stat us Indica tor Pa nel Status Indicator Panel The Sta tus Indi cato r displ ays symbols t hat c orre spond with a specific c omponent o f yo ur F ujitsu LifeBook note book. These symbo ls (when visible) tell y ou how each of tho se co mpon ents i s operatin g. (Fig ure 2- 8) POWER INDICAT OR The P ow er ind[...]

14 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two BATTERY CHARGING INDICATOR Located t o the left of the Battery Level indicato r is a small arro w symbol. This symbol indicate s whether the battery is charging or not. This indicator operates whether the pow er switch is in the On or Off positio n, and will fla sh if the batter y is too hot or cold t[...]

15 Keyboard Figure 2- 10 Keybo ard Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y our Fujitsu Life Book notebook has an integral 87-key keybo ard. Th e keys per form all the sta nda rd func ti ons of a 101-k ey keyboard, inclu ding the W indow s keys and other special function k eys. This section desc ribes the following keys. ■ N um eri c k eypad ■ Cu r s o r [...]

16 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two FUNCTION KEYS Y our LifeBook notebook has 12 function k eys, F1 through F12. The functions assigned to these k eys differ for each application. Y ou sho uld refer to y o ur softwar e docum entation t o fi nd out how t hese k eys are us ed. The [Fn] k ey provides exte nded functions for the LifeBook no[...]

17 Vo l u m e C o n t r o l V olume Control Y our Fujitsu Life Book notebook has mu ltiple volume contr ols which interact with each other . CONTROLLING TH E V OLUME There is t he ha rdware volume con trol lo cated on the LifeBook notebook its elf, and the volume co ntrol set from within the V olume Control on the T askbar . In additio n to those, [...]

18 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two Figure 2- 11 T ou chpad po inting device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad poin ting device comes bu ilt into yo ur Fujitsu Li feBook notebook. I t is used to contro l the movement of the p ointer to s ele ct ite ms on your displ ay panel. The T ouchpad is com posed of a cursor control, a left a[...]

19 T ouc hpad Po intin g D evi ce DRAGGING Dragging means pressin g and holding the left bu tton, while moving t he curs or . T o d rag , move the cursor to the item you wi sh to move. Press an d hold the le ft button while mo ving the item to its new location and then release it. Dragg ing can also be done usi ng the T ouchp ad. Fi rst, ta p the T[...]

20 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two Figure 2-17 LifeBoo k Applicat ion Launcher Bu ttons LifeBook Application Panel A unique feature of y our F ujitsu L ifeBook notebook is the LifeBook A pplication P anel. This panel allows y ou to opera te the media player dr ive either as an indep endent audio me dia player o r to l aunch appl ica ti[...]

21 LifeBook Appli cation Panel T o chan ge an applic ation associ ated with one of the buttons, click on the tab for the button you would like to rec onfigure. Click on Bro wse from the Start M enu, scr oll down the list of app lications, click on the ap plication you wish to launch wi th this button, and then click OK. The button will now launch t[...]

22 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Two DESKTOP CONTRO L PANEL Y our LifeBook noteboo k includes a desk top c ontrol panel for y our notebook ’s deskto p that you can use at any time . Y ou may us e th is pane l to o pera te the media player when you have the Sele ctor s witch i n the Appli c ation or Lock position. T o use the desktop c [...]

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25 Power Sourc es Figure 3-1 C onnecting t he AC Ad apter Power Sources Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebo ok has three possible pow er sourc e s: a primary Lithium ion battery , an A C adapte r or an opt ional A uto/Airline ad apte r . CONNECTING THE POWE R ADAPTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/A irline adapte r pro v ides power fo r operating you[...]

26 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Thre e Figure 3- 2 Opening the Dis play Pa nel (15” m odel sho wn) Display Panel Y our Fujitsu LifeBook noteboo k contains a dis play panel that is backlit for easier viewing in brig ht environments and maintains top re solution thr ough the use of active- matrix technology . Y our syst em has either a [...]

27 Starting Y o ur LifeBook N otebook Starting Y our LifeBook Notebook POWER O N Suspen d/Re sume/Po wer On Butt on The su spen d/re sume /power o n sw itch i s us ed to tu r n on you r LifeBook notebook fr om its off state. Once y ou have connected your AC adapter or ch arged th e inter nal Lithium ion battery , you can po wer o n your LifeBook no[...]

