Fujitsu E Series manual

E Series User’ s Guide Fall 1999 Fujitisu and the Fujitisu logo are registered trademarks and LifeBook is trademark of Fujitisu Ltd. ErogT rac is a trademark of Fujitisu PC Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective own- ers. ©1999 Fujitisu PC Corporation. All rights reserved. EUG.1099 FPC58-0313-01 F[...]

Copyright Copyright Fujitsu PC Co rporation has made ever y effort to ensure the accuracy and complet eness of this document. Ho wever , as ongoing dev elopment efforts are contin ually impro ving the capabilities of our products, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the cont ents of this document. W e disclaim liabilit y for errors, omissions, or f[...]

LifeBook E Series FCC NOTICES Notice to Users of Radios and T elevision These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protec- tion against harmful interferenc e in a residential installa- tion. This equipment generates, uses, and can r adiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in acc ordance with the instructions, ma y cause h[...]

Copyright ■ Elevators, highwa ys, tunnels (aut omobile, sub way , railroad or pedestrian) where a person with impaired hearing mig ht be isolated in an emergency . ■ Places wher e telephones are specifically installed to alert emergency author ities such as fire, police or medical assistance personnel. ■ Hospital r ooms, r esidential health[...]

LifeBook E Series Les réparations de l’équipement de télécommunications doiv ent être eV ectuées par un ser vice de maintenance agréé au Canada. T out e réparation ou modification, qui n ’est pas expressément approu vée par Fujitsu PC Corp., ou toute défaillanc e de l’équipement peut entr aîner la compagnie de télécommunicati[...]

T able of Contents Fujitsu LifeBook E Series Notebook T able of Contents SECTION ONE PREFACE Preface About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu PC Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SECTION T WO GETTING TO KNOW Y OUR LIFEBOOK Ov[...]

LifeBook E Series Flexible Bay Devices Removing and Installing Modular Devices . . . . . 27 LifeBook Security Application Panel Setup Your LifeBook Security Panel . . . . . . . . . . 29 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Operating Your LifeBook Security Application Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T able of Contents PC Cards Installing PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Removing PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Memory Upgrade Module Installing a Memory Upgrade Module . . . . . . . . 65 To Remove a Memory Upgrade Module: . . . . . . 66 Checking the Computer Recognition of New Memory Capacity . . .[...]

LifeBook E Series[...]

1 Preface Section One Preface Preface About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fujitsu PC Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3[...]

2 LifeBook E Series – Section One[...]

3 Preface Preface ABOUT THIS GUIDE The LifeBook E Series notebook from F ujitsu PC C orpo- ration is a powerful not ebook compute r . It is po wer ed by an Intel® P entium® or Celeron™ micropr ocessor , has a built-in color displa y , a vast array of possible configura- tions, and br ings the computing po wer of desktop personal comput ers (PC[...]

4 LifeBook E Series – Section One[...]

5 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Section T wo Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Overview Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LifeBook Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Valuable LifeBook Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Popular Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6 LifeBook E Series – Section Two LifeBook Security Application Panel Setup Your LifeBook Security Panel . . . . . . . . . . 29 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Operating Your LifeBook Security Application Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Uninstalling the Security Application Panel . .[...]

7 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-1 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series notebook Overview This section describes the components of your F ujitsu LifeBook E Series notebook. W e strongly recommend that you r ead it before using y our notebook – even if you are alr eady familiar w ith notebook c omputers. UNPACKING W hen you rec eive y our notebook, [...]

8 LifeBook E Series – Section Two LIFEBOOK FEATURES The LifeBook E Series notebook is a compact, yet pow erful notebook compute r available with a var iety of features, including: (See Specifications on page 97 for more information) ■ Latest high-speed Intel mobile pr ocessor ■ SDRAM system memory ■ Clear , bright TFT display ■ Lithium I[...]

9 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook POPULAR ACCESSORIES For or dering or additional infor mation on Fujitsu ac cessories please v isit our W eb site at www .fujitsu-pc.com or call 1-800-733-0884. Memory Upgrades 66MHz or 100MHz Bus speed system: ■ 32MB SDRAM ■ 64MB SDRAM ■ 128MB SDRAM Docking/Expansions ■ Full Dock II ■ LANdock II ■ P ort [...]

10 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-3 LifeBook E Series notebook with display open Locating the Controls and Connectors T OP AND FRONT COMPONENTS The following is a brief descr iption of your not ebooks top and fr ont components. Display Panel Latch The display panel lat ch locks and releases the display panel. (Figure 2-3) Display Panel [...]

