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Chapter 1: About This Reference . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Notebook . . . . . 5
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Keyboard area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started . . 15
Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sitting at your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain . . 17
Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting the optional dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Waking up your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Turning off your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Restarting (rebooting) your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contents
Summary of Contents for M-6882h
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Page 7: ...www gateway com v Appendix A Legal Information 137 Index 147...
Page 8: ...Contents vi...
Page 12: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4...
Page 13: ...CHAPTER2 5 Checking Out Your Notebook Front Left Right Back Bottom Keyboard area LCD panel...
Page 72: ...CHAPTER 4 Using Drives and Accessories 64...
Page 84: ...CHAPTER 5 Managing Power 76...
Page 104: ...CHAPTER 7 Maintaining Your Notebook 96...
Page 116: ...CHAPTER 8 Upgrading Your Notebook 108...
Page 117: ...CHAPTER9 109 Troubleshooting Safety guidelines First steps Troubleshooting Telephone support...
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