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To view a guide: 1. Insert the Documentation Library CD into a CD or DVD drive. If autorun is enabled, the reference library menu is displayed on the screen (this may take a few seconds). 2. Select the guide you want to read from the reference library menu. 3. If prompted, accept the Adobe Acrobat Reader license agreement or install Acrobat Reader by following the instructions on the screen. 2 Basic Operation Operating Your Notebook You can start and stop your notebook by using the power button. At other times, power considerations, types of active connections, and startup time may cause you to use alternative methods to start or stop your notebook. This chapter describes several methods. Default Power Settings The following table is describing the default power setting. Power mode To enter this mode Function ON—Power status light will turn on. Briefly press the power button. Powers on the notebook. OFF—Power status light will turn off. Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off. If the system has stopped responding and Windows shutdown procedures cannot be used, press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to turn off the notebook. Powers off the notebook. Standby—Power status light will blink. Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Stand By. -or- Allow the system to time out. Saves significant power. Turns off the display and other components. Maintains current session in RAM. Restarts quickly. Restores network connections. Hibernation— Power status light will turn off. If the notebook is already on, briefly press the power button. -or- Press Fn+F12. -or- Allow the system to time out. Saves maximum power. Saves current session to disk, then shuts down. Restores network connections. You can also customize how these power modes work. See the “Battery Packs and Power Management” chapter in the Reference Guide on the Documentation Library CD included with your notebook. To Reset the Notebook Occasionally, you may find that Windows or the notebook has stopped responding and will not let you turn off the notebook. If this happens, try the following procedures in this order: If possible, shut down Windows. Press ctrl+alt+del, then select Shut Down > Restart. -or- Press the power button for at least 4 seconds until the display shuts down. Unsaved data will be lost. Press the power button again to restart. -or- Insert the tip of a paper clip into the reset button on the bottom of the notebook, then press the power button to restart. To Change the Boot Device The notebook normally boots from its internal hard drive. You can also boot the notebook from a diskette drive, a CD-ROM drive, or an internal network interface card. 1. Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart. 2. When the logo screen appears, press esc to display the Boot menu. 3. Use the arrow keys to select the boot device, then press enter. If you want to boot from a specific device whenever it is present, change the boot order using the BIOS Setup utility. See “Configuring Your Notebook” in the “Troubleshooting” chapter in this guide. To Use the TouchPad The TouchPad includes an on-off button so you can turn off the TouchPad to avoid moving the pointer accidentally when you are typing. The indicator light turns off when you turn off the TouchPad. This is a graphic illustrating how to Use the TouchPad. The following table describes the external components of the TouchPad identified in the previous illustration. 1 Click buttons. The Click buttons work like the left and right buttons on a standard mouse 2 TouchPad (touch-sensitive pointing device). 3 TouchPad on-off button and indicator light. 4 Scroll pad. The scroll pad scrolls vertically to display the contents of the active window. To Use the Function Hot Keys This graphic illustrates the Function Key. The combination of the Fn key plus another key creates a hot key—a shortcut key sequence—for various system controls. To use a hot key, press and hold Fn, press the appropriate second key, then release both keys. The following table describes the different combination of the function keys. This hot key Does this Fn+F1 Decreases the display brightness. Fn+F2 Increases the display brightness. Fn+F8 Toggles the built-in keypad on and off. Does not affect an external keyboard. If Num Lock is on, then the numeric functions are active; otherwise, cursor control is active (as marked on an external keyboard). Fn+F12 Initiates Hibernation. Fn+NumLock Toggles Scroll Lock on and off. Fn+Page Up Increases the audio volume and cancels the mute setting. Fn+Page Down Decreases the audio volume. Fn+Backspace Mutes/unmutes the audio output. Using CDs or DVDs To Play DVD Movies If your notebook is equipped with a DVD or other DVD readable drive, it also includes DVD player software that lets you play DVD movies. NOTE: DVDs can have regional codes embedded in the disc data. These codes prevent DVD movies from being played outside the region of the world in which they are sold. If you get a region code error, you are trying ...

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