28 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Thre e Entering the BIOS Se tup Utility T o enter the BIOS Setup Utility do the fo llowing: 1. T urn on or restart y our LifeBook not ebook. 2. Press the [F2] key once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen . Th is w il l open the m ain menu of the BIOS Se tup Utility w ith the cur rent sett ing s di spl [...]

29 Starting Y o ur LifeBook N otebook requir ed. Follow the on-scre en directions to activate your oper atin g sy stem. The produc t only need s to b e activat ed onc e, unless significant hard ware c hanges a re made to your syst em. ■ N ote that Product A ctivation an d Registratio n are not the same thing . Registration is optional, whereas Pr[...]

30 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Thre e Power Management Y ou r Fujit su L ifeB ook no tebo ok h as many opt ion s an d features fo r conser v ing ba tter y power . S ome o f these features ar e automa tic and need no user intervention, suc h as those f or the i ntern al mode m. H owev er , others depend on the par ameters you set to b e[...]

31 Power Management DISPLA Y T IMEOUT The Vide o Time out i s one of the power m anag ement parameters. This featur e sav es powe r by turning off the displa y if there is no k eyboard or point er activity f or the user s elected time out period. An y keyboar d or point er activity w ill cause the displa y to restart aut omatically . This featur e [...]

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35 Lithium ion Battery Lithium ion Battery Y our Fujitsu Life Book notebook has a Lithium ion batter y tha t prov ides power fo r oper ati ng your Life Boo k notebook when no exter nal power source is available. The battery is durable and long lasting, but should not be ex posed t o extrem e tempera tur es, hi gh vo ltages , chemicals o r other haz[...]

36 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four provide a so urce of power e ither from an ad apter or a cha r ge d ba t ter y . O n ce yo u h ave p rov i d ed p owe r , you w i l l need t o pre ss the S u spen d/Re sume bu tto n to r esume operation. In the Dead Batt ery Suspend mod e, y our data will be lost if a pow er source is not pr ovided p[...]

37 Internal Floppy D isk Drive Figure 4- 2 Loadi ng/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk Internal Floppy Disk Drive Y our LifeBook notebook has an internal floppy di sk drive which can read and wr ite information on r emo v- able 1.44MB and 720KB flop py disks. LOADING A DISK T o lo ad a dis k into your dis k dr ive, fol low the se ea sy steps: 1. P ositi[...]

38 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four Figure 4- 4 Media Player Drive Media Player Drive Depending upon the co nfiguration of your F ujitsu Life- Book notebook, y ou may hav e one of th e following driv es: ■ CD-ROM ■ DVD ■ DVD/C D-RW combo A CD-RO M drive allo ws you to access s oftware, data, or audio CDs. A D VD playe r giv es y [...]

39 Media Player Drive 3. Place the media into the tray , label side up, w ith the hole in the center of th e disc. Snap the disc onto th e raised circle in the center of the tray . 4. Gen tly push the holder tra y back in unti l you hear a click. (F igure 4-5 ) Figure 4-5 Loading /Ejecting Media REMOVING MEDIA 1. P ush and rel ease t he eject b utt[...]

40 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four USING DOLBY ™ HEAD PHONE The D olby Headpho ne ut ilit y le ts you en joy multi- channel s ound sou rce s, such as DVD mo v ies, with real- istic virtu al surround so und using conventional stereo headp hones . The Dol by H ead phone is a utility that is availab le in the InterV ideo WinD VD applic[...]

41 Media Player Drive AUTO IN SERT NOTIFICA TION FUNCT ION The A uto Insert N otification function allows y our Life- Book notebook to automatically star t a DVD/CD as soon as it is inserted in the media pla yer drive and the tray is closed. Y our LifeBook not e book will begin playing an audio D VD/CD or will start an applicat ion if the D V D/CD [...]

42 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four MiniDisc Recorder Y our LifeBook notebook has an Optical Digital A udio Out P or t to which you can c onnect an optional Mini- Disc recorder . The optical dig ital audio out p ort is located on the rig ht-hand side of your LifeBook note- book. CONNECTING AN OPTI CAL DIGITAL CABLE T o connect a minidi[...]

43 PC Ca rds Figure 4- 7 Installi ng/Remo ving PC C ards PC Cards Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook supports T y pe I, T y pe II and T y pe III PC Cards, which can per form a variet y of functions depe nding on which type of PC Card y ou install. Y ou can install one or two PC Ca rds at a time, depend ing on its type. T y pe I and T y pe II PC Car ds[...]