11 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook IR Wireless Mouse Receiver The IR W ireless M ouse Recei ver allows the use of an optional wireless IR Mouse. (Figure 2-3) Power/Suspend/Resume Button The P owe r butto n is al wa ys used t o P ower On y our not e- book from its Off state.It is also used as the Suspend/ R esume button. The Suspend/Resume butt on al[...]

12 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-4 LifeBook E Series notebook left-side panel LEFT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks left-side components. DC Power Jack The DC power jack allo ws y ou to plug in the A C adapter or the optional A uto/Airline adapt er to po w er y our note- book and charge the int[...]

13 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-5 LifeBook E Series notebook right-side panel RIGHT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebook ’ s rig ht-side components. Lithium Ion Battery Bay The battery bay contains the internal Lithium I on battery . It can be opened for the remo val of the batter y when stored o ve[...]

14 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-6 LifeBook E Series notebook rear panel REAR PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks rear panel components. PS/2 Port The PS/2 port allows you t o connect an external PS/2 keyboar d, mouse or numeric k ey pad. (Figure 2-6) (See PS/2 P ort on page 67 for more informat ion) S[...]

15 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-7 LifeBook E Series notebook bottom panel BOTTOM COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks bottom panel co mponents. Main Unit and Configuration Label The configuration label sho ws the model number and other information about your notebook. In addition, the configuration portion o[...]

16 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-8 Status Indicator Panel Status Indicator Panel The Status Indicator panel is locat ed in the recess just abov e y our k eyboard. W ithin this panel ar e symbols that correspond with a specific component of your LifeBook Series notebook. These sy mbols tell y ou how each of those components ar e operat[...]

17 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-9 Battery Level Indicator BATTERY CHARGING INDICATORS Located to the left of each of the Batter y Level indicat ors is a small arrow symbol. This symbol states whether that specific battery is charging . This indicator operates whether the powe r sw itch is in the On or Off position, and will flash if th[...]

18 LifeBook E Series – Section Two FLOPPY DISK DRIVE ACCESS INDICATOR The Floppy Disk Drive A ccess indicator stat es whether the floppy disk or SuperDisk driv e is being accessed. This indicator will flash if your software tries to ac c ess a disk even if no floppy disk dr iv e is installed. (See S uper - Disk™ 120 or Floppy Disk Dr ive on [...]

19 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-10 Keyboard Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook has an integral 87-key k eyboard. The keys perform all the standard functions of a 101-key k eyboard, including the W indo ws keys and other special function k eys. This section describes the following keys. (Figur e 2-10) ■ N[...]

20 LifeBook E Series – Section Two shortcut menus for the selected item. (Please refer to your W indows documentation for additional infor - mation regarding the W indows k e ys.) CURSOR KEYS The cursor keys are the four arr o w keys on the keyboar d which allow y ou to mov e the cursor up, down, left and rig ht in applications. In programs such [...]

21 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-11 ErogT rac™ pointing device ErgoT rac Pointing Device The ErgoT ra c pointing device is built into your F ujitsu LifeBook Series notebook. I t is used to c ontr ol the mo v e- ment of the cursor to select items on y our display panel. The ErgoT ra c is composed of a cursor control and a left and rig ht[...]

22 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-13 Double-clicking DRAGGING Dragging means pressing and holding the left button, while moving the cursor . T o drag , mov e the cursor to the item y ou w ish to mov e. P ress and hold the left button while mo v ing the item to its new location and then release it. Figure 2-14 Dragging ERGOT RAC CONTROL [...]

23 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-15 T ouchpad pointing device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad pointing dev ice may c ome built into y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook. It is used to contr ol the mov ement of the pointer to select items on y our display panel. The T ouchpad is composed of a cursor contr ol and a left and r ight[...]

24 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-17 Double-clicking DRAGGING Dragging means pressing and holding the left button, while moving the cursor . T o drag , mov e the cursor to the item y ou w ish to mov e. P ress and hold the left button while mo v ing the item to its new location and then release it. Dragging can also be done using the T o[...]

25 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook V olume Control Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook has multiple volume c ontrols which interact with each other . CONTROLLING THE V OLUME There is the har dware volume c ontrol located on the notebook itself, and the volume c ontrol set from within the V olume Control on the T askbar . I n addition to those, th[...]

