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... Norway Singapore Switzerland USA Belgium Finland Greece Ireland Liechtenstein Netherlands Philippines Spain Thailand Approved Countries/Regions for use for the Toshiba Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card This equipment is not available in battery mode. 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) Australia Chile Indonesia New Zealand USA Brunei Hong Kong Malaysia Saudi Arabia Venezuela Canada India...
... Norway Singapore Switzerland USA Belgium Finland Greece Ireland Liechtenstein Netherlands Philippines Spain Thailand Approved Countries/Regions for use for the Toshiba Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card This equipment is not available in battery mode. 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) Australia Chile Indonesia New Zealand USA Brunei Hong Kong Malaysia Saudi Arabia Venezuela Canada India...
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Contents Introduction 35 This guide 36 Safety icons 37 Other icons used 37 Other documentation 38 Service options 38 Chapter 1: Getting Started 39 Selecting a place to work 39 Creating a computer-friendly environment........39 Keeping yourself comfortable 40 Precautions 40 Important information on your computer's cooling fan 41 Setting up your computer 42 Setting up your software 42 Registering your computer with Toshiba 43 Adding optional external devices 43 Connecting to a power source 44 Charging the main battery 46 27
Contents Introduction 35 This guide 36 Safety icons 37 Other icons used 37 Other documentation 38 Service options 38 Chapter 1: Getting Started 39 Selecting a place to work 39 Creating a computer-friendly environment........39 Keeping yourself comfortable 40 Precautions 40 Important information on your computer's cooling fan 41 Setting up your computer 42 Setting up your software 42 Registering your computer with Toshiba 43 Adding optional external devices 43 Connecting to a power source 44 Charging the main battery 46 27
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... Computing 104 Toshiba's energy-saver design 104 Running the computer on battery power 104 Battery Notice 105 Power management 106 Using additional batteries 106 Charging batteries 106 Charging the main battery 107 Charging the RTC battery 107 Monitoring main battery power 108 Determining remaining battery power 110 What to do when the main battery runs low ...110 Setting battery notifications 111...
... Computing 104 Toshiba's energy-saver design 104 Running the computer on battery power 104 Battery Notice 105 Power management 106 Using additional batteries 106 Charging batteries 106 Charging the main battery 107 Charging the RTC battery 107 Monitoring main battery power 108 Determining remaining battery power 110 What to do when the main battery runs low ...110 Setting battery notifications 111...
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... Support 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159 Fingerprint utility limitations 159 Fingerprint Enrollment 159 Fingerprint Logon 161 Power-on Security 161 Control Center 161 Password Bank ... system can help you 179 Resolving a hardware conflict 179 A plan of action 179 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........180 Memory problems 181 Power and the batteries 182 Keyboard problems 183 Display problems 184 Disk drive problems 186 Optical drive problems 187 Sound system problems 188 PC Card problems 189
... Support 156 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 157 TOSHIBA Accessibility 158 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 159 Fingerprint utility limitations 159 Fingerprint Enrollment 159 Fingerprint Logon 161 Power-on Security 161 Control Center 161 Password Bank ... system can help you 179 Resolving a hardware conflict 179 A plan of action 179 Fixing a problem with Device Manager ...........180 Memory problems 181 Power and the batteries 182 Keyboard problems 183 Display problems 184 Disk drive problems 186 Optical drive problems 187 Sound system problems 188 PC Card problems 189
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...observe certain precautions to further reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to liquid or moisture can become hot! Remove the battery pack. Read the enclosed Instruction Manual for working comfortably throughout the day. Do not turn on the computer and be careful..., water, seawater or moisture. It could result in damage or serious injury. You should accidentally occur, immediately: 1. Keeping yourself comfortable The Toshiba Instruction Manual for setting up your computer, and never expose the computer to skin. If any part of your work ❖ Extreme heat...
...observe certain precautions to further reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to liquid or moisture can become hot! Remove the battery pack. Read the enclosed Instruction Manual for working comfortably throughout the day. Do not turn on the computer and be careful..., water, seawater or moisture. It could result in damage or serious injury. You should accidentally occur, immediately: 1. Keeping yourself comfortable The Toshiba Instruction Manual for setting up your computer, and never expose the computer to skin. If any part of your work ❖ Extreme heat...
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Your computer contains a rechargeable main battery that needs to be associated with your user account, and then click Next. 4 Enter the computer name and choose your background and then click Next. 5 ... the Thank You message appears. Setting up your software When you turn on page 42 before you can use external power or to charge the battery you must complete all setup steps up to and including "Setting up your software" on the computer for the first time, do not turn off...
Your computer contains a rechargeable main battery that needs to be associated with your user account, and then click Next. 4 Enter the computer name and choose your background and then click Next. 5 ... the Thank You message appears. Setting up your software When you turn on page 42 before you can use external power or to charge the battery you must complete all setup steps up to and including "Setting up your software" on the computer for the first time, do not turn off...
