Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Computer
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Preparing power connections
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Connecting a dial-up modem
- Starting your computer
- Turning off your computer
- Restarting (rebooting) your computer
- Using the keyboard
- Using the mouse
- Using optical drives
- Using the memory card reader
- Using the diskette drive
- Adjusting the volume
- Installing a printer, scanner, or other device
- Upgrading Your Computer
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening and closing the case
- Replacing the optical disc drive
- Replacing the diskette drive
- Replacing the memory card reader
- Replacing the hard drive
- Installing memory
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the heat sink and processor
- Replacing the system battery
- Replacing the power supply
- Replacing the system board
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Add-in cards
- Audio
- CD or DVD drives
- Diskette drive
- The diskette drive is not recognized
- You cannot save a file to diskette or you see the message “disk is full or write-protected”
- You see an “Access Denied” or “Write protect” error message
- You see a “Disk is full” error message
- You see a “Non-system disk” or “Disk error” error message
- The diskette drive LED is lit continuously
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- Expansion cards
- File management
- Floppy drive
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Media Center
- Memory
- Memory card reader
- Modem (cable or DSL)
- Modem (dial-up)
- Your modem does not dial or does not connect
- You cannot connect to the Internet
- Your 56K modem does not connect at 56K
- Your fax communications program only sends and receives faxes at 14,400 bps when you have a 56K modem
- The modem is not recognized by your computer
- The modem is noisy when it dials and connects
- Monitor
- Mouse
- Networks
- Passwords
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Recovering your Windows Vista system
- Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
- Using Microsoft System Restore
- Recovering your system to its factory condition
- Recovering your system using the Windows DVD
- Recovering your Windows XP system
- Telephone support
- Legal Notices
- Index
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A
AC power connector 9
accessories
safety precautions
135
activity indicators
See indicators
application buttons
23
application key 22, 23, 24
arrow keys 22, 23, 24
audio
analog speaker jack
9
audio in jack 9
front speaker jack 9
headphone jack 9
line in jack 9
line out jack 9
microphone jack 7, 9
muting 34
recording 31
side speaker jack 9
troubleshooting 108
audio CD
cleaning
76
audio in jack 9
audio playback buttons 21, 23
B
backing up files 82
battery
replacing 62
BigFix 77
Blu-ray
playing
30
recording 31
Blu-ray drive
locating drive 7
broadband
connection 17
modem 17
broadband connection
connecting
9
buttons
See keys and buttons
C
cable lock slot 9
cable modem 17
connecting 9
troubleshooting 101
Caps Lock indicator 22, 23, 24
card reader 7
cards
adding expansion
55
inserting memory card 32
installing memory card 32
removing memory card 32
replacing expansion 55
slots 31
troubleshooting add-in
card 96
troubleshooting Ethernet
95
troubleshooting expansion
96
troubleshooting memory
card 101
types of memory cards
supported
31
case
opening
39
CD
cleaning
76
copying 31
inserting 27
playing audio 29
recording 31
troubleshooting 91
CD drive
adding 40
identifying 28
locating drive 7
Index
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