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
- Adjusting the volume
- Configuring the audio jacks
- Installing a printer, scanner, or other device
- Setting up RAID
- Upgrading Your Computer
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening the case
- Closing the case
- Adding or replacing memory
- Replacing the system battery
- Adding or replacing an optical disc drive
- Adding or replacing an optional diskette drive
- Adding or replacing the memory card reader
- Adding or replacing a harddrive
- Replacing the front fan
- Replacing the rear fan
- Replacing the power supply
- Replacing the heat sink and processor
- Replacing the I/O board
- Adding or replacing an expansion card
- Replacing the system board
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Add-in cards
- Audio
- CD or DVD drives
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- File management
- Hard drive
- Internet
- Keyboard
- Media Center
- The Media Center video display looks bad on your TV
- You need to configure your Media Center computer to output to aTV
- You want to change display settings to get better TV or DVD image quality
- You want to know whether you can burn programs that were recorded with your Media Center computer...
- You want to know whether you can play recorded programs on other computers
- You want to know whether you can play recorded programs on your home DVD player
- You get a “Download Error” message when the Media Center tries to update the Program Guide:
- 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 14,400bps when you have a 56K m...
- 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
- Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
- Using Microsoft System Restore
- Recovering your system to its factory condition
- Recovering your system using the WindowsDVD
- Telephone support
- Legal Notices
- Index
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Index
speakers 28
connecting
modem
18
PS/2 keyboard 11
PS/2 mouse 11
to Ethernet network 9, 17
to Internet 9
to network 9, 17
connections
audio in 10
center speaker 10
digital camera 7, 10, 11, 28
digital coaxial audio 11
digital video camera 7, 9, 28
Ethernet 9, 17
external audio 10
external speakers 10
Firewire 7, 9, 28
front speaker 10
headphone 10
i.Link 7, 9
IEEE 1394 7, 9
keyboard 7, 10, 11
line in 10
line out 10
microphone 7, 10
modem 11, 18
monitor 11
mouse 7, 10, 11
network 9, 17
parallel 9
power 8
power cord 8
printer 7, 9, 10
PS/2 keyboard 11
PS/2 mouse 11
rear speakers 9
scanner 7, 10
serial 11
side speaker 10
subwoofer 10
universal 28, 109
USB 7, 10
video camera 7, 9
Zip drive 7, 10
Customer Service
Accounting
122
Sales 122
Warranty 122
D
default printer 108
defragmenting hard drive 82
deleting files and folders 80
digital audio out 10
digital camera
locating serial port 11
locating USB port 7, 10
digital monitor port 11
digital video camera
locating IEEE 1394 port 7, 9
DIMM
See memory
directional keys
22, 23
Disk Cleanup 80
Disk Defragmenter 82
diskette drive
adding 50
replacing 50
display
troubleshooting
93
documentation
Using Your Computer
2
double-clicking 25
dragging 25
drives
backing up files
83
CD 7
checking for errors 81
checking for free space 79
defragmenting 82
DVD 7
recordable CD 7
recordable DVD 7
troubleshooting 91, 93, 95
DSL modem 17
connecting 9
DVD
cleaning 77
troubleshooting 91, 93
DVD drive
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