Made By Humans 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 Corporation has made every effor t to ensure the accuracy and complet eness of this document. Ho w eve r , as ongoing dev elopment efforts are contin ually improving the capabilities of our products, w e cannot guarantee the accuracy of the contents 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 pro vide reasonable protec- tion against harmful interference in a r esidential installa- tion. This equipment generates, uses, and can r adiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor dance with the instructions, ma y cause h[...]

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LifeBook E Series Les réparations de l’équipement de télécommunications doivent êtr e eV ectuées par un ser vice de maintenance agréé au Canada. T out e réparation ou modification, qui n ’est pas expressément approuvée par F ujitsu PC Corp., ou toute défaillanc e de l’équipement peut entraîner la compagnie de télécommunicatio[...]

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 Corpo- ration is a powerful not ebook computer . It is po wered b y an Intel® P entium® or Celeron™ microproc essor , has a built-in color displa y , a vast array of possible configura- tions, and bring s the computing po wer of desktop personal computers (PCs) [...]

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 Fujitsu LifeBook E Series notebook. W e strongly recommend that you r ead it before using your not ebook – even if you are alread y familiar with notebook computers. UNPACKING When y ou recei ve your not ebook, unp[...]

8 LifeBook E Series – Section Two LIFEBOOK FEATURES The LifeBook E Series notebook is a compact, yet powerful not ebook computer a vailable with a variet y 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 acc essories 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 description of your notebooks top and front c omponents. Display Panel Latch The display panel latc h locks and releases the display panel. (Figure 2-3) Display Panel Th[...]

11 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook IR Wireless Mouse Receiver The IR W ireless Mouse R eceiv er allows the use of an optional wireless IR Mouse. (Figure 2-3) Power/Suspend/Resume Button The P ower butt on is al wa ys used to P ower On your not e- book from its Off state.It is also used as the Suspend/ Resume butt on. The S uspend/Resume butto n allo[...]

12 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-4 LifeBook E Series notebook left-side panel LEFT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS Follo wing is a brief description of your notebooks left-side components. DC Power Jack The DC power jack allo ws y ou t o plug in the A C adapter or the optional A uto/Airline adapter t o po wer y our not e- 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 wing is a brief description of your notebook ’ s right-side components. Lithium Ion Battery Bay The battery bay contains the internal Lithium I on battery . It can be opened for the removal of the battery when stored o ver a [...]

14 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Figure 2-6 LifeBook E Series notebook rear panel REAR PANEL COMPONENTS Follo wing is a br ief description of your not ebooks rear panel components. PS/2 Port The PS/2 port allows you to c onnect an external PS/2 keyboard, mouse or numeric key pad. (Figure 2-6) (See PS/2 P ort on page 67 for more informat ion) Se[...]

15 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-7 LifeBook E Series notebook bottom panel BOTTOM COMPONENTS Follo wing is a br ief description of your not ebooks bottom panel components. Main Unit and Configuration Label The configuration label shows the model n umber 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 above y our keyboard. Within this panel are symbols that correspond with a specific component of your LifeBook Series notebook. These symbols tell you how each of those components are operating. (F[...]

17 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-9 Battery Level Indicator BATTERY CHARGING INDICATORS Located to the left of each of the Battery Level indicators is a small arrow symbol. This symbol states whether that specific battery is charging . This indicator operates whether the power switch is in the On or Off position, and will flash if the ba[...]

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 softwar e tries to ac c ess a disk even if no floppy disk drive is installed. (See Super- Disk™ 120 or Floppy Disk Dr ive on pag[...]

19 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-10 Keyboard Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook has an int egr al 87-key k eyboard. The k eys 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. (Figure 2-10) ■[...]

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 keys.) CURSOR KEYS The cursor keys are the four arro w keys on the keyboar d which allow y ou to mov e the cursor up, dow n, left and right in applications. In pr ogr ams such as[...]

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

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, mo ve the cursor to the item you wish to mo ve. Press and hold the left button while moving the item to its new location and then release it. Figure 2-14 Dragging ERGOT RAC CONTROL ADJUST[...]

