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Contents
About This Reference
About this guide
Accessing your online User Guide
Gateway contact information
Gateway model and serial number
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity
For more information
Checking Out Your Notebook
Front
Left
Right
Back
Bottom
Keyboard area
Setting Up and Getting Started
Working safely and comfortably
Reducing eye strain
Setting up your computer desk and chair
Sitting at your notebook
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain
Connecting the AC adapter
Protecting from power source problems
Connecting the dial-up modem
Connecting to a broadband modem or network
Starting your notebook
Waking up your notebook
Turning off your notebook
Restarting (rebooting) your notebook
Using the status indicators
Using the keyboard
Key types
System key combinations
Using the EZ Pad touchpad
Adjusting the brightness
Adjusting the volume
Turning your wireless radio on or off
IEEE 802.11 wireless network radio
Bluetooth radio
Using Drives and Accessories
Changing modules
Using the CD or DVD drive
Identifying drive types
Using a CD or DVD
Using the memory card reader
Memory card types
Inserting a memory card
Using a memory card
Removing a memory card
Adding and removing a PC Card
Using a port replicator
Installing a printer or other peripheral device
Connecting a USB device
Connecting an IEEE 1394 device
Viewing the display on a projector or monitor
Adjusting the display properties
Using the projector or monitor for a presentation
Viewing the display on a television
Ordering accessories
Managing Power
Monitoring the battery charge
Recharging the battery(ies)
Changing batteries
Replacing the main battery
Installing a secondary battery
Recalibrating the battery(ies)
Extending battery life
Maximizing battery performance
Conserving battery power
Using alternate power sources
Changing power modes
Using power saving modes
Changing notebook power settings
Changing the power plan
Changing advanced settings
Traveling with Your Notebook
Packing your notebook
Traveling by air
Dial-up modem
Radio frequency wireless connections
Files
Security
Power
Additional tips
Maintaining Your Notebook
Caring for your notebook
Cleaning your notebook
Cleaning the exterior
Cleaning the keyboard
Cleaning the notebook screen
Maintaining the battery(ies)
Storing batteries
Cleaning CDs or DVDs
Recovering your system
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers
Preparing for software and device driver recovery
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs
Using Microsoft System Restore
Manually creating a restore point
Recovering your system to its factory condition
Recovering your system using the Windows DVD
Upgrading Your Notebook
Preventing static electricity discharge
Adding or replacing memory modules
Replacing the hard drive kit
Troubleshooting
Safety guidelines
First steps
Troubleshooting
Audio
Battery
CD drives
Diskette drive (modular or external)
Display
DVD drives
Ethernet
File management
Hard drive
Internet
Keyboard
Media Center
Memory
Memory card reader
Modem (cable or DSL)
Modem (dial-up)
Mouse
Networks (wired)
Networks (wireless)
Passwords
PC Cards
Power
Printer
Sound
Status indicators
Touchpad
Video
Telephone support
Before calling Gateway Customer Care
Legal Information
Important safety information
Setting up your system
Care during use
Replacement parts and accessories
Regulatory compliance statements
Wireless guidance
United States of America
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Intentional emitter per FCC Part 15
Unintentional emitter per FCC Part 15
FCC declaration of conformity
California Proposition 65 Warning
Mercury Warning
Telecommunications per Part 68 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR 47) (applicable to products fitted with USA modems)
Canada
Industry Canada (IC) Intentional emitter per RSS 210
Unintentional emitter per ICES-003
Telecommunications per Industry Canada CS-03 (for products fitted with an IC-compliant modem)
Japan
Japanese Modem Notice
Laser safety statement
EPA ENERGY STAR
Environmental information
Notices
All Rights Reserved
Trademark Acknowledgments
Macrovision statement
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NOTEBOOK REFERENCEGUIDE ®
Contents Chapter 1: About This Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accessing your online User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Gateway contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gateway model and serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 For more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Notebook . . . . . 5 Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Keyboard area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started . . 13 Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sitting at your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain . 15 Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting the dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . . . . . . . 20 Starting your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Waking up your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Turning off your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Restarting (rebooting) your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Using the status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Key types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 System key combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 i
Contents Using the EZ Pad touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Turning your wireless radio on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 IEEE 802.11 wireless network radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bluetooth radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 4: Using Drives and Accessories . . . . . 37 Changing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Identifying drive types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Memory card types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Inserting a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Removing a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adding and removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using a port replicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Installing a printer or other peripheral device . . . . . . . . . . 45 Connecting a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Connecting an IEEE 1394 device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Viewing the display on a projector or monitor . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting the display properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Using the projector or monitor for a presentation . . . . 50 Viewing the display on a television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ordering accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chapter 5: Managing Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Monitoring the battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Recharging the battery(ies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Changing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Replacing the main battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Installing a secondary battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recalibrating the battery(ies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Extending battery life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Maximizing battery performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ii
www.gateway.com Conserving battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Using alternate power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Changing power modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Changing notebook power settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Changing the power plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Changing advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Chapter 6: Traveling with Your Notebook . . . 67 Packing your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Traveling by air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Radio frequency wireless connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Additional tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 7: Maintaining Your Notebook . . . . . 73 Caring for your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cleaning your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Cleaning the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Cleaning the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Cleaning the notebook screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Maintaining the battery(ies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Storing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Cleaning CDs or DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Recovering your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . . . . . . . 79 Using Microsoft System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . 88 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . 90 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook. . . . . . . 91 Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Adding or replacing memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Replacing the hard drive kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 iii
Contents Chapter 9: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 First steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 CD drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Diskette drive (modular or external) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 DVD drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 File management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Media Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Modem (cable or DSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Modem (dial-up) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Networks (wired) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Networks (wireless) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Telephone support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Before calling Gateway Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Appendix A: Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 iv
CHAPTER1 About This Reference • About this guide • Accessing your online User Guide • Gateway contact information • Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity • For more information 1
CHAPTER 1: About This Reference About this guide This guide includes information and maintenance instructions that are specific to your model of Gateway notebook. For all other notebook information, see your online User Guide. Accessing your online User Guide In addition to this guide, your online User Guide has been included on your hard drive. Your User Guide is an in-depth, easy-to-read manual that includes information on the following topics: Documentation. • Help and technical support • Using and customizing Windows and other software • Using the Internet • Protecting your files • Playing and recording media • Networking To access your online User Guide: • Click (Start), All Programs, then click Gateway 2
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