2 Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour Top View 35217648 7 Built-In Microphone 8 Status Indicators • 1 Webcam Status LED Indicator 2 Webcam 3 Display 4 Power Button 5 Keyboard 6 TouchPad+Mouse • Wireless LAN Status LED HDD Status LED Num. Lock Indicator Caps Lock Indicator Scroll Lock Indicator Left View 12345678 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC-in Jack External Moniter (VGA) Port LAN (RJ-45) Port HDMI Port USB 3.0 Port USB 3.0 Port Multi Card Reader • e-SATA Port • 9-in-1 Card reader support: . MMC / RSMMC . SD / mini SD / SDHC / SDXC compatible . MS/ MS Pro / MS Duo Right View 1 2 3 4 5 Microphone Jack Headphone Jack USB 2.0 Port Optical Disc Drive Kensington Lock Slot 23514 Front & Bottom & Rear View 32154 1 2 3 4 5 Power Indicators • Battery Bay Component Compartment Speakers HDD Compartment . Power LED / Battery Status LED 3 Function & Hot Key Indicators Using the key with another key creates a hot key, providing a quick and convenient method for controlling various functions. To use a hot key, first hold down the key. Next, press the second key (ex:<~>, ~, NumLk, ScrLk) in the combination. Finally, release both keys. Hotkey Description ICON Play/Pause (in Audio/Video Fn + ~ Programs) Fn + F1 TouchPad Toggle Turn LCD Backlight Off Fn + F2 (Press a key to or use TouchPad to turn on) Fn + F3 Mute Toggle Fn + F4 Sleep Toggle Fn + F5/F6 Volume Decrease/Increase Fn + F7 Display Toggle Fn + F8/F9 Brightness Decrease/Increase Fn + F10 PC Camera Power Toggle Fn + F11 WLAN Module Power Toggle Fn + F12 Bluetooth Module Power Toggle Fn + NumLk Numeric Keypad Toggle Fn + ScrLk Scroll Lock Toggle 4 System Setup Pressing the hot keys to adjust BIOS setup, system recovery and boot option menu. Hotkey Function Description F2 BIOS setup Enter BIOS setup F9 system recovery Enter system recovery F12 boot option Enter boot option menu 5 Recovery Guide System Recovery (Restore your laptop operating system) When something is going wrong with the laptop operating system, the storage of the laptop has a hidden partition containing a full back up image of the operating system that can be used to restore the system to factory default settings. Note . If the storage has been switched or the par tition deleted, the recover y option will no longer be available and a recovery service will be needed. . The recovery function is only available on devices with O/S preinstalled. Devices with DOS do not have the recovery function. Launch System Recovery The system recovery feature is preinstalled before the laptop is shipped from the factory. The option menu allows you to launch the Windows recovery tool to reinstall the operating system to factory default. The brief introduction below will show you how to start the recovery tool and restore your system. All ready to go Make sure your PC is plugged in. This will take a few minutes. Windows 7 Recovery Guide 213A progress indicator bar will show on the window when the recovery process is running. Please make sure the AC-adapter is plugged in and do not turn off the laptop. 4Turn off and restart the laptop. During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9 key to launch the tool. The recovery will be activated and you will see the option buttons on the window. Click on “Recovery” to start it. Caution O n c e t h e “ Re c ove r y ” i s s e l e c te d, yo u r p e r s o n a l data and files will be deleted af ter the laptop star ts restoring, and the operating system will be reset to factory default settings. Reboot the laptop after the system recovery is complete. 5 Windows 8 Recovery Guide 1 Turn off and restart the laptop. 23 During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9 key to launch the tool. Choose your keyboard layout. You can press “See more keyboard layouts” to see next page of languages. 4Choose “Troubleshoot” to enter the recovery settings. (Also you can choose “Continue” to exit recovery system and continue to Windows 8 for files or data backup.) There are two options for system recovery . Refresh your PC You can refresh your laptop to improve the system stability without losing your files. . Reset your PC If you want to remove all of your files, you can reset your PC completely. Caution: All personal data and files will be lost. -Choose “Refresh your PC” [Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] > [Click on “Refresh” to execute recovery function.] 5-Choose “Refresh your PC” [Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] > [Click on “Refresh” to execute recovery function.] 5 Here are what will happen . Your files and personalization settings won’t be changed. . Your PC settings will be restored to factory default settings. . Apps from Windows Store will be kept. . Apps you installed from discs or websites will be removed. . A list of removed apps will be saved on your desktop. -- ---Choose “Reset your PC” [Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] > [Choose an opt...
