Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Notebook
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Connecting the AC adapter
- Connecting the dial-up modem
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Starting your convertible notebook
- Turning off your convertible notebook
- Restarting (rebooting) your convertible notebook
- Using the status indicators
- Using the keyboard
- Using the tablet control buttons
- Using the fingerprint reader
- Using the EZ Pad touchpad
- Using the display
- Using the digital pen
- Using the touch sensitive screen feature
- Adjusting the volume
- Turning your wireless radio on or off
- Using Drives and Accessories
- Managing Power
- Traveling with Your Notebook
- Maintaining Your Notebook
- Caring for your convertible notebook
- Cleaning your convertible notebook
- Maintaining the battery
- Cleaning CDs or DVDs
- Recovering your system
- Upgrading Your Notebook
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Audio
- Batteries
- Digital pen
- Diskette drive (external)
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- File management
- Fingerprint reader
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Media Center
- Memory
- Memory card reader
- Modem (cable or DSL)
- Modem (dial-up)
- Mouse
- Networks (wired)
- Networks (wireless)
- Passwords
- PC Cards
- Pointing device
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Status indicators
- Touchpad or pointing device
- Video
- Telephone support
- Legal Information
- Index
Contents
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Storing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cleaning CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Recovering your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . . . . . . . 94
Using Microsoft System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . 103
Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . 105
Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook . . . . . . 107
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adding or replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Replacing the hard drive kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Digital pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Diskette drive (external) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
DVD drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
File management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Fingerprint reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Modem (cable or DSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Modem (dial-up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Networks (wired) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Networks (wireless) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139










