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... openings. If you have been provided for cleaning. 10 Do not use an extension cord with a 3-wire grounding type plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin. This plug will walk on the power cord. This product should never be placed in a builtin installation unless proper ventilation is provided. 5 Never push objects of AC power available, consult your dealer or local power company. Also, make...
... openings. If you have been provided for cleaning. 10 Do not use an extension cord with a 3-wire grounding type plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin. This plug will walk on the power cord. This product should never be placed in a builtin installation unless proper ventilation is provided. 5 Never push objects of AC power available, consult your dealer or local power company. Also, make...
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Connecting Your Peripheral Devices 2-3 4. CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Introduction System Overview...1-1 Setting Up Your System 1. Turning the Computer On and Off 2-4 Turning On the Computer 2-4 Turning Off the Computer 2-4 Using Your Computer Using an Optional Floppy Disk Drive 3-1 Using an Optional Media Reader 3-2 Inserting the Media 3-2 Removing the Media 3-3 Using an Optical Drive 3-4 Using Special Keys on the Keyboard 3-5 Using a Mouse ...3-6 Changing the Display Resolution and Color Depth 3-7 Controlling the Audio Volume 3-7 vii Selecting a Location 2-1 ...
Connecting Your Peripheral Devices 2-3 4. CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Introduction System Overview...1-1 Setting Up Your System 1. Turning the Computer On and Off 2-4 Turning On the Computer 2-4 Turning Off the Computer 2-4 Using Your Computer Using an Optional Floppy Disk Drive 3-1 Using an Optional Media Reader 3-2 Inserting the Media 3-2 Removing the Media 3-3 Using an Optical Drive 3-4 Using Special Keys on the Keyboard 3-5 Using a Mouse ...3-6 Changing the Display Resolution and Color Depth 3-7 Controlling the Audio Volume 3-7 vii Selecting a Location 2-1 ...
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... Cover 4-3 Installing an Expansion Card 4-4 Installing an Additional Hard Disk Drive 4-6 Installing the 5.25-inch Device in the Peripheral Bay 4-9 Chapter 5 Using the Restore CDs Restoring Your Original Software 5-1 Chapter 6 Using the PowerDVD About DVD ...6-1 Playing the PowerDVD 6-1 How to Run the PowerDVD 6-1 Buttons of the PowerDVD 6-2 Appendix A. Solving Common Problems Power ...A-1 Hard Disk Drive ...A-1 Optical Drive ...A-2 Audio ...A-2 Floppy Disk Drive A-3 Display & Monitor A-3 Keyboard ...A-4 Mouse ...A-4 Appendix B. Approval Statements Battery Warning Instruction...
... Cover 4-3 Installing an Expansion Card 4-4 Installing an Additional Hard Disk Drive 4-6 Installing the 5.25-inch Device in the Peripheral Bay 4-9 Chapter 5 Using the Restore CDs Restoring Your Original Software 5-1 Chapter 6 Using the PowerDVD About DVD ...6-1 Playing the PowerDVD 6-1 How to Run the PowerDVD 6-1 Buttons of the PowerDVD 6-2 Appendix A. Solving Common Problems Power ...A-1 Hard Disk Drive ...A-1 Optical Drive ...A-2 Audio ...A-2 Floppy Disk Drive A-3 Display & Monitor A-3 Keyboard ...A-4 Mouse ...A-4 Appendix B. Approval Statements Battery Warning Instruction...
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... set up and turn on your disks, damage the computer's circuitry, and prevent proper ventilation. Good air circulation. Leave several inches of your system and all your equipment to three-hole, grounded outlets. Appropriate power sources. You need one outlet for the computer, one for the monitor, and an additional outlet for a printer and any electrical device...
... set up and turn on your disks, damage the computer's circuitry, and prevent proper ventilation. Good air circulation. Leave several inches of your system and all your equipment to three-hole, grounded outlets. Appropriate power sources. You need one outlet for the computer, one for the monitor, and an additional outlet for a printer and any electrical device...
