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Fujitsu LIFEBOOK LifeBook C6577 manual

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    Copyrig ht Copyright Fujitsu P C Corp ora tio n has ma de e very effo rt to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this docu ment. Ho wever , as ongoing developme nt efforts 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 fo r erro rs, [...]

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    Life Boo k C Seri es FCC NOTICES Notic e to Us ers of Ra dios an d T elevisio n The se lim i t s ar e d esign ed to p ro vide r eason a ble pr otec- tion against ha rmful int erfer ence in a r esid ential ins talla- tion. This equi pment generates, us es, and ca n radiate radio freq uency e ne rgy and, if not installed and used in accor dance with [...]

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    Copyrig ht DOC (INDUSTRY CANADA) NOTICES Notice to Users o f Radios and T elev ision This Clas s B digital apparatus m eets all requirements of the Canadi an Interf erence- Ca using Equi pmen t R egulation s. CET appa r eil numérique de la c lass B respecte tout es les exigence du Rég lemen t sur l e ma téri al brou illeur du Canad a. Notice to [...]

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    Life Boo k C Seri es UL Notice This unit r equires an A C adapt er to operate. U se on ly UL Listed Class 2 Adapters with an output rating of 16 Vdc, with a cu rrent of 3.36 A. A C A dapt er output polarity: The modem-to -telephone netw o rk connection must be a line cor d using a minimum #26 A W G w ire. For A u thori zed Repa ir T echnici ans Onl[...]

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    T able of Con tents Fujitsu C Series LifeBook T able of Contents 1 PREFACE Preface About Thi s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu P C Contact In formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 GETTING TO KNOW Y OUR LIFEBOOK Overview Unpack ing . . . . [...]

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    Lif eBoo k C Ser ie s Pre-Installed Software Learni ng About Yo ur Applicat ions . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PC-Doctor fo r Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LapLink 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Quicken 2000 Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 McAfee.co m ActiveSh ield. . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    T able of Con tents S-Video Out Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Headpho ne Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 External M onitor Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5 T ROUBLES HOOTING T roubleshoot ing Identify ing the Pr oblem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Specific Problem s .[...]

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

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

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

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    3 Preface Preface ABOUT TH IS GUIDE The LifeBook ™ C Series fr om F ujitsu PC C orporation is a powerful notebo ok computer . It is power ed by an Intel® P entium® III micropr ocessor , has a built-in color displa y , a num be r o f possible c o nfigurations, and b rings the comp uting p ower of des ktop p erson al comp uters (PCs) to a p ort a[...]

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    4 LifeBo ok C Series – Section One [...]

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

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

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    7 Overview Figure 2-1 Fu jitsu C Series LifeBoo k Overview This s ecti on des cri bes the compon ents o f your Fujitsu LifeBook. W e str ongly r e commend that y ou read it before us ing your LifeBo ok – even if you are al ready familiar with notebook computers. UNPACKING W hen you rec ei ve y our LifeBoo k, unpack it car efully , and co m pa re [...]

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    8 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two LIFE BOO K FE ATU RES The LifeBoo k C Ser ies is a compact, yet powerful note- book computer avail able wit h a va rie ty o f featu res, including: (See Specifi cat ions on page 7 9 for more infor- mati on) ■ Latest high-sp eed Intel P e ntium III m obile processors wi th Sp eedS tep te chnolo gy ■ 100 MHz S[...]

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    9 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connec tors Figure 2- 3 LifeB ook with d isplay open Locating the Controls and Connectors T OP AND FR ONT COMPO NEN TS The follo wing is a brief description o f y our LifeBook ’ s top an d front compo nent s. Display Panel L atch The displ ay pane l lat ch locks and releas es the displa y panel . Disp lay Pane l The[...]

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    10 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two Ster eo Sp eaker s The b uilt-i n dua l speak ers al lo w for st er eo sound . Closed Cover Sw itch The closed cover switch tur ns off the LCD back lig hting when t he di splay panel is cl osed. Keyboa rd A full-size keyboard with dedicated W indo ws key s. ( See K e yboard on page 19 for more infor mation) T o[...]

