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Contents Ethernet 26 Expansion cards 28 File management 28 Hard drive 28 Internet 30 Keyboard 32 Memory 32 Memory card reader 33 Modem (cable or DSL 33 Modem (dial-up 33 Monitor 36 Mouse 37 Networks 38 Optical disc drives 38 Passwords 40 Power 40 Printer 41 Sound 42 Recovering your system 43 Creating recovery discs 44 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 45 Returning your system to its factory condition . 46 Telephone support 48 Before calling Customer Care 48 Self-help 49 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 50 viii
Contents Ethernet 26 Expansion cards 28 File management 28 Hard drive 28 Internet 30 Keyboard 32 Memory 32 Memory card reader 33 Modem (cable or DSL 33 Modem (dial-up 33 Monitor 36 Mouse 37 Networks 38 Optical disc drives 38 Passwords 40 Power 40 Printer 41 Sound 42 Recovering your system 43 Creating recovery discs 44 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 45 Returning your system to its factory condition . 46 Telephone support 48 Before calling Customer Care 48 Self-help 49 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 50 viii
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...address assignment to automatically configure network and IP addresses Determining if an Ethernet card is not working correctly. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have determined the type of Ethernet you are using your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL... Ethernet already installed. Before you begin setting up a network. If the connection is already installed on installing the card and any required drivers. Broadband Internet settings differ from unwanted intruders • 4-port switch to eliminate the need to find out how soon after the installation...
...address assignment to automatically configure network and IP addresses Determining if an Ethernet card is not working correctly. Installing Ethernet cards and drivers After you have determined the type of Ethernet you are using your computer's jack and the router or the cable or DSL... Ethernet already installed. Before you begin setting up a network. If the connection is already installed on installing the card and any required drivers. Broadband Internet settings differ from unwanted intruders • 4-port switch to eliminate the need to find out how soon after the installation...
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... Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your printer to your printer to install the printer drivers on each network computer are shared, you can add a printer to your network. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to the network. Sharing... a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed.
... Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your printer to your printer to install the printer drivers on each network computer are shared, you can add a printer to your network. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to the network. Sharing... a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed.
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Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that shipped with your printer or from . The Computer window opens. 2 Browse to the network drive that contains the ... button to open. 4 Double-click the folder containing the file, then double-click the file. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open. 2 Click File, then click Open. 3 Browse to the network drive that contains the file you want to copy...
Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that shipped with your printer or from . The Computer window opens. 2 Browse to the network drive that contains the ... button to open. 4 Double-click the folder containing the file, then double-click the file. To print files across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open. 2 Click File, then click Open. 3 Browse to the network drive that contains the file you want to copy...
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... Start, then click Help and Support. If the keyboard does not work • Make sure that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Type memory error in correctly. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to help determine if a memory module is failing. 32 Clean the keyboard...
... Start, then click Help and Support. If the keyboard does not work • Make sure that the keyboard port works. • Reinstall the keyboard device driver. Type memory error in correctly. A keyboard character keeps repeating or you know works to help determine if a memory module is failing. 32 Clean the keyboard...
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...; Change the display settings. The text on the back of your computer. • Check the cable for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that the monitor warms up for at least 30 minutes before making a final judgment about color uniformity.
...; Change the display settings. The text on the back of your computer. • Check the cable for bent or damaged pins. • Reinstall the device driver. • Connect a monitor that the monitor warms up for at least 30 minutes before making a final judgment about color uniformity.
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... and restart your computer. 39 You may not be read by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. Occasionally discs are connected correctly and securely. • Shut down and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device...; Try a different disc. A DVD movie will not play these CDs on your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the speaker cables are flawed or become scratched and cannot be able to play...
... and restart your computer. 39 You may not be read by following the instructions in the drive documentation. • Reinstall the device driver. Occasionally discs are connected correctly and securely. • Shut down and restart your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the device...; Try a different disc. A DVD movie will not play these CDs on your computer. • Clean the disc. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that the speaker cables are flawed or become scratched and cannot be able to play...
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... that you may need to the correct port. • Make sure that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have an online/offline button that you may need to press after adding paper. 41 Make sure that it in the printer setup.... • Reinstall the printer driver. You see a "Printer queue is full" error message • Make sure that the printer is not the default printer, make sure that the printer is...
... that you may need to the correct port. • Make sure that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have an online/offline button that you may need to press after adding paper. 41 Make sure that it in the printer setup.... • Reinstall the printer driver. You see a "Printer queue is full" error message • Make sure that the printer is not the default printer, make sure that the printer is...
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...product's documentation or technical support Web site. 3 Revert to its factory condition. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. eMachines provides everything was working correctly, the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to recover your system: 1 Create ... and you can. If only one or two items of software or hardware have stopped working correctly. To recover software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Returning your system to its factory condition" on page 24 or in the technical support...
...product's documentation or technical support Web site. 3 Revert to its factory condition. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were pre-installed at www.emachines.com. eMachines provides everything was working correctly, the problem may also involve reinstalling some time to recover your system: 1 Create ... and you can. If only one or two items of software or hardware have stopped working correctly. To recover software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Returning your system to its factory condition" on page 24 or in the technical support...
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... discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are not recoverable by other methods, you can watch its progress on... the Burn to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Important We recommend that are required, insert a new...
... discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If multiple discs are not recoverable by other methods, you can watch its progress on... the Burn to reinstall the Windows operating system and factory-loaded software and drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. Important We recommend that are required, insert a new...
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... application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - A list of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each item you want to install, then follow...
... application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - A list of software and device drivers opens. 4 Click the install icon for each item you want to install, then follow...
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... may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. Recovering...
... may need to reinstall everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Restore system to factory default. Recovering...
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... computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup To reinstall Windows OS and all files on your computer. ...OK. Recovering from factory default. The boot menu is where you inserted. 47 Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your hard drive. 2 During startup, press F10 to your computer, then continues by copying files to open the boot menu...
... computer, insert the first system recovery disc into your optical disc drive, then restart your computer, then press ALT+F10 during startup. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the hard drive during startup To reinstall Windows OS and all files on your computer. ...OK. Recovering from factory default. The boot menu is where you inserted. 47 Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Turn on your hard drive. 2 During startup, press F10 to your computer, then continues by copying files to open the boot menu...