•When traveling, do not check your notebook as baggage. You can put your notebook through an
•When traveling with the hard drive removed from your notebook, wrap the drive in an insulated material, such as cloth or paper. If you have the drive checked by hand, you may be asked to install the drive into your notebook. Your can have the hard drive checked through an
•When traveling, do not place your notebook in the overhead storage compartment where it could shift around. Do not drop your notebook or subject it to other mechanical shocks.
•Protect your notebook, battery, and hard drive from environmental hazards such as dirt, dust, food, liquids, extreme temperature, and direct exposure to sunlight.
•When you move your notebook in environments where there is a substantial difference of temperature or humidity level, condensa tion may form on or within your notebook. To avoid damaging your notebook, please allow sufficient time for the moisture to evaporate before continuing use of the notebook.
NOTICE: When taking your notebook from a colder to a warmer environ ment or vice versa, allow your notebook enough time to adapt to the new environment before turning on power.
•When unplugging the power cord, please make sure that you pull on its connector or on its strain relief loop, and not on the power cord itself. As you pull out the connector, please ensure
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that it is pulled out evenly in order not to bend its connecting pins. Also, before you connect the power cord, make sure that both connectors are correctly oriented and aligned.
•Before you clean your notebook, turn it off first, unplug it from its power source, and remove the battery.
•Handle interior components with care. When removing a compo nent, please hold it by the edge and not on the connecting pins (such as the memory module).
When using your telephone equipments, safety instructions should always be followed in order to prevent fire, electrical shock or injuries, these instructions include:
•Do not use this product near water, for example, near a bathtub, washing basins, kitchen/laundry sinks, wet basements or swim ming pools.
•Avoid using cordless phones during an electrical storm as light ening may cause electrical shocks.
•Do not use the telephone to report a gas leak within the leakage area.
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*If the battery is not properly handled, there may be a risk of ex plosion; make sure you are using the same or compatible battery.
*Please discard used batteries according to the instructions given by the manufacturer.
*Please be aware that use of cracked, severely scratched or poor quality discs may damage the optical drive and corrupt data in the disc. Such discs may break while drive operates in high- speed, in this case, your product warranty may be voided.
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