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About This Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing the online User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Checking Out Your Computer . . . . . 5
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Right side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Side port panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting Up and Getting Started . . 15
Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sitting at your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain . 18
Preparing power connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting a dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Waking up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning off your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Restarting (rebooting) your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Premium multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Elite multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring the audio jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a printer, scanner, or other device . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8512032 book Page 4 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Page 60: ...CHAPTER 4 Upgrading Your Computer 54 8512032 book Page 54 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Page 76: ...CHAPTER 5 Maintaining Your Computer 70 8512032 book Page 70 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Page 110: ...CHAPTER 6 Troubleshooting 104 8512032 book Page 104 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Page 120: ...Appendix A Legal Notices 114 8512032 book Page 114 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
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