Quick Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Reference
- Checking Out Your Notebook
- Setting Up and Getting Started
- Working safely and comfortably
- Connecting the AC adapter
- Connecting the dial-up modem
- Connecting to a broadband modem or network
- Starting your notebook
- Turning off your notebook
- Restarting (rebooting) your notebook
- Using the status indicators
- Using the keyboard
- Using the EZ Pad touchpad
- Adjusting brightness
- Adjusting the volume
- Turning your wireless radio on or off
- Using Drives and Accessories
- Managing Power
- Traveling with Your Notebook
- Maintaining Your Notebook
- Upgrading Your Notebook
- Troubleshooting
- Safety guidelines
- First steps
- Troubleshooting
- Audio
- Battery
- CD drives
- Diskette drive (external)
- Display
- DVD drives
- Ethernet
- Express cards
- 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 to output to a TV
- You want to change display settings to get better TV or DVD image quality
- You want to know whether you can burn videos that were recorded with your Media Center computer to a DVD
- You want to know whether you can play recorded videos on other computers
- You want to know whether you can play recorded videos on your home DVD player
- 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 notebook
- The modem is noisy when it dials and connects
- Mouse
- Networks (wired)
- Networks (wireless)
- You turned wireless networking on, but it takes a while to connect
- Your connection on the network seems intermittent or your wireless network is running slower than you expect
- You are in a wireless network, you can see the network, but cannot communicate, send files, print, or get to the Web
- You are in a wireless network, but no available networks are listed in the Connect to a network dialog box
- Your wireless network is listed as a preferred network, but it has an “x” on it
- Internet Explorer is unable to access the Internet
- You cannot see other computers on your network
- You cannot connect to your network
- Passwords
- Pointing device
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Status indicators
- Touchpad or pointing device
- Video
- Telephone support
- Legal Information
- Index
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Memory card types
The memory card reader supports Memory Stick®, Memory
Stick Pro®, MultiMediaCard™, Secure Digital™, Mini Secure
Digital™, and RS-MultiMediaCard™.
Inserting a memory card
To insert a memory card:
• Insert the memory card into the memory card slot with
the label facing up and the arrow on the label pointing
towards the notebook.
Using a memory card
To access a file on a memory card:
1 Click (Start), then click Computer.
2 Double-click the drive letter (for example, the E: drive),
then double-click the file name.
Removing a memory card
To remove a memory card:
1 Push the memory card into the notebook. The memory
card pops out slightly.
2 Pull the memory card out of the notebook.
Important
RS-Multimedia Card and Mini Secure Digital cards require the use of an
adapter that is available with the media.
Important
Do not use the remove hardware icon in the taskbar to remove
the memory card. If you use the remove hardware icon, your notebook may
not recognize your memory card reader until you restart your notebook.