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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10 Lift the processor retention bracket, then remove the
processor from the system board.
11 Install the new processor onto the system board. Make
sure that Pin 1 on the processor (indicated by the
printed triangle on the corner of the processor) aligns
with Pin 1 on the processor socket (indicated by a
triangle molded into the corner of the processor socket),
then return the retention bracket and lever to their
locked positions.
12 If this is a new heat sink, remove the strip on the heat
sink that covers the gray thermal grease. If you are
re-using a heat sink, use rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol to
remove the old thermal grease, then re-apply a small
bead of thermal grease (about the size of half a pea) to
the surface that contacts the processor.
13 Place the heat sink on the processor, then tighten the
four screws that secure it to the system board.
14 Slide the heat sink fan back into place over the heat sink,
then plug it into the system board.
15 Insert the hard drive cage back into the computer.
16 Press the optical and 3.5-inch drive cage down until it
clicks into place, then reinstall the drives you removed.
17 Replace the side panel by following the instructions in
“Opening and closing the case” on page 39.
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