fujitsu-siemens lifebook b User Manual

Contents

A26391-K105-Z120-1-7619

Connecting an external mouse

........................................................................................................ 38

Connecting a PS/2 mouse

....................................................................................................... 38

Connecting a serial mouse

...................................................................................................... 39

Connecting an external printer

........................................................................................................ 39

Using the parallel port

............................................................................................................. 39

Using the serial port

................................................................................................................ 40

CD/DVD ROM

................................................................................................................................. 40

Floppy disks

.................................................................................................................................... 40

Establishing a direct LAN connection

.............................................................................................. 42

Establishing a direct Modem connection

......................................................................................... 43

Connecting to LAN or modem using a PC card

............................................................................... 43

Connecting to a desktop PC

........................................................................................................... 44

Establishing a direct connection

.............................................................................................. 44

Establishing an infrared connection

......................................................................................... 44

Connecting USB devices

................................................................................................................ 45

Connecting external audio devices

.................................................................................................. 46

Energy saving functions

.............................................................................................................. 47

Standby mode

......................................................................................................................... 47

Operating systems with APM (Windows 95, Windows NT with APM extensions)

.................... 48

Idle mode

................................................................................................................................ 49

Video timeout

.......................................................................................................................... 49

Hard Disk timeout

................................................................................................................... 49

Operating systems with ACPI (Windows ME and Windows 2000)

........................................... 50

PHDISK (for Windows 98 and Windows NT)

........................................................................... 50

Settings in BIOS Setup

................................................................................................................. 53

Start BIOS Setup

............................................................................................................................ 53

Operating BIOS Setup

.................................................................................................................... 53

Setting up the password

.......................................................................................................... 54

Troubleshooting and tips

............................................................................................................. 55

Installing new software

............................................................................................................ 55

Saving and restoring system files

............................................................................................ 55

Restoring the hard disk contents under Windows 9x

............................................................... 55

The notebook's date or time is incorrect

.................................................................................. 56

Battery indicator does not light up

........................................................................................... 56

The notebook's display remains blank

..................................................................................... 56

The notebook's display is difficult to read

................................................................................ 56

The external monitor stays blank

............................................................................................ 57

The external monitor is blank or the image is unstable

............................................................ 57

The notebook does not start after switch on

............................................................................ 58

The notebook stops working

................................................................................................... 58

The mouse does not work

....................................................................................................... 59

The floppy disk cannot be written

............................................................................................ 59

The printer does not print

........................................................................................................ 59

Acoustic warnings

................................................................................................................... 59

Error messages on the screen

................................................................................................ 60

Technical data

............................................................................................................................... 63

Notebook

........................................................................................................................................ 63

Battery

............................................................................................................................................ 64

Power supply unit

............................................................................................................................ 64

Index

.............................................................................................................................................. 65