Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents................................................................................................

2

Chapter 1:

Introducing the Notebook PC

 

About This User’s Manual.................................................................................

6

Notes for This Manual........................................................................................

6

Safety Precautions..............................................................................................

7

Preparing your Notebook PC........................................................................

11

Chapter 2:

Knowing the parts

 

Top Side................................................................................................................

14

Bottom Side........................................................................................................

17

Right Side.............................................................................................................

19

Left Side................................................................................................................

22

Front Side.............................................................................................................

23

Chapter 3:

Getting Started

 

Power System.....................................................................................................

26

Using AC Power................................................................................................

26

Using Battery Power.......................................................................................

28

Battery Care.......................................................................................................

29

Powering ON the Notebook PC.................................................................

30

The Power-On Self Test (POST)...................................................................

30

Checking Battery Power...............................................................................

32

Charging the Battery Pack...........................................................................

33

Power Options..................................................................................................

34

Power Management Modes........................................................................

36

Sleep and Hibernate......................................................................................

36

Thermal Power Control.................................................................................

37

Switchable Graphics Technology .............................................................

38

Special Keyboard Functions..........................................................................

39

Colored Hot Keys ............................................................................................

39

The following defines the colored hot keys on the Notebook PC’

s keyboard.The colored commands can only be accessed by first

pressing and holding the function key while pressing a key with a

colored command...........................................................................................

39

Microsoft Windows Keys...............................................................................

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