23 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-15 T ouchpad pointing device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad pointing device may c ome built into y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook. It is used to c ontrol the move ment of the pointer to select items on y our display panel. The T ouchpad is composed of a cursor control and a left and right bu[...]

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, mo ve the cursor to the item you wish to mo ve. Press and hold the left button while moving the item to its new location and then release it. Dragging can also be done using the T ouchpad[...]

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 hard ware 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 c ontains a Flexible Bay . The Flexible Bay can accommodat e a modular DVD driv e, CD-R OM drive, CD-RW driv e, floppy disk drive, SuperDisk drive, Lithium Ion battery , weight sav er or additional hard drive. (Figure 2-19) Y o[...]

27 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook REMOVING AND INSTALLING MODULAR DEVICES There are thr ee ways to r emove and install modular devices in the Flexible Bay: ■ Cold-swapping: swapping devices while your notebook is pow ered off. ■ W ar m-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 provides a simple and powerful method of switching modular devices on your notebook without having to reboot. W indo ws 98 do not nati v ely support hot-swapping. W ith Ba ySwap , you can swap modular devices while your O/S is running, this is cal[...]

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 Security Application P anel that allows you to secur e y our notebook from unauthorized use. The Secur ity Ap plica- tion P anel also allows you t o launch applications[...]

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

31 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook UNINSTALLING THE SECURITY APPLICATION PANEL Y ou hav e two options when uninstalling the security panel application: ■ U ninstall the security panel application software. This will disable all securit y feature. ■ U ninstall the security panel application w ith password still acti ve. This will not allow any ch[...]

32 LifeBook E Series – Section Two Application Panel Buttons Application Launcher Buttons Pressing an y of the buttons will launch a user- defined application. Configuring your LifeBook Application Panel When y ou start W indows 98, the LifeBook A pplication P anel is automatically activated. An icon r esembling a finger pressing a button will[...]

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

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

35 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook LIFEBOOK SECURITY APPLICATION PANEL SOFTWARE LifeBook Security Panel allows y ou to secure y our note- book from unauthorized use. If the secur ity system is activated, upon starting your notebook or resuming fr om suspend mode the security system requires you t o enter a password c ode using the buttons on the 5-b[...]

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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 thr ee possible power sour ces: a primary Lithium Ion battery , an AC adapter or an optional A uto/Airline adapter . CONNECTING THE POWER ADAPTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/Airline adapter provides pow er for operating your noteb[...]

40 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Figure 3-2 Opening the Display Panel Display Panel Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook c ontains a display panel that is backlit for easier view ing in bright environ- ments and maintains top resolution thr ough the use of active-matrix tec hnolog y . OPENING THE DISPLAY PANEL 1. Press the lat ch located at[...]

41 Getting Started Starting Y our LifeBook POWER ON Power/Suspend/Resume Button The P o w er/S uspend/Resume bu t t on is us e d t o pow e r o n your notebook, to resume from Standb y or Sa ve-to-Disk mode, to plac e y our notebook in Standb y or Sav e-t o-Disk mode or to pow er off. Y ou can also tur n off your note- book by choosing Shut Do wn fr[...]

42 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Entering the BIOS Setup Utility T o enter the BIOS Setup U tility do the following: 1. T urn on or restar t your not ebook. 2. Press the [F2] k e y once the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen. This will open the main menu of the BIOS Setup U tility with the current settings displayed. 3. Press the [RIGHT ARRO [...]

43 Getting Started Y ou will 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 support team will be able to serve you bett er . Final Settings The first part of your final settings is the W ind[...]

44 LifeBook E Series – Section Three Power Management Y our LifeBook Series notebook has many options and features for conserving batter y pow er . Some of these features are aut omatic 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 conditions[...]

45 Getting Started Default Methods for using Save-to-Disk Mode: 1. Press the [FN] butt on 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 Down and then Standby . Prior to that yo[...]

