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Diskette drive 63 DVD drives 64 File management 64 Hard drive 65 Internet 66 Keyboard 67 Memory 68 Memory card reader 68 Modem (dial-up 68 Monitor 72 Mouse 74 Networks 74 Passwords 74 Power 75 Printer 75 Sound 77 Telephone support 78 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 78 Telephone numbers 79 Self-help 80 Tutoring... Ethernet network 88 Configuring your router 90 Testing your network 92 Troubleshooting Your Ethernet network 93 A Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 95 Index 103 www.gateway.com iii
Diskette drive 63 DVD drives 64 File management 64 Hard drive 65 Internet 66 Keyboard 67 Memory 68 Memory card reader 68 Modem (dial-up 68 Monitor 72 Mouse 74 Networks 74 Passwords 74 Power 75 Printer 75 Sound 77 Telephone support 78 Before calling Gateway Customer Care 78 Telephone numbers 79 Self-help 80 Tutoring... Ethernet network 88 Configuring your router 90 Testing your network 92 Troubleshooting Your Ethernet network 93 A Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 95 Index 103 www.gateway.com iii
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This guide includes information on your hard drive. To access the Using Your Computer guide: ■ Click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 7 You can search for information by clicking a Help button. You can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by ...
This guide includes information on your hard drive. To access the Using Your Computer guide: ■ Click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 7 You can search for information by clicking a Help button. You can access most online help information by selecting a topic from a Help menu or by ...
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Important Your computer hardware options and port locations may vary from the illustration below. Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Desktop PC Front Your computer includes the following components. DVD/CD drive USB port (optional) DVD/CD drive (optional) Diskette drive (optional) Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ power indicator Microphone jack Headphone jack Hard drive indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) 10 www.gateway.com
Important Your computer hardware options and port locations may vary from the illustration below. Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Desktop PC Front Your computer includes the following components. DVD/CD drive USB port (optional) DVD/CD drive (optional) Diskette drive (optional) Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ power indicator Microphone jack Headphone jack Hard drive indicator USB ports (optional) IEEE 1394 ports (optional) 10 www.gateway.com
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... (such as a digital camcorder) into the memory card reader. The power indicator lights when the computer is color-coded orange. www.gateway.com 11 You can also configure the power button to turn the power on page 32. For more information, see "Installing a printer.... This jack is in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. Component Icon DVD/CD drive USB ports (optional) Diskette drive (optional) Memory card reader (optional) Power button and power indicator Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Headphone jack Microphone jack Desktop PC Front Description Use ...
... (such as a digital camcorder) into the memory card reader. The power indicator lights when the computer is color-coded orange. www.gateway.com 11 You can also configure the power button to turn the power on page 32. For more information, see "Installing a printer.... This jack is in Standby/Resume mode or Hibernate mode. Component Icon DVD/CD drive USB ports (optional) Diskette drive (optional) Memory card reader (optional) Power button and power indicator Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 ports (optional) Headphone jack Microphone jack Desktop PC Front Description Use ...
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... is operating in Using Your Computer which has been included on page 30. The power supply should be set to 230. Plug your hard drive. For more information, see "Learning about the Internet" in an environment such as a DSL or cable modem for your computer is supplied... is preset at the factory with the correct voltage for a broadband Internet connection) into this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 13 Plug a parallel device (such as a printer) into an S-Video jack on page 32. Remove these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports...
... is operating in Using Your Computer which has been included on page 30. The power supply should be set to 230. Plug your hard drive. For more information, see "Learning about the Internet" in an environment such as a DSL or cable modem for your computer is supplied... is preset at the factory with the correct voltage for a broadband Internet connection) into this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. www.gateway.com 13 Plug a parallel device (such as a printer) into an S-Video jack on page 32. Remove these 6-pin IEEE 1394 ports...
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... and white. Printers You can print pictures, banners, and greeting cards, as well as memory size, memory type, and hard drive size, visit Gateway's Support page at accessories.gateway.com. Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Finding your specifications For more information about attaching a printer. The Support page also has links to your computer. For...
