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
CHAPTER 2: Hardware Basics www.gateway.com
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Front
Important
Your computer hardware options and
port locations may vary from this
illustration.
Memory card reader
(optional)
DVD/CD drive
Headphone jack
Power button
DVD/CD drive
(optional)
Diskette drive
(optional)
USB port
(optional)
Microphone jack
IEEE 1394 ports
(optional)
USB port
(optional)
Hard drive activity
indicator
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, or recordable DVD drive. To identify your drive type and for more information about your
drive, see the User Guide, which is available on your hard drive. To access this guide, click
Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation.
USB port (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.