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 (external)
- Diskette drive (external)
- Display
- DVD drives (external)
- 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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Index
Authenticity 3
cleaning
audio CD
68
case 65
CD 68
DVD 68
keyboard 66
LCD panel 66
notebook exterior 65
screen 66
clicking 29
closing unresponsive program
22
connecting
AC adapter
16
dial-up modem 18
external keyboard 24
external monitor 41
keyboard 24
mouse 28
printer 39
projector 41
scanner 39
to cable modem 19
to DSL modem 19
to Ethernet 19
to network 19
video camera 40
connections
audio
9
broadband Internet 9, 19
cable modem 9, 19
dial-up modem 9, 18
digital camera 9
digital video camera 9, 39
docking 7
DSL modem 9, 19
Ethernet 9, 19
external audio 9
external diskette drive 9, 39
external speakers 9
Firewire 9, 39
flash drive 9, 39
headphone 9
i.Link 9, 39
IEEE 1394 9, 39
keyboard 9
microphone 9
modem (dial-up) 9, 18
monitor (VGA) 7, 41
mouse 9
network 9, 19
port replicator 7
power 7, 16
printer 9
projector 41
scanner 9
speaker 9
USB 9, 39
VGA 7, 41
video camera 9
copyright notice 126
D
default printer 112
dialing codes 58
dial-up modem 9, 18
digital camera
memory card reader 8, 36
USB port 9
digital video camera
connecting
40
IEEE 1394 port 9
directional keys 25
diskette
troubleshooting
91
diskette drive
troubleshooting
91
display
brightness
30
switching 26
troubleshooting 92
docking port 7
double-clicking 29
dragging 30
drivers
recovering 69
drives
hard drive
10, 86
replacing hard drive 86
troubleshooting 91, 93, 96
DSL modem 9, 19