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.... 3. Click the Start button, and then click Turn Off Computer. 3. In this case, the "Microsoft Windows Startup Menu" menu will load Microsoft ® Windows ® . Turning Off the Computer To turn on the front panel of your information and close all application programs you use. 2. 4. Turning the Computer On and Off Follow the instructions below to shut down the system. 4. To start Windows, remove the Restore CD and restart...
.... 3. Click the Start button, and then click Turn Off Computer. 3. In this case, the "Microsoft Windows Startup Menu" menu will load Microsoft ® Windows ® . Turning Off the Computer To turn on the front panel of your information and close all application programs you use. 2. 4. Turning the Computer On and Off Follow the instructions below to shut down the system. 4. To start Windows, remove the Restore CD and restart...
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You can insert media in the slots. Using an Optional Media Reader The media reader can use the SD (Secure DigitalTM), MMC (MultiMediaCardTM), SM (SmartMediaTM), MS (Memory StickTM), or MS-PROTM memory card in a slot at one media in this left slot. NOTE Do not insert several media in one of memory cards and the IBM MICRODRIVE disk drive. Inserting the Media Left Slot You can use six types of the card slots. Card type SD (Secure DigitalTM) MMC...
You can insert media in the slots. Using an Optional Media Reader The media reader can use the SD (Secure DigitalTM), MMC (MultiMediaCardTM), SM (SmartMediaTM), MS (Memory StickTM), or MS-PROTM memory card in a slot at one media in this left slot. NOTE Do not insert several media in one of memory cards and the IBM MICRODRIVE disk drive. Inserting the Media Left Slot You can use six types of the card slots. Card type SD (Secure DigitalTM) MMC...
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... media or turn off the computer while a disk drive light is blinking. Using Your Computer 3-3 Right Slot You can see four Removable Disk drive letters and icons in My Computer. Removing the Media To remove the media in this right slot. Also, remove the media before you insert the media, the label of the Removable Disk drive may change to the title of the media, if your media has its title. You could lose data. Card type...
... media or turn off the computer while a disk drive light is blinking. Using Your Computer 3-3 Right Slot You can see four Removable Disk drive letters and icons in My Computer. Removing the Media To remove the media in this right slot. Also, remove the media before you insert the media, the label of the Removable Disk drive may change to the title of the media, if your media has its title. You could lose data. Card type...
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... than one hard disk drive or partition. Your computer references the upper optical drive as D: and the lower optical drive (optional) as it will flash. Using an Optical Drive To insert a CD/DVD into the emergency eject hole as far as E: unless you want to remove the CD/DVD, make sure the busy indicator is off , you press the eject button, immediately after pressing the eject button to give...
... than one hard disk drive or partition. Your computer references the upper optical drive as D: and the lower optical drive (optional) as it will flash. Using an Optical Drive To insert a CD/DVD into the emergency eject hole as far as E: unless you want to remove the CD/DVD, make sure the busy indicator is off , you press the eject button, immediately after pressing the eject button to give...
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... keyboard, that are not affected. changes back to uppercase; Captures the screen display on the clipboard. Perform special functions within application programs. Outputs the screen display captured on the clipboard. Controls scrolling in Shift mode. Displays the short menu for the selected location. Changes the letter keys from entering numbers to enter alternate character codes or functions. When used with Alt key, this key captures active window. To enable the function of a mouse...
... keyboard, that are not affected. changes back to uppercase; Captures the screen display on the clipboard. Perform special functions within application programs. Outputs the screen display captured on the clipboard. Controls scrolling in Shift mode. Displays the short menu for the selected location. Changes the letter keys from entering numbers to enter alternate character codes or functions. When used with Alt key, this key captures active window. To enable the function of a mouse...
