Operating Manual

Table Of Contents
Important notes
Transporting the notebook
Protect the notebook against severe shocks and extreme temperatures
(e.g. direct s unlight in a car).
Do not transport the notebook while it is switche d on.
Carry your notebook with you while traveling. Do not check it in as baggage.
Never put your notebook through a metal detector. Have it hand-inspected by
security personnel. You can, however, put your notebook through a co rrectly set
X-ray machine. To avoid problems, p lace the notebook as close as possible
to the entrance of the machine and remove it as soon as possible or have i t
hand-inspected by security personnel. Security ofcials may require you to switch
your notebook on. So make sure you have a charged battery on ha nd for this.
Switch the notebook off
.
Unplug the AC plug of the AC adapter and all external devices from the power outlets.
Disconnect the AC ad
apter cable and the d ata cables for all external devices.
To protect against damaging jolts and bum ps, use a notebook carrying
case to transport your notebook.
Storing the notebook
If storing your no
tebook for a month or longer, turn it off, fully charge the battery, then
remove and stor
e all the Lithium Polymer batteries in a su itable location.
Store your notebook in a cool dry locat ion. Temperatures should remain
between 13 ºF / -25 ºC and 140 ºF / 60 ºC.
Store your not
ebook and batteries separately. If you store your notebook with a
battery insta
lled, the bat tery will discha rge, and battery life will b e red uced. In
addition, a f
aulty battery might damage your notebook.
Always power
off the notebook before transporting and/or packaging it.
After shutt
ing down the notebook, w ait until the status LED panel indicates
the power-
off condition (i.e., no lights are illuminated).
It is possible that the notebook may not automatically go to power-off or sleep mode
when yo u close the lid. This situation may occur due to pre-operating system boot
password security settings or some other application running on the notebook.
Attempti
ng to transport the notebook wh ile power is on may damage
the n oteb
ook due to shock or overheating.
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