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    Copyrig ht Copyright Fujitsu P C Corp ora tio n has ma de ever y effor t 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 errors ,[...]

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    Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s 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 residential ins talla- tion. Th is eq uipment ge nera tes, use s, and can r adia te radi o frequen cy ener gy and, i f not insta lle d and used i n accor dance with the i[...]

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    Copyrig ht DOC (INDUSTRY CANADA) NOTICES Notice to Users o f Radios and T elevision This Clas s B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadi an Interferen ce- Caus ing Equip ment R egulations . CET ap pare il numériq ue de la c lass B respec te t outes le s exigence du Rég lement sur l e maté ri al brou illeur du Canad a. Notice to U[...]

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    Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s UL Notice This unit req uires an A C adapter to operate. U se only UL Listed Clas s 2 Adapt ers with an output rating of 16Vdc, with a cur rent of 2.5A. A C A dapter ou tput polarity: For A ut hori zed Repa ir T echnician s Only CAUTION T o reduce the ri sk of fire, use only #26 AWG or larger telecommunications l ine c ord. CA[...]

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    T able of Con tents Fujitsu LifeBook B Series Notebook T able of Contents 1 PREFACE Preface About Thi s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu PC Contact Inform ation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 GETTING TO KNOW Y OUR L IFEBOOK Overview Unpacking[...]

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    Lif eBoo k i Se ri es Power Ma nageme nt Suspend/R esume Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Suspend Mod e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Save-t o-Disk Mo de (Wind ows 98 Se cond Ed ition mod els onl y) . . . . 32 Hiber nation Fe ature (Wind ows 2000 P rofess ional mo dels on ly) . . . . 33 Idle Mo de . . . . . . .[...]

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    T able of Con tents 7 SPECIFICATIONS Specifications Configura tion Lab el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Micropro cessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Audio . . .[...]

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    Lif eBoo k i Se ri es #[...]

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    1 1 Preface [...]

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    2 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s [...]

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    3 Preface Preface ABOUT TH IS GUIDE The LifeBook™ B Series notebook from F ujitsu PC Corporation is a po werful mini-notebo ok compu ter . It is powere d by an Intel ® Celeron ™ mic roprocesso r , has a built-in c olor touch screen di splay , and brings the computi ng power of desk top pe rsona l comp uters ( PCs) to a po rtable en v iro nment[...]

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    4 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on One [...]

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    5 2 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook   [...]

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    6 LifeBook B Series – Section Tw o ![...]

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    7 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figure 2-1 Fu jitsu Life Book B Series Overview This s ecti on descr i bes th e compon ents of your Fujitsu LifeBook B Series not e book. W e strongly rec ommend tha t y ou re ad it befor e using y our LifeB ook – ev en if y ou are already famil ia r with noteb oo k compute rs. UNPACKING W hen you rec ei ve y ou[...]

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    8 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two Figure 2- 5 LifeBook with d isplay open Locating the Controls and Connectors T O P AND FR ONT COMPO NEN TS The follo wing is a brief description of your LifeBook ’ s top and front compo nents. T ouch Screen Stylu s The stylus is used as the pointing dev ice for the touch screen. (Figur e 2-5) Closed Cover[...]

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    9 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Built-in Micropho ne The built-in micr ophone allo ws mono audio input. (Figure 2- 5) Disp lay Pane l The displa y panel is a c o lor L CD panel with back lighting for th e displa y of te xt and graphics and T ouc h Screen functionality . (Fig ure 2-5) ?[...]

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    10 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two Figure 2-6 Lif eBook l eft-side pan el LEFT- SIDE PAN EL COMP ONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of you r LifeBook’ s left-side c omponents. DC Power Jack The D C p owe r j ac k al low s you to plu g in th e AC a da pt er or the optional Auto/Airline adapter to power your Life- Book and charge the[...]

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    11 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figure 2- 7 LifeB ook right -side p anel RIGHT -SIDE P ANEL COMPON ENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of you r LifeBook’ s right-s ide components. Head phone J ack The he adpho ne jac k allo ws y ou to c onnect he adpho nes or po wered ex tern al speak ers . (Fig ure 2-7) See “ Head- phon e Jack” on pa[...]

