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SERIES S T ruly Innovative For The W ay Y ou W ork. User’ s Guide[...]

Copyright Copyright Fujitsu PC Corporation has made every effor t t o ensure the accuracy and complet eness of this document. Ho wever , as ongoing development efforts are continu- ally 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 fu[...]

LifeBook S 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 radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accor dance with the instructions, may cause har[...]

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

LifeBook S Series Pre-Installed Software Learning About Your Application Software. . . . . 28 PC Doctor ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LapLink ® Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Microsoft ® Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Microsoft Press Interactive Training . . . . . .[...]

T able of Contents Port Replicator Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Attaching the Port Replicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Detaching the Port Replicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Device Ports Modem (RJ-11) Telephone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

LifeBook S Series[...]

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

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

3 Preface Preface ABOUT THIS GUIDE The LifeBook S Series notebook from F ujitsu PC Corpo- ration is a powerful not ebook computer . It is po wered b y an Intel® P entium® micropr ocessor , has a built-in color display , a vast array of possible configurations, and brings the computing power of desktop personal computers (PCs) t o a por table env[...]

4 LifeBook S 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 S Series – Section Two Pre-Installed Software Learning About Your Application Software. . . . . 28 PC Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LapLink Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Microsoft Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Microsoft Press Interactive Trai[...]

7 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-1 Fujitsu LifeBook S Series notebook Overview This section describes the components of your Fujitsu LifeBook S Series notebook. W e strongly recommend that you r ead it before using your notebook – ev en if you are alread y familiar w ith notebook comput ers. UNPACKING When y ou recei ve your notebook, un[...]

8 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-3 Port Replicator Figure 2-4 External Floppy Disk Drive LIFEBOOK FEATURES The Fujitsu LifeBook S Series notebook is a co mpact, yet powe rful notebook computer a vailable with a var iety of features, including: (See Specifications on page 91 for more information) ■ Latest high-speed Intel mobile pr oc[...]

9 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook POPULAR ACCESSORIES For or der ing or additional information on Fujitsu acc essories please v isit our W eb site at www .fujitsu-pc.com or call 1-800-733-0884. Memory Upgrades ■ 128MB SDRAM Docking/Expansions ■ Additional P ort Re plicator ■ U niversal LAN H ub Power ■ Primary Lithium Ion battery ■ Modular[...]

10 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-5 LifeBook S 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 fr ont components. Display Panel Latch The display panel latc h locks and releases the display panel. (Figure 2-5) Display Panel Th[...]

11 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Suspend/Resume Button The Suspend/R esume button allows y ou to suspend notebook activity without powering off, r esume your notebook from suspend mode, and pow er on your note- book when it has been shut down from Windo ws 98. (Figure 2-5) (See S uspend/Resume Button on page 36 for more information) Stereo Speaker[...]

12 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-6 LifeBook S Series notebook left-side panel LEFT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks left-side components. Flexible Bay The Flexible Bay can ac commodate one of the following devices. (Figur e 2-6) (See Flexible Bay De v ices on page 24 for more information) ■ M[...]

13 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-7 LifeBook S Series notebook right-side panel RIGHT-SIDE PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks right-side components. Headphone Jack The headphone jack allows y ou to connect headphones or power ed external speakers. (F igure 2-7) (See Head- phone Jack on page 63 for mor e i[...]

14 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-8 LifeBook S Series notebook rear panel REAR PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks rear panel components. Infrared Port The fast IrD A compatible port allows y ou to communi- cate with another IrD A compatible infrared device without a cable. (Figure 2-8) (See I nfrared P[...]

15 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-9 LifeBook S Series notebook bottom panel BOTTOM COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your notebooks bottom panel components. Port Replicator Connector This connector allo ws you to c onnect the P ort Replicator to y our notebook. (Figure 2-9) Memory Upgrade Compartment Y our notebook comes wit[...]

