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www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook . . . . . 101 Preventing static...
www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your Notebook . . . . . 101 Preventing static...
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...Use this feature will affect battery performance. Important: Using this feature in bright sunlight. Skip back one CD track or DVD chapter. 29 Skip ahead one CD track or DVD chapter. Increase the LCD panel brightness above the F8 normal brightest setting. Press a ...frequency wireless communication can interfere with equipment on commercial aircraft. Stop playing the CD or DVD. Turn the optional Bluetooth radio on page 7. www.gateway.com Press and hold To... FN, then press this system key... Press a third time to return the display to decrease the brightness...
...Use this feature will affect battery performance. Important: Using this feature in bright sunlight. Skip back one CD track or DVD chapter. 29 Skip ahead one CD track or DVD chapter. Increase the LCD panel brightness above the F8 normal brightest setting. Press a ...frequency wireless communication can interfere with equipment on commercial aircraft. Stop playing the CD or DVD. Turn the optional Bluetooth radio on page 7. www.gateway.com Press and hold To... FN, then press this system key... Press a third time to return the display to decrease the brightness...
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CHAPTER7 Maintaining Your Notebook • Caring for your notebook • Cleaning your notebook • Maintaining the battery • Cleaning CDs or DVDs • Recovering your system 83
CHAPTER7 Maintaining Your Notebook • Caring for your notebook • Cleaning your notebook • Maintaining the battery • Cleaning CDs or DVDs • Recovering your system 83
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...the automatic battery charger no longer keeps the battery charged. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from the center to recover your system under most notebook problems by following the information in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. If the battery is running on fixed power. For ... or in "Troubleshooting" on page 89. 87 This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from your notebook when running on AC power, remove the battery. However, remember that when you...
...the automatic battery charger no longer keeps the battery charged. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from the center to recover your system under most notebook problems by following the information in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. If the battery is running on fixed power. For ... or in "Troubleshooting" on page 89. 87 This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from your notebook when running on AC power, remove the battery. However, remember that when you...
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... drive or completely re-format your original hard drive, you must recover your notebook. A list of the system recovery. Your notebook restarts in c:\backup. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software...Restart. To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, click Full factory recovery, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, ...When the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any software that you have not already done so).
... drive or completely re-format your original hard drive, you must recover your notebook. A list of the system recovery. Your notebook restarts in c:\backup. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software...Restart. To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, click Full factory recovery, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, ...When the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any software that you have not already done so).
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...more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword System Restore in speakers, a set of the manual eject hole, see your notebook is not transmitted ...file from the Recycle Bin by inserting an opened paper clip into the manual eject hole. www.gateway.com A DVD does not produce sound on a television • Audio is transmitted through an ... sure that you have correctly installed required software for the Express Card. You cannot eject a CD or DVD • Your notebook must be restored. If you do not want to hear ...
...more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the keyword System Restore in speakers, a set of the manual eject hole, see your notebook is not transmitted ...file from the Recycle Bin by inserting an opened paper clip into the manual eject hole. www.gateway.com A DVD does not produce sound on a television • Audio is transmitted through an ... sure that you have correctly installed required software for the Express Card. You cannot eject a CD or DVD • Your notebook must be restored. If you do not want to hear ...
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...make sure, for their own protection, that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines, and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together. The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement ...that compliance with a single-line individual service may not prevent degradation of a CD or DVD drive. 148 Japan Japanese Modem Notice Laser safety statement Warning Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other ...
...make sure, for their own protection, that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines, and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together. The termination on an interface may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement ...that compliance with a single-line individual service may not prevent degradation of a CD or DVD drive. 148 Japan Japanese Modem Notice Laser safety statement Warning Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other ...
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...gateway.com All Gateway systems equipped with CD and DVD drives comply with your effort. Environmental information The product you have been used batteries properly. To prevent releases of harmful substances into the environment and are disposed of or recycling used in the municipal waste stream (residential garbage collection). Call Gateway...recoverable, recyclable, and reusable. Substances such as "Class 1 Laser Products" under a US Department of new Gateway equipment. With your "end of life" product, you with the appropriate safety standards, including IEC 825. ...
...gateway.com All Gateway systems equipped with CD and DVD drives comply with your effort. Environmental information The product you have been used batteries properly. To prevent releases of harmful substances into the environment and are disposed of or recycling used in the municipal waste stream (residential garbage collection). Call Gateway...recoverable, recyclable, and reusable. Substances such as "Class 1 Laser Products" under a US Department of new Gateway equipment. With your "end of life" product, you with the appropriate safety standards, including IEC 825. ...
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... 29, 40 pause button 29, 40 play button 29, 40 stop button 29, 40 troubleshooting 137 volume down button 30 volume up button 30 audio CD cleaning 87 inserting 53, 54 automobile power adapter 70 B battery alternate power sources 70 bay 67 calibrating 86 changing 67 charge indicator 6, 66 charge status... 86 troubleshooting 135 bays battery 67 hard drive 11 memory 11, 103 BIOS Setup utility 68 Bluetooth system key 29 turning off 29, 49 turning on 29, 49 brightness adjusting 29, 30, 44 system keys 30 broadband modem connecting 20 button Effects 42 Help 42 Properties 42 settings 42 Snapshot 43 Start...
... 29, 40 pause button 29, 40 play button 29, 40 stop button 29, 40 troubleshooting 137 volume down button 30 volume up button 30 audio CD cleaning 87 inserting 53, 54 automobile power adapter 70 B battery alternate power sources 70 bay 67 calibrating 86 changing 67 charge indicator 6, 66 charge status... 86 troubleshooting 135 bays battery 67 hard drive 11 memory 11, 103 BIOS Setup utility 68 Bluetooth system key 29 turning off 29, 49 turning on 29, 49 brightness adjusting 29, 30, 44 system keys 30 broadband modem connecting 20 button Effects 42 Help 42 Properties 42 settings 42 Snapshot 43 Start...
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... 142 Settings button 42 shipping notebook 78 shortcut menus accessing 39 shortcuts opening menu 39 shutting down notebook 23, 24 Sleep mode 23, 28, 71 system key 28 Snapshot button 43 158 SO-DIMM See memory software recovery discs 89, 93 re-installing 88 sound adjusting 30, 45 controls 45 muting... 42 starting notebook 21 programs 38 startup password 80 static electricity 102 status indicator wireless Ethernet 25 status indicators battery charge 6, 66 Caps Lock 25 CD drive 25 disc drive 25 drive activity 25 DVD drive 25 hard drive 25 location 13 numeric keypad 25 Pad Lock 25 power 6 toggle on...
... 142 Settings button 42 shipping notebook 78 shortcut menus accessing 39 shortcuts opening menu 39 shutting down notebook 23, 24 Sleep mode 23, 28, 71 system key 28 Snapshot button 43 158 SO-DIMM See memory software recovery discs 89, 93 re-installing 88 sound adjusting 30, 45 controls 45 muting... 42 starting notebook 21 programs 38 startup password 80 static electricity 102 status indicator wireless Ethernet 25 status indicators battery charge 6, 66 Caps Lock 25 CD drive 25 disc drive 25 drive activity 25 DVD drive 25 hard drive 25 location 13 numeric keypad 25 Pad Lock 25 power 6 toggle on...