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    11 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connec tors Figure 2-4 LifeBook l eft-side pan el LEFT- SIDE P AN EL COMP ONENTS The follo wing is a brief description o f y our LifeBook ’ s left-side c omponents. Power Switch This switch is the mai n po wer switch for y our LifeBook. PC Ca rd Slo ts The PC Car d Slots allow y ou to ins ta ll two T y pe II PC Car[...]

  • Page 20

    12 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two Figure 2-5 LifeB ook rig ht-side panel RIGHT -SIDE P ANEL COMPON ENTS The follo wing is a brief description o f y our LifeBook ’ s righ t-side components. Head phone J ack The he adpho ne jac k al l o ws y ou to c onnect headp hones or po wered ex t ernal speak ers . (See H eadp hone J ac k on page 53 for mor[...]

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    13 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connec tors Figure 2 -6 Lif eBook ba ck panel BACK PAN EL COMP O NENTS The follo wing is a brief description o f y our LifeBook ’ s back pa nel compone nts. Anti-theft Lock Slot The an ti- t he ft lock slot allo ws you to at t ach an op tional physical lo ck down de v ice. PS/2 Por t The PS/2 port allo ws y ou to c[...]

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    14 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two USB Port The USB port allows you to connect U niv er sal Serial Bus dev ices. (See U niversal Serial Bus Port on page 51 for more informat ion) DC Power Jack The D C p ower jack a llows you to pl ug in the AC adapter or the opt ional A uto/Airline adapter to power your LifeBook and charge the int e rnal Lithium[...]

  • Page 23

    15 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connec tors Figu re 2-7 Lif eBook b ottom pan el BOTTOM CO MPO NE NTS The follo wing is a brief description o f y our LifeBook ’ s bottom panel c omp onents. Main Unit a nd Configu ration Lab el The configu ration la bel shows the mod el number and oth er inf orm ati on ab ou t your Li feB ook . In ad dit ion, the [...]

  • Page 24

    16 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two Figure 2- 8 CoolView Display CoolV iew Display The CoolV iew Display is located at the front of your LifeBook, just below the to uch pad. W ithin this displa y are symbols that co rrespond to specific compone nts of your Fujitsu Li fe B o o k. Thes e sy mb ol s tel l you how each of tho se comp onents are oper [...]

  • Page 25

    17 Cool Vie w Di splay AC ADAP TER IND ICATOR The A C A d apter indica t o r states whether y our LifeBook is operating from the A C adapter , t he A uto/Airline adapter or the batterie s. This icon has two different states th at can tel l you wh at power so urce your Life Boo k is usi ng. ■ On: This means that eith e r of the ada pter s ar e cu [...]

  • Page 26

    18 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two HARD DRIVE ACCESS INDIC ATOR The H ard Driv e Acc ess indic at or states whether your internal har d drive or optional seco nd hard driv e is being ac cess ed. FLOPPY DISK DRIV E ACC ESS IN DICATO R The F l op py Di sk Driv e A ccess indicat or stat es whet her the floppy disk dr ive is b eing access ed. T hi s[...]

  • Page 27

    19 Keyboard Figure 2- 10 Keybo ard Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y ou r Fujitsu Life Book has an integral 87-key keyboard. The k eys perform all the standard functions of a 101-k ey keyboar d, inclu di ng the W indows k ey s and othe r special function keys. This section des cribes the follo wing keys. ■ N um eri c k eypad ■ Cu r s o r k e y s ?[...]

  • Page 28

    20 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two FUNCTION KEYS Y ou r LifeBook has 12 function keys, F1 thr ough F12. The functions as signed to thes e keys differ for ea ch application. Y ou should refer to your softwar e docu- mentation to find out ho w these keys are used. The [FN] k ey pro v ides exte nded functions for the LifeBook and is alw ays used in[...]

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    21 T ouc hpad Po intin g Devi ce Figure 2-11 T ou chpad po inting device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad pointing device co mes built into y our F uj itsu Li feBook. It i s us ed t o c ontrol t he mov ement of the po inter to se lec t items on your displ ay panel . The T o uchpad is composed of a cursor control, a left and rig ht button, an[...]

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    22 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two DRAGGING Dragging means pressin g and holding the left bu tton, while moving t he curs or . T o drag , move the cursor to the item you w ish to move . Press an d hold the le ft butto n while moving the it em t o its ne w location and then rele as e it. Dragging can also be done using the T o uchpad . Firs t, ta[...]