16 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-10 Status Indicator Panel Status Indicator Panel The Status Indicator displa ys symbols that correspond with a specific component of your F ujitsu LifeBook notebook. These symbols tell you how each of those components ar e operating . (Figure 2-10) POWER INDICATOR The P ower indicat or sy mbol states w[...]

17 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-11 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 indicat or operates whether the power switch is in the On or Off position, and will flash if the [...]

18 LifeBook S Series – Section Two FLOPPY/SUPERDISK DRIVE ACCESS INDICATOR The Floppy/SuperDisk Driv e 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 access a disk even if no floppy disk drive is installed. (See External Floppy Disk D rive on page 46[...]

19 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-12 Keyboard Keyboard USING THE KEYBOARD Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has an int egr al 87-key keyboard. The keys perform all the standard functions of a 101-key k eyboard, including the Windo ws keys and other special function keys. This section describes the following keys. (Figure 2-12) ■ N umeric k[...]

20 LifeBook S Series – Section Two WINDOWS KEYS Y our notebook has three W indows k eys, two Start k eys and an Application k ey . The two Start keys display the Start menu. This butt on functions the same as your onscreen Start menu button. The A pplication key func- tions the same as your right mouse button and displays shortcut menus for the s[...]

21 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook Figure 2-13 T ouchpad pointing device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad pointing device comes built into y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook. It is used t o control 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 button. The c[...]

22 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-15 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 t o its new location and then release it. Dragging can also be done using the T ouchp[...]

23 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook V olume Control Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has m ultiple volume controls whic h interact w ith each other . CONTROLLING THE V OLUME There is the hard ware volume c ontrol located on the notebook itself, and the volume contr ol set from within the V olume Control on the T askbar . In addition t o those, there a[...]

24 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-17 Flexible Bay Flexible Bay Devices Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c ontains a Flexible Bay . The Fle xible Bay can accommodat e a modular DVD driv e, CD-R OM drive, CD-R W drive, floppy disk drive, SuperDisk driv e, Lithium I on battery , modular PC Card slot adapter , modular Digital Bay Camera and[...]

25 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook REMOVING AND INSTALLING MODULAR DEVICES T o swap modular devices in your Flexible Bay follo w these easy steps: (Figure 2-19) 1. Close any open files. 2. Shutdo w n your notebook. 3. Pull out the Fle xible Bay eject lever . This will push your device out slightly allowing you to remov e the dev ice. 4. Slide your [...]

26 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Figure 2-20 LifeBook S Series Security Application Panel LifeBook Application Panel A unique feature of your Fujitsu LifeBook notebook is the Application P anel that allows y ou to launch applica- tions with a touch of a button when y our system is on. (Figure 2-20) Y our notebook is pre-installed with software [...]

27 Getting to Know Y our LifeBook T o change an application associated with the A pplication buttons, click on the tab for the button you w ould like to rec onfigure – for example, A pplication 1. Click on Bro wse from Start Menu, scroll do wn the list of applica- tions, click on the application you wish to launch with this button, and then clic[...]

28 LifeBook S Series – Section Two Pre-Installed Software Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c omes with pre-installed software for pla ying audio and v ideo files of various formats. In addition ther e is file tr ansfer software, virus protection software and P owe r Management software. LEARNING ABOUT Y OUR APPLICATION SOFTWARE T utorials All op[...]

29 Getting Started Section Three Getting Started Power Sources Connecting the Power Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Display Panel Opening the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Adjusting Display Panel Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Closing the Display Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Starting Y our LifeBook Po[...]

30 LifeBook S Series – Section Three[...]

31 Getting Started Figure 3-1 Connecting the AC Adapter Power Sources Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has thr ee possible power sour ces: a primary Lithium Ion battery , an A C 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 notebook an[...]

32 LifeBook S Series – Section Three Figure 3-2 Opening the Display Panel Display Panel Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c ontains a display panel that is backlit for easier view ing in brig ht environments and maintains top resolution thr ough the use of active- matrix technology . OPENING THE DISPLAY PANEL 1. Pr ess the Display P anel latch. Thi[...]

