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    Copyrig ht Copyright Fujitsu P C Corp ora tio n has ma de ever y effo rt to ens ure the accuracy and completeness of this document . Ho wever , as ongoing developme nt efforts are co ntinually impro ving the capabilities of our pr od ucts, we cannot guara ntee the a ccuracy of the contents of this document . W e dis clai m lia bil it y for erro rs,[...]

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    Life Boo k C Seri es FCC NOTICES Notic e to User s of Ra dios an d T elevisio n The s e l i mit s ar e designed to p ro vid e reasona ble pr otec- tion against ha rmful int erfer ence in a r esid ential ins talla- tion. This equi pment generates, us es, and ca n radiate radio freque ncy ene rgy and, if not installed and used in accor dance with the[...]

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    Copyrig ht DOC (INDUSTRY CANADA) NOTICES Notice to Users o f Radios and T elev ision This Clas s B digita l ap paratus meets all requirements of the Canadi an Interferen ce- Caus ing Equip ment R egulations . CET appa r eil numérique de la c lass B respecte tou t e s les exigence du Rég lement sur l e maté ri al brou illeur du Canad a. Notice to[...]

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    Life Boo k C Seri es UL Notice This unit req uires an A C adapt er to operate. U se on ly UL Listed Class 2 Adapters with an outpu t rating of 16 Vdc, with a cur rent of 3.36 A. A C A dapter ou tput polarity: The modem-to -telephone netw o rk connection must be a line cor d using a minimum #26 A W G w ire. For A ut hori zed Repa ir T echnici ans On[...]

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

  • Page 6

    Lif eBoo k C Ser ies Pre-Installed Software Learning About Your Applicatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PC-Doctor fo r Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LapLink 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Quicken 20 00 Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 McAfee.co m ActiveSh ield. . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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

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

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

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

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    3 Preface Preface ABOUT TH IS GUIDE The LifeBook™ C Se ries from F ujitsu PC C orporation is a powerful notebo ok computer . It is powered by an Intel® P entium® III micropr ocessor , has a built-in color displa y , a numbe r o f possible c o nfigurations, and brings the comp uting p ower of des ktop p erson al comp uters (PCs) to a po rt abl e[...]

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

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

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

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

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    8 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o LIFE BOOK FE ATU RES The LifeBoo k C Ser ies is a compact, yet powerful note- book computer availa ble w it h a va rie ty o f featu res, including: (See Specific at ions on page 79 for mor e infor- matio n) ■ Latest high-sp eed Intel P e ntium III mobile processors wi th Sp eedS tep techn olo gy ■ 100 MHz SD[...]

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

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    10 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o Ster eo Sp eaker s The b ui lt-in dual sp ea kers allo w for ste r eo sound. Closed Cover Sw itch The closed cover switch tur ns off the LCD back lig hting when t he dis play panel is cl osed. Keyboard A full-size keyboard with dedicated W indo ws key s. (S ee K e yboard on page 19 for more infor mation) T ouch[...]

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    11 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connect ors Figure 2-4 Lif eBook l eft-side pan el LEFT- SIDE PAN EL COMP ONE N TS The follo wing is a brief description of y our LifeBook ’ s left-side c omp onents. Power Switch This switch is the main po wer switch for y ou r LifeBook. PC Ca rd Slo ts The PC Car d Slots allow y ou to install two T y pe II PC Car[...]

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    12 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o Figure 2-5 LifeBook right- side pan el RIGHT -SIDE P ANEL COMPON ENTS The follo wing is a brief description of y our LifeBook ’ s right-s ide components. Head phone J ack The he adpho ne jac k al lo ws yo u to c onnect headp hon es or po wered ex t ernal speak ers. (See H eadphone Jack on page 53 for more inf[...]

  • Page 21

    13 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connect ors Figure 2 -6 Life Book bac k panel BACK PANE L COMPONENTS The follo wing is a brief description of y our LifeBook ’ s back pa nel compone nts. Anti-theft Lock Slot The anti- t heft lock slot allo ws you to at t ach an op tional physical lock dow n de v ice. PS/2 Por t The PS/2 port allo ws y ou to co nne[...]

  • Page 22

    14 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o USB Port The USB port allows you to connect U niv ersa l Serial Bus dev ices. (See U niversal Serial Bus Port on page 51 for more informat ion) DC Power Jack The D C power j ack al lows you to pl ug in the AC adapter or the opt ional A u to /Airline adapter to power y our LifeBook and charge the int e rnal Lith[...]