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    12 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two Figu re 2-8 Lif eBook b ottom pan el BOTTOM CO MPON ENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of you r LifeBook’ s bottom panel c omponents. Lithium ion Battery Bay The battery bay conta ins the internal Lithium ion battery . It can be opene d for the removal of the batter y when st ored ove r a long perio[...]

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    13 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figure 2 -9 Stat us Indicat or Pan el Status Indicator Panel The Sta tus Indica tor displ ays symbols th at co rrespo nd with a spec ific c ompone nt o f y our L ifeBook. T hese symbols tell y ou how eac h of those co mpone nts ar e operating. (Fig ure 2-9) POWER INDICAT OR The Power indi cator s ym bol states wh[...]

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    14 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two BATTERY CHARGING INDICATORS Located t o the left of the Battery Level indicato r is a small arr ow symbo l. This symbol stat es whether th e battery is charging. This indicator operat es whether the pow er switch is in the On or Off position, an d w ill flash if the batter y is too hot or cold to charge. H[...]

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    15 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figur e 2-11 Key board Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y our Lif eBook h as an int egral 83-k ey key board. The k eys perform all the standard functions of a 101-k ey keyboar d, including the W indows k eys and other s pecial function keys. Th is section describes the following keys. (Figure 2-11) ■ N um eri c k ey[...]

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    16 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two FUNCTION KEYS Y our LifeBook has 12 function keys, F1 through F12. The functions as signed to these keys differ for ea ch application. Y ou should refer t o your software docu- mentation to find out ho w these keys are used. (Figure 2-11) [Fn] K ey The [Fn] k ey provides exte nded functions for the LifeBoo[...]

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    17 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figure 2-12 Qu ick Point point ing device Quick Point Pointin g Device The Quick P oint is built into y o ur LifeBook. I t is used t o control the mov ement of the cursor to select items on your d isplay pane l. The Quick P oint is composed of a cursor control at the center of the keyboa rd and two butt ons on th[...]

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    18 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two Draggi ng Dragging means pressin g and holding the top button, while moving t he curs or . T o d rag , move the cursor to the item you w ish to move. Press a nd hol d the top button while mo ving the item to its new location and th en release it. (Figure 2-15 ) Figure 2- 15 Drag ging Quick Po int Device Co[...]

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    19 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Draggi ng Dragging means touching the s creen with the sty lus, moving and then lifting the stylus . T o drag , tap the T ouc h Scr een twic e with you r stylus over t he it em y ou wish to move, making sure to leave your finger on the screen after the final tap. N ext, move the item to its new locatio n by mo vi[...]

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    20 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two V olume Control Y our Fujitsu Life Book has multiple vo lume contr ols which interact with each other . CONTROLLING TH E V OLUME The vol ume can be controlled in sev eral different wa ys: ■ V olume can be set from within the V olume Control o n the T ask bar . ■ V olume can be c ontr olled with the F8 [...]

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    21 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Figure 2- 20 Lif eBook Se curity/A pplicatio n Panel LifeBook Security/ Application Panel A unique featur e of your LifeBook is the Security/Appli- cation P anel that allows y ou to secure your Life Book from unauthorized use. The S ecurit y/Application P a nel also all ows you t o launch applicati ons w ith a to[...]

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    22 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two 4. F ollo w the on- scr een inst ructi ons to set th e Supe rv isor passw ord. Setting User Pas sword 1 Go to the Start menu. 2. Click on Prog r am s . 3. Click on Sec uri t y Panel Applic atio n and Set U ser P asswor d . 4. F ollo w the on- scr een inst ructi ons to set th e user pa sswo rd. OPERATI NG Y[...]

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    23 Gett ing to Know Y our Li feBook Us e r : 1. Go to Star t Me nu, Click on Control Panel . 2. Open A dd/Remo ve Pr ograms Properties in the Contr ol P anel. 3. Select the Secu ri ty Panel Applica tio n in the list, and click A dd/Remo ve . 4. W hen the Confirm File Deletion bo x appears, click Ye s . Sup e r v i so r : 1. Go to Star t Me nu, Clic[...]