33 Getting Started Starting Y our LifeBook POWER ON Power Switch The power switch is used t o turn on your notebook from its off state. Once you ha ve connect ed your A C adapter or charged the internal Lithium I on Batter y , you can power on y our notebook. (See figure 2-8 on page 14 for location) Facing the rear of your notebook, move the po we[...]

34 LifeBook S Series – Section Three Entering the BIOS Setup Utility T o enter the BIOS Setup U tilit y do the following: 1. T ur n on or restart your notebook. 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 displayed. 3. Pr ess the [RIGHT ARRO W[...]

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

36 LifeBook S Series – Section Three Power Management Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has man y options and features for co nser ving batter y power . Some of these features are aut omatic and need no user intervention, such as those for the internal modem. Howev er , others depend on the parameters you set t o best suit your oper- ating conditio[...]

37 Getting Started Default Methods for using Save-to-Disk Mode: 1. Pr ess the [FN] button together with the Suspend/ Resume butt on. This will open a Sav e-to-Disk dialog bo x and beg in the proc ess. Customer configured BIOS methods for using Save-to-Disk Mode: 1. Click on the Start button, click Shut Down and then Standby . P rior to that you sh[...]

38 LifeBook S Series – Section Three IDLE MODE Idle mode is one of the power management parameters. When I dle mode is enabled, the CPU is put int o low- speed operation when there is no activity (keystroke, pointer action, sound generation, video display change, modem transmission or reception, etc.) on your note- book for 16 seconds. An y activ[...]

39 Getting Started POWER OFF Before turning off the power by choosing Shut Do wn from the Windo ws 98 Start menu, check that the H ard Drive, DVD/CD-R OM, CD-R W , PC Car d and the Floppy Disk Drive Ac cess indicators are all Off. (See figure 2-5 on page 10) I f you turn off the power while accessing a disk or PC Car d there is a risk of data loss[...]

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41 User Installable Features Section Four User Installable Features Lithium Ion Battery Recharging the Batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 External Floppy Disk Drive Loading a Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ejecting a Disk . . . . . . . . .[...]

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43 User Installable Features Lithium Ion Battery Y our Fujitsu 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 battery is durable and long lasting, but should not be exposed to extreme t emperatures, high voltages, chemicals or other hazards. The Lithium[...]

44 LifeBook S Series – Section Four Low Battery State When the batt er y is running low , your 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 w ill be a multiple b[...]

45 User Installable Features W arm-swapping Batteries T o warm-swap batteries in your battery bay follow these easy steps: (Figure 4-1) 1. Close any open files. 2. Put y our notebook into suspend mode 3. U nlock the battery bay using the lock button. 4. Slide the battery bay release button t o open the bay . 5. Remo ve the battery from the bay . 6[...]

46 LifeBook S Series – Section Four Figure 4-2 Loading/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk External Floppy Disk Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has a e xternal floppy disk drive which can r ead and w rite information on removable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disks. LOADING A DISK T o load a disk into your disk driv e, follo w these easy steps: 1. Or[...]

47 User Installable Features Figure 4-4 Loading/Ejecting a SuperDisk or 3.5” Floppy Disk SuperDisk ™ 120 Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook has a S uperDisk drive, which can use either standard floppy disks or S uper floppy disks (with a capacity of 120MB). LOADING A DISK T o load a disk into your disk driv e, follo w these easy steps: 1. [...]

48 LifeBook S Series – Section Four T o prevent accidental erasure of the data stored on a disk, slide the “write protect ” tab until a small hole is exposed. This sets the disk into a prot ected state where nothing can be added or remov ed. I f you want to add or r emove data on a protect ed disk, slide the “w rite protect ” tab to close[...]

