Gateway NV-40 - English; Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: About This Reference . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing your online User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Contacting Gateway Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway model and serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
For more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Notebook . . . 5
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Keyboard area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3: Setting Up and Getting Started. 13
Working safely and comfortably . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reducing eye strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting up your computer desk and chair . . . . . 15
Sitting at your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Avoiding discomfort and injury from repetitive
strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the AC adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Protecting from power source problems . . . . . . 18
Connecting to a broadband modem or network . . 18
Connecting the optional dial-up modem . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Waking up your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Turning off your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restarting (rebooting) your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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