46 LifeBook E Series – Section Three IDLE MODE Idle mode is one of the power management parameters. When I d le mode is enabled, the CPU is put into low- speed operation when there is no activity (keystrok e, pointer action, sound generation, video display change, modem transmission or reception, etc.) on your not e- book for 16 seconds. Any acti[...]

47 Getting Started RESTARTING THE SYSTEM If your system is on and you need t o restart it, be sure that you use the follo wing procedure. 1. Click the Start button, and then click Shut Down . 2. Select the Restart option from within the Windo ws Shut Down dialog bo x. 3. Click OK to r estart your notebook. Y our notebook will shut down and then reb[...]

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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 I on battery that provides power for operating your not ebook when no external pow er source is a vailable. The batt er y is durable and long lasting, but should not be exposed to extreme t emperatures, high v oltages, chemicals or other hazards. T[...]

52 LifeBook E Series – Section Four Low Battery State When the batt er y is running low , y our notebook will beep every 15 seconds and the Battery Level indicator will flash. If you do not respond t o the low battery alarm, the batteries will continue to discharge until they are too low t o operate. When this happens ther e will be a multiple b[...]

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 S uper - Disk drive, which can use either standard flopp y disks or Super floppy disks (with a capacity of 120MB), or a 3.5" floppy disk drive with the ability [...]

54 LifeBook E Series – Section Four T o prevent ac cidental erasure of the data stored on a disk, slide the “w rite prot ect ” tab until a small hole is exposed. This sets the disk into a prot ected stat e where nothing can be added or remov ed. I f you want to add or remo ve data on a protect ed disk, slide the “write protect ” tab to cl[...]

55 User Installable Features Figure 4-4 CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook c ontains a 24x max CD-ROM pla yer . This gives you ac cess to both software and audio CDs . (Figure 4-4) LOADING A CD T o load a CD into y our CD-ROM driv e, follo w these easy steps: 1. Push and r elease the eject button on the front of the CD[...]

56 LifeBook E Series – Section Four REMOVING A CD 1. Push and r elease the eject button on the front of the CD-ROM driv 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 remov ed from the tray . 3. Carefully remo ve the CD from the holder tra y . 4. [...]

57 User Installable Features Figure 4-6 DVD/CD-ROM Drive DVD/CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook c ontains a DVD/ CD-ROM driv e which is both a 6x max DVD pla yer and a 24x max CD play er . This gives y ou access t o movie, software and audio DVD/CDs . (Figure 4-6) DVD PLAYER SOFTWARE W ith the DVD/CD-R OM drive and DVD Pla yer soft[...]

58 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 4. Double-click the Add/R emove P rograms icon. 5. Select the F ujitsu DVD Play er fr om the A dd/ Remo ve P rograms Properties dialog box. 6. Click the Add/Remo ve butt on and the DVD/ CD-ROM softwar e will be un-installed. LOADING A DVD/CD T o load a DVD/CD into y our DVD/CD-R OM drive, follow these easy step[...]

59 User Installable Features Opening the DVD Player Control Panel In most DVD-R OMs, you ha ve the option to alt er how the movie should play and what y ou wish to v iew . Y ou can do this by using the DVD Pla yer 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. Manually plac e your notebook int o suspend mode by depressing the S uspend button and replace the discharged battery with an additional full-charged battery . Or if you do not ha ve an additional battery , you ma y attach A C power as soon as you see the lo w battery warning . 5. Resume y our notebook by pr[...]

61 User Installable Features Hard Disk Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook har d disk drive capacity is dependent on which model you are using. Some notebooks may also c ontain a remo vable hard disk drive in addition to the int ernal hard disk drive. (See Specifications on page 97 for more informat ion) FORMATTING THE HARD DISK DRIVE The[...]

62 LifeBook E Series – Section Four 13. Y ou should see the following in the Creat e Primar y DOS Partition 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 Cr eate Primary DOS Partition screen and FDISK Options menu. 15. Restart yo[...]

63 User Installable Features Figure 4-9 Installing/Removing PC Cards PC Cards Y our LifeBook Series notebook supports T ype II PC Cards, which can perform a variety of functions depending on which type of PC Card you install. (Figure 4-9) Some available PC Cards: ■ Zoomed Video ■ Fax/data modem ■ Local area network (LAN) ■ IDE solid-state d[...]

