User Guide

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Contents
1. Introducing the Notebook PC ...................................................................5
About This User’s Manual .......................................................................................... 6
Notes For This Manual ........................................................................................... 6
Preparing your Notebook PC...................................................................................... 9
2. Knowing the Parts ................................................................................... 11
Top Side....................................................................................................................12
Bottom Side .............................................................................................................. 14
Left Side ...................................................................................................................16
Right Side ................................................................................................................. 18
Rear Side..................................................................................................................20
Front Side ................................................................................................................. 20
Power Station (optional) ........................................................................................... 21
Top Side ............................................................................................................... 22
Left Side ............................................................................................................... 23
Rear Side ............................................................................................................. 24
Right Side ............................................................................................................26
3. Getting Started .........................................................................................27
Power System .......................................................................................................... 28
Using AC Power ................................................................................................... 28
Using Battery Power ............................................................................................29
Battery Care ......................................................................................................... 29
Powering ON the Notebook PC ...........................................................................30
The Power-On Self Test (POST) .......................................................................... 30
Checking Battery Power ......................................................................................31
Charging the Battery Pack ................................................................................... 31
Restarting or Rebooting ....................................................................................... 32
Powering OFF ...................................................................................................... 32
Special Keyboard Functions ..................................................................................... 33
Colored Hot Keys ................................................................................................. 33
Microsoft Windows Keys ...................................................................................... 35
Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad .........................................................................35
Keyboard as Cursors ...........................................................................................35
Switches and Status Indicators ................................................................................ 36
Switches...............................................................................................................36
Status Indicators ..................................................................................................38
Multimedia Control Keys (on selected models) ...................................................39