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Upgrading Your Computer . . . . . . . 29
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Closing the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing the color panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adding or replacing an optical disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacing the memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Adding or replacing a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the heat sink and processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adding or replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Replacing the system battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Maintaining Your Computer. . . . . . 53
Setting up a maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Caring for your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cleaning optical discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Checking hard drive space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Deleting unnecessary files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Checking the hard drive for errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Defragmenting the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Backing up files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Scheduling maintenance tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Moving from your old computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Summary of Contents for GM5416
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8512041 book Page 4 Friday December 15 2006 5 08 PM...
Page 74: ...CHAPTER 5 Maintaining Your Computer 68 8512041 book Page 68 Friday December 15 2006 5 08 PM...
Page 112: ...CHAPTER 6 Troubleshooting 106 8512041 book Page 106 Friday December 15 2006 5 08 PM...
Page 122: ...Appendix A Legal Notices 116 8512041 book Page 116 Friday December 15 2006 5 08 PM...
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