Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Hardware Basics
- Maintenance Basics
- Preventing static electricity discharge
- Opening the case
- Closing the case
- Adding or replacing memory
- Replacing the system battery
- Adding or replacing a CD or DVD drive
- Adding or replacing an optional diskette drive
- Adding or replacing the memory card reader
- Adding or replacing a hard drive
- 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
- Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information
- Index

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Diskette drive (optional) Insert a standard 3.5-inch diskette into the diskette drive.
Memory card reader
(optional)
Insert a memory card from a digital camera, MP3 player, PDA, cellular telephone, or other
devices into the memory card reader.
Power button Press this button to turn the power on or off. You can also configure the power button to
operate in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. The power indicator lights when the
computer is turned on.
Hard drive activity indicator Lights when the hard drive is active.
IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Plug IEEE 1394 (also known as Firewire
®
or i.Link
®
) devices (such as a digital camcorder) into
these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports. For more information, see your User Guide, which is available on
your hard drive. To access this guide, click
Start, All Programs, then click Gateway
Documentation
.
USB ports (optional) Plug a USB (Universal Serial Bus) device (such as a USB Iomega™ Zip™ drive, printer, scanner,
camera, keyboard, or mouse) into one of these ports. For more information, see your User
Guide, which is available on your hard drive. To access this guide, click
Start, All Programs,
then click
Gateway Documentation.
Headphone jack Plug powered, analog front speakers, an external amplifier, or headphones into this jack. This
jack is color-coded green.
Microphone jack Plug a microphone into this jack. This jack is color-coded red or pink.
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