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Connecting the AC adapter
Your battery will need to be charged when you first unpack your notebook. To charge the battery, plug in the AC adapter and plug the AC adapter jack into the power connection on the back of your notebook. Fully charge the battery before using the notebook without the AC adapter. When charging, the charge indicator light will glow orange; when fully charged it will glow blue.
Turning the notebook on and off
Starting your computer
REMINDER: Make certain your notebook is connected to a working phone line or a network with Internet access before starting up for the first time.This will allow the automatic registration process to begin. Connect one end of the included modem cable to the modem jack on the side of your notebook and the other end to a working phone line before you turn on the notebook.
·Open your notebook by moving the latch in the front center of the notebook to the right and lifting the display to a comfortable viewing position
·Press the red power button near the top of the keyboard
·The display will light up and Windows® will begin to load
NOTE: If a bootable CD (such as the Restore CD) is left in the notebook when it is started, Windows may start up from the disc rather than the hard drive. If you mistakenly boot up from a disc and wish to
