Owner's manual

Connecting optional external drives .................................................................. 49
Sharing optical drives ........................................................................................................ 49
External devices ................................................................................................................................. 50
Using a USB device ........................................................................................................... 50
Connecting a USB device ................................................................................. 50
Removing a USB device ................................................................................... 51
Using Digital Media Slot cards ........................................................................................... 51
Inserting a digital card ....................................................................................... 51
Removing a digital card ..................................................................................... 52
6 Memory modules
7 Pointing devices and keyboard
Setting pointing device preferences ................................................................................................... 57
Using pointing devices ....................................................................................................................... 57
Using the TouchPad .......................................................................................................... 57
Connecting an external mouse .......................................................................................... 57
Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 58
Using hotkeys .................................................................................................................... 58
Initiating Sleep ................................................................................................... 59
Switching the screen image .............................................................................. 59
Decreasing screen brightness ........................................................................... 60
Increasing screen brightness ............................................................................ 60
Initiating QuickLock ........................................................................................... 60
Muting and restoring speaker sound ................................................................. 60
Decreasing speaker volume .............................................................................. 60
Increasing speaker volume ............................................................................... 60
Enabling the TouchPad ..................................................................................... 60
Using keypads .................................................................................................................................... 61
Using the embedded numeric keypad ............................................................................... 61
Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad .................................... 61
Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad ............................. 62
Using an optional external numeric keypad ....................................................................... 62
8 Power management
Setting power options ......................................................................................................................... 63
Using power-saving states ................................................................................................. 63
Initiating and exiting Sleep ................................................................................ 63
Initiating and exiting Hibernation ....................................................................... 64
Using the battery meter ..................................................................................................... 64
Using power plans ............................................................................................................. 65
Viewing the current power plan ......................................................................... 65
Selecting a different power plan ........................................................................ 65
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