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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display
cleaning
65
troubleshooting 84
documentation
User Guide 2
double-clicking 25
dragging 25
drivers
recovery discs
100, 104
re-installing 99, 100
drives
backing up files
73
CD 27
checking for errors 70
checking for free space 68
defragmenting 71
diskette 32
DVD 27
optical 26
recordable CD 27
recordable DVD 27
troubleshooting 81, 83, 84,
87
DSL modem 15
connecting 9
troubleshooting 91
DVD
cleaning
66
copying 30
drive 27
inserting 26
playing 29
recording 30
troubleshooting 81, 84
DVD drive
adding
43
identifying 27
replacing 43
troubleshooting 81, 84
See also optical drive
E
editing buttons 20
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 36
ergonomics 12
Error-checking 70
Ethernet jack 9
Ethernet network
connecting 15
jack 15
expansion card
adding
46
replacing 46
external audio jack 9
F
fan
variable-speed 16
faxes
troubleshooting 93
files
backing up 73
deleting 69
finding 77
opening 25
transferring 76
troubleshooting 86
types 76
finding
files 77
files and folders 76
Firewire port 34
folders
opening 25
fragmentation 71
function keys 20, 22, 23
G
Gateway
contact information 3
model number 3
serial number 3
Support 2
Gateway Recovery Center
re-installing drivers 102
re-installing programs 102
re-installing software 102
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