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... can cause serious injury or death. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. The replacement cord must be damaged. 2 Connect the AC adapter to your notebook, then plug it becomes damaged. The AC adapter has no user-replaceable or user-serviceable... trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 1 The power indicator turns on , unplug the adapter from your notebook's power connector. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the AC Adapter To connect the AC adapter: 1 Connect the power cord to disassemble the AC adapter...
... can cause serious injury or death. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. The replacement cord must be damaged. 2 Connect the AC adapter to your notebook, then plug it becomes damaged. The AC adapter has no user-replaceable or user-serviceable... trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 1 The power indicator turns on , unplug the adapter from your notebook's power connector. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the AC Adapter To connect the AC adapter: 1 Connect the power cord to disassemble the AC adapter...
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...release latch, then slide the battery out of your notebook. Technical Support See the label on and is facing up. 4 Slide the battery lock to AC power, save your work and turn blue after three hours, contact Gateway Customer Care at the Web address or telephone number...power button. All other countries. To replace the battery: 1 If your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. Warning Danger of explosion if the battery is turned on the bottom...
...release latch, then slide the battery out of your notebook. Technical Support See the label on and is facing up. 4 Slide the battery lock to AC power, save your work and turn blue after three hours, contact Gateway Customer Care at the Web address or telephone number...power button. All other countries. To replace the battery: 1 If your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. Warning Danger of explosion if the battery is turned on the bottom...
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... floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their respective companies. 1 Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their antistatic bags only when you are extremely sensitive to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook. 4 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 5 Disconnect all...
... floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their respective companies. 1 Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their antistatic bags only when you are extremely sensitive to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook. 4 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 5 Disconnect all...
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... Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. All other countries. DVD bracket Replacing the DVD Drive 11 Slide the new DVD drive into the drive bay...
... Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. All other countries. DVD bracket Replacing the DVD Drive 11 Slide the new DVD drive into the drive bay...
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... Support See the label on the bottom of recovery discs or a replacement hard drive with your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. in your notebook are ready to static electricity, also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their edges. Contact...
... Support See the label on the bottom of recovery discs or a replacement hard drive with your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. in your notebook are ready to static electricity, also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their edges. Contact...
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...peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. 16 Turn on your notebook. 17 If the hard drive was sent to the hard drive cover. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. in the United States and other brands and product ... of their respective companies. Screws Screws 9 Remove the cover from Gateway with the operating system, applications, and drivers installed, you will see the Windows startup screen. -ORIf you see a blank screen, restart your notebook, then press F11 while your hardware guide for Customer Care Information....
...peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. 16 Turn on your notebook. 17 If the hard drive was sent to the hard drive cover. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. in the United States and other brands and product ... of their respective companies. Screws Screws 9 Remove the cover from Gateway with the operating system, applications, and drivers installed, you will see the Windows startup screen. -ORIf you see a blank screen, restart your notebook, then press F11 while your hardware guide for Customer Care Information....
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... removed), then remove the bay covers. 8 If your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Warning To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook. 3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 4 Disconnect all peripheral devices...
... removed), then remove the bay covers. 8 If your hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Warning To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook. 3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 4 Disconnect all peripheral devices...
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...in place. Be careful to the front of the notebook and slide the cable out of Gateway, Inc. Caution If the cover is flat all the way across . Connector 5 Gently press the keyboard down on your notebook. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the... keyboard cover and gently pry it clicks in several places until the keyboard is not twisted. 14 Pull the cover off the notebook. See your notebook. Be careful to press down...
...in place. Be careful to the front of the notebook and slide the cable out of Gateway, Inc. Caution If the cover is flat all the way across . Connector 5 Gently press the keyboard down on your notebook. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the... keyboard cover and gently pry it clicks in several places until the keyboard is not twisted. 14 Pull the cover off the notebook. See your notebook. Be careful to press down...
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...voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook over any PC Cards. 5 Turn your notebook. 3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. Avoid touching the edge connectors. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. in your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem cable,...or other grounded object. Never slide components over so the bottom is marked with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed), then remove the memory bay cover. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are ready to replace the memory module. Before working with a K....
...voltages and moving parts, turn off your notebook over any PC Cards. 5 Turn your notebook. 3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. Avoid touching the edge connectors. www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. in your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem cable,...or other grounded object. Never slide components over so the bottom is marked with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed), then remove the memory bay cover. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are ready to replace the memory module. Before working with a K....
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...out of their respective companies. See your notebook. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are removing a memory module, gently press outward on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. 8 If you are trademarks or... registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Replacing the Memory Module 10 Hold the new or...
...out of their respective companies. See your notebook. All rights reserved. Gateway and eMachines are removing a memory module, gently press outward on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. 8 If you are trademarks or... registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. Replacing the Memory Module 10 Hold the new or...
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... electrostatic protection. • Always hold components by Gateway, or a Gateway authorized representative, explicitly for your online hardware guide. 6 Loosen the wireless network bay cover screw (this screw cannot be installed in this notebook. Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver to use... trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. Screw Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside of Gateway, Inc. Technical Support See the label on your notebook are extremely sensitive to a bare metal part of your workbench or other grounded object. 7 Unplug...
... electrostatic protection. • Always hold components by Gateway, or a Gateway authorized representative, explicitly for your online hardware guide. 6 Loosen the wireless network bay cover screw (this screw cannot be installed in this notebook. Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver to use... trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. Screw Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside of Gateway, Inc. Technical Support See the label on your notebook are extremely sensitive to a bare metal part of your workbench or other grounded object. 7 Unplug...