44 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four 2. U n lock the PC Card from the slot by first press ing the ejec t button associated with the slot in which the car d is locat ed. W hen pres sed, th e butt on will pop out. 3. F irmly pr ess the b utt on a gain unt il it is flu sh with the LifeBook notebo ok. This w ill ejec t the card slightly out[...]

45 Memory Upgrade Module Memory Upgrade Module Y our Fujitsu L ifeBook notebo ok comes with 256MB of on-board high speed S ynchr onous Dynamic R AM (SDRAM, PC2100-ty pe, DDR, 200 MHz) factory installed. T o increase your Life Book notebook’ s memor y capacity , you may install an additional memory upg rade module. The memor y upgrade must be a du[...]

46 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four 9. Ins er t th e me mor y upg r ade m odu le a t a 4 5 o angle and pre ss it firmly onto the c onnector . 10. Press the memo r y upg ra de mo dule down into the compartment until it locks undern eath the retaining clip . Y ou will hear a c lick when it is pro p erly in plac e. (Figure 4-12) Figure 4-[...]

47 Memory Upgrade Module The System Memor y and the Ex tended Memor y capacit y , as detected by your L ifeBook note book du ring the P ower On Self T est (POST), are displa yed at the bottom of the Info menu screen. The chart b elow sho ws you the possible displa ys that can be shown on the main menu scre en. POINT If the tot al memory displayed i[...]

48 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Four Device Ports Y our F ujit su Life Book not ebook comes eq uip ped with multiple ports to which y ou can conne ct external devices including: disk drives, k eyboards, modems, printers, etc. MODEM (RJ-11) T ELEPHO NE JACK The mode m (RJ-11) telep hone jack is used for an internal mode m. T o connect th[...]

49 Device Ports STERE O LI NE-IN JACK The ster eo line-in jack allows yo u to connect an exte rnal audio sou rc e to y our LifeBook not ebook, such as an audi o casset te pla yer . Y our audi o device must be equipped with a 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo mini-pl ug in order to fit into the st ereo line-in jack of y our LifeBook note- bo ok . I n o rde [...]

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53 Using the WIrele ss LAN FCC REGULATORY INFORMATION Please note the follo wing regulatory information related to your wi reless L AN de vice. Regula tory Notes an d Sta tem ents W ireless L AN, H ealth an d A uthoriza t ion fo r use Radio freq ue ncy el ectr omagneti c ener gy is em itte d fr om W ireless LAN d ev ices. The en erg y le vels o f t[...]

54 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five BEFORE USING THIS DEVICE Thank you for purchasing a Fujits u LifeBook w ith an Int egrated W irele ss LAN. This man ual desc ribes the basi c oper at ing proced ures for t he Wireless LAN (ref erred to as the “ device” in this manual) and ho w to set up a wireless LAN netwo rk. Before using this [...]

55 Using the WIrele ss LAN CONNECTING WINDOWS 2000 SYSTEM S This cha pter describe s how t o set the wirel ess LAN con nection for comput ers running W indows 2000. Wo r k f l o w The pr ope r setup of the wirele ss LAN r equir es sev eral steps whi ch must be pe rf orm ed in the proper order . Follo w ing is a general outline of the steps that mu [...]

56 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five T able 4: Encryption K ey Setup 7. W hen you finish your entry , click [Apply]. 8. Click [OK]. [ PRISM W ireless Settings] closes. Y o u have com pl e ted t he pa r am e ter se tt i ng s . * 40 bit and 104 bit encry pt ion is the wireless LAN equivalent of 64 bit and 128 bit encr yp tion, as set by M[...]

57 Using the WIrele ss LAN 5. Set an IP addr ess as indicat ed in T able 5. Ask your network adminis trator to check the setting. T able 5: S etting an I P Address 6. Click [O K]. The [Lo cal Area Con nec tion Proper ti es] window ap pears again. 7. Click [OK]. W hen a message app ears pr ompting you to restar t the com puter , click [Y es]. Check [...]

58 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five 5. P erfor m t he f oll owin g step s. ■ Click [S er v ice]. ■ Click [Ad d]. The [Selec t N etwo rk Serv ice] window appear s. 6. P erfor m t he f oll owin g step s. ■ Click [File and P rinter Sharing for M icrosoft Ne t w o r ks ] . ■ Click [OK]. Y ou wil l go back to [Local Ar ea Connec- ti[...]