49 User Installable Features Figure 4-6 CD-ROM Drive CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c ontains a 24x max CD-ROM pla yer . This gives y ou access to both softwar e and audio CDs . (F igure 4-6) 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 front of the CD-ROM d[...]

50 LifeBook S Series – Section Four REMOVING A CD 1. Push and r elease the e ject 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 re move the CD from the holder tray . 4. [...]

51 User Installable Features Figure 4-9 DVD/CD-ROM Drive DVD/CD-ROM Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook 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 giv es you acc ess to movie, soft- ware and audio DVD/CDs . (Figur e 4-9) DVD PLAYER SOFTWARE W ith the DVD/CD-ROM driv e and DVD Play er soft- wa[...]

52 LifeBook S Series – Section Four 3. From the Star t menu, select Settings , and then select Control P anel . 4. Double-click the Add/R emove P rogr ams ic on. 5. Select the F ujitsu DVD Play er from the Add/ Remo ve Pr ogr ams Pr oper ties dialog box. 6. Click the A dd/Remo ve button and the D VD/ CD-ROM softwar e will be un-installed. LOADING[...]

53 User Installable Features Figure 4-11 Emergency DVD/CD T ray Release USING THE DVD PLAYER SOFTWARE Starting a DVD Movie 1. Insert the DVD movie into the DVD driv e of your notebook. If the CD A utoR un feature activates, skip Step 2. 2. From the Star t menu, select Pr og rams , then select DVD Pla yer and click D VD Player . This will launch the[...]

54 LifeBook S Series – Section Four T o W atch a Movie on Battery Power: 1. Ha ve an additional full-charged battery or your A C adapter ready for use. 2. Start watching your D VD movie. 3. When the lo w battery war ning occurs, immediately stop the movie and exit the DVD pla yer . 4. Manually plac e your notebook into suspend mode by depressing [...]

55 User Installable Features Figure 4-12 Installing/Removing PC Cards PC Cards Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook supports T ype II PC Cards, which can perform a variet y of functions. Some available PC Car ds: ■ Zoomed Video car ds. ■ Fax/data modem cards. ■ Local area network (LAN) car ds. ■ IDE solid-state disk cards. ■ SCSI cards. ■ Ot[...]

56 LifeBook S Series – Section Four REMOVING PC CARDS T o remov e a PC Card, follow these easy steps: 1. See your PC Car d manual for specific instructions on removing y our card. Some PC Car ds may requir e your notebook t o be in Suspend Mode or Off while removing them. 2. U nlock the PC Card from the slot b y sliding the Lock button to ward t[...]

57 User Installable Features Memory Upgrade Module Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c omes with 64MB or 128MB high speed Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) factory installed. T o increase y our notebook’ s memory capacit y , you can replac e the orig inal memor y module with a hig her capacity module. The memory upgrade must be a dual-in-line (DIMM) [...]

58 LifeBook S 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 memory upg rade module at the same time. 3. While holding the clips out, remo ve the module from the slot by lifting it up and pulling t owards the [...]

59 User Installable Features Figure 4-16 Port Replicator rear panel Port Replicator Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook c omes with a Port Replicat or . The P or t Replicator e xtends the functionality of your notebook b y providing ports to connect PS/2 devices, a LAN (RJ-45) cable, a USB device, an e xternal monitor , a parallel device, a serial devi[...]

60 LifeBook S Series – Section Four Figure 4-17 Port Replicator front panel FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS Follo w ing is a brief description of your P ort Replicator’ s front panel co mponents. Docking Port The docking port connects the P ort Replicator to y our notebook. (Figure 4-17) Port Replicator Release Latch Slide the P ort Replicator R elease [...]

61 User Installable Features Device Ports Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook and P ort Re plicator come equipped with multiple ports to which you can connect an ext ernal dev ice including: disk drives, keyboards, modems, printers, etc. MODEM (RJ-11) T ELEPHONE JACK The modem (RJ-11) telephone jack is used for an internal modem. T o connect the teleph[...]