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    23 Vo l u m e C o n t r o l V olume Control Y our Fujitsu LifeBook has multiple v o lume co ntrols which interact with each other . CONTROLLING TH E V OLUME There i s the h ardware volume control lo cated on the LifeBook itself, and the v ol ume control set fro m within the V olume Control o n the T askbar . In addition to those, there are als o ap[...]

  • Page 32

    24 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two Figure 2-16 LifeBoo k Applic at ion Laun cher Bu tto ns LifeBook Applic ation Panel A uniq ue f e atu r e of yo ur F u jits u Li feBook is the Li f e- Book App lication P anel. This panel allow s you t o ope rate t h e D VD driv e as an i ndepe n den t audio CD Play e r or launch applica tions with the touch of[...]

  • Page 33

    25 LifeBook Appl ication Panel As an applic ation l aunch er , t he LifeB ook Applica tion P anel is ver y flex ible, g iv ing you a va rie ty of option s. T o set up the Pa nel to best suit your needs, we have pro vided the A pp licatio n P a nel Se tup ut ility tha t qu ickl y and e asil y helps you mak e the most of thi s valuable feature. T o c[...]

  • Page 34

    26 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two There is no co nfiguration r e quired for CD pla yer opera- tion. The but tons a re pre-confi gured to work like a normal CD play er . Whe n the select or switch is in the bottom pos ition, the butt ons will operate as follo ws: ■ Stop/Eject: This is the first but ton to the righ t of the CoolView d ispl ay .[...]

  • Page 35

    27 LifeBook Appl ication Panel Deactivating a nd Activating the LifeBoo k Application Panel T o deactivate the LifeBook Ap plication P ane l, follow these ea sy steps : 1. Click on St art . 2. Click on Prog ra ms . 3. Click on Li feBook App licatio n P anel . 4. Click on Dea ctivate P anel . T o reactivate, follow the same procedure, ex cept for st[...]

  • Page 36

    28 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two Pre-Installed Software Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook comes with pre-installed s oftware for p layi ng audio an d v ide o fi les of va ri ous form at s. In addi tio n the re i s fil e trans fer s o ftware , virus p ro te ct ion softwar e and P ower M anagement so ftwar e . LEARNING AB OUT Y O UR APPLICATIO NS T utoria[...]

  • Page 37

    29 Pre-Installe d Softw are INTERVIDEO WINDVD SOFTWARE DVD PLAYE R The W INDV D so f tware pr ovid es a D VD dec oder/pla yer which allo ws yo u to pla y back D V D s on you r LifeBook. LIFEBO OK APPL ICATIO N PANEL SOFT WARE Y our LifeBook is pre-installed w ith software utilities t hat let you operat e and co nfigur e y o ur LifeBook Ap plicati o[...]

  • Page 38

    30 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Two [...]

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    29 3 Getting Started #[...]

  • Page 40

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

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    31 Power Sou rces Figure 3-1 Connecting the AC Ad apter Power Sources Y o ur Fuj its u Life Bo ok ha s thre e pos sib le power sources : a primary Lithium ion ba tte ry , an A C adapt er or an optional A uto/Airline adap ter . CONNE CTING THE P OWER AD APTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/Ai rline adapt e r pro vides powe r fo r operating your [...]

  • Page 42

    32 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Three Figure 3-2 Openi ng the Display Panel Display Panel Y ou r Fu jitsu LifeBook contains a dis play panel that is backlit fo r easier viewing in b right environme nts and maintains top resolution through the us e of active- matrix technology . OPENI NG THE DI SP LAY PAN EL 1. Slide the latch locat e d at the top[...]

  • Page 43

    33 Starting Y our Lif eBook Starting Y our LifeBook POWER O N Power Switch Th e p owe r s w it ch is u s ed to t u rn on yo ur Li fe Bo o k f ro m its off state. O nce you have connected your AC adapter or charged the int e rnal Lithium ion batt ery , you can pow er on y our LifeBook. (See figure 2-4 on page 11 for location) Fa cin g the k eyboar d[...]

