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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• If you added or removed peripheral devices, review the
installation procedures you performed and make sure
that you followed each instruction.
• If an error occurs in a program, see the program’s
printed documentation or the online help.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting topics are listed in alphabetical order.
Add-in cards
The computer does not recognize an add-in card
• Shut down and restart your computer.
• Make sure that you have installed the required
software. For more information, see the documentation
that came with your add-in card.
Audio
See “Sound” on page 109.
CD or DVD drives
The computer does not recognize a disc or the CD or
DVD drive
• Make sure that the disc label is facing up, then try again.
• Try a different disc. Occasionally discs are flawed or
become scratched and cannot be read by the CD or DVD
drive.
• If you are trying to play a DVD, make sure that you have
a DVD drive. To identify your drive type, see the “Using
Drives and Media Files” chapter in your online User
Guide.
• Your computer may be experiencing some temporary
memory problems. Shut down and restart your
computer.
Help
For more information about troubleshooting, click Start, then
click Help and Support. Type troubleshooting in the Search Help
box, then press E
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