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
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security
startup password
64
security features
Kensington cable lock
7
security while travelling 64
serial number 3, 64
setting up
safety precautions
124
shortcut menus
accessing
30
shortcuts
opening menu
30
shutting down notebook 21, 22
Sleep
mode
21, 26, 57
system key 26
SO-DIMM
See memory
software
recovering
73
sound
adjusting
28, 31
controls 31
muting 28, 31
troubleshooting 119
speakers
built-in
6
jack 6
SpeedStep technology 58
starting
notebook
20
programs 30
startup password 64
static electricity 86
status indicators
battery charge
6, 52
Caps Lock 23
drive activity 24
hard drive 24
location 11
numeric keypad 24
Pad Lock 24
power 6
toggle on or off 26, 120
troubleshooting 120
supervisor password 64
surge protector 17
Suspend 26
S-Video (TV) out jack 7, 47
system identification label 3
system keys
combinations 26
locating 25
system recovery 72, 83
T
technical support
Support
3
tips before contacting 121
telephone
acoustic handset coupler 62
line protector 62
line tester 62
telephone support 121
television
playing DVD on
47
S-Video out jack 7
TV out jack 47
viewing display on 47
touchpad
buttons
28, 29
clicking 30
double-clicking 30
dragging screen objects 30
locating 11
moving pointer 29
moving screen objects 30
opening files, folders, and
programs 30
opening shortcut menu 30
right-clicking 30
scroll zone 28
selecting screen objects 30
travel tips 61
troubleshooting
audio
119
diskette drive 97
display 98