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... for viruses. If you handle the disc incorrectly, you buy from objects that generate strong magnetic fields, such as large stereo speakers. Getting Started Selecting a place to work 43 Some PC Cards can erase important files. Overheating of the disc. Never place a heavy object on disks ...damage the computer or cause system failure. ❖ Never turn off the computer while it by its operation. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk can become hot with prolonged use. Placing a magnet too close to a disk may ...
... for viruses. If you handle the disc incorrectly, you buy from objects that generate strong magnetic fields, such as large stereo speakers. Getting Started Selecting a place to work 43 Some PC Cards can erase important files. Overheating of the disc. Never place a heavy object on disks ...damage the computer or cause system failure. ❖ Never turn off the computer while it by its operation. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk can become hot with prolonged use. Placing a magnet too close to a disk may ...
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Getting Started Connecting the AC Adapter 49 To connect AC power to the computer: 1 Connect the power cord/cable to the State of the computer. If the electrical outlet is charging If the main battery is present, the battery light glows: ❖ Amber while the battery is live electrical outlet.... connecting the power cord/cable to the AC adapter Handling the cord on the back of California to a live , the system indicator panel's AC power light ( ) glows green. Wash hands after handling. _ + 2 Plug the AC adapter cord into the DC-IN on this product will expose you to lead,...
Getting Started Connecting the AC Adapter 49 To connect AC power to the computer: 1 Connect the power cord/cable to the State of the computer. If the electrical outlet is charging If the main battery is present, the battery light glows: ❖ Amber while the battery is live electrical outlet.... connecting the power cord/cable to the AC adapter Handling the cord on the back of California to a live , the system indicator panel's AC power light ( ) glows green. Wash hands after handling. _ + 2 Plug the AC adapter cord into the DC-IN on this product will expose you to lead,...
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... charged for more than a few hours at least three hours with its battery already installed. 50 Getting Started Charging the main battery ❖ Green when the battery is fully charged If the battery light flashes amber during charging, either the battery pack is malfunctioning, or it is not receiving input from the...
... charged for more than a few hours at least three hours with its battery already installed. 50 Getting Started Charging the main battery ❖ Green when the battery is fully charged If the battery light flashes amber during charging, either the battery pack is malfunctioning, or it is not receiving input from the...
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...memory options, check the accessories information that came with your computer, or visit accessories.toshiba.com. When you use complex software or process large amounts of today's popular applications. Your Satellite® M40/M45 computer comes with enough memory to increase the computer's memory if you turn on the...not turn off the power again until the power button and the on/off light on the power The preinstalled operating system will load automatically. You may want to run most of data. Getting Started Adding memory 53 3 Press and hold the power button in until the operating...
...memory options, check the accessories information that came with your computer, or visit accessories.toshiba.com. When you use complex software or process large amounts of today's popular applications. Your Satellite® M40/M45 computer comes with enough memory to increase the computer's memory if you turn on the...not turn off the power again until the power button and the on/off light on the power The preinstalled operating system will load automatically. You may want to run most of data. Getting Started Adding memory 53 3 Press and hold the power button in until the operating...
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...secure your computer to a heavy object such as your computer clean, gently wipe the display panel and exterior case with a lightly dampened cloth. Moving the computer Before moving your computer, even across the room, make sure all disk activity has ended (the drive indicator... light stops glowing) and all external peripheral cables are located). Doing so could damage the system. For more information on purchasing a cable lock, visit accessories.toshiba.com. 70 Getting Started Using a computer lock To keep your desk. Make sure...
...secure your computer to a heavy object such as your computer clean, gently wipe the display panel and exterior case with a lightly dampened cloth. Moving the computer Before moving your computer, even across the room, make sure all disk activity has ended (the drive indicator... light stops glowing) and all external peripheral cables are located). Doing so could damage the system. For more information on purchasing a cable lock, visit accessories.toshiba.com. 70 Getting Started Using a computer lock To keep your desk. Make sure...
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... To disable the numeric overlay, hold down the Fn key and press F10 again. The cursor control mode light on your desktop ❖ Use the Start menu You can: ❖ Double-click the icon for cursor control The keys with the gray arrows and symbols on . To turn the cursor control ...overlay on . The cursor control mode light on the keyboard indicator panel glows when the cursor control overlay is to start a program is on , press Fn and F10 simultaneously. If you prefer to open the program first, you use...
... To disable the numeric overlay, hold down the Fn key and press F10 again. The cursor control mode light on your desktop ❖ Use the Start menu You can: ❖ Double-click the icon for cursor control The keys with the gray arrows and symbols on . To turn the cursor control ...overlay on . The cursor control mode light on the keyboard indicator panel glows when the cursor control overlay is to start a program is on , press Fn and F10 simultaneously. If you prefer to open the program first, you use...
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... data is being retrieved from the hard disk rather than from the hard disk takes longer than does Turn off light changes to green. 96 Learning the Basics Powering down To start the computer up again, press the power button until the on/off computer. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation uses ...little more information about the Power Saver utility, see "TOSHIBA Power Saver" on the hard disk, no battery power. ❖ Because the mode of the computer to the hard disk. When you left it again by opening the display panel. Starting again after Shut down the computer NOTE For more ...
... data is being retrieved from the hard disk rather than from the hard disk takes longer than does Turn off light changes to green. 96 Learning the Basics Powering down To start the computer up again, press the power button until the on/off computer. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation uses ...little more information about the Power Saver utility, see "TOSHIBA Power Saver" on the hard disk, no battery power. ❖ Because the mode of the computer to the hard disk. When you left it again by opening the display panel. Starting again after Shut down the computer NOTE For more ...
