diagnosing problems. See Apple- authorized service providers; error messages; troubleshooting

dialog boxes

Custom Install 110, 112

Easy Install 104, 107–108 Energy Star 11, 19

DIMMs. See Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs)

dim screen 20, 72, 122 disconnecting the computer 3, 120 Disk First Aid program

installing system software 103, 106 repairing damaged disks 100–101 disks. See CD-ROM discs; floppy disks;

hard disk

Disk Tools disk, starting the computer from 96

disk with an X icon 74 display. See monitor; screen documents. See also files

can’t open 82

opening DOS documents on the Macintosh 82, 83

saving if you’re having trouble 69 DRAM. See dynamic RAM drivers

printer 91 SCSI device 49

Drive Setup program

hard disk icon doesn’t appear 75 initializing a hard disk 95, 97 overview 53

testing a hard disk 99–100 updating the hard disk 103, 106

Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs) 50

Dynamic RAM, adding 50

E

Easy Access, turning off 81

Easy Install dialog box 104, 107–108 Eject CD command (AppleCD Audio

Player File menu) 61, 85

ejecting

CD-ROM discs 61, 85 floppy disks 76–77, 126

electromagnetic emissions from computer monitors 119

Energy Saver control panel 19–20, 122 energy-saving options, setting 11,

19, 122

Energy Star dialog box 11, 19 Enter key 142

equipment

arranging to prevent discomfort 117–118

cleaning 127–129

guidelines for handling 121–125 illustration 2, 40–41

setting up 1–8

error messages. See also troubleshooting “Application program can’t be found”

58, 82

“Application program can’t be opened because a file can’t be found” 58, 83

blinking question mark icon 73–74, 102

“bomb” icon/message 67, 69, 79, 89 “Can’t open a document...” 82 “Could not create a socket” 52 disk with an X icon 74

“Not enough memory” 58, 78 “sad Macintosh” icon 75

“This is not a Macintosh disk: Do you want to initialize it” 87

“Unable to locate host” 52 what to do about 67, 68–69, 79

Escape key 142

Ethernet network, connecting to 51–52 Ethernet ports 40, 41

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