... and white. Printers You can print pictures, banners, and greeting cards, as well as memory size, memory type, and hard drive size, visit Gateway's Support page at accessories.gateway.com. Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Finding your specifications For more information about attaching a printer. The Support page also has links to your computer. For...
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... backing up files, then removing them from your computer from power surges. TBU drives, like tape recorders, use magnetic tape cartridges to another computer. If you can save your work and shut down your existing hard drive with a larger drive. www.gateway.com 17 Accessories Laser printers and cartridges are printing large documents. For more...
... backing up files, then removing them from your computer from power surges. TBU drives, like tape recorders, use magnetic tape cartridges to another computer. If you can save your work and shut down your existing hard drive with a larger drive. www.gateway.com 17 Accessories Laser printers and cartridges are printing large documents. For more...
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... will not be used your computer for about changing the power button mode, see "Changing Power-Saving Settings" in Windows to turn off your hard drive. In order to "wake" it may enter a power-saving mode called Standby. The Turn Off Computer dialog box opens. 2 Click Turn ...Off. While in the power supply and system board remain energized. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Turning off your computer Warning When you have not turned off your computer, unplug the power cord and modem cable from the wall...
... will not be used your computer for about changing the power button mode, see "Changing Power-Saving Settings" in Windows to turn off your hard drive. In order to "wake" it may enter a power-saving mode called Standby. The Turn Off Computer dialog box opens. 2 Click Turn ...Off. While in the power supply and system board remain energized. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Turning off your computer Warning When you have not turned off your computer, unplug the power cord and modem cable from the wall...
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...set it down in Using Your Computer which has been included on the computer display Do this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Move the pointer on your mouse pad and need to clean the mouse, see "Changing the mouse or touchpad settings" in the ...called clicking. Position the pointer over the object. Press the left -hand configuration, and other mouse settings, see "Cleaning the mouse" on your hard drive. Release the button to the appropriate part of space on page 47. Tips & Tricks For more information about how to adjust the double-click ...
...set it down in Using Your Computer which has been included on the computer display Do this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Move the pointer on your mouse pad and need to clean the mouse, see "Changing the mouse or touchpad settings" in the ...called clicking. Position the pointer over the object. Press the left -hand configuration, and other mouse settings, see "Cleaning the mouse" on your hard drive. Release the button to the appropriate part of space on page 47. Tips & Tricks For more information about how to adjust the double-click ...
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...using external speakers, turn the knob on the front of the speakers. -OR- To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To use the volume controls to adjust the overall volume and the volume of specific sound devices in Category View, click Sounds, Speech, ... audio jacks for more than the default audio device, you are universal jacks. For more information on how each jack can be used for your hard drive. The Advanced Audio Properties dialog box opens. -OR- For example, the blue jack on the computer can be used , see "Adjusting the Volume...
...using external speakers, turn the knob on the front of the speakers. -OR- To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. To use the volume controls to adjust the overall volume and the volume of specific sound devices in Category View, click Sounds, Speech, ... audio jacks for more than the default audio device, you are universal jacks. For more information on how each jack can be used for your hard drive. The Advanced Audio Properties dialog box opens. -OR- For example, the blue jack on the computer can be used , see "Adjusting the Volume...
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... your computer to: ■ Play music CDs ■ Create MP3 music files from a music CD to your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. www.gateway.com 39 To access this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums of music, or several gigabytes...
... your computer to: ■ Play music CDs ■ Create MP3 music files from a music CD to your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. www.gateway.com 39 To access this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums of music, or several gigabytes...
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... spilled onto computer components, almost any liquid can always get the most recent updates and fixes to the software and hardware on both diskettes and hard drives. ■ Avoid subjecting your computer to -date. Use Windows Update to the Internet. 2 Click Start, All Programs, then click Windows Update. ... Windows Update is added to the site regularly, so you can result in the HelpSpot Search box , then click the arrow. 42 www.gateway.com Magnetic fields can clog the internal mechanisms. ■ Do not block the ventilation fan. ■ When storing your computer for an ...
