Gateway fx530 Guida Di Riferimento

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Chapter 1: About This Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About this guide   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessing the online User Guide   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gateway contact information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2: Checking Out Your Computer . . . . . 5

Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 3: 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

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