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... your TV tuner card (if installed). • Online Media lets you play online games. • Tasks lets you set up your display and media types, shut down or restart your notebook, burn an optical disc (CD or DVD), and synchronize with another digital media device (such as an MP3 player). •...

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www.gateway.com Changing system sounds You can change system sounds: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, then under Sound, click Change system sounds. OR Click ... click the Sounds list and click the sound file you want . - To change the sounds that play for system events, such as Windows startup and shut down, logging on and logging off, window maximizing and minimizing, and error messages. The Sound dialog box opens. 2 Click the Sound Scheme list, then click...

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...information about five seconds, then release it. To turn off your notebook, press and hold the power button for some reason you cannot use the Shut Down option in Windows to turn off . To close programs that is not responding. 4 Click End Task. 26 Important If for about Sleep... (Start), click the arrow next to save power. -OR- If closing unresponsive programs does not restore your session and partially shuts down to the lock icon, then click Shut Down. The Windows Task Manager dialog box opens. 3 Click the program that are not responding. Press FN+F3. The notebook...

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Many of the keys have been assigned alternate functions, including shortcut keys for Windows, function keys for specific system operations, and the Num Lock keys for the numeric keypad. You do not need to shut down the notebook to the notebook using a USB port. www.gateway.com Using the keyboard Your notebook features a full-size keyboard that functions the same as a desktop computer keyboard. Function keys/ System keys Numeric keypad Navigation keys Windows key FN key Application key Arrow keys Tip You can attach an external keyboard to connect a USB keyboard. 29

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...the mouse, touchpad, or pointing device settings" in your online User Guide. Move your finger, move it to the middle of space and need to shut down the notebook to connect a USB mouse. This action is called clicking. You do not need to move the pointer farther, lift your finger ...you run out of the touchpad, then continue moving your online User Guide. Start a program or open a file or folder. Press the left button. www.gateway.com You can attach a mouse to the notebook using the touchpad buttons. Tip You can use the EZ-Pad left button once. For more information...

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... dust. Use a soft cloth and water to clean dust from the wall outlets and remove the battery. www.gateway.com • Cotton swabs • A DVD drive cleaning kit Cleaning the exterior Warning When you shut down . Let the liquid drain, then let the keyboard dry before cleaning any water into the vents.

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...(external) The diskette drive is covered under "Sound" on page 137. Battery Battery troubleshooting is not recognized • Shut down the exact message. The message may help Gateway Customer Care in diagnosing and fixing the problem. • If you added or removed peripheral devices, review the installation ... you performed and make sure that all connections are listed in a program, see the program's printed documentation or the online help. www.gateway.com • If the notebook will not turn on, try turning the notebook on with the notebook plugged in and the battery removed...

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...the location of the headphone jack, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 91. • Your notebook may be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Front" on . • Clean the disc. For...not play these CDs on your notebook. • Make sure that the Windows volume control is facing up , then try again. • Shut down and restart your notebook is plugged into the headphone jack on page 91. 120 CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting • Some music CDs have copy ...

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... your optional modem jack, see "Back" on page 123. For the location of 14,400 bps. www.gateway.com You cannot connect to the Internet • The ISP may be with the modem connection. • Shut down and restart your notebook. The Control Panel window opens. 3 Click Hardware and Sound. 131 Your...

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... erratically • Clean the mouse. • Some mouse pad patterns "confuse" optical mice. Type the keyword network troubleshooting in correctly. • Shut down and restart your notebook. For more information about network troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Networks (wired) Help For more information... computers, make sure that the mouse port works. You cannot see the other end is plugged into the Ethernet jack on . www.gateway.com The external mouse does not work • Make sure that the mouse cable is plugged in the Search Help box, then press...

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... cable lock 10 serial number 3, 84 setting up safety precautions 144 Settings button 46 shipping notebook 82 shortcut menus accessing 42 shortcuts opening menu 42 shutting down notebook 25, 26 Sleep mode 25, 31, 75 system key 31 Snapshot button 47 160 SO-DIMM See memory software recovery discs 93, 97...

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