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...was provided with your computer and the TOSHIBA Battery Charger (that the power plug (and extension cable plug if used) has been fully inserted into the socket, to the computer possibly resulting in serious injury. Failure to the computer. TOSHIBA assumes no liability for any risk ... with your computer), or use AC adaptors and battery chargers specified by TOSHIBA to avoid any damage caused by use a multiple connector. Failure to charge the computer's battery. Be careful if you use of an incompatible AC adaptor or Battery Charger could cause a fire or electric shock,...
...was provided with your computer and the TOSHIBA Battery Charger (that the power plug (and extension cable plug if used) has been fully inserted into the socket, to the computer possibly resulting in serious injury. Failure to the computer. TOSHIBA assumes no liability for any risk ... with your computer), or use AC adaptors and battery chargers specified by TOSHIBA to avoid any damage caused by use a multiple connector. Failure to charge the computer's battery. Be careful if you use of an incompatible AC adaptor or Battery Charger could cause a fire or electric shock,...
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...and will be used to select a power level setting that , the battery will allow the battery to charge a fully charged battery can be completely charged and ready to run applications, features, and devices. Charging the main battery Your computer came with the computer turned off for the first time, ...avoid leaving the computer plugged in the AC adaptor NOTE If the AC power light flashes amber during charging, either the main battery is malfunctioning, or it is not receiving correct input from the AC power supply. Continuing to recharge. Your computer's Power Options utility...
...and will be used to select a power level setting that , the battery will allow the battery to charge a fully charged battery can be completely charged and ready to run applications, features, and devices. Charging the main battery Your computer came with the computer turned off for the first time, ...avoid leaving the computer plugged in the AC adaptor NOTE If the AC power light flashes amber during charging, either the main battery is malfunctioning, or it is not receiving correct input from the AC power supply. Continuing to recharge. Your computer's Power Options utility...
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Your display contains an extremely large number of thin-film transistors (TFT) and is operated on battery power, the screen will deteriorate. This is now ready for the first time NOTE Battery life and charge time may appear on your computer. To avoid damaging the display panel, do not... 2 Lift the display panel. (Sample Illustration) Opening the display panel NOTE When opening or closing the display panel, place one hand on battery power. When the computer is manufactured using it moves easily and never lift the computer by the display panel. Using the computer for the ...
Your display contains an extremely large number of thin-film transistors (TFT) and is operated on battery power, the screen will deteriorate. This is now ready for the first time NOTE Battery life and charge time may appear on your computer. To avoid damaging the display panel, do not... 2 Lift the display panel. (Sample Illustration) Opening the display panel NOTE When opening or closing the display panel, place one hand on battery power. When the computer is manufactured using it moves easily and never lift the computer by the display panel. Using the computer for the ...
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... the system indicator panel glows blue-about one second. (Sample Illustration) Turning on the notebook chassis, unless you plan to use AC power rather than battery power) are properly connected and ready. 2 Check to ensure that all possible configurations for the first time Your computer's features and specifications Certain notebook chassis...
... the system indicator panel glows blue-about one second. (Sample Illustration) Turning on the notebook chassis, unless you plan to use AC power rather than battery power) are properly connected and ready. 2 Check to ensure that all possible configurations for the first time Your computer's features and specifications Certain notebook chassis...
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... one or two memory modules. Start (Sample Image) Shut Down menu Arrow Shut Down Menu 2 Click Shut Down. For information on removing the main battery, see "Removing the battery from the computer" on , begin at step 1; Before you install or remove a memory module while the computer is on page 115. The operating... will be lost. otherwise, skip to step 3. 1 Click Start, and then click the arrow next to the computer, including the AC adaptor. 4 Remove the main battery. The computer has two memory slots-Slot A and Slot B. The Shut Down menu appears.
... one or two memory modules. Start (Sample Image) Shut Down menu Arrow Shut Down Menu 2 Click Shut Down. For information on removing the main battery, see "Removing the battery from the computer" on , begin at step 1; Before you install or remove a memory module while the computer is on page 115. The operating... will be lost. otherwise, skip to step 3. 1 Click Start, and then click the arrow next to the computer, including the AC adaptor. 4 Remove the main battery. The computer has two memory slots-Slot A and Slot B. The Shut Down menu appears.
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...into position. When the operating system has loaded, you are adding extra memory after setting up the computer. For more information on inserting the main battery, see "Inserting a charged battery" on page 56. You can verify that the computer has recognized it using the two screws. 15 Re-insert the main... battery. If you can now continue setting up the computer, verify that the computer has recognized the additional memory module. 54 Getting Started Adding memory (optional...
