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
- Removing and installing the front bezel
- Installing memory
- Replacing an optical or diskette drive or a card reader
- Replacing the hard drive
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the front fan
- Replacing the rear fan
- Replacing the front I/O board
- Replacing the 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
- 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 system
- Telephone support
- Legal Notices
- Index
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3 Right-click the name of the printer you want to use.
If the menu shows a check mark next to Use Printer
Offline, click Use Printer Offline to clear the check
mark.
• Wait until files have been printed before sending
additional files to the printer.
• If you print large files or many files at one time, you may
want to add additional memory to the printer. See the
printer documentation for instructions for adding
additional memory.
You see a “Printer is out of paper” error message
After adding paper, make sure that the printer is online. Most
printers have an online/offline button that you need to press
after adding paper.
Sound
You are not getting sound from the speakers
• Make sure that the volume controls are turned up. For
more information, see “Adjusting the volume” on
page 32.
• Make sure that mute controls are turned off. For more
information, see “Adjusting the volume” on page 32.
• If you are using external speakers:
• Make sure that the speakers are turned on.
• See the speaker setup poster to check your speaker
connections.
Help
For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the phrase printer troubleshooter in the Search
Help box, then press E
NTER.
Help
For more information about sound troubleshooting, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the phrase sound troubleshooter in the Search
Help box, then press E
NTER.
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