26 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-19 Flexible Bay Flexible Bay Devices Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook contains a Flexible Ba y . The Flexible Ba y can acco mmodate a modular DVD driv e, CD-R OM drive, CD-R W dr iv e, floppy disk drive, SuperDisk drive, Lithium Ion batt er y , weight sav er or additional hard drive. (Figur e 2-1[...]

27 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook REMOVING AND INSTALLING MODULAR DEVICES There ar e three ways to r emove and install modular devices in the Flexible Bay: ■ Cold-swapping: swapping devices while y our notebook is po wered off. ■ W arm-swapping: swapping devices while your notebook is in suspend mode. ■ Hot-swapping: swapping dev ices while y[...]

28 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Hot-swapping BayS wap ™ is a unique Phoenix ® application that pr ovides a simple and powe rful method of sw itching modular devices on your notebook without having to r eboot. W indo ws 98 do not nati v ely support hot-swapping. W ith BayS wap, you can swap modular devices while your O/S is running, this is [...]

29 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-22 LifeBook Series Security Application Panel LifeBook Security Application Panel A unique feature of your LifeBook Series notebook is the Securit y A pplication P anel that allows you t o secur e y our notebook fr om unauthorized use. The Security Applica- tion P anel also allows y ou t o launch applicati[...]

30 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Setting Passwords W hen shipped from the factory , no passwor ds are set. Y ou have a choic e of setting no password or superv isor and user passwor d. Onc e a passwor d is set, the not ebook requires the passw ord whenever turning on the note- book or resuming fr om a suspend state. W hen setting two passwor ds[...]

31 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook UNINSTALLING THE SECURITY APPLICATION PANEL Y ou have tw o options when uninstalling the secur ity panel application: ■ U ninstall the securit y panel application software. This will disable all secur ity feature. ■ U ninstall the securit y panel application with passwor d still active. This will not allow an y[...]

32 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Application Panel Buttons Application Launcher Butt ons Pr essing any of the buttons w ill launch a user - defined application. Configuring your LifeBook Application Panel W hen you start W indows 98, the LifeBook Application P anel is automatically activat ed. An icon r esembling a finger pressing a butto n [...]

33 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook W hen you hav e finished with Application P anel Setup click on OK, and the new settings w ill take effect. Y ou can rec onfigure your LifeBook Application P anel as often as y ou like. Deactivating and Activating the LifeBook Application Panel T o deactivate the LifeBook A pplication P anel, follo w these easy s[...]

34 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Pre-Installed Software Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook comes with pre-installed softwar e for playing audio and v ideo files of various formats. In addition ther e is file tr ansfer software, virus protection software and P ower Management softwar e. LEARNING ABOUT Y OUR APPLICATION SOFTWARE T utorials [...]

35 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook LIFEBOOK SECURITY APPLICATION PANEL SOFTWARE LifeBook Securit y P anel allows y ou to secure y our note- book from unauthorized use. If the security system is activated, upon starting your notebook or r esuming from suspend mode the securit y system r equires y ou t o enter a password c ode using the buttons on the[...]

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37 Getting Started Section Three Getting Started Power Sources Connecting the Power Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Display Panel Opening the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Adjusting Display Panel Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Closing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Starting Y our LifeBook Po[...]

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39 Getting Started Figure 3-1 Connecting the AC Adapter Power Sources Y our Fujitsu Series LifeBook notebook has three possible powe r sources: a primar y Lithium I on batter y , an AC adapter or an optional A uto/Airline adapter . CONNECTING THE POWER ADAPTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/Airline adapt er pro v ides power for operating y our [...]

40 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Figure 3-2 Opening the Display Panel Display Panel Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook contains a displa y panel that is backlit for easier view ing in brig ht en v iron- ments and maintains top r esolution through the use of activ e-matr ix technology . OPENING THE DISPLAY PANEL 1. Pr ess the latch locat e[...]

41 Getting Started Starting Y our LifeBook POWER ON Power/Suspend/Resume Button The P o wer/Suspend/R esume but t on i s u s e d t o po we r o n your not ebook, to resume from Standb y or Sa ve-to-Disk mode, to plac e y our notebook in Standb y or Sa ve-t o-Disk mode or to po we r off. Y ou can also turn off your note- book by choosing Shut Down fr[...]

