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8512417 - Gateway Setup Guide - Page 2
...-in video card (optional) Audio card (optional) TV tuner (optional)
1 Connect the mouse and keyboard
If you complete the Windows setup. otherwise
Add-in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of your computer.
2 Plug the USB cable into a power supply. To access these guides, click (Start), All Programs, then click Gateway...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 6
Contents
Passwords 90 Power 90 Printer 91 Sound 92 Recovering your system 93 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 94 Using Microsoft System Restore 99 Recovering your system to its factory condition . . . . . 102 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . 103 Telephone support 104 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 104 Telephone numbers 105 Self-help 106 Tutoring ...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 8
...and detailed specifications.
CHAPTER 1: About This Reference
About this guide
This guide includes information and maintenance instructions that includes information on the following topics:
• Help and technical support • Using and customizing Windows and other computer information, see your hard drive. For all other software • Controlling audio and video settings •...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 82
...your computer problem if:
• Power cords or plugs are correctly grounded before accessing internal components. The message may help . Help
For more information about troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword/phrase troubleshooting in diagnosing and fixing the problem.
• If you added or removed peripheral devices, review the
installation procedures...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 95
... for problems. Your computer restarts and runs the memory diagnostics. For information about troubleshooting memory errors, click Start, then click Help and Support. Reboot your computer, and your card reader will be connected to the Internet to update the
Program Guide.
Memory
Help
For more information about manually updating the Program Guide, see a "Not enough memory" error message...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 99
... Phone and
Modem Options. If information about modem troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. You may hear unusual handshaking sounds when the modems first connect. The Phone and Modem Options dialog box opens.
3 Click the Modems tab, click the modem you get an error such as port already open or the modem...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 100
...information about network troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Networks
You ...setting up a network in your home, see "Connecting to make sure that the
mouse port works.
Passwords
Your computer does not accept your password
• Make sure that CAPS LOCK is unique.
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting...Guide, or "Ethernet" on
it that interferes with a clean,
damp cloth.
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 102
To make sure that the printer is not set to use. See the printer documentation for instructions for instructions on installing the printer driver. Help
For more information about printer troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting
3 Right-click the printer you want to add additional memory to the printer. If the menu
shows a check mark...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 103
... off. Problem solving may also involve re-installing some or all of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. www.gateway.com
Sound
You are not getting sound from the speakers
• Make sure that the volume controls are configured
correctly. For more information about sound troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the phrase sound troubleshooter in...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 104
... or support Web site.
• If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then the
problem may be to reinstall Windows from a set of software or hardware have a DVD-compatible drive to use these options.)
• To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see
"Recovering your system using recovery discs, see that software's installation instructions. For instructions on...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 108
...the disc. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs:
1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into a CD or
DVD drive. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs
If you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers.
CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting
3 Click the software or driver you need to recover...
8512418 - Gateway Reference Guide - Page 135
www.gateway.com
Standby/Resume 7 troubleshooting 90 turning off computer 17 turning on computer 16
power button 7
power supply 15
printer installing 32 setting default 91 troubleshooting 91 USB port 7, 9
programs closing unresponsive 18 opening 23 recovery discs 94, 97 re-installing 93, 94
PS/2 port keyboard 8 mouse 9
R
RAM See memory
rebooting computer 18
recordable drive 7
recording audio files...
8512158 - Gateway Computer User Guide - Page 50
...Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet
Important
Check local code requirements before installing Ethernet cable or other wiring in your home...you to replace USB or Firewire cables. To create a wired Ethernet network, you or your electrician must install special ... The largest and most common way to set up of these components. Ethernet is located on setting up a router, see the router's ...
8512158 - Gateway Computer User Guide - Page 58
... of the devices, then power them as though they were...access point is set up, log onto... Choose Diagnose and Repair on the left ...troubleshooting information • Contact your Internet service provider
Adding a printer to your network
Instead of plugging a printer into each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. For information
about sharing printers, see the instructions...
8512158 - Gateway Computer User Guide - Page 79
For the location of the monitor port on your computer, see the setup poster or your Reference Guide.
3 Plug the projector's or monitor's power cord into the secondary monitor port on your computer.
If your computer's video card supports additional monitors (it on. 4 Turn on the screen of each monitor.
8 To use the second monitor or projector...
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