62 LifeBook S Series – Section Four SERIAL PORT The serial por t, or COMM por t, located on the P ort Replicat or allows you t o connect serial dev ices, such as printers or scanners. I n order to connect a serial inter - face device follow these easy steps: (See figure 4-16 on page 59 for location) 1. Align the connector with the port opening .[...]

63 User Installable Features MICROPHONE JACK The microphone jack allo ws you to connect an e xternal mono microphone. Y our microphone must be equipped with a 1/8"(3.5 mm) mono mini-plug in order to fit into the microphone jack of your notebook. In order to connect a micr ophone follow these easy steps: (See figure 2-7 on page 13 for locatio[...]

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65 T roubleshooting Section Five T roubleshooting Identifying the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Specific Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Troubleshooting Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Power On Self Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Emergency DVD/CD-ROM Tray Release . . . . [...]

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67 T roubleshooting T roubleshooting Y our Fujitsu LifeBook notebook is stur dy and subject to few problems in the field. Ho wever , you ma y encounter simple setup or operating problems that you can sol ve on the spot, or problems with per ipheral dev ices, that you can solv e by replacing the device. The information in this section helps you iso[...]

68 LifeBook S Series – Section Five T ROUBLESHOOTING T ABLE Problem P age A udio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 DVD/CD-R OM Drive Pr oblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 P ort Replicator P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Floppy Disk Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

69 T roubleshooting N otebook fails to recognize DVD/CD-R W/CD-R OM’ s. (continued) W rong drive designator was used for DVD/CD-R W/CD- ROM in the application. V erify the dr ive designator used b y the application is the same as the one used by the operating system. When the operating syst em is booted from a DVD/ CD , drive designations are aut[...]

70 LifeBook S 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 Slave). Revise BIOS settings to set both Primary Master and Primary Slave corr ectly . (See BIOS Setup Utility on page 33 for more informa[...]

71 T roubleshooting Memory Problems Y our P ower On scr een, or Main menu of the BIOS setup utility infor- mation, does not show the correct amount of installed memory . Y our memor y upgrade module is not properly installed. Remo ve and re-install y our memor y upgrade module. (See Memory Upgrade Module on page 57 for more information) Y ou hav e [...]

72 LifeBook S 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 55 for more information) The card ma y have been installed while an application was running, so y our notebook is not awar e[...]

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

74 LifeBook S Series – Section Five The batteries seem to discharge too quickly . Y ou are running an application that uses a great deal of power 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 battery and/or use a power adapt er for this applic[...]

75 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, located within the Main menu, to tr y to auto detect the internal har d drive. An error message is display ed on the scree[...]

76 LifeBook S Series – Section Five The display goes blank b y itself after you ha ve been using it. The notebook has gone into V ideo 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 any button on the k eyboard, or mo ve the mouse to rest ore operation. I f that fails, push the [...]

77 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 marked with a #. If an error message is display ed that is not in this l[...]

78 LifeBook S 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 configured pr operly . This may mean that the har d dr iv e t ype identified in your setup utility does not agree with the ty pe detected by the P ow er On Self T est. R un the setup utility to check [...]

79 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 ontinue. C ontact your support representativ e. nnnn Shadow RAM Passed Wher e nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully t ested. *System battery is de[...]

80 LifeBook S Series – Section Five RECOVERY CD-ROM Included with your notebook ar e the Emergency Rec overy CD and Drivers and A pplication Rest ore 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[...]

81 T roubleshooting 5. If correctly configured t o boot from the Rec overy CD-ROM, you will notice y our system running a full virus scan of the hard drive and then reach the Emergency Rec overy W elcome screen. If this is not what is display ed, check to see that the R ecov er y CD is installed in the CD-ROM driv e and repeat the previous steps, [...]

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83 Care and Maintenance Section Six Care and Maintenance LifeBook Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Floppy Disks and Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 DVD/CD-RW/CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 PC Cards . . . . . . . . [...]