42 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Entering the BIOS Setup Utility T o enter the BIOS Setup Utility do the following: 1. T ur n on or restart your not ebook. 2. Pr ess the [F2] key once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. This will open the main menu of the BIOS Setup Utility with the current settings display ed. 3. Pr ess the [RIGHT ARR O [...]

43 Getting Started Y ou w ill then go through the Fujitsu registration process. Follo w the instructions on the screens, and ent er all of the necessary information. Be as specific as possible so that if you need help the service and suppor t team will be able to serve you bett er . Final Settings The first part of your final settings is the W i[...]

44 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Power Management Y our LifeBook Ser ies notebook has man y options and features for c onser ving batter y power . Some of these features ar e automatic and need no user intervention, such as those for the internal modem. Ho wever , others depend on the parameters you set t o best suit your oper - ating conditi[...]

45 Getting Started Default Methods for using Save-to-Disk Mode: 1. Pr ess the [FN] button together with the P ower/ Suspend/R esume button. This will open a Sav e-to-Disk dialog bo x and begin the process. Customer configured BIOS methods for using Save-to-Disk Mode: 1. Click on the Start button, click Shut Do w n and then Standby . P r ior to tha[...]

46 LifeBook E Series – Section Three IDLE MODE Idle mode is one of the power management parameters. W hen Idle mode is enabled, the CPU is put into low- speed operation when there is no activity (keystrok e, pointer action, sound generation, video display c hange, modem transmission or reception, etc.) on y our note- book for 16 seconds. An y act[...]

47 Getting Started RESTARTING THE SYSTEM If your system is on and you need t o restart it, be sur e that you use the follo w ing proc edure. 1. Click the Start button, and then click Shut Do w n . 2. Select the R estar t option from within the W indows Shut Down dialog bo x. 3. Click OK to r estar t your not ebook. Y our notebook will shut down and[...]

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49 User Installable Features Section Four User Installable Features Lithium Ion Battery Recharging the Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 SuperDisk ™ 120 or Floppy Disk Drive Loading a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Ejecting a Disk . . .[...]

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51 User Installable Features Lithium Ion Battery Y our Fujitsu Series LifeBook notebook has a Lithium Ion battery that provides power for operating y our notebook when no external po wer source is a vailable. The batter y is durable and long lasting, but should not be exposed to extreme t emperatures, hig h voltages, chemicals or other hazards. The[...]

52 LifeBook E Series – Section Four Low Battery State W hen the batter y is running low , y our notebook will beep every 15 seconds and the Battery Level indicator will flash. I f you do not respond t o the low battery alarm, the batteries will continue to discharge until they ar e too low t o operate. W hen this happens there will be a multiple[...]

53 User Installable Features Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a SuperDisk or 3.5” Floppy Disk SuperDisk ™ 120 or Floppy Disk Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook has either a Super - Disk drive, which can use either standard floppy disks or Super floppy disks (with a capacity of 120MB), or a 3.5" floppy disk drive with the ability to[...]

54 LifeBook E Series – Section Four T o prev ent accidental erasure of the data stored on a disk, slide the “wr ite prot ect ” tab until a small hole is exposed. This sets the disk into a pr otect ed state wher e nothing can be added or remo ved. If you want to add or r emove data on a protect ed disk, slide the “wr ite prot ect ” tab to [...]

55 User Installable Features Figure 4-4 CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook contains a 24x max CD-R OM player . This giv es you acc ess to both software and audio CDs . (Figur e 4-4) LOADING A CD T o load a CD into your CD-R OM drive, follow these easy steps: 1. Push and r elease the e ject button on the fr ont of the C[...]

56 LifeBook E Series – Section Four REMOVING A CD 1. Push and r elease the e ject button on the fr ont of the CD-R OM dr iv e. This will stop the CD and the holder tray will come out of the notebook a short distance. 2. Gently pull the tray out until the CD can easily be remo ved from the tray . 3. Carefully r emove the CD fr om the holder tr ay [...]

57 User Installable Features Figure 4-6 DVD/CD-ROM Drive DVD/CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook contains a D VD/ CD-R OM driv e which is both a 6x max DVD pla yer and a 24x max CD play er . This giv es you acc ess to movie, software and audio D VD/CDs . (Figure 4-6) DVD PLAYER SOFTWARE W ith the DVD/CD-R OM drive and DVD Pla yer so[...]

