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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Index
replacing 40
troubleshooting 91
See also optical drive
cellular phone
memory cards
31
Certificate of Authenticity 3
cleaning
audio CD 76
case 74
CD 76
computer screen 75
DVD 76
keyboard 75
LCD panel 75
mouse 75
screen 75
cleaning CRT screen 75
clicking 26
closing
unresponsive program 20
CompactFlash 31
connecting
cable modem
17
dial-up modem 17
DSL modem 17
PS/2 keyboard 9
PS/2 mouse 9
to Ethernet network 9, 17
to Internet 9
to network 9, 17
connections
analog speakers 9
audio in 9
cable modem 17
dial-up modem 9, 17
digital camera 7, 9, 36
digital video camera 7, 36
DSL modem 17
Ethernet 9, 17
external audio 9
external speakers 9
Firewire 7, 36
front speaker 9
headphone 7, 9
i.Link 7
IEEE 1394 7
keyboard 7, 9
line in 9
line out 9
microphone 7, 9
modem 9
mouse 7, 9
network 9, 17
parallel 9
power 9
power cord 9
printer 7, 9
PS/2 keyboard 9
PS/2 mouse 9
scanner 7, 9
side speaker 9
telephone 9
USB 7, 9
video camera 7
Zip drive 7, 9
copying
CDs and DVDs
31
CRT screen
cleaning
75
Customer Service
Accounting
130
Sales 130
Warranty 130
D
default printer
setting 107
defragmenting hard drive 81
deleting files and folders 79
dial-up modem 17
adjusting volume 105
connecting 9
diagnostics 104
dialing properties 102
troubleshooting 102
troubleshooting connection
speed
103
digital camera
locating USB port
7, 9
digital video camera
locating IEEE 1394 port
7
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