Index
AC adapter | black list (modem), 37 | devices |
compatibility, 11, 54 | blackout periods, modem, 37 | boot order, 85 |
connecting, 11 | Bluetooth | temporary boot order, 17 |
AC adapter jack | business cards, 45 | diskette drive |
location, 4, 5 | configuring, 44 | location, 4, 5 |
AdHoc wireless network setup, | sending files, 45 | USB, 80 |
40 | troubleshooting, 81 | display |
adjusting | tuning on, 43 | BIOS settings, 84 |
brightness, 19 | turning off, 44 | brightness, 19, 28, 33 |
volume, 19 | wireless, 43 | dual display, 52 |
airplanes, wireless | boot device order, 17, 85 | dual monitor, 52 |
communication in, 41, 43 | Boot menu (BIOS), 85 | memory, 84 |
ALT GR key, 21 | brightness, adjusting, 19 | port, 4, 5 |
antistatic precautions, 57, 59 | business cards, 45 | secondary, 51 |
Applications key, 21 | Cable lock, 25 | troubleshooting, 68 |
AT commands, 37 | Cardbus cards, 48 | docking port, 6, 7 |
audio | cards, PCMCIA, 48 | drives |
adjusting volume, 66 | hard drive holder, 62 | |
troubleshooting, 66 | inserting CD, 20, 22 | replacing hard disk, 61 |
volume, 19 | location, 3 | DVD drive |
audio jacks, 3, 4 | removing CD, 20, 22 | location, 3 |
audio mute button, 3, 4 | CDs | playing movies, 23 |
battery | copying/creating, 23 | setting region code, 23 |
best use of, 34 | recommended media, 23 | troubleshooting, 67 |
checking status, 32 | cleaning the computer, 28 | encryption, 39 |
extending life of, 34 | COM1 port, 4 | Exit menu (BIOS), 85 |
installing, 10 | computer | extended memory, 84 |
location, 3 | caring for, 27 | external monitor port, 4 |
low power warning, 33 | changing BIOS settings, 83 | location, 5 |
operating time, 33, 77 | cleaning, 28 | Fn key |
release latch, 6, 7 | opening/closing, 3 | + Back Space (mute), 19 |
safety, 98 | protecting, 27, 69 | + F1 (decrease brightness), 19 |
saving power, 33 | resetting, 17 | + F12 (hibernation), 19 |
status lights, 32 | timeouts, 31 | + F2 (increase brightness), 19 |
troubleshooting, 76 | turning on, 13 | + F8 (keypad), 19 |
BIOS password, 24 | configuring | + NumLock (scroll lock), 19 |
BIOS Setup utility | BIOS settings, 83 | + Page Down (decrease audio), |
Boot menu, 85 | modem, 37 | 19 |
Exit menu, 85 | connecting | + Page Up (increase audio), 19 |
external display settings, 84 | IEEE 1394 devices, 52 | hard drive |
Main menu, 84 | LAN, 38 | caring for, 28 |
Security menu, 85 | wireless network, 39 | Hibernation partition, 61, 86 |
using, 83 | data protection, 28 | holder, 62 |
| location, 6, 7 | |
| default BIOS settings, 84 | protecting, 27 |
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