Asus U32UDS31 manual

E6792

Notebook PC User Manual

August 2011

Contents

Page Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC Chapter 2: Knowing the parts Chapter 4: Using the Notebook PC Appendix Page Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC About This User’s Manual Notes for This Manual Safety Precautions Page Sound Pressure warning DC Fan warning Adapter Information Transportation Precautions Cover Your Notebook PC Charge Your Batteries Airplane Precautions Preparing your Notebook PC Page Chapter 2: Knowing the parts Top Side 1Camera Microphone (Built-in) Display Panel Status Indicators (top) 5Power Switch Keyboard Touchpad and Buttons Status Indicators (front) Bottom Side 1 Battery Lock - Spring Battery Pack Battery Lock - Manual 4Hard Disk Drive Compartments 5Memory (RAM) Compartment Right Side 4USB Port (3.0) 5LAN Port 6Power (DC) Input 7Kensington® Lock Port Left Side HDMI HDMI Port Air Vents Page Chapter 3: Getting Started Power System Using AC Power Page Using Battery Power Installing and Removing the Battery Pack To install the battery pack: To remove the battery pack: Battery Care Powering ON the Notebook PC The Power-OnSelf Test (POST) Self Monitoring and Reporting Technology Checking Battery Power Charging the Battery Pack Power Options Restarting or Rebooting Emergency Shutdown Power Management Modes Sleep and Hibernate Thermal Power Control Special Keyboard Functions Colored Hot Keys LCD/Monitor Icons (F8): NOTE: Must connect an external monitor “before”booting up Crossed-out Touchpad (F9) Crossed Microsoft Windows Keys Keyboard as a Numeric Keypad Keyboard as Pointers With Number Lock OFF With Number Lock ON, use [Shift] and one of the Multimedia Control Keys (on selected models) Switches and Status Indicators Switches Status Indicators Battery Charge Indicator (dual-color) Green ON Orange ON Orange Blinking Off Page Chapter 4: Pointing Device Using the Touchpad Moving The Pointer Touchpad Usage Illustrations Dragging Two-finger scrolling zooming in/out Three-finger sliding Caring for the Touchpad Automatic Touchpad Disabling Device Settings Disable internal pointing device when external USB pointing device is attached Storage Devices Flash Memory Card Reader Hard Disk Drive Removing the hard disk drives Installing the hard disk drives Memory (RAM) Installing a Memory Card: Removing a Memory Card: Connections Network Connection Twisted-PairCable Wireless LAN Connection (on selected models) Ad-hocmode Infrastructure mode Windows Wireless Network Connection Connecting to a network Page Turning ON and Launching Bluetooth Utility select View Bluetooth Network Devices Add a device Close Page AppendixA Optional Accessories Optional Connections Operating System and Software Support Software System BIOS Settings Boot Device Security Setting Save Changes Common Problems and Solutions Hardware Problem - Optical Disc Unknown Reason - System Unstable Hardware Problem - Keyboard / Hotkey Hardware Problem - Built-inCamera Hardware Problem - Battery Hardware Problem - Power ON/OFF Error Hardware Problem - Wireless Card Mechanical Problem - FAN / Thermal Software Problem - ASUS bundled software Unknown Reason - Blue screen with white text Page Software Problem - BIOS Recovering Your Notebook PC Using Recovery Partition About the Recovery Partition Using Recovery DVD (on selected models) Using the Recovery DVD:�� Internal Modem Compliancy Overview Network Compatibility Declaration Non-VoiceEquipment This table shows the countries currently under the CTR21 standard Page Declarations and Safety Statements Federal Communications Commission Statement FCC Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Caution Statement CE Mark Warning CE marking for devices without wireless LAN/Bluetooth CE marking for devices with wireless LAN/ Bluetooth IC Radiation Exposure Statement for Canada Wireless Operation Channel for Different Domains France Restricted Wireless Frequency Bands Power Safety Requirement REACH UL Safety Notices Nordic Lithium Cautions (for lithium-ionbatteries) Macrovision Corporation Product Notice CTR 21 Approval (for Notebook PC with built-inModem) Spanish Swedish European Union Eco-label Global Environmental Regulation Compliance and Declaration ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services Copyright Information Limitation of Liability Service and Support EC Declaration of Conformity