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..., read the Starter Guide for tips on the monitor and computer. IMPORTANT: Connect devices, such as possible. SETTING UP YOUR GATEWAY COMPUTER FRONT (may vary with options) BACK (may vary from power fluctuations, use a Customer Care information surge protector....on using your computer. Follow the Windows setup screen instructions. Memory card reader DVD/CD drive IEEE 1394/ FireWire™ port Headphone jack Microphone jack Power button/ power indicator USB ports DVD/CD drive (optional) Voltage switch Power connector Video jack (optional) PS/2 keyboard port Audio...
..., read the Starter Guide for tips on the monitor and computer. IMPORTANT: Connect devices, such as possible. SETTING UP YOUR GATEWAY COMPUTER FRONT (may vary with options) BACK (may vary from power fluctuations, use a Customer Care information surge protector....on using your computer. Follow the Windows setup screen instructions. Memory card reader DVD/CD drive IEEE 1394/ FireWire™ port Headphone jack Microphone jack Power button/ power indicator USB ports DVD/CD drive (optional) Voltage switch Power connector Video jack (optional) PS/2 keyboard port Audio...
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www.gateway.com Using BigFix 62 Managing hard drive space 62 Checking hard drive space 63 Deleting unnecessary files 64 Checking the hard drive for errors 64 Defragmenting the hard drive 65 Backing up files 66 Scheduling maintenance tasks 67 Moving from your old computer 68 Transferring files and settings... 72 First steps 72 Troubleshooting 73 Add-in cards 73 Audio 73 CD or DVD drives 73 Diskette drive 75 Display 76 DVD drives 76 Ethernet 77 Expansion cards 78 File management 78 Floppy drive 78 Hard drive 79 Internet 79 Keyboard 81 Media Center 82 Memory 84 Memory card...
www.gateway.com Using BigFix 62 Managing hard drive space 62 Checking hard drive space 63 Deleting unnecessary files 64 Checking the hard drive for errors 64 Defragmenting the hard drive 65 Backing up files 66 Scheduling maintenance tasks 67 Moving from your old computer 68 Transferring files and settings... 72 First steps 72 Troubleshooting 73 Add-in cards 73 Audio 73 CD or DVD drives 73 Diskette drive 75 Display 76 DVD drives 76 Ethernet 77 Expansion cards 78 File management 78 Floppy drive 78 Hard drive 79 Internet 79 Keyboard 81 Media Center 82 Memory 84 Memory card...
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Front CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Computer Memory card reader DVD/CD drive IEEE 1394/ FireWire™ port Diskette or removable hard drive (optional) Headphone jack Microphone jack Power button/ power indicator USB ports DVD/CD drive (optional) Video jack (optional) Audio left jack (optional) Audio right jack (optional) 6
Front CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Computer Memory card reader DVD/CD drive IEEE 1394/ FireWire™ port Diskette or removable hard drive (optional) Headphone jack Microphone jack Power button/ power indicator USB ports DVD/CD drive (optional) Video jack (optional) Audio left jack (optional) Audio right jack (optional) 6
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...) into these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports. www.gateway.com Component Icon Memory card reader Optical disc drive IEEE 1394 port Description Insert a memory card from and write to 3.5" diskettes, or use this bay to operate in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. This drive may be a CD, recordable CD, DVD, recordable DVD, Blu-ray, or...
...) into these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports. www.gateway.com Component Icon Memory card reader Optical disc drive IEEE 1394 port Description Insert a memory card from and write to 3.5" diskettes, or use this bay to operate in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. This drive may be a CD, recordable CD, DVD, recordable DVD, Blu-ray, or...
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... of the following logos: If your optical drive has Your drive type Use your drive for... www.gateway.com Identifying optical drive types Your computer may contain one or more of the following drive types. Installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording video and data to CDs and double layer DVD+R discs. Installing programs...
... of the following logos: If your optical drive has Your drive type Use your drive for... www.gateway.com Identifying optical drive types Your computer may contain one or more of the following drive types. Installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording video and data to CDs and double layer DVD+R discs. Installing programs...
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... data, and recording video and data to CDs, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and HD-DVD discs. DVD-RAM/-RW Blu-ray Disc HD-DVD Use your computer's CD drive. A standard compact disc (CD) can hold an entire album of digital songs and can be able to CDs and DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW discs. Installing programs...