  • Page 23

    15 Locatin g the Con trols an d Connect ors Figu re 2-7 Lif eBook b ottom pan el BOTTOM CO MPO NEN TS The follo wing is a brief description of y our LifeBook ’ s bottom panel c omp onents. Main Unit a nd Configu ration Lab el The configuration la bel shows the mod el number and oth er inf orm ati on ab out your Lif eB ook. In add it ion, the conf[...]

  • Page 24

    16 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o Figure 2- 8 CoolView D isplay CoolV i ew Display The CoolView Display is located at the front of your LifeBook, just below the to uch pad. W ithin this displa y are symbols that co rrespond to specific compone nts of your Fujitsu Li fe B o o k. T hes e sy mb o l s te l l you how each of tho se comp onents are o[...]

  • Page 25

    17 Cool View Di splay AC ADAP T ER INDI CATOR The A C Ad apter indica t o r states whether y our LifeBook is operating from the A C adapter , t he A uto/Airline adapter or the batterie s. This icon has two different states th at can tel l you wh at power so urce your Life Boo k is using. ■ On: This means that eithe r of the ada pter s ar e curr e[...]

  • Page 26

    18 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o HARD DRIVE ACCESS INDIC ATOR The H ard Driv e Acc ess indicat or states whether yo ur internal har d drive or o ptiona l second har d drive is being ac cess ed. FLOPPY DISK DRIV E ACCESS INDICATO R The F l op py Di sk Driv e Ac cess indicat or stat es whether the f loppy di sk dr ive is be ing access ed. T hi s[...]

  • Page 27

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

  • Page 28

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

  • Page 29

    21 T ouc hpad Po intin g D evi ce Figure 2- 11 T ou chpad po inting device T ouchpad Pointing Device The T ouchpad pointing device co mes built into y o ur Fuj itsu Li feBook. It i s us ed to con t ro l t he mov ement of the po inter to se lect items on your displ ay panel . The T o uchpad is composed of a cursor control, a left and righ t button, [...]

  • Page 30

    22 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o DRAGGING Dragging means pressin g and holding the left bu tton, while moving t he curs or . T o drag , move the cursor to the item you wi sh to move. Press an d hold the le ft button while mo ving the item t o its ne w location and then releas e it. Dragging can also be done using the T o uchpad . Firs t, tap t[...]

  • Page 31

    23 Vo l u m e C o n t r o l V olume Control Y our Fujitsu LifeBook has multiple v olume c o ntrols which interact with each other . CONTROLLING TH E V OLUME There is t he ha rdware volume con trol lo cated on the LifeBook itself, and the vol ume control set fro m within the V olume Control on the T askbar. In addition to those, there are als o ap p[...]

  • Page 32

    24 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o Figure 2-16 LifeBoo k Applic at ion Laun cher Bu tto ns LifeBook Ap plic ation Panel A uniq ue fe ature of yo ur F u jitsu Li feBook is the Li f e- Book App lication P a nel. This panel allow s y ou to ope rat e the DV D dri ve as an i n d ependent audio CD Play e r or launch applica tions with the touch of one[...]

  • Page 33

    25 LifeBook Appli cation Panel As an applicat ion l aunch er , the LifeB ook Applica tion Panel is very flexibl e, g ivin g you a var ie ty of opt ion s. T o set up the Panel t o best suit your needs, we have pro vided the A ppl icatio n P a nel Se tup uti lity that quic kly and e asil y helps you mak e the most of this valuable feature. T o conf i[...]

  • Page 34

    26 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o There is no co nfiguration r e quired for CD pla yer opera- tion. The but tons a re pre-config ured to wo rk like a normal CD play er. W hen the selector switch is in the bottom pos ition, the butt ons will operate as follo ws: ■ Stop/Eject: This is the first button to the r ight o f the CoolView d ispl ay . [...]

  • Page 35

    27 LifeBook Appli cation Panel Deactivating and Activating the LifeBoo k Application Panel T o deactivate the LifeBook Ap plica tion P ane l, follow these easy steps: 1. Click o n Sta rt . 2. Click o n Prog r ams . 3. Click o n LifeBook A pplicatio n P anel . 4. Click o n Deactiv at e Panel . T o reactivate, follow the same p rocedure, ex cept for [...]

