Table of Contents
ABOUT YOUR NOTEBOOK COMPUTER............................................ 8
ABOUT YOUR USER GUIDE................................................................... 9
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INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 15
1.1 FEATURE HIGHLIGHT................................................................ 16
1.2 UNPACKING THE COMPUTER................................................. 18
1.3 THE INSIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK............................................ 19
Notebook Status Icons.................................................................. 21
The Function of Easy Buttons....................................................... 23
1.4 THE FRONT SIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK.................................. 24
1.5 THE REAR SIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK..................................... 25
1.6 THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK...................................... 26
1.7 THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK.................................... 27
1.8 THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOTEBOOK................................... 29
1.9 NOTEBOOK ACCESSORIES..................................................... 30
1.10 NOTEBOOK OPTIONS............................................................... 31
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GETTING STARTED........................................................................ 33
2.1 USING THE BATTERY PACK.................................................... 34
Extending Battery Life.................................................................. 36
2.2 CONNECTING THE AC POWER SOURCE............................... 37
2.3 STARTING YOUR COMPUTER................................................. 38
2.4 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY CONTROLS.................................. 39
2.5 INSTALLING THE NOTEBOOK DEVICE DRIVERS................ 39
Installing Windows XP from Optical Disk Drive.......................... 40
driver installation note:................................................................. 40
Installing the Chipset (4 in 1) Driver............................................ 40
Installing the VGA Device Driver................................................. 41
Installing the Audio Device Driver................................................ 41
Installing the Modem Device Driver............................................. 42
Installing ENE - Keyboard Controller driver............................... 42
Installing the Wireless LAN Device Driver................................... 43
Installing the LAN Device Driver.................................................. 43
2.6 T
URNING
OFF
Y
OUR
C
OMPUTER
.......................................... 44
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USING YOUR NOTEBOOK............................................................. 45
3.1 STARTING YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM................................ 46
3.2 UNDERSTANDING THE KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS............... 46
Basic Keyboard Functions............................................................ 49
Cursor Control Keys..................................................................... 50
Screen Control Keys...................................................................... 51
Windows Hot Keys........................................................................ 51
Special Function Keys................................................................... 51
3.3 USING THE GLIDE PAD POINTING DEVICE........................... 52
3.4 CONFIGURING YOUR SCREEN DISPLAY.............................. 54
Possible Display Configurations................................................... 55
Changing the Display Properties under Windows.................................... 55
3.5 KNOWING THE POWER SAVING FEATURES........................ 56
3.6 WORKING WITH THE BUILT-IN HDD..................................... 57
3.7 HOW TO ACCESS THE OPTICAL DRIVE................................. 58
3.8 USING PCMCIA CARDS............................................................ 60
What is PCMCIA?......................................................................... 60
What is CardBus?.......................................................................... 62
Inserting and Removing a PCMCIA Card.................................... 62
Making PC Cards Work................................................................ 64
Hot Swapping PC Cards............................................................... 65