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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Index
drive
cellular phone
memory cards
30
Certificate of Authenticity 3
cleaning
audio CD 66
case 64
CD 66
DVD 66
keyboard 65
LCD panel 65
mouse 65
screen 65
cleaning CRT screen 65
clicking 25
closing
unresponsive program
19
connecting
cable modem
15
dial-up modem 16
DSL modem 15
PS/2 keyboard 9
PS/2 mouse 9
to Ethernet network 9, 15
to network 9, 15
connections
analog speakers
9
audio in 9
cable modem 15
dial-up modem 9, 16
digital camera 7, 9, 34
digital video camera 34
DSL modem 15
Ethernet 9, 15
external audio 9
external speakers 9
Firewire 34
front speaker 9
headphone 7, 9
keyboard 7, 9
line in 9
line out 9
microphone 7, 9
modem 9
mouse 7, 9
network 9, 15
parallel 9
power 9
power cord 9
printer 7, 9
PS/2 keyboard 9
PS/2 mouse 9
scanner 7, 9
serial 9
side speaker 9
telephone 10
USB 7, 9
Zip drive 7, 9
copying
CDs and DVDs 30
cover 9
CRT screen
cleaning
65
D
default printer
setting
96
defragmenting hard drive 71
deleting files and folders 69
dial-up modem 16
adjusting volume 94
connecting 9
diagnostics 93
dialing properties 91
troubleshooting 91
troubleshooting connection
speed
93
digital camera
locating USB port
7, 9
DIMM
See memory
directional keys
21, 22, 23
Disk Cleanup 69
Disk Defragmenter 71
diskette
troubleshooting
83
diskette drive 7
identifying 32
replacing 43
troubleshooting 83
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