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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Installing a printer or other
peripheral device
Your notebook has Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports. You use
these ports to connect peripheral devices such as printers,
scanners, and digital cameras to your notebook.
USB ports support plug-and-play and hot swapping, which
means that your notebook will usually recognize such a device
whenever you plug it into the appropriate port. When you use
an USB device for the first time, your notebook will prompt
you to install any software the device needs. After doing this,
you can disconnect and reconnect the device at any time.
Connecting a USB device
Your notebook has USB ports for connecting devices such as
a diskette drive, flash drive, printer, scanner, camera,
keyboard, or mouse.
To connect your USB device to your notebook:
1 Connect one end of the USB cable to your device.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to a USB
port on your notebook.
Important
Before you install a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device, see the
device documentation and installation instructions.
Help
For more information about installing peripheral devices, click Start,
then click Help and Support. Type the keyword installing devices in the
Search Help box, then press E
NTER.
Important
USB devices may have special installation instructions. See your USB
device’s installation guide.
Important
For more information about using the USB port on your device, see your
device’s documentation.
Tip
For the location of the USB ports on your notebook, see “Left”
on page 7.