59 Using the WIrele ss LAN T a ble 9: Chec king connectivity CONNECTING WINDOWS XP SYSTEMS This chapter describ es how to set up the wirele ss LAN connection for com puters th at are running Wind ows XP . W orkflow The prope r setup of the wireless LAN c onnection requires tha t sever al st eps be per form ed in th e prope r orde r . Following is a[...]

60 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five T able 10: Se tting parameters 8. W hen you finish y our entr y , click [OK]. [W ireless N etwork C onnection 2 P roperties] ap pears again. 9. M ake sure the network nam e you specified for the SSID in Ste p 7 is ad ded u nder [ Preferred networ ks] . Network Conn ection The section describes ho w t[...]

61 Using the WIrele ss LAN 2. Do uble-click the [Sys tem] ico n. [Sy stem P ro perties] appear s. 3. C lick the [C omput er Name ] tab. 4. C heck [F ull compute r name] and [W orkgro up]. As k you r network adminis trator and check the setting. T able 12: S etting com puter name and workgroup T o change the setting, click [Change], and follow the i[...]

62 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five On the displa y , the printer sharing setting is recom- mended by the Network Setup Wiza rd, but for the w ire- less LAN netw ork, security is maintained by network name (SSID) or network key . The following steps allow you t o set up printe r sharing without using the Ne twork Setup W izar d. 3. C l[...]

63 Using the WIrele ss LAN T ROUBLESHOOTING This section c ontains troub leshooting information, including caus es and actions, for pr oblems y ou may find while using this device. T roubl eshootin g T able Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution An exclam ation mark (!) or cross (x) is attached to [Inter sil PRISM Wire less LAN PCI Card]. A failu[...]

64 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five IP packet isn’t reach- ing its destination Run the PING command to check the connection Perform the following steps to run the PING command to check if the IP packet is c orrectly delivered to the destination. T o r un the PING command, the TCP/IP protocol must be installed. First you will determin[...]

65 Using the WIrele ss LAN I want to remov e the driver (Windows 2000) Windows 2000: When removing the driver , make sure that the device is attached to the compute r . If you try to remove the driver while the device is detached from the co mputer , the driver is not rem oved. 1. Right click the [My Computer] icon on the desktop, and then click [P[...]

66 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five Prob lem Possibl e Cause Possible Solution I want t o remove the d river (Wind ows XP) Windows XP: When removing the driver , make sure that the device is attached to the compute r . If you try to remove the driver while the device is detached from the co mputer , the driver is not rem oved. 1. Click[...]

67 Using the WIrele ss LAN ABOUT I P ADDRESS ES Setting IP Addresse s If you are not sure how to set the I P address, refer to the followi ng procedure. If y ou ha ve an acce ss poin t (DHCP serv er) on t he network, set t he IP address as follows: W indo ws 2000: [O btain an IP address aut o matically] W indows X P: [Obtain an IP addr ess au tom a[...]

68 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Five SPECIFICATIO NS T echnical S pecifications fo r Integrated W ireless LAN Device Item Description Network T y pe IEEE 802.11b T ransfer Rate 11/5.5/2/1Mbps (auto change) Frequency Range 2,400 - 2,473 MHz Channels One of 1 1 channels is used Card T ype Non-intelligent VCC Class B Security Network name [...]

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71 T roublesho oting T roub leshoo ting Y ou r Fujits u LifeB ook note book is s turdy an d subj ec t to few problems in the field . However , you may encounter simp le s etu p or op era tin g pro ble ms th at you c an so lve on t he sp ot, or proble ms w ith pe ri pher al de v ice s, t hat you ca n solve by rep lacing the device. The information i[...]

72 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six T ROUBLESHOOTI NG T ABLE Prob lem P age A udio Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 72 Med ia Playe r Drive P roblem s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 72 Floppy Disk Drive P rob lems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 73 Hard Drive Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

73 T roublesho oting The Media P layer Access indicator on the Status Indicat or P anel blinks at regula r inter va ls w hen no disc is in the tray or the media drive is not installed. The Windows me dia player auto insert notificatio n function is active and is checking to see if a media disc is read y to run. This is normal. Ho we ver , you may d[...]