... data, and recording video and data to CDs, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and HD-DVD discs. DVD-RAM/-RW Blu-ray Disc HD-DVD Use your computer's CD drive. A standard compact disc (CD) can hold an entire album of digital songs and can be able to CDs and DVD-RAM, DVD-R, or DVD-RW discs. Installing programs...
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...Blu-ray Disc is a high-capacity optical disc that can fit on an HD-DVD-compatible player or an HD-DVD drive-equipped computer. A dual-layer HD-DVD can hold 50 GB of files, about 23 hours of standard-definition video, or about 5.5 hours of data can store much more data than...capacity. You can store much more information about playing DVDs, see your online User Guide. www.gateway.com Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to your hard drive, copy or create data discs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. Playing an HD-DVD HD-DVD is a high-capacity optical...
...Blu-ray Disc is a high-capacity optical disc that can fit on an HD-DVD-compatible player or an HD-DVD drive-equipped computer. A dual-layer HD-DVD can hold 50 GB of files, about 23 hours of standard-definition video, or about 5.5 hours of data can store much more data than...capacity. You can store much more information about playing DVDs, see your online User Guide. www.gateway.com Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to your hard drive, copy or create data discs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. Playing an HD-DVD HD-DVD is a high-capacity optical...
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... after you are replacing an existing drive, disconnect the cables from the drive, noting their locations and orientation. www.gateway.com Adding or replacing an optical disc drive Tools You need a Phillips screwdriver to be the same. 43 For the location of your replacement drive's front cover may vary from your... side panel" on page 35. 2 Remove the front bezel by following the instructions in "Removing the front bezel" on the new drive to add or replace a CD or DVD drive. Drive data cable Drive power cable 5 Note any jumper settings on the old drive and set the jumper on page 35.
... after you are replacing an existing drive, disconnect the cables from the drive, noting their locations and orientation. www.gateway.com Adding or replacing an optical disc drive Tools You need a Phillips screwdriver to be the same. 43 For the location of your replacement drive's front cover may vary from your... side panel" on page 35. 2 Remove the front bezel by following the instructions in "Removing the front bezel" on the new drive to add or replace a CD or DVD drive. Drive data cable Drive power cable 5 Note any jumper settings on the old drive and set the jumper on page 35.
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... computer does not recognize a disc or the CD or DVD drive • Make sure that the drive is facing up, then try again. • Try a different disc. www.gateway.com Troubleshooting Troubleshooting topics are trying to play a DVD, make sure that you are listed in alphabetical order. Audio See "Sound" on ..., see "Cleaning optical discs" on page 61. • Restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility by the CD or DVD drive. • If you have copy protection software. Make sure that the IDE controllers are enabled. • Make sure that the disc label...
... computer does not recognize a disc or the CD or DVD drive • Make sure that the drive is facing up, then try again. • Try a different disc. www.gateway.com Troubleshooting Troubleshooting topics are trying to play a DVD, make sure that you are listed in alphabetical order. Audio See "Sound" on ..., see "Cleaning optical discs" on page 61. • Restart your computer, then enter the BIOS Setup utility by the CD or DVD drive. • If you have copy protection software. Make sure that the IDE controllers are enabled. • Make sure that the disc label...
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...code for the United States and Canada is 4. The regional code for the disc. To be read by your DVD drive is facing up, then try again. • Some music CDs have copy protection software. The regional code on the disc, disc documentation, or disc packaging. To identify your computer..... If the DVD movie does not play a DVD, the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's regional code may not match. • Reinstall the device driver. 74 CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that you have external speakers attached, make sure that ...
...code for the United States and Canada is 4. The regional code for the disc. To be read by your DVD drive is facing up, then try again. • Some music CDs have copy protection software. The regional code on the disc, disc documentation, or disc packaging. To identify your computer..... If the DVD movie does not play a DVD, the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's regional code may not match. • Reinstall the device driver. 74 CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that you have external speakers attached, make sure that ...
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... the brightness and contrast controls. • Change the display settings. CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting The diskette drive LED is not correct • Change the screen resolution from the drive. For more information about color uniformity. DVD drives • See "CD or DVD drives" on page 73. 76 For more information about changing the screen resolution, click Start...
