Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook P27! Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time 1 2 To install the battery please follow these steps: 1 Insert the battery pack into the compartment. 2 Remember to slide the switch to the "Lock" position. 2 3 1 1 Connect the the power cord to the AC adapter. 2 Connect the AC adapter to the DC-in jack on the back side of the notebook. 3 Connect the power cord to the power outlet.
English 2 Switching on the Power: After you turn on the P27 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 P27 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 1 2 1 Webcam Status LED Indicator 2 Webcam 3 3 Display 4 VGA Button 5 LED Indicators 12 11 4 6 Keyboard 10 5 7 Microphone 6 8 Touchpad 9 LED Indicators 10 Hotkey Button 11 Power Button 8 9 7 12 Speakers * Refer more information on page 5 Left View 1 Kensington Lock Slot 3 4 2 USB 2.
English 4 Right View 1 Multi-in-1 Card Reader 2 USB 3.0 Port x 2 1 2 3 4 5 3 Combined eSATA/ USB 3.
Hot Key Buttons & LED Indicators Button & Indicator Icon Light Color Description Green UMA Mode Activated Orange Optimus Mode Activated Orange NVIDIA Discrete GPU (dGPU) Activated Green Intel Integrated GPU (iGPU) Activated White Hard Disk Activity Green Airplane Mode is ON (the WLAN & Bluetooth Modules are OFF) Orange AC/DC Power is Plugged In Green The Computer is On Blinking Green The Computer is in Sleep Mode Orange The Battery is Charging Green The Battery is Fully Charged Bli
English 6 Hotkeys The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen brightness and volume output. To activate hotkeys, press and hold the key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination. Hotkey Function Description Fn + ~ Playback Media Playback control.
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 • Press F2 when computer starts to Enter BIOS setup utility. • Go to Advanced > SATA configuration. 2 • Change "SATA Mode selection" from "AHCI" to "RAID". • Press F10 to save and exit. The system will restart automatically. 3 • O nce the system restarts.
Build a Recovery Image USB English 8 WARNING ●● S ince the default system set up on your notebook is RAID 0/1, you will need this utility to build a recovery USB in order to recover your laptop and undo RAID settings. ●● R ecovery USB will recover your notebook to factory default settings. Please backup your data before recovering your system through the recovery USB. ●● Please do not unplug power cord or turn off the power during the process of system recovery.
Recovery Guide 9 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 10 Reboot the laptop after the system recovery is complete. 5 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. 4 Choose “Troubleshoot” to enter the recovery settings. You can press “See more keyboard layouts” to see next page of languages. (Also you can choose “Continue” to exit recovery system and continue to Windows 8 for files or data backup.
11 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”.
English 12 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.