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    24 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Two The Internet tab is different. It comes set to launch your W indo ws default Inte rnet browse r (Internet Explo rer), unless y ou hav e changed this in W indows. I n order t o rec onfigure it to launch an other program follow these eas y step s: 1. Click on Other from the Interne t browser box. 2. Click on[...]

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    25 3 Getting Started  [...]

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    26 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Thr ee ![...]

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    27 Getting Started Figure 3- 1 Connec ting th e AC Adap ter Power Sources Y ou r LifeB ook has three po ssib le power so urces: a primary Lithium ion bat tery , an A C adapt e r or an optional A uto/Airline adapter . CONNECTING THE POWE R ADAPTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/A irline adapte r pro v ides power for op erating your LifeBook and [...]

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    28 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Thr ee Figure 3- 2 Openi ng the Display Pan el Display Panel Y our LifeBook c ontains a displa y panel that is backlit for easier viewing in bright environments and maintains t op resolution through the use o f active-matrix techno logy . OPENI NG THE DISP LAY PAN EL 1. Slide the Dis play P anel latch. This r [...]

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    29 Getting Started Starting Y our LifeBook POWER O N Power Switch The powe r switch is used to turn on your LifeBook from its off state. O nce you have connected your AC adapter or charged the inte rnal Lithium ion batt er y , you can pow e r on y our LifeBook. (See figure 2-7 on page 11 for location) Facing the ri ght-side panel of your LifeBook, [...]

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    30 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Thr ee BOOTING T HE SYSTEM WITH WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION W e strongly recommend that you not attach any external dev ices a nd do n ot p ut a C D or flop py disk in any drive until y ou hav e gone through the initial po wer on se quence. W hen you turn on y our LifeBook for the first time, it will display a F[...]

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    31 Getting Started INSTALLING CLICK ME ! (WINDOWS 98 ONLY) The firs t ti me you bo ot u p your sy stem, you w ill see a n icon on the deskt op called Click M e!. When y ou click the Click M e! icon, your system will automaticaly build the icon tray in the bottom rig ht of the screen. Thes e icons pro v ide links to utilities that y ou will frequent[...]

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    32 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Thr ee Power Management Y our LifeBo ok has many options and features for con ser ving batte ry powe r . Some of t hese fe atur es are automatic and need no user inte rvention, such as those for the internal mode m. Ho wever , others depend on the para met ers you set t o best su it your oper at ing condi - ti[...]

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    33 Getting Started Default Methods for using Save-to-Disk Mo de: 1. Press the [Fn] button together wi th the Suspend/ Resume button . This wil l op en a Save-to-D isk dialo g bo x and begin the pr ocess. Custome r Configure d BIOS Me thods for us ing Save-t o-Disk Mod e: 1. Click on the St ar t button, clic k Shut Do wn and and th en Sta ndby . Pri[...]

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    34 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Thr ee to re turn to normal operation auto matically . This feature i s indep enden t of th e Suspen d/Resume b utton. 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 t[...]

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    35 4 User -Installable Features  [...]

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    36 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four ![...]

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    37 User Installable Features Lithium ion Battery Y our LifeBook has a Lithium ion battery that provides power for oper ati ng you r Lif eBo ok w hen no exter nal power so urce is avail able. T he b atter y i s dura ble and long lasting, but shou ld not be exposed to extreme tempera tures, hig h volta ges, chemic als o r other haza rds. The Lithium [...]

  • Page 46

    38 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four Dead Batter y Suspend mode shows on the Status indi- cator just like the normal Susp end mode. Once your LifeBook goes int o Dead Batt ery Suspend mode y ou will be unable to resume o peration until you pro vide a source of p ower eit her f rom an ada pter , or a charg ed batter y . Once you have provided[...]

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    39 User Installable Features Figure 4- 3 Loading /Ejecting a 3.5” Flopp y Disk External Floppy Disk Drive Y our Li feBook ha s an extern al floppy di sk dr ive which can read and w rite information on re movable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy 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. Orient the dis k [...]

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    40 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four Figure 4- 5 Installi ng/Remo ving PC C ards PC Cards Y our LifeB ook suppor ts T y pe II and T y pe III PC Cards, whic h can perfo rm a variety of functi ons. Some a vailable PC Card s: ■ Fax/data modem cards. ■ Loca l area net wor k (LAN) cards. ■ IDE sol id-stat e disk car ds. ■ SCSI card s. ■[...]