  • Page 44

    34 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Three pull-do wn men u. Once you ha ve do ne that, select the heading BIOS Gu ides from the pull-down menu and finally , select your spec ific unit ’ s BIOS number . If you are unsu re of your LifeBo ok’ s BIOS number , please refer t o y o ur packing slip . BOOTING T HE SYSTEM WIT H WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDI TION [...]

  • Page 45

    35 Starting Y our Lif eBook REGI ST ERING Y OUR LIFE BOO K What are the benefits of registering? Y ou will re cei ve an identif ication label for you r LifeBook , which, if you r Life Book is ever lost, ma y help in getting it retur ned to you . Y ou al so receive pr iorit y Personal I dentification N umber (PIN) technical support access and us efu[...]

  • Page 46

    36 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Three Power Management Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook has man y options and fe atures for con ser ving batt e ry powe r . Some of t h es e feat ures are autom atic and need no user inte rvention, such as those for the internal mod e m. Ho we ve r , others depend on the par ame ters you set t o be st su it your oper at ing[...]

  • Page 47

    37 Power Management STA NDBY M ODE Standb y mode is one of the po w er mana gem en t parame - te rs. W hen Stand by mod e is acti vate d, y our Lif eBook puts t he CPU i n low-sp eed o pera tion, s huts off the displa y and turns off th e har d driv e when ther e is no activit y (k eystrok e, pointe r action, sound generation, v ideo dis play cha n[...]

  • Page 48

    38 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Three POWER O FF Befor e turning off the pow er by choosing Shu t Do wn from the W indows 98 Seco nd Editio n Start menu, c heck that the Hard Drive, DVD , PC Card and the Floppy D isk Drive A ccess indicat ors ar e all O ff. (See figure 2-4 on page 11) If you tur n off the power whil e access ing a disk or PC Car [...]

  • Page 49

    39 4 User Installable Features #[...]

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    40 Li feBo ok C Ser ie s – Se cti on Four [...]

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    41 Lithium ion Battery Lithium ion Battery Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook has a Lithium ion batter y that pro vides power fo r operating your LifeBook when no external power source i s ava ilable . Th e ba ttery is dura ble and lon g lasting, but should not be expos ed to e xtr eme t emperatur es, high v olt ages, che m i cals or other h azar ds. The Lith[...]

  • Page 52

    42 LifeBook C Series – Section Four Dead Batter y Suspend mode shows on the Status indi- cator just like the normal Suspend mode. Once your LifeBook goes int o Dead Batte r y Suspen d 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 char ged batter y . Once you have provided powe[...]

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    43 Floppy Disk Drive Figure 4-2 Loadi ng/Eject ing a 3.5” Floppy Disk Floppy Disk Drive Y ou r Fujitsu Life Book has a 3.5" floppy disk drive with the ability to re ad and wr ite information on r emo vable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks. LOADING A DIS K T o load a dis k into your dis k dr ive, f ollow th ese ea sy steps: 1. Orient the disk so[...]

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    44 LifeBook C Series – Section Four Figure 4-4 DVD Drive DVD Drive Y ou r Fu jitsu LifeBook contains a D V D drive which is both a 8x DVD p layer and a CD dr ive. Thi s g ives you acc e ss to movie, so ftwar e and audi o D VD/ CD s . DVD PLAYE R SO FTW ARE W ith the D VD dri ve and DV D Pla yer sof tw are y ou c an play DVD mov ies on your Lif eB[...]

  • Page 55

    45 DVD Drive 1. Push and releas e the eje ct button on the front of the DVD drive to op en the h older tr ay . The tray w il l com e out of the Li feBook a short dist anc e. 2. Gen tly pul l the tra y out until a D VD/CD ca n ea sil y be place d in the tr ay . 3. Pl ace the DVD /CD i nto the t ray , lab el sid e up, wi th the ho le in the c enter o[...]

  • Page 56

    46 LifeBook C Series – Section Four USING THE D VD PLAYER ON BATTERY POWER Since D VD drives consume a lot of po wer , your o verall battery li fe will be shorter when operat ing the DVD drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) than during st andard operation. Many movies run-times are longer than your LifeBook can suppor t on a single b[...]

