User's Manual

N otebook User Guide
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Table of Contents
ABOUT YOUR NOTEBOOK COMPUTER..................................................................7
ABOUT YOUR USER GUIDE.........................................................................................8
1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................15
1.1 F
EATURE H IGHLIGHT ..........................................................................................16
1.2 U
NPACKING THE C OMPUTER ...............................................................................18
1.3 T
HE I NSIDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ...........................................................................19
1.4 T
HE F RONT S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ..................................................................21
Notebook Status Icons........................................................................................22
Wireless LAN/E-mail LED Icons .......................................................................23
1.5 T
HE R EAR S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ....................................................................25
1.6 T
HE L EFT S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK .....................................................................26
1.7 T
HE R IGHT S IDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ...................................................................28
1.8 T
HE U NDERSIDE OF THE N OTEBOOK ...................................................................29
1.9 N
OTEBOOK A CCESSORIES ...................................................................................31
1.10 N
OTEBOOK O PTIONS ...........................................................................................32
2 GETTING STARTED.............................................................................................33
2.1 U
SING THE B ATTERY P ACK .................................................................................34
Extending Battery Life .......................................................................................36
2.2 C
ONNECTING THE AC P OWER S OURCE ...............................................................37
2.3 S
TARTING Y OUR C OMPUTER ..............................................................................38
2.4 A
DJUSTING THE D ISPLAY C ONTROLS ..................................................................39
2.5 I
NSTALLING THE N OTEBOOK D EVICE D RIVERS ...................................................39
Installing Windows XP from Optical Disk Drive...............................................40
driver installation note: .....................................................................................40
Installing the Chipset Driver .............................................................................40
Installing the VGA Device Driver......................................................................41