CHAPTER 2: Checking Out Your Notebook

Bottom

Battery latch

Modular bay latch

Customer care label

Main battery

Battery lock

Docking port

Online Support:

Tech Support Phone:

Hours:

Model:

S/No:

Memory bay/Hard drive bay

Component

Icon

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

Includes the Customer Care contact information. For

Care label

 

 

 

 

 

more information, see “Gateway contact information”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 3.

Modularbay

 

 

 

 

 

Slide to release the module. For more information, see

latch

 

 

 

 

 

“Changing modules” on page 42.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery latch

 

 

 

 

 

Slide to release the main battery. For more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information, see “Changing batteries” on page 59.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Main battery

 

 

 

 

 

Provides power when the notebook is not plugged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

into AC power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery lock

 

 

 

 

 

Slide to unlock the main battery. For more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information, see “Changing batteries” on page 59.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Docking port

 

 

 

 

 

Connect the optional port replicator to this port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warning: Power is passed through this port. This

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

docking connection is certified to UL 1950 for use only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with port replicators designed for your Gateway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

notebook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Install a memory module into this bay. For more

 

 

 

 

 

bay/Hard

 

 

 

 

 

 

information, see “Adding or replacing memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive bay

 

 

 

 

 

modules” on page 85.

The hard drive is located in this bay. For more information, see “Replacing the hard drive kit” on page 89.

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