  • Page 57

    47 PC C ards Figure 4- 6 Installi ng/Remo ving PC Cards PC Cards Y our F ujits u Lif eBook s up po rts T ype I, T y pe II an d T ype III PC Cards, which can per form a va riet y of funct ions depending on which type of PC Card y ou install. Y ou can install one or two P C Car ds at a time, de pending o n its type. T y pe I and T ype II PC Card s c [...]

  • Page 58

    48 LifeBook C Series – Section Four REMOVI NG PC CA RDS T o remo v e a PC Car d (s), fo llow t hese e a sy step s: 1. See your PC Card manual for specific instructions on r e mo ving y ou r c ard . So me P C Car ds ma y requir e you r LifeBook to be in Suspend Mode or Off while re mov in g th e m. 2. U nlock t he P C Card from the slot by sl idin[...]

  • Page 59

    49 Memory Upgrade Module Memory Upgrade Modu le Y our F ujitsu LifeBook comes with 64MB or 128MB hig h speed Sync hr onous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) factory installed. T o increase y our LifeBook’ s memory capaci ty , you ma y install an additional memory upg rade module. The memory upgrade must be a dual-in-li ne (DIMM ) SDRAM module. INSTALLING A ME [...]

  • Page 60

    50 LifeBook C Series – Section Four REMOVING A MEMORY UPGRADE MODULE 1. P e rform steps 1 thr ough 3 of Installing a M emor y Up g r a d e Mo d u l e . 2. Pull the clips sid eways a way from each side of the memory upgrade module at the sa me time. 3. While ho lding the clips out, remo ve the mod u le from the slot by lifting it up and p ulling t[...]

  • Page 61

    51 Devic e Ports Device Ports Y our Fu jitsu Life Boo k c omes equ ipped with m u ltipl e ports to which you can connect an external device inclu ding: dis k driv e s, k eyboar ds, mode ms, printer s, etc. MODEM (RJ-11) T ELEPHO NE JACK The mode m (RJ-11) te lep hone jack is used for an internal mod e m. T o c o nnect the telephone cable follow the[...]

  • Page 62

    52 LifeBook C Series – Section Four INFRARED PORT The Infrare d IrD A 1.1 (4Mbps) port al lo ws for wireless data t ran sfer b etween your Lif eBook and o ther IrDA - com pa t ibl e de v i ces , su ch as a not h er com pu te r o r a printer , w ithout the u se of a cable . (See figure 2-6 on page 13 for locat ion) I t i s im p o rt a nt to k ee p[...]

  • Page 63

    53 Devic e Ports 3. Click on the SPDIF tab and clic k ON (Digital Sour ces Onl y ) S-VIDEO OUT PO RT The S -V ideo port allo ws y ou t o c o n nect and use dir ectly any S-Video dev ice, such as a V CR or tele v isi on. T he S-Video s tanda rd provi des for a h ig her qua lit y pi cture than NTSC or P AL. In order to connect an S-Video dev ice, f o[...]

  • Page 64

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

  • Page 65

    55 5 T roubleshooting  [...]

  • Page 66

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

  • Page 67

    57 T roublesho oting T roub leshoo ting Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook is s turdy and subject to few prob- lems in the field . H ow ev e r , yo u may enc ount er simple setu p or op erat ing p roblems tha t you can solve on th e spot, or pr oblems with peripheral d evice s, that y ou can solv e by replacing the device. The information in this section help[...]

  • Page 68

    58 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five 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 58 DVD/C D-R W /CD-R OM Dri ve Pr oblems . . . . . p age 58 Floppy Disk Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 59 Har d Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 69

    59 T roublesho oting LifeBook fails to r ecognize DVD/C D-RW/CD-ROMs . (con tinued) W ron g dr ive d esi gn ator w as used fo r DVD/C D-R W/CD - R OM in the applicatio n. V e rify the driv e d esignat or used b y the applicatio n is the sam e as the one us ed by the o peratin g sys tem. W hen the oper ati ng sys tem is b ooted from a DVD/ CD-R W/CD[...]

  • Page 70

    60 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five Hard Dr ive Problems Y ou canno t ac c ess yo ur hard dri ve. The setup utility is incorre ctly set for yo ur internal (Primary Master) or op tio nal se cond hard dri ve (Pr im ar y S lave) . R evis e BIOS settin gs to se t bo th Pri mary M a ster and Pr im ar y S lave corre ctl y . (See BI OS Setu p Uti lity [...]