... the brightness and contrast controls. • Change the display settings. CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting The diskette drive LED is not correct • Change the screen resolution from the drive. For more information about color uniformity. DVD drives • See "CD or DVD drives" on page 73. 76 For more information about changing the screen resolution, click Start...
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... each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 98 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into a CD or DVD drive. CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 3 Click the software or driver you want ...to recover, try another disc. If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not ...
... each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 98 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into a CD or DVD drive. CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 3 Click the software or driver you want ...to recover, try another disc. If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not ...
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CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 9 Click Yes, then click Next. Recovering your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format your computer's pre-installed software and device drivers. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is completely re-installed, ... Insert the Windows DVD into one of software and driver recovery discs (if you created to recover your original hard drive, you the progress of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any software that was not pre-installed on your computer.
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting 9 Click Yes, then click Next. Recovering your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format your computer's pre-installed software and device drivers. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is completely re-installed, ... Insert the Windows DVD into one of software and driver recovery discs (if you created to recover your original hard drive, you the progress of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any software that was not pre-installed on your computer.
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... Cable. Television antenna connectors protection (for systems fitted with the appropriate safety standards, including IEC 825. All Gateway systems equipped with CD and DVD drives comply with TV/cable TV tuner cards) External television antenna grounding Important The instructions are for the grounding electrode... cable to open the enclosure of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard. Gateway assumes you are classified as "Class 1 Laser Products" under a US Department of a CD or DVD drive. To prevent exposure to laser beams, do not try to the system.
... Cable. Television antenna connectors protection (for systems fitted with the appropriate safety standards, including IEC 825. All Gateway systems equipped with CD and DVD drives comply with TV/cable TV tuner cards) External television antenna grounding Important The instructions are for the grounding electrode... cable to open the enclosure of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Performance Standard. Gateway assumes you are classified as "Class 1 Laser Products" under a US Department of a CD or DVD drive. To prevent exposure to laser beams, do not try to the system.
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... 9 microphone jack 7, 9 muting 30 rear speaker jack 10 recording 27 S/PDIF jack 9 side speaker jack 10 subwoofer jack 9 troubleshooting 92 audio CD cleaning 61 audio in jack 10 audio jacks 7 audio playback buttons 19, 21 B backing up files 66 battery replacing 52 bezel removing 35 replacing... 37 BigFix 62 Blu-ray playing 27 recording 27 Blu-ray drive locating drive 7 broadband connection 15 modem 15 broadband connection connecting 9 buttons See keys and buttons C cable modem 15 connecting 9 troubleshooting 85 Caps Lock...
... 9 microphone jack 7, 9 muting 30 rear speaker jack 10 recording 27 S/PDIF jack 9 side speaker jack 10 subwoofer jack 9 troubleshooting 92 audio CD cleaning 61 audio in jack 10 audio jacks 7 audio playback buttons 19, 21 B backing up files 66 battery replacing 52 bezel removing 35 replacing... 37 BigFix 62 Blu-ray playing 27 recording 27 Blu-ray drive locating drive 7 broadband connection 15 modem 15 broadband connection connecting 9 buttons See keys and buttons C cable modem 15 connecting 9 troubleshooting 85 Caps Lock...
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... copying 27 inserting 24 playing audio 26 recording 27 troubleshooting 73 CD drive adding 43 identifying 25 locating drive 7 replacing 43 See also optical drive troubleshooting 73 cellular phone memory cards 28 Certificate of Authenticity 3 cleaning audio CD 61 case 60 CD 61 computer screen 60 DVD 61 keyboard 60 LCD panel 60 ...7, 9 PS/2 keyboard 8 PS/2 mouse 9 rear speaker 10 scanner 7, 9 side speaker 10 subwoofer 9 telephone 10 universal aduio 31 universal audio 92 USB 7, 9 video camera 7, 9 Zip drive 7, 9 copying CDs and DVDs 27 CRT screen cleaning 60 Customer Service Accounting 106 Sales 106
... copying 27 inserting 24 playing audio 26 recording 27 troubleshooting 73 CD drive adding 43 identifying 25 locating drive 7 replacing 43 See also optical drive troubleshooting 73 cellular phone memory cards 28 Certificate of Authenticity 3 cleaning audio CD 61 case 60 CD 61 computer screen 60 DVD 61 keyboard 60 LCD panel 60 ...7, 9 PS/2 keyboard 8 PS/2 mouse 9 rear speaker 10 scanner 7, 9 side speaker 10 subwoofer 9 telephone 10 universal aduio 31 universal audio 92 USB 7, 9 video camera 7, 9 Zip drive 7, 9 copying CDs and DVDs 27 CRT screen cleaning 60 Customer Service Accounting 106 Sales 106
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www.gateway.com Warranty 106 D default printer setting 91 defragmenting hard drive 65 deleting files and folders 64 dial-up modem...port 7, 9 DIMM See memory directional keys 20, 21 Disk Cleanup 64 Disk Defragmenter 65 diskette troubleshooting 75 diskette drive 7 identifying 29 troubleshooting 75 using 29 display cleaning 60 troubleshooting 76 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 23 dragging ...23 drivers recovery discs 94, 97 re-installing 93, 94 drives backing up files 66 CD 25 checking for errors 64 checking for free space 63 defragmenting 65 diskette 29 DVD 25...
