Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway Solo 1450

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Battery

CD/DVD/

Activity

Manual eject hole

 

 

Recordable drive

indicator

Eject button

 

 

 

 

 

 

Component

Icon

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The battery is located here. For more information, see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Changing batteries” on page 133.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD/DVD/Recordable drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insert CDs, CD-R/RWs, or DVDs into this drive. For

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more information, see “Using the CD or DVD drive” on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 79.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This drive may be a CD, DVD, CD-RW, or combination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD/CD-RW drive. To determine the type of drive in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your notebook, examine the drive tray’s plastic cover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and compare the logo to those listed in “Identifying drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

types” on page 79.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activity indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights up when your computer is accessing the CD,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD, or recordable drive. For more information, see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Using the CD or DVD drive” on page 79.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eject button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the eject button to open the disc tray. For more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information, see “Using the CD or DVD drive” on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 79.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual eject hole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insert a straightened paperclip into this hole to open the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive tray if pressing the drive eject button fails to open

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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