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    41 User Installable Features SMAR TCARD REA DER An embe dded Sm ar tCard Reader is prov ide d on you r Life Boo k. Sm ar tCards are t he sa me s ize and sh ap e as credit cards, b ut they contain an integrated microp ro- cessor chip . The chip can hold a variety of different information, and pr ovides the user with man y possible options, such as a[...]

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    42 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four Memory Upgrade Module Y our Li feB ook has be en con fig ured wi th eit her 64MB or 128MB of hig h spe ed Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) fact or y installed. T o i ncrease your Life Book’ s memory capacity , you must r eplace the original memory module with a h igher capacity module. The memor y upgrad[...]

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    43 User Installable Features 5. Re place the co ver b y following steps 9 and 10 of Instal l ing a Memor y Upgr ad e Module . CHECKING THE COM PUTER RECOGNITI ON OF NEW ME MORY CAPACITY Once you hav e change d the system memor y capa city , be sure to check that your LifeBo ok has recognized the cha ng e. Y ou can check the memor y capa city by loo[...]

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    44 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four Figur e 4-9 Por t Re plica tor rear pane l Port Replicator Y our LifeB ook comes w ith a Port Replicator . T he Po rt Re plicator e xtends the functionality of your LifeBook by pro v iding ports to connect PS/2 devices, a parallel dev ice, a seria l dev ice, and an extern al flop py dis k drive . The P or[...]

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    45 User Installable Features Figure 4 -10 Po rt Replic ator front pan el FRON T PANE L CO MPONE NTS Follo w ing is a brief description o f you r P or t R eplicator’ s front pa nel com ponents Docking Port The docking port connects the P ort Replicato r to yo ur LifeBook. (Figure 4-10) Port Repli cato r Rele ase La tch Pull the P ort Replicat or R[...]

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    46 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four Device Ports Y our Li feBook and P ort Re pli cato r com e equipped with multiple ports to which y ou can connect an exte rnal dev ice in clud ing : dis k dr ives, key bo ards, mod ems, printers, etc. MODEM (RJ-11) T ELEPHO NE PORT The mod em (RJ- 11) te lepho ne port is used fo r an internal mode m. T o [...]

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    47 User Installable Features EXTER NAL FLOP PY D ISK D RIV E POR T The exter nal flo ppy dis k dr ive port is us ed for a ttaching an op tion al ext ernal flo ppy dis k dr ive. In order to con nec t an ext ernal floppy disk dri ve t o yo ur LifeBook follow the instructions that ca me with your external flop py disk driv e. (See fi gure 4-9 on pa ge[...]

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    48 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Se cti on Four CAUTION Pressing the [Fn] + [F10] keys allows you to change your selecti on of where to send your display video . Each time yo u press the k ey co mbination, you wil l step to the nex t choice, starti ng with the buil t-in display panel only , movi ng to the external monitor onl y , fi nally moving to bot[...]

  • Page 57

    49 5 T roubleshooting [...]

  • Page 58

    50 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve  [...]

  • Page 59

    51 T roubl esho otin g T roubleshoo ting Y ou r Life Bo ok is sturdy a nd sub je ct to f ew proble ms in the fiel d. However , you m ay encounter si mple setup o r oper ati ng proble ms th at you ca n solve on the s pot, or problems w ith p er ipher al de v ices, that you can solve by replacing the device. The information in this section help s you[...]

  • Page 60

    52 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G TA B L E Proble m Page A udio Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52 Docking Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52 Floppy Disk Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 52 Har d Drive P roblems . . . . . . [...]

  • Page 61

    53 T roubl esho otin g Hard Dr ive Problems Y ou can not ac cess y our hard dri ve. The setup utility is incorre ctly set for yo ur internal (Primary Master) or op tio nal s econ d hard drive (Prima r y Sla ve). Revise BIOS settings to se t both Primary Mast er and Pr im ar y Sl ave corre ctly. See “BIO S Se tu p Utility” on page 29. The w rong[...]

