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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www.gateway.com
troubleshooting 102
DVD
cleaning
68
troubleshooting 93
DVD drive 9, 39
troubleshooting 93
E
electrostatic discharge (ESD) 82
EmPower power adapter 52
ergonomics 14
Ethernet
connecting
19
jack 9, 19
external monitor 7, 26
EZ Pad touchpad
See touchpad
F
fan 7, 11
faxes
troubleshooting
104
files
opening
29
transferring 59
troubleshooting 95
Firewire port 9, 39
Fn key 25, 26
folders
opening
29
function keys 25
G
Gateway
model number 3
serial number 3
Support 3
H
hard drive
bay 10
indicator 23
installing 86
purchasing 44
replacing 86
troubleshooting 96
headphone jack 9
Hibernate mode 52
hot-swapping 37, 39
Hybrid Sleep
mode 26, 53
system key 26
turning on 56
I
i.Link port 9, 39
IEEE 1394 port 9, 39
IEEE 802.11
using while traveling
59
indicators
See status indicators
inkjet printer
45
installing
battery
49
devices 39
digital camera 39
digital video camera 39
hard drive 86
memory 83
PC Card 37
peripheral devices 39
printer 39
scanner 39
Internet
troubleshooting
97, 104
J
jacks
See connections
K
Kensington cable lock 60
lock slot 9
key combinations 26
keyboard
buttons 24
cleaning 66