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... so that, when you restart the computer, you can continue working from where you left it again by closing the display panel, you can start up again, the computer returns to eight hours in Standby mode. ❖ Restarting from Standby uses less time and battery power than restarting from... Turn off computer or Hibernation. ❖ When starting up the computer from Hibernation mode, press the power button until the on/off light turns green. NOTE If you were using. Standby holds the current mode of the computer in Standby ...
... so that, when you restart the computer, you can continue working from where you left it again by closing the display panel, you can start up again, the computer returns to eight hours in Standby mode. ❖ Restarting from Standby uses less time and battery power than restarting from... Turn off computer or Hibernation. ❖ When starting up the computer from Hibernation mode, press the power button until the on/off light turns green. NOTE If you were using. Standby holds the current mode of the computer in Standby ...
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... time after which the computer automatically goes into a low-power mode. The on/off light blinks amber indicating the machine is in Toshiba's Power Saver utility. 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. 3 Click the Setup Action tab. 4 Select Standby for the options you...
... time after which the computer automatically goes into a low-power mode. The on/off light blinks amber indicating the machine is in Toshiba's Power Saver utility. 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. 3 Click the Setup Action tab. 4 Select Standby for the options you...
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...The computer returns to date with technical questions and keep you up the computer from Standby mode, press the power button until the on/off light changes to put the computer into Standby mode when you press the power button. ❖ When I close the display panel. 5 Click Apply... Standby to green. NOTE For more information, see "TOSHIBA Power Saver" on page 200. Starting again from Standby mode To start it again by closing the display panel, you can start up to the screen you were using. Toshiba's online resources Toshiba maintains a number of online sites to which you can...
...The computer returns to date with technical questions and keep you up the computer from Standby mode, press the power button until the on/off light changes to put the computer into Standby mode when you press the power button. ❖ When I close the display panel. 5 Click Apply... Standby to green. NOTE For more information, see "TOSHIBA Power Saver" on page 200. Starting again from Standby mode To start it again by closing the display panel, you can start up to the screen you were using. Toshiba's online resources Toshiba maintains a number of online sites to which you can...
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...remaining battery power You can monitor the battery's remaining charge. The Toshiba Power Saver Properties dialog box appears. 106 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power Monitoring battery power The computer's main battery light gives you an indication of power use. The computer calculates the remaining... charge is not being charged. When the on/off light flashes amber, it operates, based on /off light ( ). To show remaining power: 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. NOTE Battery life and charge time may...
...remaining battery power You can monitor the battery's remaining charge. The Toshiba Power Saver Properties dialog box appears. 106 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power Monitoring battery power The computer's main battery light gives you an indication of power use. The computer calculates the remaining... charge is not being charged. When the on/off light flashes amber, it operates, based on /off light ( ). To show remaining power: 1 Open the Start menu, click Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click the Toshiba Power Saver icon. NOTE Battery life and charge time may...
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... to which you want to assign it. 5 Release the primary button. Using drag-and-drop to assign a key To assign a key to a program or document: 1 Start both Fn-esse and Windows® Explorer (or the program supporting drag-and-drop). 2 Resize the Explorer window so that you can see both the... document: ❖ Using drag-and-drop ❖ Using the keyboard or pointing device The method most often used is drag-and-drop. There are light gray. 140 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® The keys are color-coded as you drag the highlighted item from Explorer to the key on the Fn-esse...
... to which you want to assign it. 5 Release the primary button. Using drag-and-drop to assign a key To assign a key to a program or document: 1 Start both Fn-esse and Windows® Explorer (or the program supporting drag-and-drop). 2 Resize the Explorer window so that you can see both the... document: ❖ Using drag-and-drop ❖ Using the keyboard or pointing device The method most often used is drag-and-drop. There are light gray. 140 Toshiba Utilities Fn-esse® The keys are color-coded as you drag the highlighted item from Explorer to the key on the Fn-esse...
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... These problems may occur when you turn on by looking at least 10 seconds. Press and hold the power switch for at the AC power light. If you are using an AC adapter, verify that the software manufacturer needs to help you solve your problem. 2 Press Ctrl and c ...simultaneously to copy the text to the clipboard. 3 Open Notepad (click Start, point to All Programs, then point to Accessories and click Notepad). 4 Press Ctrl and v simultaneously to paste the details into Notepad. 5 Add a paragraph...
... These problems may occur when you turn on by looking at least 10 seconds. Press and hold the power switch for at the AC power light. If you are using an AC adapter, verify that the software manufacturer needs to help you solve your problem. 2 Press Ctrl and c ...simultaneously to copy the text to the clipboard. 3 Open Notepad (click Start, point to All Programs, then point to Accessories and click Notepad). 4 Press Ctrl and v simultaneously to paste the details into Notepad. 5 Add a paragraph...
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... 173 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict current on , press Fn and F10 simultaneously to turn off the cursor control mode light or Fn and F11 simultaneously to turn off computer, and Restart the computer using is not remapping the keyboard. The keyboard you are ... system displays one or more information on maximizing battery power see "Charging the batteries" on the external keyboard. Click Start, Shut Down or Turn off the numlock light. Try using a different make sure the software you connected may be related to the keyboard itself. Keyboard problems If...
... 173 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict current on , press Fn and F10 simultaneously to turn off the cursor control mode light or Fn and F11 simultaneously to turn off computer, and Restart the computer using is not remapping the keyboard. The keyboard you are ... system displays one or more information on maximizing battery power see "Charging the batteries" on the external keyboard. Click Start, Shut Down or Turn off the numlock light. Try using a different make sure the software you connected may be related to the keyboard itself. Keyboard problems If...