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
G
Gateway
contact information
3
model number 3
serial number 3
Support 2
Gateway Recovery Center
re-installing drivers
112
re-installing programs 112
re-installing software 112
H
hard drive
adding 49
backing up files 82
checking for errors 80
checking for free space 78
defragmenting 81
deleting files and folders 79
replacing 49
scanning for errors 80
troubleshooting 97
HD DVD drive
locating
7
HD-DVD
playing
30
recording 31
headphone jack 7, 9
heat sink
replacing
57
Hibernate mode 7
hot-swapping 36
I
IBM Microdrive 31
IEEE 1394 port 7, 36
indicators
Caps Lock 22, 23, 24
Num Lock 22, 23, 24
numeric keypad 22, 23, 24
Pad Lock 24
power 7
Scroll Lock 22, 23, 24
installing
battery
62
devices 36
digital camera 36
digital video camera 36
memory 51
peripheral devices 36
printer 36
scanner 36
side panel 39
system battery 62
Internet
buttons
21, 23
troubleshooting 98, 103
J
jacks
See connections
K
Kensington lock 9
keyboard
buttons
21, 22
cleaning 75
features 21, 22
PS/2 port 9
troubleshooting 99
USB port 7, 9
keys
application
24
arrow 24
directional 24
function 24
navigation 24
numeric 24
Windows 24
keys and buttons
application
22, 23
arrow 22, 23
audio playback 21, 23
directional 22, 23
editing 21, 23
function 21, 23
Internet 21, 23
mouse 25
navigation 22, 23
numeric 22, 23
sleep 23
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