www.gateway.com Warranty 106 D default printer setting 91 defragmenting hard drive 65 deleting files and folders 64 dial-up modem...port 7, 9 DIMM See memory directional keys 20, 21 Disk Cleanup 64 Disk Defragmenter 65 diskette troubleshooting 75 diskette drive 7 identifying 29 troubleshooting 75 using 29 display cleaning 60 troubleshooting 76 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 23 dragging ...23 drivers recovery discs 94, 97 re-installing 93, 94 drives backing up files 66 CD 25 checking for errors 64 checking for free space 63 defragmenting 65 diskette 29 DVD 25...
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www.gateway.com K keyboard buttons 19, 20 cleaning 60 features 19, 20 PS/2 port 8 troubleshooting 81 USB port 7, 9 keys and buttons application 20, 21 arrow 20, 21 ... 76 lights See indicators line in jack 9, 10 line out jack 9 M maintenance backing up files 66 BigFix 62 checking for drive errors 64 checking hard drive space 62 cleaning case 60 cleaning CD 61 cleaning computer display 60 cleaning computer screen 60 cleaning DVD 61 cleaning keyboard 60 cleaning monitor 60 cleaning mouse...
www.gateway.com K keyboard buttons 19, 20 cleaning 60 features 19, 20 PS/2 port 8 troubleshooting 81 USB port 7, 9 keys and buttons application 20, 21 arrow 20, 21 ... 76 lights See indicators line in jack 9, 10 line out jack 9 M maintenance backing up files 66 BigFix 62 checking for drive errors 64 checking hard drive space 62 cleaning case 60 cleaning CD 61 cleaning computer display 60 cleaning computer screen 60 cleaning DVD 61 cleaning keyboard 60 cleaning monitor 60 cleaning mouse...
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...O opening computer case 34 files 23 folders 23 front bezel 35 programs 23 shortcut menu 23 optical connection 9 optical drive eject button 24 eject hole 24 indicator 24 inserting disc 24 locating drive 7 using 24 P Pad Lock indicator 19, 21 parallel port 32 password troubleshooting 90 PDA memory cards 28 peripheral ...devices 32 playing audio CD 26 Blu-ray Disc 27 DVD 26 HD-DVD 27 Plug and Play devices IEEE 1394 ...
...O opening computer case 34 files 23 folders 23 front bezel 35 programs 23 shortcut menu 23 optical connection 9 optical drive eject button 24 eject hole 24 indicator 24 inserting disc 24 locating drive 7 using 24 P Pad Lock indicator 19, 21 parallel port 32 password troubleshooting 90 PDA memory cards 28 peripheral ...devices 32 playing audio CD 26 Blu-ray Disc 27 DVD 26 HD-DVD 27 Plug and Play devices IEEE 1394 ...
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... jack 10 telephone support 104 training CD 107 classroom 107 Gateway Learning Libraries 107 Learn With Gateway 107 transferring files from old computer 68, 69 settings from old computer 68 troubleshooting add-in cards 73, 78 audio 92 automated system 105 cable modem 85 cards 73, 78 CD drive 73, 76 dial-up modem 85...
... jack 10 telephone support 104 training CD 107 classroom 107 Gateway Learning Libraries 107 Learn With Gateway 107 transferring files from old computer 68, 69 settings from old computer 68 troubleshooting add-in cards 73, 78 audio 92 automated system 105 cable modem 85 cards 73, 78 CD drive 73, 76 dial-up modem 85...
