￿ Because￿a￿portable￿computer￿is￿small￿and￿has￿restricted￿air￿ flow￿around￿components,￿it￿is￿more￿likely￿to￿overheat￿than￿a￿ desktop￿computer.￿A￿fan￿inside￿your￿computer￿helps￿to￿ eliminate￿some￿heat.￿Make￿sure￿the￿fan￿vent￿on￿the￿side￿of￿your￿ computer￿is￿not￿blocked￿when￿you￿use￿the￿computer.￿(See￿ Figure￿1￿on￿page￿4￿for￿the￿location￿of￿the￿vent.)￿Occasionally￿ check￿the￿vent￿and￿remove￿any￿accumulated￿dust￿on￿the￿ outside.￿

￿ Avoid￿using￿or￿storing￿the￿computer￿in￿extremely￿hot￿or￿cold￿ areas,￿such￿as￿a￿car￿on￿a￿hot￿day.￿Keep￿the￿computer￿away￿from￿ heaters￿and￿out￿of￿direct￿sunlight.￿Exposure￿to￿excessive￿heat￿ may￿damage￿computer￿components.￿

If￿you￿have￿left￿your￿computer￿in￿a￿hot￿place,￿let￿it￿cool￿down￿ slowly￿to￿room￿temperature￿(with￿the￿LCD￿panel￿open)￿before￿ using￿it.

￿ Do￿not￿remove￿the￿memory-module￿compartment￿door,￿or￿try￿to￿install￿a￿memory￿module￿when￿the￿computer￿is￿on.￿(See￿Figure￿3￿for￿the￿location￿of￿the￿door.)￿

(For￿information￿on￿installing￿memory￿modules,￿see￿“Memory￿ Modules”￿on￿page￿92.)

￿ Set￿up￿your￿computer￿work￿area￿to￿avoid￿physical￿strain.￿Sit￿ with￿your￿back￿straight￿and￿supported￿by￿your￿chair.￿Adjust￿ your￿chair￿or￿work￿table￿so￿that￿your￿arms￿and￿wrists￿can￿ remain￿in￿a￿relaxed￿position,￿parallel￿with￿the￿floor.￿Avoid￿ bending￿or￿twisting￿your￿wrists￿as￿you￿work.￿Your￿hands￿ should￿“float”￿slightly￿above￿the￿keyboard.￿Refer￿to￿a￿book￿on￿ office￿ergonomics￿for￿more￿information￿on￿setting￿up￿your￿ work￿area.

￿ Take￿frequent￿breaks￿from￿working￿at￿the￿computer￿to￿rest￿ your￿eyes￿and￿stretch￿your￿muscles.￿

￿ Remember￿to￿save￿your￿data￿files￿frequently￿and￿to￿make￿ backup￿copies￿of￿your￿files.

Traveling￿with￿Your￿Computer

If￿you￿are￿traveling￿by￿airplane,￿follow￿these￿tips:

￿ Take￿the￿computer￿with￿you￿as￿carry-on￿luggage.￿Do￿not￿check￿the￿computer￿with￿your￿baggage.

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