  • Page 62

    54 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve Mod e m Pr ob le m s M essages about mode m operation. M essages about modem operation are generated by w h i ch e ver mo d em application is in use. See your ap plication softwar e documentation for additio nal information . P arallel, Se rial, and USB Dev ice P roble ms Y ou hav e installed a parallel [...]

  • Page 63

    55 T roubl esho otin g Pow e r F a i l u r e s Y ou turn on y our LifeBook and nothing seems t o happen. The ins talled primary battery is completely discharge d, there i s no optional second batter y installed or ther e is no P owe r adapt er (A C or A ut o/ Airline) insta lled. Check the Status Indicator P a nel to determine the presence and cond[...]

  • Page 64

    56 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve Y our LifeBook turns off all by itself. The po wer manageme nt para meters are se t for auto timeouts which are too short for your op er ati ng nee ds. P ress a ny bu tton on the keyboar d, or mo ve th e mous e to r est or e opera tion. I f that f ails, push th e Suspe nd/R esume b utto n. Check y our po[...]

  • Page 65

    57 T roubl esho otin g The b atter ies se em to discha rge t oo quic kly . Y ou are running an applicatio n that us es a g reat de al of p ower due to frequen t hard drive access or CD- R OM access, us e of a m ode m card or a LAN P C card. U se both the p rimar y batter y and a n optional second b atter y an d/or use a power adap ter for this appl[...]

  • Page 66

    58 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve An err or messa ge is displa yed on the sc reen during the LifeBook (boot) sequence. P ower On Self T est (POST) has detected a prob lem. See t he P ow er On Self T est (POST) m essage s to determine the meaning a nd seve rity of the pr oblem. N ot all messa ges are err ors; some are simp ly statu s indi[...]

  • Page 67

    59 T roubl esho otin g The d ispl ay goes bl ank by itself a fter you hav e been using it. The L ifeBook has gone int o Video Time out, Stan dby Mo de , Su s p e nd Mo d e o r S ave - to-Disk Mode be caus e you have not used it for a peri od of time. P ress a ny bu tton on the keyboar d, or mo ve th e mous e to r est or e opera tion. I f that f ail[...]

  • Page 68

    60 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve Y ou have con n ec te d an external monito r and it does n ot com e on. Y our extern al monitor is not compatible with you r LifeBook . See you r monitor documentation and the External M onitor Support portions of the Specifications section. See “Specificatio ns” on page 73. Miscella neous Pr oblem s[...]

  • Page 69

    61 T roubl esho otin g 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 generate an d an expla nation of each message. Error m ess ages are ma rked w it h an * . If an er ror message is displa yed that is not in this list, write it down and che[...]

  • Page 70

    62 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Fi ve 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/O bu s. BIOS attemp ts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the ad dress, it disp[...]

  • Page 71

    63 T roublesho oting Restor ing Y our Pre-installed Software Y our system has be en lo aded w ith a valua ble ut ilit y tha t allows you to restore your L ifeBoo k dis k dr ive contents as they were originally shipped fr om the factory . Most often this is necessary if files or so ftware pr og rams (only those files/progr ams that came pre-installe[...]

  • Page 72

    64 LifeBook B Series – Section Five ![...]

  • Page 73

    65 6 Care and Maintenance ! [...]

  • Page 74

    66 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Si x !![...]

  • Page 75

    67 Care and Mai ntenance Care and Maintenance If you us e y our Life Book car efully , y ou will incr eas e its life and relia bility . This section pro vides some tips for looking after the LifeBook and its devices. LIFE BOOK Caring for your LifeBook ■ Y our LifeBook is a durable bu t sensitiv e elect ronic devi ce. T reat it w ith care. ■ Mak[...]

  • Page 76

    68 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Si x BATTERIES Caring for your Batteries ■ Alwa ys handle batteries carefully . ■ Do not shor t-circuit th e batter y terminals (tha t is, do not touch both terminals with a metal object ). Do not carry lose ba tteries in a pock et or pur se wh ere t hey may mix w ith coins, keys, or oth er metal objec ts.[...]

  • Page 77

    69 Care and Mai ntenance CDs Caring for your CDs CDs are precisio n devices and will function reliably if give n reaso nable car e . ■ Alwa ys store you r CDs in its case when it is not in use. ■ Alwa ys handle C Ds by t he edges and a voi d to uch ing the surface. ■ A void stor ing a ny CDs in extreme temp eratures . ■ Do not ben d CDs or [...]