... spilled onto computer components, almost any liquid can always get the most recent updates and fixes to the software and hardware on both diskettes and hard drives. ■ Avoid subjecting your computer to -date. Use Windows Update to the Internet. 2 Click Start, All Programs, then click Windows Update. ... Windows Update is added to the site regularly, so you can result in the HelpSpot Search box , then click the arrow. 42 www.gateway.com Magnetic fields can clog the internal mechanisms. ■ Do not block the ventilation fan. ■ When storing your computer for an ...
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...(such as a keyboard or mouse) does not work, make sure that all connections are secure. ■ Make sure that your hard drive is turned on and while the modem cable, network cable, and power cord are correctly grounded before accessing internal components. For more ...about preventing damage from static electricity, see the program's printed documentation or the online help Gateway Customer Care in the Search box , then click the arrow. 60 www.gateway.com Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Safety guidelines While troubleshooting your computer, follow these things first: ■...
...(such as a keyboard or mouse) does not work, make sure that all connections are secure. ■ Make sure that your hard drive is turned on and while the modem cable, network cable, and power cord are correctly grounded before accessing internal components. For more ...about preventing damage from static electricity, see the program's printed documentation or the online help Gateway Customer Care in the Search box , then click the arrow. 60 www.gateway.com Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Safety guidelines While troubleshooting your computer, follow these things first: ■...
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...again. ■ Make sure that the write-protection tab on the upper-right corner of the diskette down and restart your hard drive. You see "Checking the hard drive for errors" in the upper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected). ■ Delete unnecessary files on your computer.... diskette and try using the diskette again. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the diskette drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If errors are detected and corrected, try again. ■ Make sure that the power cord...
...again. ■ Make sure that the write-protection tab on the upper-right corner of the diskette down and restart your hard drive. You see "Checking the hard drive for errors" in the upper-right corner of the diskette is down (unprotected). ■ Delete unnecessary files on your computer.... diskette and try using the diskette again. Occasionally diskettes are flawed and cannot be read by the diskette drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If errors are detected and corrected, try again. ■ Make sure that the power cord...
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... included on your computer. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If the Recycle Bin was originally deleted from the drive. You see "Checking the hard drive for errors" in Windows while holding down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be read ...by the diskette drive. ■ Run Error checking on , try to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. 64 www.gateway.com For more ...
... included on your computer. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If the Recycle Bin was originally deleted from the drive. You see "Checking the hard drive for errors" in Windows while holding down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be read ...by the diskette drive. ■ Run Error checking on , try to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. 64 www.gateway.com For more ...
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... the keyword file management in Using Your Computer which has been included on the hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If the hard drive is in the diskette drive, eject it and restart your computer. ■ Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to ...■ If a diskette is full, copy any files not regularly used to backup media, then delete them from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. www.gateway.com 65 Troubleshooting Help and Support For more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support....
... the keyword file management in Using Your Computer which has been included on the hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. If the hard drive is in the diskette drive, eject it and restart your computer. ■ Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to ...■ If a diskette is full, copy any files not regularly used to backup media, then delete them from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. www.gateway.com 65 Troubleshooting Help and Support For more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support....
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.... Chapter 6: Troubleshooting To turn down the modem volume: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Type the keyword screen resolution in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware. 2 Click/Double-click the Phone and Modem Options icon, then click...want to adjust, then click Properties. 4 Click the Modem tab, then adjust the Speaker volume control. 5 Click OK twice to the video port on your hard drive. Monitor The screen resolution is connected to close the Phone and Modem Options dialog box.