74 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six Y ou can not ac cess y our har d driv e. (co ntinu ed) Securit y is set so your ope rating syst em cannot be started withou t a passw ord. V er ify your p assword a nd se cur it y se tting s. K ey board or Mous e Problem s The built-in k eyboard does not s eem to work. The LifeBook notebook has gone i[...]

75 T roublesho oting Y ou ha ve ins talled a USB, p arallel, or IR device. Y our LifeBo ok notebook does not re cogn ize t he devi ce, or the d evice does not se em to wo rk prop er ly . Yo u m a y h a v e t h e w r o n g I / O addres s se lecte d for your dev i ce. See your device documenta tion and software docu- mentation to d etermine the requi[...]

76 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six Y ou turn on y our LifeBook notebo ok and nothing seems t o happen . (conti nued) The pow er adapte r (A C or au to/ airline) is not plugged in p roperly . V erify th at y our ada pter is c onne cted c orrectl y . (See Po wer Sources on p age 25 for more infor matio n) The P owe r adapt er (A C or aut[...]

77 T roublesho oting The b atter ies se em to discha rge t oo quic kly . (con tinued) The p ower sav ing s f eatures may be di sabled. Check the po wer manage ment and/or setup utility settings in the P o wer Savings menu and adjust accor ding to y our operating needs. The brightness is turned all the way up. T urn down the brightness adj ustment. [...]

78 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six Vi deo Problem s Displa y is blank when you turn o n the system. Something is pushing on the Clos ed Cover sw itch. Clea r the Cl osed C ov er switch. (See figure 2-3 on page 8 for location) The LifeBook notebook is se t for an ext e rnal mon ito r only . Pr essing [F10] while holding do wn the [Fn] k[...]

79 T roublesho oting The Built-in Displa y has bri gh t or d ark s pot s. (con tinued) If the spo ts a re nume rous or large enough to interfere w ith your operation needs. Display is faulty; contact your support re presentati ve. The application dis play uses on ly a po rtion of your screen and is sur rounde d by a dar k frame. Y ou are running an[...]

80 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six POWER ON SE LF T EST MESSAG ES The follo w ing is an alphabet ic list of err or -and- status message s that Phoenix BIOS and/o r your operating system can generat e and an e xplanation o f each messa ge. Error messa ges ar e mark ed with an *. The mos t com mon err ors ar e mark ed w ith a #. If an er[...]

81 T roublesho oting *Pari ty Ch eck 1 nnnn P arit y er ror fo und in the sys tem bus. B IOS a ttempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the ad dress, it displa ys ???? . This is a potentially data destro ying failure. Co ntact your support rep resentative. *Pari ty Ch eck 2 nnnn P ari ty error fo und i n the I[...]

82 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Six DRIVERS AN D APPL ICATIONS CD The Driv ers and A pplica tions CD conta ins: ■ Sets of device drive rs and F ujitsu utilities (in specific dir ect ories) th at ar e uniq ue to y our LifeBook n ote- book configu ration for use as documented belo w . ■ Re ad-m e files th at pro v ide additi onal use [...]

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85 Care and Mainte nance Care and Maintenance If you us e y our F ujits u LifeB ook noteboo k carefull y , yo u will increase its life and r eliability . This section pro vides some tips for look ing after the LifeBook notebook and its devic es. FUJIT SU LIFE BOOK NOTE BOOK Caring for yo ur Fujitsu no tebook ■ Y our Fujitsu LifeBook no tebook is [...]

86 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Seve n security perso nnel. Y ou can ho wev er , put yo ur har d drive through a pr operly tuned X-ray machine. ■ T a ke t he necessar y plug adapters if you'r e trav eling overseas. Check the following diag ram to determine which plug adapter y ou'll need or ask your trav el agent. BATTERIES [...]

87 Care and Mainte nance MEDIA CA RE Caring for your Media (DVD/CD/CD-R) Me dia discs are precisio n devices and will function reli- ably if given r easonable care. ■ Alwa ys store y our media disc in its case when it is not in use. ■ Alwa ys handle disc s by the ed ges and a void tou ching the surface. ■ A void stor ing a ny media d is cs in[...]

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91 Sp ecif ic at io ns Specifications This section pr ov ides the hard ware, softwa re, and en v i- ronm ental specifications for y o ur Fujitsu L ifeBook note- book. Specifications o f particular configurations will var y . CONFIGURATION L ABEL Y our Fujitsu LifeBook note book contains a c onfigura- tion label locat ed on the bottom of your LifeBo[...]

