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
H
hard drive
adding
44
backing up files 73
checking for errors 70
checking for free space 68
defragmenting 71
deleting files and folders 69
replacing 44
scanning for errors 70
troubleshooting 87
HD DVD drive
locating 7
HD-DVD
playing 29
recording 30
headphone jack 7, 9
heat sink
replacing 51
Hibernate mode 7
hot-swapping 34
I
IEEE 1394 port 34
indicators
Caps Lock
20, 22, 23
Num Lock 20, 22, 23
numeric keypad 20, 22, 23
Pad Lock 23
power 7
Scroll Lock 20, 22, 23
installing
battery
54
devices 34
digital camera 34
digital video camera 34
memory 41
peripheral devices 34
printer 34
scanner 34
side panel 37
system battery 54
Internet
buttons 20, 22
troubleshooting 88, 92
J
jacks
See connections
K
keyboard
buttons 20, 21
cleaning 65
features 20, 21
PS/2 port 9
troubleshooting 89
USB port 7, 9
keys
application
23
arrow 23
directional 23
function 23
navigation 23
numeric 23
Windows 23
keys and buttons
application
21, 22
arrow 21, 22
audio playback 20, 22
directional 21, 22
editing 20
function 20, 22
Internet 20, 22
mouse 24
navigation 20, 22
numeric 21, 22
sleep 22
Windows 21, 22
L
labels
Microsoft Certificate of
Authenticity
3
model number 3
serial number 3
LCD panel
cleaning
65
troubleshooting 84
lights
See indicators
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