Asus M9A, Hardware User Manual

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Contents
1. Introducing the Notebook PC ..................................................................5
About This User’s Manual .......................................................................................... 6
Notes For This Manual .......................................................................................... 6
Preparing your Notebook PC ..................................................................................... 9
2. Knowing the Parts ................................................................................... 11
Top Side ................................................................................................................... 12
Bottom Side ............................................................................................................. 14
Left Side ................................................................................................................... 16
Rear Side ................................................................................................................. 18
Front Side ................................................................................................................ 19
Right Side ................................................................................................................ 20
3. Getting Started ....................................................................................... 23
Power System .......................................................................................................... 24
Using AC Power .................................................................................................. 24
Using Battery Power ............................................................................................ 24
Charging the Battery Pack .................................................................................. 24
Powering ON the Notebook PC .......................................................................... 26
The Power-On Self Test (POST) ......................................................................... 26
Battery Care ........................................................................................................ 26
Checking Battery Power ...................................................................................... 27
Restarting or Rebooting ...................................................................................... 28
Powering OFF ..................................................................................................... 28
Special Keyboard Functions .................................................................................... 29
Colored Hot Keys ................................................................................................ 29
Keyboard as Cursors ........................................................................................... 30
Microsoft Windows™ Keys ................................................................................. 30
Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad ......................................................................... 31
Switches and Status Indicators ................................................................................ 31
Switches .............................................................................................................. 31
Status Indicators .................................................................................................. 32
CD Player Control Buttons and Indicator (on selected models) ......................... 34