58 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 4. Double-click the Add/R emove P rograms icon. 5. Select the F ujitsu DVD Pla yer fr om the A dd/ R emove P rograms Properties dialog bo x. 6. Click the Add/R emove button and the DVD/ CD-R OM software will be un-installed. LOADING A DVD/CD T o load a DVD/CD into your D VD/CD-ROM driv e, follow these easy st e[...]

59 User Installable Features Opening the DVD Player Control Panel In most D VD-ROMs, you ha ve the option to alter ho w the movie should play and what y ou w ish to view . Y ou can do this by using the D VD Player c ontrol panel and the mouse. 1. Right-click on the movie screen to open a drop- down menu for options. 2. Select P anel Control , for a[...]

60 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 4. Man ually place your notebook int o suspend mode by depressing the S uspend button and replac e the discharged battery w ith an additional full-charged battery . Or if you do not hav e an additional battery , you ma y attach A C power as soon as y ou see the low battery war ning. 5. R esume your notebook by [...]

61 User Installable Features Hard Disk Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook hard disk drive capacity is dependent on which model you ar e using . Some notebooks ma y also contain a remo vable hard disk drive in addition t o the internal hard disk drive. (See Specifications on page 97 for more infor mation) FORMATTING THE HARD DISK DRIVE Th[...]

62 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 13. Y ou should see the following in the Create P r imar y DOS P ar tition screen: Partition Status Type Volume Label D:1 PRI DOS Mbytes System Usage 6194* Unknown 100% Primary DOS Partition created 14. Pr ess [Esc] three times to exit the C reate Primary DOS P ar tition screen and FDISK Options menu. 15. R est[...]

63 User Installable Features Figure 4-9 Installing/Removing PC Cards PC Cards Y our LifeBook Ser ies notebook supports T y pe II PC Cards, which can perform a variety of functions depending on which ty pe of PC Card y ou install. (Figure 4-9) Some available PC Car ds: ■ Zoomed Video ■ Fax/data modem ■ Local area network (LAN) ■ IDE solid-st[...]

64 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 4. Push the car d into the slot firmly until it is seated in the opening. Y ou w ill hear a click and the Eject button will pop awa y from y our notebook. 5. Flip the Eject button to wards the front of your not ebook. 6. Lock the PC Card into the slot b y sliding the Lock button to ward the front of your noteb[...]

65 User Installable Features Memory Upgrade Module Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook comes with 64MB or 128MB high speed Synchr onous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) factory installed. T o increase your not ebook ’ s memor y capacity , y ou ma y install an additional memor y upgrade module. Y ou can also replace the original memor y module with a hig he[...]

66 LifeBook E Series – Section Four T O REMOVE A MEMORY UPGRADE MODULE: 1. P erform steps 1 through 5 of Installing a M emor y U pg rade Module. 2. Pull the clips sidewa ys awa y from each side of the memor y upgrade module at the same time. 3. W hile holding the clips out, r emove the module from the slot b y lifting it up and pulling t owards t[...]

67 User Installable Features Device Ports Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook comes equipped with multiple por ts to which y ou can connect an external device including: disk drives, keyboards, modems, pr inters, etc. COMMUNICATIONS PORT Depending on your not ebooks configuration you will hav e either a Modem (RJ-11) jack or LAN (RJ-45) jack. R[...]

68 LifeBook E Series – Section Four UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT The U niv ersal Ser ial Bus port (USB) allows you t o connect USB devices such as ext ernal game pads, pointing devices, k eyboards and/or speakers. In order to c onnect a USB dev ice follow these easy st eps: (See figure 2-6 on page 14 for location) 1. Align the connector with the po[...]

69 User Installable Features STEREO LINE-IN JACK The stereo line-in jack allo ws you to c onnect an external audio sourc e to y our notebook, such as an audio cassett e play er . Y our audio dev ice must be equipped with a 1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo mini-plug in or der to fit into the ster eo line-in jack of your not ebook. I n order to connect a e[...]

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71 T roubleshooting Section Five T roubleshooting T roubleshooting Identifying the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Troubleshooting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Power On Self Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Emergency DVD/CD-ROM Tray[...]

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73 T roubleshooting T roubleshooting Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook is sturdy and subject to few pr oblems in the field. H oweve r , you may encounter simple setup or operating pr oblems that you can solv e on the spot, or pr oblems w ith peripheral devices, that y ou can solve b y replacing the device. The information in this section help[...]