  • Page 78

    70 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Si x "[...]

  • Page 79

    71 7 Specifications "[...]

  • Page 80

    72 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Se ven "[...]

  • Page 81

    73 Specifications Specifications This section pr ov ides the har dware and en vironmental specifications for your F u jitsu LifeBook B Series. Specifications of particular configurations will vary . CONFIGURATION LABEL Y our LifeBook co ntains a configuration la bel located on the bott om of you r LifeBook. (See figure 2-8 o n page 12 for location)[...]

  • Page 82

    74 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Se ven THEF T PREVEN TION LOCK Lock slot for use with physical r estraining securit y systems . The locking system b y K ensingto n is rec ommende d. COMMUNICATIONS Mod em: Internal M ultinational V .90 standard 56K fax/ modem (ITU V .90, 56K data, 14.4K fax.), and LAN: 10/100 base-Tx Ethernet. * A ctual d ata[...]

  • Page 83

    75 Specifications ENVIRONM ENTAL REQUIRE MENTS Te m p e r a t u r e Operating: 5° to 35° C (41° to 95° F). N on-operating: –15° to 60° C (5° to 140° F). Hu m i d i t y Operating: 20% to 85%, relativ e, non-con densing. N on-operating; 8% to 85%, relativ e, non-cond ensing. Alt itu de Operating: 10,000 feet (3,048 m) maximum. POPUL AR ACCE[...]

  • Page 84

    76 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Se ven McAfee.co m Clinic on-lin e coupo n Clinic, by M cAfee.com, is a we b-based antivirus program that can be run from the McAfee.com website afte r loading data or programs o nto y our Li feBook. It assi sts in th e protec tion of t he d ata cur rently residi ng on your har d disk from d estruction or cont[...]

  • Page 85

    77 8 Glossary ""[...]

  • Page 86

    78 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Ei ght "#[...]

  • Page 87

    79 Glossary Glossary AC Adapter A d e vi ce w hi ch conver ts t he AC vol ta ge f rom a wall out let to the DC voltage nee ded to power your Life Book. ACPI A dvanced Configuration and P ower In terface Active-Matrix Display A ty pe o f technolog y for making flat-pane l displays which has a transis tor o r similar devic e for every pix el on the s[...]

  • Page 88

    80 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Ei ght Disk Drive The hard ware which spins the d isk and has the heads and c ontrol circuitry for reading and writing the data on t he d isk. Diskette A floppy dis k in a hard ho usi ng wi th a sh utter . DMA Direct Memory Access. Special circuitr y fo r memor y to memo r y transfers of data which do not r eq[...]

  • Page 89

    81 Glossary LAN Local Ar ea Netw ork. An interc onnect ion of comp uters and periphe rals within a single limited ge ographic locatio n which can pa ss pro grams and data amo ngst themselves. 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 Batte[...]

  • Page 90

    82 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Ei ght Program An integrated se t of coded commands to y o ur com puter s telling y our hard ware what to do and ho w and w hen to do it . PS/2 An IBM se ries of pers onal computers which establi shed a number o f standard s for connecting ext ernal devices such as keyb oards a nd mo nitor s. RAM Random Access[...]

  • Page 91

    83 Glossary SVGA Super V GA . S-Video Super Video. A compon ent v i deo sys tem for d riv ing a TV or computer mo nitor . System Clo ck An oscillat or of fix ed preci se fr equency which syn chro- nizes the operation of the sy stem and is counted t o pro v ide time of day an d date. TF T Thin Film T r ansist or – A t echnology for flat disp la y [...]

  • Page 92

    84 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s – Sec ti on Ei ght #[...]

  • Page 93

    85 Index Index A AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 79 indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 plug adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Anti-theft Lock Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Application S[...]

  • Page 94

    86 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s H Hard D isk D rive access indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Hard Disk Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Headphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 47 Hi[...]

  • Page 95

    87 Index R Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Restarting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Restoring your hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 RJ-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 RJ-45 . . . [...]

  • Page 96

    88 Lif eBoo k B Ser ie s ##[...]