  • Page 36

    28 LifeBook C Series – Section Tw o Pre-Installed Software Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook comes with pre-installed soft ware for p layi ng audio an d v ide o fi les of va ri ous form ats. In addi t io n ther e is file transf er so ftware , virus p ro tect ion softwar e a nd P ower M ana gement softwar e . LEARNING ABOUT Y O UR APPLICATIO NS T utorials A[...]

  • Page 37

    29 Pre-Installe d Softw are INTERVIDEO WINDVD SOFTWARE DVD PLAYER The W INDV D software pr o v ides a D VD dec oder/ pla yer which allo ws yo u to pla y back DV D s on y ou r LifeBook. LIFEBO OK APPL ICATION PANEL SOFT WARE Y our LifeBook is pre-installed w ith software utilities that let you operat e and con figur e y o ur LifeBook Ap plicati o n [...]

  • Page 38

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

  • Page 39

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

  • Page 40

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

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    31 Power Sourc es Figure 3-1 C onnecting the AC Ad apter Power Sources Y o ur Fuj itsu L ife Book has three pos sible power sources : a primary Lithium ion ba t tery , an A C adapter or an optional A uto/Airline adap te r . CONNE CTING THE P OWER AD APTERS The A C adapter or optional A uto/Ai r line adapte r pro v ides power for op erating y our Li[...]

  • Page 42

    32 LifeBook C Series – Section Th ree Figure 3- 2 Openi ng the Display Panel Display Panel Y our Fujitsu LifeBook contain s a display pane l that is backlit fo r easier viewing in b right environme nts and maintains top resolution through the us e of active- matrix technology . OPENI NG THE DISP LAY PAN EL 1. Slide the latch locat ed at the top o[...]

  • Page 43

    33 Starting Y our Lif eBook Starting Y our LifeBook POWER O N Power Switch The p owe r s w itc h is u se d to t u rn on you r Li fe Bo o k f rom its off state. O nce you have connected your AC adapter or charged the inte rnal Lithium ion batt ery , you can pow er on y our LifeBook. (See figure 2-4 on page 11 for location) Facin g the k eyboar d and[...]

  • Page 44

    34 LifeBook C Series – Section Th ree pull-down men u. Once you ha ve do ne that, select the heading BIOS Gu ides from the pu ll-do wn menu and finally , select your specific unit ’ s BIOS number . If you are unsu re of your LifeBo ok’ s BIOS numb er , p lease refer to y our packing slip. BOOTING T HE SYSTEM WIT H WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDI TION W[...]

  • Page 45

    35 Starting Y our Lif eBook REGI STER ING Y O UR LIFE BOO K What are the benefits of registering? Y ou will re cei ve an i dentifi cation label for you r LifeBook , which, if you r LifeBook is ever lost, ma y help in getting it retur ned to you . Y ou also receive pri orit y Personal Identification N umber (PIN) technical s upport a ccess and use f[...]

  • Page 46

    36 LifeBook C Series – Section Th ree Power Management Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook has many options and features for con ser ving batte ry powe r . Some of t h es e features are automatic and need no user inte rvention, such as those for the internal mode m. Ho wever , others depend on the para met ers you set t o best su it your oper at ing condi - [...]

  • Page 47

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

  • Page 48

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

  • Page 49

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

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

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    41 Lithium ion Battery Lithium ion Battery Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook has a Lithium ion batter y that pro v ides power for operating y our LifeBook when no external power source i s avai lable . Th e batter y is dura ble and lon g la sting, but should not be expos ed to e xtreme t emperatur es, high v olt ages, che m i cals or other h azards . The Lit[...]

  • Page 52

    42 LifeBook C Series – Section Four Dead Batter y Suspend mode shows on the Status indi- cator just like the normal Susp end mode. Once your LifeBook goes int o Dead Batt e r y Suspen d mode you will be unable to resume o peration until y ou pro vide a source of p ower eit her f rom an ada pter , or a charg ed batter y . Once you have provi ded p[...]

  • Page 53

    43 Floppy Disk Drive Figure 4- 2 Loadi ng/Ejecting a 3.5” Floppy Disk Floppy Disk Drive Y ou r Fujitsu Life Book has a 3.5" floppy disk drive with the ability to read and wr ite information on r emo vable 1.44MB and 720KB floppy disk s. LOADING A DISK T o loa d a disk into your disk dr ive, fol low the se eas y steps: 1. Orient the disk so t[...]