  • Page 71

    61 T roublesho oting P a rallel, Se rial, an d US B Device Pr ob le ms Y o u ha v e installed a parallel port devic e, a se rial port de v i ce or a U SB d e vi ce . Y o ur L ifeBook doe s not re c ogn i ze t h e devic e, or t he dev ice do es no t see m to work p rope rly . The device is not proper ly in stal led. Remov e an d re-in stall the dev [...]

  • Page 72

    62 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five Po w e r F a i l u r e s Y ou turn o n yo ur LifeBook and nothing seem s t o happen. The ins talled primary battery is co mpl etely discharge d, th ere is 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 anel to determine t[...]

  • Page 73

    63 T roublesho oting Y o ur LifeBook turns off all by itself. The p ower manageme nt para mete rs are se t for auto timeouts which are too short for your op er ati ng ne eds. P r ess an y bu t ton on the keyboar d, or mo ve t he mous e to r est or e opera tion. I f that f ails, pu sh the Suspe nd/R esume b utto n. C heck y our po wer management se [...]

  • Page 74

    64 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five The b atter ies se em to discha rge t oo qu ickly . Y ou are running an application that us es a g reat de al of p ower due to frequen t hard drive access o r DVD/C D- R W /CD - R OM a ccess, use o f a m odem card or a L AN PC ca rd. U s e both the p rimar y batter y and a n optional second b atter y and/or us[...]

  • Page 75

    65 T roublesho oting Y o ur L ifeBook a ppears to change setu p pa rame ters when y ou start it. BIOS setup changes were not saved when you ma de them and exi ted the BI OS s etup utility returning it to pr ev ious s et tings. Mak e sure you se lect Save Chang es A nd Ex it when exiting the BIOS setup utility . The BI OS CMOS h old- up batter y has[...]

  • Page 76

    66 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five The Built-in Disp la y does not close. A foreign object , such as a paper clip , is stuck between the displ ay and t he ke ybo ard. Re mo ve all foreign objects from the keyboard. The Built-in Disp la y has br igh t or d ark s pot s. If the spot s are v er y tin y an d few in number , this is normal for a la r[...]

  • Page 77

    67 T roublesho oting POWER ON SE LF T EST MESSAG ES The follo w ing is an alphabet ic list of err or -and- status messag e s that Phoenix BI OS and/o r y our operating system can generat e and a n explanatio n of each message. Error messa ges ar e mark ed with an *. Th e most com mo n err o rs ar e mark ed with a #. If an e rror mes sage is displa [...]

  • Page 78

    68 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five driv e ma y be c orrupt ed and y our syst em ma y ha ve t o be re-installed from your ba ck up me dia. *Pari ty Ch eck 1 nnnn P ari ty error 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 th e ad dr ess, it displa ys ????. This is a potentiall[...]

  • Page 79

    69 T roublesho oting EMERGENCY DVD T RAY RELEASE If for some re ason t h e eject b ut ton fails, yo u can ope n the DVD tray with a paper clip or similar tool inserted into the eject hole in the far r ight side of the front of the tray . Str aig hten one si de o f a pa per cl ip an d pu sh it gently into the hole. The tray will pop out a short dist[...]

  • Page 80

    70 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Five 2. If y our LifeBook is running when you inse rt the CD , exit your ope rat ing system a nd power dow n the LifeBook. 3. Start (po wer up ) you r LifeBook. 4. At this poi nt, you mu st either ch ange your BIOS setup configuration thr ough the [F2] key to have the computer boot from the CD-ROM “first” (if y[...]

  • Page 81

    71 6 Care and Maintenance "[...]

  • Page 82

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

  • Page 83

    73 Care and Mainte nance Care and Maintenance If you use your Fujitsu L ifeBoo k carefull y , you w il l incr ea se its life and reliability . T his section pr o vides some tips for looking afte r the LifeBook and its devices. FUJI TSU LIFE BOOK Caring fo r your Fujitsu Li feBook ■ Y our Fujitsu LifeBook is a du rabl e bu t se nsitiv e elec- tron[...]