74 LifeBook E Series – Section Five T ROUBLESHOOTING T ABLE Problem P age A udio Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 DVD/CD-R OM Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Docking Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Floppy Disk Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

75 T roubleshooting N otebook fails to rec og nize DVD/CDs. (continued) W rong drive designator was used for DVD/CD in the application. V erify the dr iv e designator used by the application is the same as the one used by the operating system. W hen the operating system is booted from a DVD/ CD , driv e desig nations are aut omatically adjusted. W [...]

76 LifeBook E Series – Section Five Har d Dr ive P roblems Y ou cannot access your hard driv e. The setup utility is incorrectly set for your int er nal (Primary Mast er) or optional second hard driv e (Primar y Slav e). R e vise BIOS settings to set both Primar y Mast er and Primary Slave c orrectly . (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 41 for more [...]

77 T roubleshooting Memory Problems Y our Po wer On screen, or Main menu of the BIOS setup utility infor- mation, does not show the correct amount of installed memor y . Y our memor y upg rade module is not properly installed. R emove and r e-install your memor y upgrade module. (See Memory Upgrade M odule on page 65 for more information) Y ou have[...]

78 LifeBook E Series – Section Five PC Card Pr oblems A card inserted in the PC Card slot does not wo r k or is locking up the system. The card is not properly installed. R emove and r e-install the card. (See PC Car ds on page 63 for more information) The card ma y have been installed while an application was running, so y our notebook is not aw[...]

79 T roubleshooting Y ou tur n on your not ebook and nothing seems to happen. (continued) The P ow er adapter (A C or auto/airline) has no powe r from the A C outlet, airplane seat jack, or the car’ s cigarette lighter . M ove the AC c ord to a differ ent outlet, c heck for a line switch or tripped circuit break er for the A C outlet. If you ar e[...]

80 LifeBook E Series – Section Five The batteries seem to discharge too quickly . Y ou are running an application that uses a great deal of powe r due to frequent har d drive access or D VD/CD-ROM access, use of a modem card or a LAN PC card. U se both the primar y batter y and an optional second batt er y and/or use a power adapter for this appl[...]

81 T roubleshooting The system po wers up, and displays po wer on informa- tion, but fails to load the operating system. (continued) Internal har d dr iv e was not detected. U se the BIOS setup utility or Primar y Master submenu, located within the Main menu, to tr y to auto detect the int ernal hard driv e. An error message is display ed on the sc[...]

82 LifeBook E Series – Section Five The display goes blank b y itself after y ou have been using it. The notebook has gone into V ideo timeout, Standb y mode, Suspend mode or Sa ve-to-Disk mode because you ha ve not used it for a period of time. Pr ess an y button on the keyboard, or move the mouse to rest or e operation. If that fails, push the [...]

83 T roubleshooting POWER ON SELF T EST MESSAGES The following is an alphabetic list of error -and-status messages that Phoenix BIOS and/or your operating system can generate and an explanation of each message. Error messages are mark ed w ith an *. The most common errors ar e mark ed with a #. I f an error message is display ed that is not in this[...]

84 LifeBook E Series – Section Five *Fixed Disk x Failure or Fixed Disk Controller Failure (where x = 1-4) The fix ed disk is not working or not configur ed properly . This may mean that the har d dr iv e ty pe identified in your setup utility does not agree with the t ype detected by the P ower On Self T est. R un the setup utility to check f[...]

85 T roubleshooting *Shadow RAM Failed at offset: nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detect ed. Y ou are risking data corrup- tion if you c ontin ue. Contact your support representati v e. nnnn Shadow RAM Passed W her e nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully t ested. *System battery is [...]

86 LifeBook E Series – Section Five RECOVERY CD-ROM Included with your notebook ar e the Emergency Rec overy CD and Drivers and Application R estore CD . The Emergency R ecovery CD contains the follo w ing: ■ A backup cop y of the software orig inally installed on your F ujitsu LifeBook (can only be used on the listed LifeBook models). The Driv[...]

87 T roubleshooting 5. If correctly configur ed to boot from the R ecov er y CD-R OM, y ou w ill notice y our system running a full virus scan of the hard drive and then reac h the Emergency Rec overy W elcome screen. If this is not what is display ed, c heck to see that the Rec overy CD is installed in the CD-R OM dr iv e and repeat the previous [...]

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89 Care and Maintenance Section Six Care and Maintenance Care and Maintenance LifeBook Series Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Floppy Disks and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 DVDs and CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 P[...]

