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Checking Out Your Notebook

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CHAPTER 2 Checking Out Your Notebook • Identifying features • Starting your notebook • Turning off your notebook • Using the status indicators • Using the keyboard • Using the EZ Pad touchpad • Turning your wireless radio on or off • Using the DVD drive • Using the memory card reader • Adding and removing a PC Card • Changing batteries • Recalibrating the battery • Ordering accessories 5

Section	Page
Contents	3
About this reference	5
About this guide	6
About the User Guide	6
Gateway contact information	7
Gateway model and serial number	7
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity	7
For more information	8
Checking Out Your Notebook	9
Identifying features	10
Front	10
Left	11
Right	12
Back	13
Bottom	14
Keyboard area	15
Connecting the ACadapter	16
Protecting from power source problems	17
Connecting the dial-up modem	18
Connecting to a cable or DSL modem or to an Ethernet network	19
Starting your notebook	20
Waking up your notebook	20
Turning off your notebook	20
Restarting (rebooting) your notebook	21
Using the status indicators	22
Using the keyboard	23
Key types	24
System key combinations	26
Using the EZPad touchpad	29
Adjusting the volume	31
Turning your wireless radio on or off	32
Using the DVD drive	33
Identifying drive types	33
Inserting a CD or DVD	34
Using the memory card reader	34
Memory card types	34
Inserting a memory card	35
Using a memory card	35
Removing a memory card	35
Adding and removing a PCCard	36
Changing batteries	37
Recalibrating the battery	39
Ordering accessories	40
Upgrading Your Notebook	41
Preventing static electricity discharge	42
Adding or replacing memory	43
Replacing the DVD drive	46
Replacing the hard drive kit	49
Replacing the keyboard	52
Removing the keyboard	52
Installing the keyboard	56
Safety, Regulatory, and Legal	59
Important safety information	60
Setting up your system	60
Care during use	61
Replacement parts and accessories	62
Regulatory compliance statements	63
Wireless guidance	63
United States of America	65
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Intentional emitter per FCC Part15	65
Unintentional emitter per FCC Part15	66
FCC declaration of conformity	67
Responsible party:	67
California Proposition65 Warning	67
Mercury Warning	67
Telecommunications per Part68 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR47) (applicable to product...	67
Canada	70
Industry Canada (IC) Intentional emitter per RSS210	70
Unintentional emitter per ICES-003	70
Telecommunications per Industry Canada CS-03 (for products fitted with an IC-compliant modem)	71
Japan	72
Japanese Modem Notice	72
Laser safety statement	73
EPA ENERGY STAR	73
Environmental information	74
Notices	76
All Rights Reserved	76
Trademark Acknowledgments	77
Macrovision statement	77
A	79
B	79
C	79
D	80
E	80
F	80
G	81
H	81
I	81
J	81
K	81
L	81
M	81
N	82
O	82
P	82
R	82
S	83
T	83
U	84
V	84
W	84