Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook! Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time 3 1 2 To install the battery please follow these steps: 1 Target the battery’s direction into the tenon-mortise. 2 Circulate the battery downwards until hearing the "snap" sound to lock the battery. 3 Remember to slide the switch to the "Lock" position. 2 3 1 1 Connect the power cord to the AC adapter. 2 Connect the AC adapter to the DC-in jack on the left side of the notebook.
English 2 + Switching on the Power : After you turn on the Notebook for the very first time, do not turn it off until the operating system has been configured. Please note that the volume for the audio will not function until Windows® Setup has completed. Booting Up the Notebook for the First Time : Depending on your configuration, the Microsoft® Windows® Boot Screen will be the first screen that you will see as the notebook starts up.
Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour 3 2 1 3 1 Webcam Status LED indicator 2 Webcam 3 Light sensor 4 Microphone x 2 5 Power Button 6 Smart+ Button 7 Volume Setting 8 LED Indicators 9 Battery Indicator Button 10 TouchPad 4 11 Num Lock & Caps Lock Indicator 12 Stereo speakers 12 - 5 + 6 11 7 8 10 9 To call out smart manager function. ● Smart Setup: Under off condition, Push "Smart+" to enter "Smart Setup" menu in off mode.
English 4 Right View 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 1 Microphone Jack 2 Headphone Jack 3 USB Port x 2 4 Secure Digital Card Reader 5 HDMI Port 6 Ethernet Port 7 Kensington Lock Slot 1 Battery Bay 2 Woofer Speaker 3 Stereo Speakers 4 Hard Disk Bay/Memory Bay Rear & Bottom View 1 2 4 3
Hotkeys 5 Hotkey Fn+F1 Fn+F2 Fn+F3 Fn+F4 Fn+F5 Fn+F6 Fn+F7 Fn+F8 Fn+F9 Fn+F10 Fn+F11 Fn+F12 Function Description Sleep Put the computer in Sleep mode. Wireless LAN Enables/disable the Wireless LAN function. Brightness Down Decrease the screen brightness. Brightness Up Increase the screen brightness. Display Toggle Switche display output between the display screen, external monitor (if connected) and both. Touchpad Toggle Turn the internal touchpad on and off.
English 6 GIGABYTE Software Application GIGABYTE Smart Manager GIGABYTE Smart Setup You can activate GIGABYTE Smart Manager by double clicking on the shortcut icon on the desktop if the machine you purchased has the operation system built-in. GIGABYTE Smart Manager is an icon-based control interface, enabling users to intuitionally access common system setup as well as GIGABYTE exclusive utilities.
Installing the HDD on P25 7 ●● Supplied Items: Buffer Bracket*1 ●● Please remove the power cord and battery first, and Follow the Step 1~4 for installing the HDD. 1 1 2 • Take off the labeled release paper and place the HDD within the dotted lines marked in blue. release paper 2 3 2 • Fold the Mylar as shown in the picture and ensure that the Mylar covers the HDD from all sides. 1 3 • Open the back cover of the laptop and connect the SATA Bus with HDD/SSD.
Installing a 2nd mSATA SSD on P25 CAUTION ●● Please remove the power cord and battery first, and Follow the Step 1~3 for installing the SSD. 1 • Open the back cover or get the accessory kit bag in the box, you can find one mSATA SSD bracket and two screws inside. 1 • Unfasten the screw and bracket from the mSATA SSD. Leave the mSATA SSD in its slot. bracket 2 2 • Fasten the mSATA bracket onto the 2nd mSATA SSD as shown. 3 1 2 • Insert 2nd mSATA SSD with bracket.
Setup Your System for RAID 0/1 ●● RAID 1 needs two storage drives of the same specification and capacity in your laptop. ●● R AID 0 needs two storage drives of the same specification in your laptop. Different capacity is acceptable. 1 •P ress F2 when computer starts to Enter BIOS setup utility. • Go to Advanced > SATA configuration. 2 •C hange "SATA Mode selection" from "AHCI" to "RAID". •P ress F10 to save and exit. The system will restart automatically. 3 •O nce the system restarts.
English 10 Smart USB Backup Guide (Original: Recovery Image USB) WARNING ●● You can backup original recovery image through this application in case of losing by device damage. ●● Y ou can backup original recovery image to USB disk and restore the system if any storage system replacement with the recovery USB disk. ●● B efore you restore the system through the recovery USB disk, please make sure that you have already made the backup of your data.
Recovery Guide 11 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 partition deleted, the recovery 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.
English 12 4 A 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. 5 Reboot the laptop after the system recovery is complete. Windows 8 Recovery Guide 1 Turn off and restart the laptop. 2 During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9 key to launch the tool. 3 Choose your keyboard layout. You can press “See more keyboard layouts” to see next page of languages.
13 ▓▓ Choose “Refresh your PC” [Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] > [Click on “Refresh” to execute recovery function.] 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.
English 14 Windows 8.1 Recovery Guide 1 Turn off and restart the laptop. 2 During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9 key to launch the tool. 3 Choose “Troubleshoot” to enter the recovery settings. (Also you can choose “Continue” to exit recovery system and continue to Windows 8.1 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.
15 System Restore Use a restore point recorded on your PC to restore Windows. System Image Recovery Recover Windows using a specific system image file. Automatic Repair Fix problems that keep Windows from loading. Command Prompt Use the Command Prompt for advanced trobleshooting. UEFI Firmware Settings Change settings in your PC’s UEFI firmware. Startup Settings Change Windows Startup behavior.
English 16 Appendix Warranty & Service : Warranty and service and related information please refer to the warranty card or GIGABYTE service website as the below link: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/technical-support.aspx FAQ : FAQ (Frequent Asked Questions) please refer to the below link: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/faq.
