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User Guide
Gateway M405 Notebook
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1Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gateway Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Using eSupport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Help and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Searching for a topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Turning your wireless network on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 4 Using Drives and Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Using the CD or DVD drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Identifying drive types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Inserting a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Pla
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8 Maintaining Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Caring for your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Cleaning your notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Cleaning the exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Cleaning the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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A Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 iv www.gateway.com
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Chapter 1: Getting Help
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Chapter 1: Getting Help - ’ . ■ - / ■ ■ ■ ! ■ ! Support Home All Support Documents ! Support Home
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Help and Support To start Help and Support: ■ ! Start Help and Support / - www.gateway.com 5 -
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Online help Help Help www.gateway.com 7
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Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook Battery Speaker Power LCD panel Speaker charge indicator release latch indicator Component Icon Description Speakers Provide audio output when headphones or amplified speakers are not plugged in. Battery charge indicator The LED shows the battery activity and status. ■ LED green - battery is fully charged. ■ LED orange - battery is charging. ■ LED blinking red - battery charge is very low. ■ LED solid red - battery is malfunctioning. This LED only
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Left Side USB ports PC Card slot Microphone jack Diskette drive or memory Headphone jack card reader Component Icon Description Microphone jack Plug a microphone into this jack. Headphone jack Plug amplified speakers or headphones into this jack. The built-in speakers are turned off when speakers or headphones are plugged into this jack. USB ports Plug USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices (such as a diskette drive, flash drive, Iomega™ Zip™ drive, printer, scanner, camera, keyboard, o
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Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook Component Icon Description Diskette drive or Insert a standard 3.5-inch diskette into the optional memory card diskette drive. For more information, see “Using the reader optional diskette drive” on page 47. Insert a memory card from a digital camera, MP3 player, PDA, or cellular telephone into the optional memory card reader. For more information, see “Using the optional memory card reader” on page 48. Important: Your notebook comes with either
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Right Side CD, DVD, or Kensington DVD/CD-RW drive lock slot Component Icon Description CD, DVD, Insert CDs or DVDs into this drive. For more DVD/CD-RW, or information, see “Using the CD or DVD drive” on recordable DVD drive page 44. This drive may be a CD, DVD, combination DVD/CD-RW, or recordable DVD drive. To determine the type of drive in the notebook, examine the drive tray’s plastic cover and compare the logo to those listed in “Identifying drive types” on page 44. Kensington™ lock
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Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Gateway Notebook # Modem jack Monitor Parallel Ventilation port port fan Ethernet jack Power connector Component Icon Description Modem jack Plug a modem cable into this jack. Ethernet jack Plug a 10/100 Ethernet network cable into this jack. Power connector Plug the AC adapter cable into this connector. Parallel port Plug a parallel device (such as a printer) into this port. Monitor port Plug an analog VGA monitor or projector into this port. For more informa