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85 Care and Maintenance Care and Maintenance If you use your F ujitsu LifeBook notebook carefully , you will increase its life and reliability . This section provides some tips for looking after the notebook and its devices. LIFEBOOK NOTEBOOK Caring for your LifeBook Notebook ■ Y our LifeBook notebook is a durable but sensitive electronic device.[...]

86 LifeBook S Series – Section Six ■ When tra veling with the hard drive remo ved, w rap the drive in a non-c onducting materials (cloth or paper). If you ha ve the drive check ed by hand, be ready to install the drive if needed. N ever put your har d drive through a metal detector . Ha ve y our hard drive hand-inspected by security personnel. [...]

87 Care and Maintenance ■ K eep the floppy disk drive out of direct sunlight and awa y from heating equipment. ■ A v oid storing the floppy disk drive in locations subject to shock and vibration. ■ Nev er use the floppy disk drive with any liquid, metal, or other foreign matter inside the floppy disk drive or disk. ■ Nev er disassemble [...]

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89 Specifications Section Seven Specifications Configuration Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Microprocessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Audio . . . . . . [...]

90 LifeBook S Series – Section Seven[...]

91 Specifications Specifications This section provides the hard ware and environmental specifications for your F ujitsu LifeBook S Series notebook. Specifications of particular configurations will vary . CONFIGURATION LABEL Y our LifeBook S Series notebook contains a configuration label located on the bottom of your notebook. (See figure 2-9[...]

92 LifeBook S Series – Section Seven AUDIO ■ SoundBlaster Pr o-compatible 32-bit stereo PCM/FM sound chip . ■ Spatializer 3D-Ster eo multiple speaker effect support. ■ Stereo headphone jack, 1 V rms, or less, minimum impedance 32 Ohms. ■ Stereo line in jack, 880 mV r ms or less, minimum impedance 10K Ohms. ■ Mo no microphone jack, 125 m[...]

93 Specifications KEYBOARD Built-in keyboar d w ith all functions of 101 key PS/2 compatible k eyboards. ■ T otal number of keys: 87. ■ Function k eys: 12, F1 thr ough F12. ■ Featur e extension key: Fn. ■ Three Windo ws keys: two Start keys and one application key ■ K ey pitch: 18 mm. ■ K ey stroke: 2.2 mm. ■ Built-in T ouchpad point[...]

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Glossary Section Eight Glossary[...]

LifeBook S Series – Section Eight[...]

97 Glossary Glossary AC Adapter A device which con verts the A C voltage from a wall outlet to the DC voltage needed to po wer your not ebook. Active-Matrix Display A ty pe of technology for making flat-panel displays which has a transistor or similar device for every pixel on the screen. APM Ad vanced P ower M anagement. Auto/Airline Adapter A de[...]

98 LifeBook S Series – Section Eight Disk A spinning platter of mag netic data storage media. If the platter is ve r y stiff it is a hard drive, 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[...]

99 Glossary LAN Local Ar ea Network. A n interconnection of computers and peripherals w ithin a single limited geogr aphic location which can pass programs and data amongst themselves. LCD Liquid Crystal Display . A type of display which mak es images by contr olling the orientation of cr ystals in a crystalline liquid. Lithium ion Battery A ty pe [...]

100 LifeBook S Series – Section Eight Program An integrated set of coded commands to your compute rs telling your hardwar e what to do and how and when to do it. PS/2 An IBM series of personal computers whic h established a number of standards for connecting external devices such as keyboar ds and monitors. RAM Random A ccess M emory . A hardware[...]

101 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 r ansistor – A technology for flat display panels which uses[...]

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Index Index A AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 97 indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 plug adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Anti-theft Lock Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Application See Pr[...]

LifeBook S Series DVD Player Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 DVD Player Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 un-installing . . . . . [...]

Index extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 system . . . . . . . . . .[...]

LifeBook S Series formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 initializing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 preparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 software eject[...]

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