  • Page 54

    44 LifeBook C Series – Section Four Figure 4-4 DVD Drive DVD Drive Y our Fujitsu LifeBook contain s a D VD drive which is both a 8x DVD pl ayer and a CD dr ive. This g ives you acc ess to movie, so ftwar e and audio D VD/CDs . DVD PLAYE R SO FTWA RE W ith the D VD dri v e and DVD Play er softw are y ou c a n play DVD mov ies on your Life Bo ok. T[...]

  • Page 55

    45 DVD Drive 1. P ush and releas e the eje ct button on the front of the DVD drive to open the hol der tr ay . The tray w il l com e out of the Li feBook a short dist anc e. 2. G e ntl y pull t h e tra y ou t until a D VD/C D c an easi ly be place d in the tray . 3. Pla ce the DVD /CD in to the t ray , lab el sid e up, wi th the hol e in t he c ent[...]

  • Page 56

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

  • Page 57

    47 PC Ca rds Figure 4- 6 Installi ng/Remo ving PC C ards PC Cards Y our Fuj its u Life Book s up ports T ype I, T ype II and T ype III PC Cards, which can perf orm a va riet y of funct ions depending on which type of PC Card y ou install. Y ou can install one or two P C Car ds at a time, de pending o n its type. T y pe I and T ype II PC Card s c an[...]

  • Page 58

    48 LifeBook C Series – Section Four REMOVI NG PC CA RDS T o remov e a PC Car d (s), follo w t hese e a sy step s: 1. See y our PC Card man ual for specific instructions on r e mo ving y our car d . Some P C C ard s ma y r eq uir e you r LifeBook to be in Suspend M ode or Off while rem ov ing t h em . 2. U nlock the PC Card from th e slot by sl id[...]

  • Page 59

    49 Memory Upgrade Module Memory Upgrade Module Y our F u jitsu LifeBo ok c omes wi th 64MB or 128MB high speed Sync hronous Dynamic RA M (SDRAM) factory installed. T o increase y our LifeBook’ s memory capaci ty , you ma y install an additional memory upgr ade module. The memory upgrade must be a dual-in-lin e (DIMM) SDRAM module. INSTALLING A ME[...]

  • Page 60

    50 LifeBook C Series – Section Four REMOVING A MEMORY UPGRADE MODULE 1. Pe rform steps 1 thr ough 3 of Installing a M emor y Up g r a d e M o d u le . 2. Pull the clips sid eways a way fro m each side of the memory upgrade module at the sa me time. 3. While holding the clip s ou t, remov e the module from the slot by lifting it up a nd p ulling t[...]

  • Page 61

    51 Device Ports Device Ports Y our Fu jitsu Life Boo k c o me s equipped with mu l tiple ports to which you can co nnect an external device including: dis k driv es, k eyboar ds, mode ms, p rinter s, etc. MODEM (RJ-11) T ELEPHO NE JACK The mode m (R J-11) telep hone jack is used for an internal mode m. T o c onnect the telephone cable follow these [...]

  • Page 62

    52 LifeBook C Series – Section Four INFRARED PORT The Infrare d I r D A 1.1 (4Mbps) port allows for wir eless data t rans fer b etween your Lif eBook and o ther IrDA - comp at i bl e de v ic es , su ch as a not h er com pu te r o r a printer , w ithout the u se of a cable . (See figure 2 -6 on page 13 for locat ion) I t i s im p orta nt t o k e e[...]

  • Page 63

    53 Device Ports 3. Click on the SPDIF tab and clic k ON (Digital Sour ces Only) S-VIDEO OUT PO RT The S -V ideo port allo ws you t o co n nect and use dir ectly any S-Video de v ice, such as a V CR or tele vi sion . T he S-Video s tanda rd provi des for a h igh er qua lit y pic ture than NTSC or P AL. In order to connect an S-Video dev ice, f ollow[...]

  • Page 64

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

  • Page 65

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

  • Page 66

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

  • Page 67

    57 T roublesho oting T roub leshootin g Y ou r Fujitsu LifeBook is s turdy and subject to few prob- lems in the field . H ow eve r, yo u may enc ount er simple setup o r op erati ng problem s tha t you can solve on the spot, or pr oblems with peripheral d evice s, that y ou can solv e by replacing the device. The information in this section helps y[...]

