Asus A46CB - Introducing the Notebook PC

2 Notebook PC User Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC
About This User’s Manual ................................................................................ 6
Notes for This Manual ....................................................................................... 6
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................. 7
Preparing your Notebook PC .......................................................................11
Chapter 2: Knowing the parts
Top Side ...............................................................................................................14
Bottom Side ........................................................................................................18
Right Side ............................................................................................................22
Left Side ...............................................................................................................24
Rear Side ..............................................................................................................26
Front Side ............................................................................................................27
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Power System ....................................................................................................30
Using AC Power ...............................................................................................30
Using Battery Power ......................................................................................32
Battery Care ......................................................................................................33
Powering ON the Notebook PC .................................................................34
The Power-On Self Test (POST) ..................................................................34
Checking Battery Power ...............................................................................36
Charging the Battery Pack ...........................................................................37
Power Options .................................................................................................38
Power Management Modes .......................................................................40
Sleep and Hibernate ......................................................................................40
Thermal Power Control .................................................................................42
Special Keyboard Functions .........................................................................43
Hot Keys .............................................................................................................43
Microsoft Windows Keys ..............................................................................45
Keyboard as Numeric Keypad (on selected models) .........................46
Keyboard as Pointers (on selected models) ..........................................46
Multimedia Control Keys ............................................................................47
Button and Status Indicators .......................................................................48