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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www.gateway.com
replacing hard drive 86
status indicators 25
troubleshooting 92, 94, 96
types 36
DSL modem 8, 19
troubleshooting 102
DVD
cleaning
68
inserting 38
troubleshooting 94
DVD drive
drive status indicator 25
identifying 36
locating 8
troubleshooting 94
using 36
DVD/CD-RW drive
See DVD drive
DVD±RW drive
See DVD drive
E
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 82
EmPower power adapter 52
ergonomics 14
Ethernet
connecting 19
jack 8, 19
Express Card
adding
40
inserting 40
installing 40
removing 40
slot 40
external monitor 8, 27
EZ Pad touchpad
See touchpad
F
fan 7
faxes
troubleshooting
105
files
opening
30
transferring 59
troubleshooting 96
Fn key 26, 27
folders
opening
30
function keys 26
G
Gateway
model number
3
serial number 3
Support 3
H
hard drive
bay 10
indicator 24, 25
installing 86
purchasing 45
replacing 86
troubleshooting 96
headphone jack 6
Hibernate mode 52
hot-swapping 40, 41
Hybrid Sleep
mode
27, 53
system key 27
turning on 56
I
IEEE 802.11
using while traveling 59
indicators
See status indicators
inkjet printer
45
installing
battery
49
devices 41
digital camera 41
digital video camera 41
Express Card 40
hard drive 86
memory 83
peripheral devices 41