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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Component Icon Description
DVD/CD drive Use this drive to listen to audio CDs, install
games and programs, watch DVDs, and store
large files onto recordable discs (depending on
drive type). This drive may be a CD, recordable
CD, DVD, recordable DVD, Blu-ray, or HD DVD
drive. For more information about your drive,
see “Identifying optical drive types” on
page 27.
Memory card
reader or diskette
drive (optional)
Insert a memory card from a digital camera,
MP3 player, PDA, cellular telephone, or other
device into the memory card reader. Insert a
3.5" diskette (floppy) to read from and write to.
USB ports Plug USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices (such as
a USB external drive, printer, scanner, camera,
keyboard, or mouse) into these ports. For more
information, see “Installing a printer, scanner,
or other device” on page 33.
Power
button/power
indicator
Press this button to turn the power on or off.
You can also configure the power button to
operate in Sleep mode or Hibernate mode. The
power indicator lights when the computer is
turned on.
Hard drive activity
indicator
When lit, indicates hard drive activity.
Microphone jack Plug a microphone into this jack. This jack is
color-coded pink.
Headphone jack Plug powered, analog front speakers, an
external amplifier, or headphones into this
jack. This jack is color-coded green.
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