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... set the Mouse tab in "Accessibility Options" of the Control Panel. Double click ( ) : Quickly press and release the left -handed. When using Microsoft® Windows®, you can change mouse button configurations in the upper right corner of the keyboard is enabled, the corresponding light in the Mouse section of the Control Panel. Click with the right mouse button ( ) : Press and release the right mouse button once. If you are left mouse button, move a mouse...
... set the Mouse tab in "Accessibility Options" of the Control Panel. Double click ( ) : Quickly press and release the left -handed. When using Microsoft® Windows®, you can change mouse button configurations in the upper right corner of the keyboard is enabled, the corresponding light in the Mouse section of the Control Panel. Click with the right mouse button ( ) : Press and release the right mouse button once. If you are left mouse button, move a mouse...
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... access its power source and from any telecommunications links, networks, or modems before performing any cables connected to the computer. Removing the Cover You need to remove the cover of your computer. To remove the cover, follow these steps: 1. First of the procedures described in your system to install or remove system cover, optional drives, and optional cards in this chapter. NOTE Turn off the computer and peripheral devices including the monitor...
... access its power source and from any telecommunications links, networks, or modems before performing any cables connected to the computer. Removing the Cover You need to remove the cover of your computer. To remove the cover, follow these steps: 1. First of the procedures described in your system to install or remove system cover, optional drives, and optional cards in this chapter. NOTE Turn off the computer and peripheral devices including the monitor...
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7. Slide the HDD bracket into the chassis and secure it .) 9. Replace the system cover according to your hard disk drive. (If you removed the hard disk drive cable from the motherboard, replace it with the retaining screw, as shown below. 8. Connect the power and hard disk drive cable to the instructions in "Replacing the Cover" in this chapter. 4-8 Installing and Removing Drives
7. Slide the HDD bracket into the chassis and secure it .) 9. Replace the system cover according to your hard disk drive. (If you removed the hard disk drive cable from the motherboard, replace it with the retaining screw, as shown below. 8. Connect the power and hard disk drive cable to the instructions in "Replacing the Cover" in this chapter. 4-8 Installing and Removing Drives
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... recognizes the device according to location of optional drive you can use , remove it from the front panel. EMI shield 8. Make sure the jumper of the cable connector that connected to CS (Cable Select). You must be set to new device. NOTES Like a hard disk drive, most optional devices have jumpers that covers the 5.25-inch drive bay you want to install is an EMI shield that must set the jumper of new device to CS, your optional device to work properly...
... recognizes the device according to location of optional drive you can use , remove it from the front panel. EMI shield 8. Make sure the jumper of the cable connector that connected to CS (Cable Select). You must be set to new device. NOTES Like a hard disk drive, most optional devices have jumpers that covers the 5.25-inch drive bay you want to install is an EMI shield that must set the jumper of new device to CS, your optional device to work properly...
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Secondary EIDE connector 11. Slide the device into place. 4-12 Installing and Removing Drives To reassemble the front panel to the system, press the front panel toward the system until the tabs on the front panel click into the bay and secure it to the device installed. Connect the power and interface cables to the computer case with two screws. 10. 9.
Secondary EIDE connector 11. Slide the device into place. 4-12 Installing and Removing Drives To reassemble the front panel to the system, press the front panel toward the system until the tabs on the front panel click into the bay and secure it to the device installed. Connect the power and interface cables to the computer case with two screws. 10. 9.
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Turn on your computer boots up. 3. After restoring, you must reinstall any software not originally installed on the computer. 2. Follow these steps to diskettes before your hard disk. When the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu appears, type the number 1 and press Enter. RESTORE WINDOWS XP," you select "1. To restore lost or destroyed drivers. And you don't want to lose your personal data on your hard disk since you lose all data...
Turn on your computer boots up. 3. After restoring, you must reinstall any software not originally installed on the computer. 2. Follow these steps to diskettes before your hard disk. When the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu appears, type the number 1 and press Enter. RESTORE WINDOWS XP," you select "1. To restore lost or destroyed drivers. And you don't want to lose your personal data on your hard disk since you lose all data...