  • Page 84

    74 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Six BATTERIES Caring for your B atteries ■ Alway s handle batteries carefully . ■ Do not shor t-circuit the b attery ter minals (that is, do not touch both terminals with a metal object). Do not carry lose bat teries in a pock et or purs e wher e they may mix with coins, k eys, or other metal objects. Doing so [...]

  • Page 85

    75 Care and Mainte nance DVDs AND CDs Caring for your DVDs and CDs DV Ds a nd CDs ar e pre ci sion devices and will function reliabl y if given reas onable care . ■ Alwa ys store y our D V D/C Ds in its case when it is not in use. ■ Always ha ndle DVD/C Ds by t he e dge s and avoid touching th e sur face. ■ A void stor ing a ny DVD/CDs in ext[...]

  • Page 86

    76 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Six "![...]

  • Page 87

    77 7 Specifications ""[...]

  • Page 88

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

  • Page 89

    79 Sp ec ific at io ns Specifications This section pr ov ides the har d ware and e n viro nmental specifications for you r F ujitsu LifeBook. Specifications of pa r ti cu lar co nfig ur a tio ns w i ll v ar y . CONFIGURATIO N LABEL Y our F ujitsu LifeBook c ontains a c o nfiguration label located on the bottom of your LifeBo ok. (See figure 2-7 on [...]

  • Page 90

    80 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Seven MICRO PROCESSOR Latest high-sp eed Intel mobile microprocessor . MEMO RY Sys t em Me mo r y 128MB or 64MB, exp andable up to 192MB SDRAM. Cache Memo r y 256 KB on-die L2 cache. BIOS Memor y 512KB Flash R OM. 256 B y tes CMOS RA M with back-up batte r y . VID E O Built-in c olor flat-panel TFT active matrix L [...]

  • Page 91

    81 Sp ec ific at io ns ■ T w o connect or s for USB (U niv e rsal Serial Bus) input/out pu t dev ices. ■ One 1394 c onne ct or ■ One 25-pin special c onnector for ext e rnal floppy disk drive c onnection. ■ One mod ul ar modem (R J-11) c onnector . ■ One ste reo headph one jack . (See A udio specific atio ns) ■ One mono micr o phone jac[...]

  • Page 92

    82 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Seven [...]

  • Page 93

    83 8 Glossary [...]

  • Page 94

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

  • Page 95

    85 Glossary Glossary 1394 A fast external b us that a llows transfer rates o f up to 400 Mbps. AC Adapter A d e v ice w hi ch co nver ts t he AC vol ta g e f ro m a wall out l et to the DC volta ge n ee de d to power you r Life Book. ACPI A pow er management spe cification that allows the o per- ating syst em to d et ermine the amount o f pow e r g[...]

  • Page 96

    86 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Eight Disk Drive The har d ware which spins the d isk an d 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 n g w i th a sh ut ter . DMA Direct Memory Acc ess. Special circuitr y for memor y to memo r y transfers of data which do not r equ[...]

  • Page 97

    87 Glossary MB Meg ab y t e . Megahe rtz 1,000,000 cycle s per seco nd. Memo ry A repos itory for data and applications which is readily acc essible to y our LifeBook CPU . MHz Meg ah e r t z. MIDI M usical Instrume nt Digital Int erfac e. A st andard commu nicatio n prot ocol for ex change of information betwe en c omput ers a nd so und pr oduc er[...]

  • Page 98

    88 LifeBo ok C Series – Section Eight stor ed in this way can not be change d by yo ur LifeBook and does not r equire po wer t o maintain it. SDRAM Sync hro n ou s Dynamic Rand om A cce ss M emory . Serial Port A connection t o another device through which data is transferr e d one bit at a t ime on a sin gle wire with an y other w ires only for [...]

  • Page 99

    Index Index A AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 85 plug adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Application See Pr e- i ns ta lled Softwa re Auto Insert Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Auto/Airline Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 100

    Life Boo k C Seri es F Floppy Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 59 care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Fujitsu LifeBook care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 101

    Index SDRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 61, 88 Shut Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Softw are See Pr e- i ns ta lled Softwa re Standby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

  • Page 102

    Life Boo k C Seri es #[...]