  • Page 68

    58 LifeBook C Series – Section Five TR O U B L E S H O O T I N G TA B L E Proble m Page A udio Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58 DVD/C D-R W/CD-ROM Dri ve Pr oblems . . . . . p age 58 Floppy Disk Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 59 Har d Drive P roblems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

  • Page 69

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

  • Page 70

    60 LifeBook C Series – Section Five Hard Dr ive Problems Y ou canno t ac c ess yo ur hard dri v e. The setup utility is incorre ctly set for yo ur internal (Primary Master) or op tio nal s e cond hard dri ve (Pr imar y Sl ave). Revis e BIOS settin gs to se t bo th P rim ary Ma ster and Pr im ar y Sl ave corre ctl y . (See BI OS Setu p Uti lity on[...]

  • Page 71

    61 T roublesho oting P a rallel, Serial, an d US B Dev ice P roble ms Y o u ha v e installed a parallel port devic e, a se rial port de v i ce o r a U SB d ev i ce . Y our LifeBook d oes not re c ogn i ze t h e devic e, or t he dev ice do es no t see m to work p rope rly . The device is not properly in stal led. Remov e an d re-in stall the dev ice[...]

  • Page 72

    62 LifeBook C Series – Section Five Pow er Fa i l u r e s Y ou turn on yo ur LifeBook and nothing seems t o happen. The ins talled primary battery is completely discharge d, there i s no optional second batter y installed or ther e is no P owe r adapt er (A C or A ut o/ Airline) insta lled. Check the Status Indicator P a nel to determine the pres[...]

  • Page 73

    63 T roublesho oting Y our L ifeBook turns off all by itself. The po wer manageme nt para meters are se t for auto timeouts which are too short for your op er ati ng nee ds. P r ess an y button on the keyboar d, or mo ve th e mous e to r est or e o peration. If that f a i l s , push the Suspe nd/R esume b utto n. Check y our po wer management se tt[...]

  • Page 74

    64 LifeBook C Series – Section Five The b atter ies se em to discha rge t oo quic kly . Y ou are running an application that us es a g reat de al of p ower due to frequen t hard drive access o r DVD/C D-RW/CD- R OM access, use o f a mo dem card or a LAN PC card. U se both the p rimar y batter y and a n optional second b atter y an d/or use a powe[...]

  • Page 75

    65 T roublesho oting Y our LifeBook appear s t o change setu p pa rame ters when y ou start it. BIOS setup change s were not saved when you made them and exite d the BI OS s etup utility returning it t o pr ev ious set tings. Make sure you sel ect Save Chang es An d Exit when exiting the BIOS setup utility . The BIO S CMOS h old-up batter y has f a[...]

  • Page 76

    66 LifeBook C Series – Section Five The Built-in Displa y does not close. A foreign object, such as a paper clip , is stuck be tween the displ ay and t he ke ybo ard. Re mo ve all foreign objects from the keyboard. The Built-in Displa y has bri gh t or d ark s pot s. If t he spot s ar e very tin y and few in number , this is normal for a la rge L[...]

  • Page 77

    67 T roublesho oting POWER ON SE LF T EST ME SSAGES The follo w ing is an alphabet ic lis t of err or- and-st atus message s that Phoenix BI OS and/o r y our operating system can generat e and a n explanatio n of each message. Error messa g es ar e mark ed with an *. Th e most com mo n err ors ar e mark ed with a #. If an error mes sage is displa y[...]

  • Page 78

    68 LifeBook C Series – Section Five driv e ma y be c orrupt ed and y our syst e m ma y ha v e to be re-installed from your back up media . *Pari ty Ch eck 1 nnnn P arit y er ror fo und in the sys tem bus. B IOS a ttempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the ad dr ess, it displa ys ????. This is a potentially[...]

  • Page 79

    69 T roublesho oting EMERGENCY DVD T RAY RELEASE If fo r some reaso n the eject but ton fails, y ou can ope n the DVD tray with a paper clip or similar tool inserted into the eject hole in the far ri ght side of the front of the tray . Str aig hten one si de of a pap er cl ip an d push it gently into the hole. The tray will pop out a short dista nc[...]

