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
- 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
- PC Cards
- Pointing device
- Power
- Printer
- Sound
- Status indicators
- Touchpad or pointing device
- Video
- Telephone support
- Legal Information
- Index
136
Index
traveling 63
indicators
See status indicators
inkjet printer
49
installing
battery 53
devices 42
digital camera 42
digital video camera 42
hard drive 90
memory 87
PC Card 40
peripheral devices 42
printer 42
scanner 42
Internet
troubleshooting 103, 110
J
jacks
See connections
K
Kensington cable lock 64
lock slot 7
key combinations 26
keyboard
buttons 24
cleaning 70
connecting 24
features 24
locating 11
troubleshooting 104
USB port 7, 8
keys
application 25
arrow 25
battery status 26
brightness 27, 28
directional 25
Fn 25, 26
function 25
Hybrid Sleep 26
LCD brightness 28
LCD/CRT 26
navigation 25
numeric keypad 25
power status 26
Sleep 26
Status 26
system 25
system key combinations
26
toggle display 26
Windows 25
L
labels
Microsoft Certificate of
Authenticity
3
model number 3
serial number 3
laser printer 49
latch
battery
10
LCD panel release 6
LCD panel
cleaning
70
release latch 6
switching display 26
troubleshooting 98
LCD/CRT system key 26
line protector 62
line tester 62
lock
cable
64
Kensington cable 7
M
maintenance
cleaning
69, 72
Media Center
troubleshooting
105
memory
bay
10
installing 87
purchasing 48
removing 87
replacing 87
troubleshooting 107
memory card reader