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Upgrading Your Computer . . . . . . . 33
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing the back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacing the back panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacing the processor fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing an optical disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing the memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Adding or replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a half-height expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing a full-height expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Replacing the BIOS battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Maintaining Your Computer. . . . . . 55
Setting up a maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Caring for your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cleaning the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cleaning the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cleaning the monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cleaning optical discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Updating Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using BigFix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Managing hard drive space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Checking hard drive space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Deleting unnecessary files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Checking the hard drive for errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defragmenting the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Backing up files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Scheduling maintenance tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Moving from your old computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Страница 1: ...REFERENCEGUIDE Gateway Profile 6 8512032 book Page a Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
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Страница 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8512032 book Page 4 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 11: ...CHAPTER2 5 Checking Out Your Computer Front Back 8512032 book Page 5 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 38: ...CHAPTER 3 Setting Up and Getting Started 32 8512032 book Page 32 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 60: ...CHAPTER 4 Upgrading Your Computer 54 8512032 book Page 54 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 76: ...CHAPTER 5 Maintaining Your Computer 70 8512032 book Page 70 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 110: ...CHAPTER 6 Troubleshooting 104 8512032 book Page 104 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 120: ...Appendix A Legal Notices 114 8512032 book Page 114 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
Страница 128: ...122 Index 8512032 book Page 122 Tuesday January 9 2007 1 47 PM...
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