  • Page 80

    70 LifeBook C Series – Section Five 2. If y our LifeBook is running when you insert the CD , exit your ope rat ing system a nd p ower dow n the LifeBook. 3. Start (po wer up ) you r LifeBook. 4. At this poin t, you mu st ei ther chan ge your BIOS setup configuration thr ough the [F2] key to have the computer boot from the CD-ROM “first” (if y[...]

  • Page 81

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

  • Page 82

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

  • Page 83

    73 Care and Mainte nance Care and Maintenance If you use your Fujitsu Lif eBook carefully , y ou w ill increa se its life and reliability . This sect ion pr ovides some tips for looking afte r the LifeBook and its devices. FUJIT SU LIFE BOOK Caring for yo ur Fujitsu LifeB ook ■ Y our Fujitsu LifeBook is a durabl e bu t se nsitiv e elec- tronic de[...]

  • Page 84

    74 LifeBook C Series – Section Six BATTERIES Caring for your Batte ries ■ Alway s handle batteries carefully . ■ Do not shor t-circuit the batter y ter minals (that is, do not touch both terminals with a metal object). Do not carry lose bat t eries in a pock et or purs e wh e re they may mix with coins, k eys, or other metal objects. Doing so[...]

  • Page 85

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

  • Page 86

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

  • Page 87

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

  • Page 88

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

  • Page 89

    79 Sp ecif ic at io ns Specifications This section pr ov ides the har d ware and en vironmental specifications for your F u jitsu LifeBook. Specifications of pa r ti cu lar conf ig ur a tio ns w i ll va r y . CONFIGURATION L ABEL Y our F u jitsu LifeBook con tains a co nfiguration label located on the bottom of your LifeBo ok. (See figure 2 -7 on p[...]

  • Page 90

    80 LifeBook C Series – Section Sev en MICROPR OCESSOR Latest high-sp eed Intel mobile microprocessor . MEMO RY Sys t em Mem o r y 128MB or 64MB, exp andabl e up to 192MB SDRA M. Cache Memo r y 256 KB on-die L2 cache. BIOS Memor y 512KB Flash R OM. 256 Bytes C MOS RAM with back-up battery . VID E O Built-in c olo r flat-panel TFT active matrix L C[...]

  • Page 91

    81 Sp ecif ic at io ns ■ T w o co nnectors for USB (U nive rsal Serial Bus) input/out put de v ices. ■ One 1394 conne ctor ■ One 25-pin special c onnector for exte rnal floppy disk drive c onnect ion. ■ One modul ar mode m (R J-11) c onnector . ■ One ste reo h eadphone jack . (See A udio specific ation s) ■ One mono micro phon e jack. ([...]

  • Page 92

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

  • Page 93

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

  • Page 94

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

  • Page 95

    85 Glossary Glossary 1394 A fast external b us that a llows transfer rates o f up t o 400 Mbps. AC Adapter A d e vi ce w hi ch co nver ts t he AC vol ta g e f rom a wall out l et to the DC voltag e nee ded to power your Life Book. ACPI A pow e r management specifica tion that allo ws the oper- ating syst em to d et ermine the amount o f powe r give[...]

  • Page 96

    86 LifeBook C Series – Section Eight Disk Drive The hard ware which spins the d isk an d has the heads and c ontr ol circuitry for reading and writing the data on t he d isk. Diskette A floppy dis k i n a ha rd ho u sin g w i t h a sh utte r . DMA Direct Memory Access. Special circuitr y fo r memor y to memo r y transfers of data which do not r e[...]

  • Page 97

    87 Glossary MB Meg a b y t e . Megahertz 1,000,000 cycles per seco nd. Memor y A repos itory for data and applications which is readily acc essible to y our LifeBook CPU . MHz Meg a h e r t z. MIDI M usical Instrume nt Digital Int erfac e. A stand ard communicatio n prot ocol for ex change of information betwe en c omputer s and so und pr oduc ers [...]

  • Page 98

    88 LifeBook C Series – Section Eight stor e d in this way can not be change d b y your LifeBook and does not r equ ire po w er to maintain it. SDRAM Sync hronous Dynamic R and om A cce ss M emory . Serial Port A connection t o anothe r device through which data is transferre d one bit at a t ime on a sin gle wire with an y other w ires only f or [...]

  • Page 99

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

  • Page 100

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

  • Page 101

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

  • Page 102

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