.... Chapter 6: Troubleshooting To turn down the modem volume: 1 Click Start, then click Control Panel. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. Type the keyword screen resolution in Category View, click Printers and Other Hardware. 2 Click/Double-click the Phone and Modem Options icon, then click...want to adjust, then click Properties. 4 Click the Modem tab, then adjust the Speaker volume control. 5 Click OK twice to the video port on your hard drive. Monitor The screen resolution is connected to close the Phone and Modem Options dialog box.
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...To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. ■ Move the monitor away from the upper screen edge and 1/3 of the way up for at least a half hour, then restart your hard drive. These wires are not placed too close to another monitor, electric...and greater luminescence. The aperture grille allows more information about color uniformity. The text on degauss, see your monitor's documentation. www.gateway.com 73 Make sure that the monitor warms up from the lower screen edge, to stabilize the internal aperture grille. Why is not...
...To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation. ■ Move the monitor away from the upper screen edge and 1/3 of the way up for at least a half hour, then restart your hard drive. These wires are not placed too close to another monitor, electric...and greater luminescence. The aperture grille allows more information about color uniformity. The text on degauss, see your monitor's documentation. www.gateway.com 73 Make sure that the monitor warms up from the lower screen edge, to stabilize the internal aperture grille. Why is not...
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... Firewire port 11, 13, 32 folders opening 29 front bezel removing 54 replacing 54 function keys 26 G Gateway model number 15 serial number 15, 16 support 16 Web address 3 Web site 3 Gigabit Ethernet 82 H hard drive indicator 11 troubleshooting 65 headphone jack 11, 14 help online 7 using 5 Help and Support 5 searching 6 starting 5... Hibernate mode 11 I i.Link port 11, 13, 32 IEEE 1394 port 11, 13, 32 indicators Caps Lock 27 hard drive 11 Num Lock 27 numeric keypad 27 power 11 Scroll Lock 27 inkjet printer 16 installing battery 57 devices 32 www...
... Firewire port 11, 13, 32 folders opening 29 front bezel removing 54 replacing 54 function keys 26 G Gateway model number 15 serial number 15, 16 support 16 Web address 3 Web site 3 Gigabit Ethernet 82 H hard drive indicator 11 troubleshooting 65 headphone jack 11, 14 help online 7 using 5 Help and Support 5 searching 6 starting 5... Hibernate mode 11 I i.Link port 11, 13, 32 IEEE 1394 port 11, 13, 32 indicators Caps Lock 27 hard drive 11 Num Lock 27 numeric keypad 27 power 11 Scroll Lock 27 inkjet printer 16 installing battery 57 devices 32 www...
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...Gateway Learning Libraries 80 Learn With Gateway 80 troubleshooting add-in cards 61 automated system 79 cards 61 CD drive 61 cleaning CD 47 cleaning DVD 47 computer startup 63 diskette drive 63 display 64 DVD drive 61, 64 DVD/CD drive 61, 64 Ethernet network 93 faxes 70 files 64 general guidelines 60 hard drive... Security 43 voltage switch 13 volume adjusting 30 adjusting modem 71 controls 30 muting 30 troubleshooting 77 W WAN IP Address 91 Web site Gateway 3 Windows Product Key Code 15 restoring 48 Windows key 27 Windows Media Player 39 Windows Security Center using 43 Windows Update 42 wired ...
...Gateway Learning Libraries 80 Learn With Gateway 80 troubleshooting add-in cards 61 automated system 79 cards 61 CD drive 61 cleaning CD 47 cleaning DVD 47 computer startup 63 diskette drive 63 display 64 DVD drive 61, 64 DVD/CD drive 61, 64 Ethernet network 93 faxes 70 files 64 general guidelines 60 hard drive... Security 43 voltage switch 13 volume adjusting 30 adjusting modem 71 controls 30 muting 30 troubleshooting 77 W WAN IP Address 91 Web site Gateway 3 Windows Product Key Code 15 restoring 48 Windows key 27 Windows Media Player 39 Windows Security Center using 43 Windows Update 42 wired ...