92 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Eigh t INTEGRATED POI NTING DEVIC E T ouch pad pointing device with multi-function scr olling button COMMUNICATIONS ■ Mod em: Internal m ultinational V .90 standard 56K* fax/modem (ITU V .90, 56K data, 14.4K fax.) ■ LAN: 10/100 Base-Tx Et hernet ■ Optional W ireless LAN (802.11b) , W i-Fi-co mpliant[...]

93 Sp ecif ic at io ns ENVIR ONME NTAL R EQU IREME NTS Te m p e r a t u r e Operating: 5° to 35° C (41° to 95° F). N on-operating: –15° t o 60° C (5° to 140° F). Hu m i d i t y Operating: 20% to 85%, relative, non -condens ing. N on-operating; 8% to 85%, relativ e, non-cond ensing. Alt itu de Operating: 10,000 feet (3,048 m) maximum PRE-I[...]

94 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Eigh t time. Full v ersion upgrade information is a v ailable on line. ■ BatteryAi d (W indows 200 0 only) BatteryAid allo ws you to contr ol the display brightness of your notebook in order to maximize batt er y life. (See your Batte ryAid online help for m ore informat ion on the correct way to use th[...]

95 Reg ula tory Inf orma tion Regulatory Information NOTICE Chan ges or modific ations not expr essly appr ov ed by Fujitsu could vo id this user ’ s author ity to operate the equipmen t. FCC NOTICES Notice to Users o f Radios and T elevision Thes e limi ts are design ed to pr ovide r easonable protec - tion against harm ful interfere nce in a re[...]

96 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k n Public transpor tation terminals where telephone s are used to cal l taxis or to reser ve lodging o r rental cars . n In hot e l and mot el rooms as at least t en per cent of t he room s must conta in hearing aid-compatible tele- phones or jacks for plug-in hearing aid co mpatible telep hones which will be provided[...]

97 Reg ula tory Inf orma tion UL Notice This unit req uires an A C adapter to operate. U se only UL Listed Class 2 Adapters with an output rating o f 19 VDC, with a cur rent of 3.16 A. A C A dapter ou tput polarity: For A ut hori zed Repa ir T echnici ans Only CAUTION The modem-to-telephone network connection m ust be a line cord using a minimum #2[...]

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101 Glossary Glossary 1394 A fast external b us that allows transfer rates o f up to 400 Mbps. AC Adapter A d e vi ce w hi ch co nver ts t he AC vol ta g e f rom a wa ll outlet to the DC voltage needed to power your LifeBook notebook. ACPI A pow er management spe cification that allows the oper- ating syst em to d etermine the amount o f pow er giv[...]

102 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Nine DDR me mor y modu les are t y pic ally used in hi gh perfo rmance PCs . Default V alue A pr e pr ogrammed v alue to be use d if y ou fail to s et you r ow n . DIMM Dual-in-line memory module. disk A spinning platt er of magnetic data st orage media. I f the platter is v er y stiff it is a har d driv[...]

103 Glossary LCD Liquid C r ystal Displa y . A type of displa y which mak es images by c ontrolling the orientation of crystals in a cr ystalline liquid. Lithium ion Battery A type of rechargeab le battery which has a high power - time life for its size and is not subject to the memor y effect as Nickel Cadmium batter ies. LPT Port Line P r inte r [...]

104 LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k – Section Nine Restar t See R eset. Resume T o proc eed after interruption. In y our LifeBook note- book this refers to returning to active operation afte r having be en in o ne of the su spe nsio n sta tes. ROM Re ad Only M e mory . A for m of memory in which infor- mation is stored by ph ysically altering the ma[...]

105 Glossary W i-Fi Compatible W i-Fi (Wireless Fidelity ) Identifies that the product has passe d the i nteroper abili ty tes t, supp lied by the W ECA (Wir eless Ethernet Co mpatibility Alliance), which guar- antees the inter operability of wireless IEEE 802.11 LAN produc ts. For more i nfor mat ion o n th e Wi-Fi st and ard, go t o the W ECA web[...]

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Index Index A AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 plug adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Anti-theft Lock Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Auto Insert Not[...]

LifeBo ok C Series Noteboo k Fujitsu PC Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu Service Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Functi on Key F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1[...]

Index Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pre-Installed Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 R Registration . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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