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 your not ebook. 5. Flip the Eject button to wards the front of your notebook. 6. Lock the PC Card into the slot b y sliding the Lock button to ward the front of your notebo[...]

65 User Installable Features Memory Upgrade Module Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook c omes with 64MB or 128MB high speed Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) factory installed. T o incr ease y our not ebook ’ s memory capacit y , y ou ma y install an additional memor y upgrade module. Y ou can also replace the original memory module w ith a high[...]

66 LifeBook E Series – Section Four T O REMOVE A MEMORY UPGRADE MODULE: 1. P erform steps 1 through 5 of Installing a Memory U pg rade Module. 2. Pull the clips sidewa ys awa y from each side of the memory upg rade module at the same time. 3. While holding the clips out, remove the module from the slot by lifting it up and pulling t owards the re[...]

67 User Installable Features Device Ports Y our Fujitsu LifeBook Series notebook c omes equipped with multiple ports to which you can connect an external device including: disk drives, keyboards, modems, printers, etc. COMMUNICATIONS PORT Depending on your notebooks c onfiguration you will hav e either a Modem (RJ-11) jack or LAN (RJ-45) jack. Ref[...]

68 LifeBook E Series – Section Four UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT The U niversal Serial Bus port (USB) allows y ou to connect USB devices such as ext ernal game pads, pointing devices, k eyboards and/or speakers. In order to connect a USB device follo w these easy steps: (See figure 2-6 on page 14 for location) 1. Align the connector with the port o[...]

69 User Installable Features STEREO LINE-IN JACK The stereo line-in jack allo ws you to c onnect an external audio source t o your not ebook, such as an audio cassett e play er . Y our audio device 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 co nnect 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 stur dy and subject to few problems in the field. Howev er , you ma y encounter simple setup or operating problems that y ou can solve on the spot, or problems with per ipheral devices, that y ou can solve b y replacing the device. The information in this section helps [...]

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

75 T roubleshooting N otebook fails to rec ognize DVD/CDs. (continued) W rong driv e designator was used for DVD/CD in the application. V erify the drive designator used by the application is the same as the one used by the operating system. When the operating system is boot ed from a DVD/ CD , drive designations are aut omatically adjusted. W indo[...]

76 LifeBook E Series – Section Five Hard Drive P roblems Y ou cannot access y our hard drive. The setup utility is incorrectly set for your internal (P rimar y Master) or optional sec ond hard drive (P rimar y Slav e). Revise BIOS settings to set both Primary Master and Primary Slave co rrectly . (See BIOS Se tup Utility on page 41 for more infor[...]

77 T roubleshooting Memory Problems Y our P ower On screen, or Main menu of the BIOS setup utility infor- mation, does not show the correct amount of installed memory . Y our memory upg rade module is not properly installed. Remo ve and re-install y our memory upg rade module. (See Memory Upgrade Module on page 65 for more information) Y ou hav e a[...]

78 LifeBook E Series – Section Five PC Card Problems A card inserted in the PC Card slot does not work or is locking up the system. The card is not properly installed. Remo ve and re-install the car d. (See PC Cards on page 63 for more information) The card ma y have been installed while an application was running, so y our notebook is not awar e[...]

79 T roubleshooting Y ou turn on your notebook and nothing seems to happen. (continued) The P ower adapt er (A C or auto/airline) has no power fr om the A C outlet, airplane seat jack, or the car’ s cigarette lighter . Mo ve the AC c ord to a differ ent outlet, check for a line switch or tripped circuit breaker for the A C outlet. If you ar e usi[...]

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 pow er 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 battery and an optional second battery and/or use a power adapt er for this applic[...]

81 T roubleshooting The system pow ers up, and displays po wer on informa- tion, but fails to load the operating system. (continued) Internal hard driv e was not detected. U se the BIOS setup utility or Primar y Master submenu, locat ed within the Main men u, to tr y to auto detect the internal har d 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 Video timeout, Standby 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 Su[...]