90 LifeBook E Series – Section Six[...]

91 Care and Maintenance Care and Maintenance If you use your LifeBook Series notebook fr om Fujitsu carefully , y ou w ill increase its life and r eliabilit y . This section pro v ides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices. LIFEBOOK SERIES NOTEBOOK Caring for your LifeBook Series Notebook ■ Y our LifeBook Ser ies notebook is a [...]

92 LifeBook E Series – Section Six ■ N ever put you LifeBook Series notebook thr oug h a metal detector . H av e your notebook hand-inspected by s ec ur it y p er sonn el . Y ou can however , put y our Life- Book Series notebook through a properly tuned X-ra y machine. T o av oid pr oblems, place your notebook close to the entrance of the machi[...]

93 Care and Maintenance ■ A void st oring the floppy disks in extremely hot or c old locations, or in locations subject to sev ere te mperature changes. Store at t emperatures between 50º F (10ºC) and 125ºF (52ºC). ■ Do not touch the e xposed part of the disk behind the metal shutter . Caring for your Floppy Disk Drive ■ T o clean, wipe [...]

94 LifeBook E Series – Section Six[...]

95 Specifications Section Seven Specifications Specifications Configuration Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Au[...]

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97 Specifications Specifications This section pro v ides the hardwar e and environmental specifications for your LifeBook E Series notebooks. Specifications of particular configurations w ill vary . CONFIGURATION LABEL Y our LifeBook E Ser ies notebook co ntains a configuration label located on the bottom of your notebook. (See figure 2-7 on[...]

98 LifeBook E Series – Section Seven 13.3" X GA TFT ■ Internal: 1024 x 768 pix el resolution, 16M colors ■ External: 1600 x 1200 pix el resolution, 64k colors Simultaneous Video = Y es (1024 x 768, 64k colors max) X GA, SV GA and V GA compatible V ideo RAM 4MB Embedded SDRAM Vi d e o Zoomed V ideo suppor t via PC Card Slot 1 AUDIO ■ So[...]

99 Specifications ■ One 9-pin D-SUB connect or for RS-232C ser ial input/output dev ices ■ One connect or for USB (U niversal Serial Bus) input/output dev ices ■ One 25-pin special connect or for external floppy disk drive c onnection ■ One modular modem (RJ-11) connect or or LAN (RJ-45) connect or ■ One stereo headphone jack (See A udi[...]

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Glossary Section Eight Glossary[...]

LifeBook E Series – Section Eight[...]

103 Glossary Glossary AC Adapter A device which con verts the A C voltage from a wall outlet to the DC voltage needed t o power your not ebook. Active-Matrix Display A ty pe of technology for making flat-panel displays which has a transistor or similar device for ever y pix el on the screen. APM Ad vanced P owe r Management. Auto/Airline Adapter A[...]

104 LifeBook E Series – Section Eight Disk A spinning platter of mag netic data storage media. If the platter is v e ry stiff it is a hard drive, if it is hig hly flexible it is a floppy disk, if it is a floppy disk in a hard housing with a shutter it is commonly called a disk ette. Disk Drive The hardwar e which spins the disk and has the hea[...]

105 Glossary LAN Local A rea Netw ork. An interc onnection of computers and peripherals w ithin a single limited geogr aphic location which can pass programs and data amongst themselv es. LCD Liquid Crystal Display . A ty pe of display whic h makes images by c ontrolling the orientation of cr ystals in a cr ystalline liquid. Lithium ion Battery A t[...]

106 LifeBook E Series – Section Eight Program An integrated set of coded c ommands to your comput ers telling your hard ware what to do and ho w and when to do it. PS/2 An IBM series of personal computers whic h established a number of standards for c onnecting external devices such as k e yboards and monit ors. RAM Random A ccess M emor y . A ha[...]

107 Glossary SVGA Super V GA. S-Video Super Video . A component video system for driving a TV or comput er monitor . System Clock An oscillator of fixed pr ecise frequency which synchr o- nizes the operation of the system and is count ed to pro v ide time of day and date. TFT Thin Film T ransistor – A technology for flat display panels which us[...]

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Index Index A AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 99, 103 indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 plug adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Anti-theft Lock Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Application See Pre-i[...]

LifeBook E Series Display Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Docking Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 69 Docking Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Double-Clicking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 23 Dragging . . . . . . . [...]

Index L LifeBook Security Application Panel . . . . . . . 11, 35, 98 buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 launching applications . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

LifeBook E Series R Recovery CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 43 Reset Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Restart[...]

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