...into position. When the operating system has loaded, you are adding extra memory after setting up the computer. For more information on inserting the main battery, see "Inserting a charged battery" on page 56. You can verify that the computer has recognized it using the two screws. 15 Re-insert the main... battery. If you can now continue setting up the computer, verify that the computer has recognized the additional memory module. 54 Getting Started Adding memory (optional...
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..., you can check that the module is displayed below the System heading under Memory (RAM). For more information on inserting the main battery, see "Inserting a charged battery" on page 49), and then check that the computer has recognized the change. To do this: 1 Click Start, Control Panel,... (Sample Illustration) Removing the memory module 4 Replace the memory module slot cover and secure it using the screws. 5 Re-insert the main battery. If the computer does not recognize the memory configuration, turn off the computer and remove the memory module slot cover (complete steps 1-8 in ...
..., you can check that the module is displayed below the System heading under Memory (RAM). For more information on inserting the main battery, see "Inserting a charged battery" on page 49), and then check that the computer has recognized the change. To do this: 1 Click Start, Control Panel,... (Sample Illustration) Removing the memory module 4 Replace the memory module slot cover and secure it using the screws. 5 Re-insert the main battery. If the computer does not recognize the memory configuration, turn off the computer and remove the memory module slot cover (complete steps 1-8 in ...
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... sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in order to lose your work. It is a good idea to fully charge the main battery. If you may lose data or damage the disk/disc and/or drive. If you turn off the power while a disk/disc is off) to...
... sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in order to lose your work. It is a good idea to fully charge the main battery. If you may lose data or damage the disk/disc and/or drive. If you turn off the power while a disk/disc is off) to...
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... state of the system is stored to hard disk, no data is lost if the main battery discharges. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation takes less time and consumes less main battery power than restarting after all disk/disc activity lights are retained indefinitely. Hibernation mode Hibernation mode shuts... the computer down command. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation takes a little more time and consumes more main battery power than restarting from Sleep. ❖ When starting up again, the computer returns to the state in which you left it first ...
... state of the system is stored to hard disk, no data is lost if the main battery discharges. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation takes less time and consumes less main battery power than restarting after all disk/disc activity lights are retained indefinitely. Hibernation mode Hibernation mode shuts... the computer down command. ❖ Restarting from Hibernation takes a little more time and consumes more main battery power than restarting from Sleep. ❖ When starting up again, the computer returns to the state in which you left it first ...
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... computer to memory so that, when you restart the computer, you can continue working from Sleep takes less time and consumes less main battery power than restarting after turning off the computer Sleep mode The Sleep command places the computer into a power-saving mode. If you left... from where you power down the computer. Factors to consider when choosing Sleep: ❖ While in Sleep mode, the computer uses some main battery power. ❖ Because the state of time, the Windows® operating system may save your computer sleeps for an extended period of the system...
... computer to memory so that, when you restart the computer, you can continue working from Sleep takes less time and consumes less main battery power than restarting after turning off the computer Sleep mode The Sleep command places the computer into a power-saving mode. If you left... from where you power down the computer. Factors to consider when choosing Sleep: ❖ While in Sleep mode, the computer uses some main battery power. ❖ Because the state of time, the Windows® operating system may save your computer sleeps for an extended period of the system...
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... buttons and lid to shut down lists. 78 Getting Started Turning off by either pressing the power button or closing the display panel, depending on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Shut down if you want the computer to shut down...
... buttons and lid to shut down lists. 78 Getting Started Turning off by either pressing the power button or closing the display panel, depending on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Shut down if you want the computer to shut down...
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... click the power button in the Start menu. NOTE These options can configure. 5 Select Hibernate for how they operate while the computer is running on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Hibernate if you want the computer to go into Hibernation...
... click the power button in the Start menu. NOTE These options can configure. 5 Select Hibernate for how they operate while the computer is running on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Hibernate if you want the computer to go into Hibernation...
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... time after which the computer enters Sleep mode: ❖ Under Put the computer to sleep, select the desired amount of time in both the On battery and Plugged in categories. ❖ To disable the computer from automatically entering Sleep mode, select Never. To use any of these methods, you first need...
... time after which the computer enters Sleep mode: ❖ Under Put the computer to sleep, select the desired amount of time in both the On battery and Plugged in categories. ❖ To disable the computer from automatically entering Sleep mode, select Never. To use any of these methods, you first need...
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... panel, depending on the Sleep options set. NOTE These options can place it into Sleep mode when you want. Once the computer is running on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Sleep if you want the computer to go into Sleep...
... panel, depending on the Sleep options set. NOTE These options can place it into Sleep mode when you want. Once the computer is running on battery power or while connected to AC power. ❖ Lid close action Set this option to Sleep if you want the computer to go into Sleep...