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About This Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing the online User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Checking Out Your Computer . . . . . 5
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Setting Up and Getting Started . . 11
Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sitting at your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive strain . 14
Preparing power connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Checking the voltage selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Starting your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Waking up your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turning off your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Restarting (rebooting) your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Premium multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Elite multimedia keyboard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using optical drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loading an optical disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Identifying optical drive types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Contents
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Summary of Contents for FX530XG
Page 1: ...GATEWAY COMPUTER REFERENCEGUIDE 8512162 book Page a Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8512162 book Page 4 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
Page 88: ...CHAPTER 5 Upgrading Your Computer 82 8512162 book Page 82 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
Page 106: ...CHAPTER 6 Maintaining Your Computer 100 8512162 book Page 100 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
Page 144: ...CHAPTER 7 Troubleshooting 138 8512162 book Page 138 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
Page 154: ...APPENDIX A Legal Notices 148 8512162 book Page 148 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...
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Page 166: ...MAN BTX CONS REF GDE V R1 2 07 8512162 book Page 160 Tuesday February 13 2007 3 44 PM...