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 fixed disk is not w orking or not configur ed properly . This may mean that the har d drive ty pe identified in your setup utility does not agree with the ty pe detected by the P ower On Self T est. R un the setup utility to check for[...]

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 ar e risking data corrup- tion if you c o ntinue. Contact your support representati v e. nnnn Shadow RAM Passed Wher 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 A pplication R estore CD . The Emergency Rec overy CD contains the following: ■ A backup copy of the software originally installed on your F ujitsu LifeBook (can only be used on the listed LifeBook models). The Drivers[...]

87 T roubleshooting 5. If correctly configur ed to boot from the R ecov er y CD-ROM, you will notice your 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, check t o see that the Reco very CD is installed in the CD-ROM driv e and repeat the previous steps,[...]

88 LifeBook E Series – Section Five[...]

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 from F ujitsu carefully , you will increase its life and reliability . This section provides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices. LIFEBOOK SERIES NOTEBOOK Caring for your LifeBook Series Notebook ■ Y our LifeBook Series notebook is a durable[...]

92 LifeBook E Series – Section Six ■ Nev er put you LifeBook Series notebook through a metal detector . Hav e your not ebook hand-inspected by s ecur it y pers onne l. Y ou can however , put y our Life- Book Series notebook through a properly tuned X-ray machine. T o avoid problems, place your notebook close to the entrance of the machine and r[...]

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

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

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

96 LifeBook E Series – Section Seven[...]

97 Specifications Specifications This section provides the hard ware and environmental specifications for your LifeBook E Series notebooks. Specifications of particular configurations will var y . CONFIGURATION LABEL Y our LifeBook E Series notebook contains a c onfiguration label located on the bottom of your notebook. (See figure 2-7 on pa[...]

98 LifeBook E Series – Section Seven 13.3" X GA TFT ■ Internal: 1024 x 768 pix el resolution, 16M c olors ■ 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 Video RAM 4MB Embedded SDRAM Vi de o Zoomed Video support via PC Card Slot 1 AUDIO ■ Sound[...]

99 Specifications ■ One 9-pin D-SUB connector for RS-232C serial input/output devices ■ One connector for USB (U niversal Serial Bus) input/output devices ■ One 25-pin special connector for e xternal floppy disk drive c onnection ■ One modular modem (RJ-11) connector or LAN (RJ-45) connector ■ One stereo headphone jack (See A udio speci[...]

100 LifeBook E Series – Section Seven[...]

Glossary Section Eight Glossary[...]

LifeBook E Series – Section Eight[...]

103 Glossary Glossary AC Adapter A device which con verts the A C voltage fr om a wall outlet to the DC voltage needed t o power your notebook. Active-Matrix Display A ty pe of technolog y for making flat-panel displays which has a transistor or similar device for ever y pix el on the screen. APM Ad vanced P ower M anagement. Auto/Airline Adapter [...]

104 LifeBook E Series – Section Eight Disk A spinning platter of mag netic data storage media. If the platter is very stiff it is a hard driv e, if it is highly 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 heads[...]

105 Glossary LAN Local Ar ea Netw ork. An interco nnection of computers and peripherals w ithin a single limited geographic location which can pass programs and data amongst themselves. LCD Liquid Crystal Display . A ty pe of display whic h makes images by contr olling the orientation of cr ystals in a crystalline liquid. Lithium ion Battery A ty p[...]

106 LifeBook E Series – Section Eight Program An integrated set of coded commands to y our computers t elling your hard ware what to do and how and when to do it. PS/2 An IBM series of personal compute rs which established a number of standards for connecting external devices such as keyboar ds and monitors. RAM Random A ccess Memory . A hardware[...]

107 Glossary SVGA Super V GA. S-Video Super Video. A component video system for driving a TV or computer monit or . System Clock An oscillator of fixed precise fr equency which synchro- nizes the operation of the system and is count ed to provide time of day and date. TFT Thin Film T ransistor – A technology for flat display panels which uses a[...]

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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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