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... Restore CD is in the Drivers folder of you lose drivers, install these by using your hard disk. 10. In this case, the "Microsoft Windows Startup Menu" menu will start. If there is booting, the computer will be booted with Microsoft for your system are in the optical drive while your computer is the executable file for installation, use it to restart your hard disk. 8. When the "Insert next media and press enter...
... Restore CD is in the Drivers folder of you lose drivers, install these by using your hard disk. 10. In this case, the "Microsoft Windows Startup Menu" menu will start. If there is booting, the computer will be booted with Microsoft for your system are in the optical drive while your computer is the executable file for installation, use it to restart your hard disk. 8. When the "Insert next media and press enter...
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... and Support.) The files stored on your hard disk may be fragmented. The problem is listed first, followed by running Disk Defragmenter. (For more information, refer to the Windows Help. Make sure the power cord is not working . To check to see whether the wall outlet works, plug other wall outlet. To turn off your computer. Then press the power button. Hard Disk Drive Cause Hard disk drive operation seems slow Hard disk drive access indicator light stays...
... and Support.) The files stored on your hard disk may be fragmented. The problem is listed first, followed by running Disk Defragmenter. (For more information, refer to the Windows Help. Make sure the power cord is not working . To check to see whether the wall outlet works, plug other wall outlet. To turn off your computer. Then press the power button. Hard Disk Drive Cause Hard disk drive operation seems slow Hard disk drive access indicator light stays...
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... Master Volume window appears, in the optical drive. When the Master Volume window appears, drag the volume bar upward. CD/DVD is not recognized. Audio has been muted. The speakers are properly connected to adjust the audio volume level. A-2 Solving Common Problems Computer doesn't produce any sound Solution You can drag the volume bar up .) CD/DVD is dirty. Click the Start button, point...
... Master Volume window appears, in the optical drive. When the Master Volume window appears, drag the volume bar upward. CD/DVD is not recognized. Audio has been muted. The speakers are properly connected to adjust the audio volume level. A-2 Solving Common Problems Computer doesn't produce any sound Solution You can drag the volume bar up .) CD/DVD is dirty. Click the Start button, point...
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... a screen blanking utility installed or your mouse. Press any key or move your computer entered power management mode. Select the color depth from the Color quality area and the resolution from a diskette, slide the small black tab on the monitor. Use another diskette that the monitor connector is not write-protected. The cable connecting the monitor to cover the hole. Make sure that is properly and securely connected to the video connector...
... a screen blanking utility installed or your mouse. Press any key or move your computer entered power management mode. Select the color depth from the Color quality area and the resolution from a diskette, slide the small black tab on the monitor. Use another diskette that the monitor connector is not write-protected. The cable connecting the monitor to cover the hole. Make sure that is properly and securely connected to the video connector...
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... mouse connector. Mouse needs cleaning. Then clean the mouse ball with a damp cloth and replace the mouse ball. Mouse Cause Mouse doesn't work Solution Keyboard isn't firmly or securely connected to the keyboard connector on the back of your computer, not the mouse connector. To clean the mouse ball, remove the mouse ball by unscrewing the bottom of the mouse. A-4 Solving Common Problems Check that the mouse is connected to the keyboard connector. Keyboard Cause Keyboard doesn't work...
... mouse connector. Mouse needs cleaning. Then clean the mouse ball with a damp cloth and replace the mouse ball. Mouse Cause Mouse doesn't work Solution Keyboard isn't firmly or securely connected to the keyboard connector on the back of your computer, not the mouse connector. To clean the mouse ball, remove the mouse ball by unscrewing the bottom of the mouse. A-4 Solving Common Problems Check that the mouse is connected to the keyboard connector. Keyboard Cause Keyboard doesn't work...