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...to the connector labelled AUX or A. 15 Replace the wireless network bay cover, then tighten the cover screw. 16 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over. 17 Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and the network cable. 18 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. 19 ...the new module at each side of their respective companies. This module is held by clips, press the module down until the module tilts upward. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the module until it into place. -OR- If the module does not fit, make sure that ...
...to the connector labelled AUX or A. 15 Replace the wireless network bay cover, then tighten the cover screw. 16 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over. 17 Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and the network cable. 18 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC Cards. 19 ...the new module at each side of their respective companies. This module is held by clips, press the module down until the module tilts upward. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the module until it into place. -OR- If the module does not fit, make sure that ...
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Contents Chapter 1: About this reference 1 About this guide 2 Accessing the online User Guide 2 Gateway contact information 2 Gateway model and serial number 2 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity 3 For more information 3 Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook 5 Identifying features 6 Front 6 Left 7 Right 8 Back 9 Bottom 10 Keyboard area 11 Connecting the AC adapter 12 Protecting from power source problems...
Contents Chapter 1: About this reference 1 About this guide 2 Accessing the online User Guide 2 Gateway contact information 2 Gateway model and serial number 2 Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity 3 For more information 3 Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook 5 Identifying features 6 Front 6 Left 7 Right 8 Back 9 Bottom 10 Keyboard area 11 Connecting the AC adapter 12 Protecting from power source problems...
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Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 3: Maintaining and Upgrading Your Notebook 31 Preventing static electricity discharge 32 Adding or replacing memory 32 Replacing the DVD drive 35 Replacing the hard drive kit 38 Replacing the keyboard 40 Removing the keyboard 40 Installing the keyboard 45 Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 47 Index 59 ii
Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 3: Maintaining and Upgrading Your Notebook 31 Preventing static electricity discharge 32 Adding or replacing memory 32 Replacing the DVD drive 35 Replacing the hard drive kit 38 Replacing the keyboard 40 Removing the keyboard 40 Installing the keyboard 45 Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 47 Index 59 ii
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...your online User Guide. The User Guide is an in this section is for assistance. The label on your notebook model and its features. Gateway contact information Gateway model and serial number Important The label shown in -depth, easy-to-read manual that includes information on ... Using and customizing Windows and other notebook information, see your model of your notebook contains information that are specific to this guide, the online User Guide has been included on the bottom of Gateway notebook. CHAPTER 1: About this reference www.gateway.com About this guide This guide ...
...your online User Guide. The User Guide is an in this section is for assistance. The label on your notebook model and its features. Gateway contact information Gateway model and serial number Important The label shown in -depth, easy-to-read manual that includes information on ... Using and customizing Windows and other notebook information, see your model of your notebook contains information that are specific to this guide, the online User Guide has been included on the bottom of Gateway notebook. CHAPTER 1: About this reference www.gateway.com About this guide This guide ...
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www.gateway.com Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity The Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label found on your operating system. For more information For more information about your notebook, visit Gateway's Support page at support.gateway.com or the Web address shown on the bottom of your notebook includes the product key code for your notebook's label. The Support page also has links to additional Gateway documentation and detailed specifications. 3
www.gateway.com Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity The Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label found on your operating system. For more information For more information about your notebook, visit Gateway's Support page at support.gateway.com or the Web address shown on the bottom of your notebook includes the product key code for your notebook's label. The Support page also has links to additional Gateway documentation and detailed specifications. 3
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CHAPTER 2 Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook • Identifying features • Connecting the AC adapter • Connecting the dial-up modem • Connecting to a cable or DSL modem or to an Ethernet network • Starting your notebook • Turning off your notebook • Restarting (rebooting) your notebook • Using the status indicators • Using the keyboard •...
CHAPTER 2 Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook • Identifying features • Connecting the AC adapter • Connecting the dial-up modem • Connecting to a cable or DSL modem or to an Ethernet network • Starting your notebook • Turning off your notebook • Restarting (rebooting) your notebook • Using the status indicators • Using the keyboard •...
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... LED blinking red - Headphone jack Plug amplified speakers or headphones into this jack. notebook is off. The built-in speakers are plugged into this jack. Plug a microphone into this jack. 6 notebook is in . battery is malfunctioning. ■ LED on . ■ LED ...; LED purple - battery charge is very low. ■ LED solid red - CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook Identifying features Front www.gateway.com Speaker LCD panel release latch Headphone jack Battery charge Microphone jack indicator Power indicator Speaker Component Icon Speakers LCD...
... LED blinking red - Headphone jack Plug amplified speakers or headphones into this jack. notebook is off. The built-in speakers are plugged into this jack. Plug a microphone into this jack. 6 notebook is in . battery is malfunctioning. ■ LED on . ■ LED ...; LED purple - battery charge is very low. ■ LED solid red - CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook Identifying features Front www.gateway.com Speaker LCD panel release latch Headphone jack Battery charge Microphone jack indicator Power indicator Speaker Component Icon Speakers LCD...
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... jack (optional) Plug an S-Video device, such as a television, into this optional jack. Do not use your notebook on page 24. www.gateway.com Left Identifying features Kensington lock slot S-Video out jack Ventilation fan DVD drive Component Icon Description Kensington™ lock ...slot Secure your notebook to an object by connecting a Kensington cable lock to your notebook. For more information, see Viewing the ...
... jack (optional) Plug an S-Video device, such as a television, into this optional jack. Do not use your notebook on page 24. www.gateway.com Left Identifying features Kensington lock slot S-Video out jack Ventilation fan DVD drive Component Icon Description Kensington™ lock ...slot Secure your notebook to an object by connecting a Kensington cable lock to your notebook. For more information, see Viewing the ...