Notebook User's Manual
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Safety Precautions The following safety precautions will increase the life of the Notebook. Please follow allprecautions and instructions. Except as described in the manual, refer all servicing to qualified personal. ■ Do not place on uneven or unstable work surfaces. Seek servicing if the casing has been damaged. ■ Do not expose to dirty or dusty environment. And Do not operate during a gas leak.
FCC Regulations: ■ This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. ■ This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
RF Exposure Information (SAR) This device meets the government’s requirements for exposure to radio waves. This device is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission of the U.S. Government. The exposure standard for wireless devices employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg.
WiFi Specification Wireless LAN Standards IEEE 802.11g standard and EWC draft standard Operating Frequency 2.400 – 2.497 GHz WLAN Data Rate 802.11g: 54Mbps with fall back of 36, 48, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6Mbps. 802.11b: 11g with fall back rates of 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps 802.11n: EWC: HT40:135Mbps with fall back of 121.5, 108, 81,54, 40.5,27, 13.5 HT20:65Mbps with fall back of 58.5,52,39,26,19.5,13,6.5 802.11b 17dBm+/-2 dBm for all data rate 802.
802.11g: 64QAM (54Mbps, 48Mbps), 16QAM (36Mbps, 24Mbps), QPSK (18Mbps, 12Mbps), BPSK (9Mbps, 6Mbps) 802.11b: CCK (11 Mbps, 5.5Mbps), DQPSK (2 Mbps), DBPSK (1 Mbps) EWC: 64QAM(MCS5, MCS6, MCS7) 16QAM(MCS3, MCS4) QPSK(MCS1,MCS2) BPSK(MCS0) Modulation Schemes Bluetooth Specification Radio Technology FHSS Operating Frequency 2.402GHz ~ 2.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Your Notebook External Appearance .................................................................................... 2 Setting Up Your Computer............................................................................ 7 Touchpad Usage .......................................................................................... 9 Special Function Keys ................................................................................
Notebook Introduction to Your Notebook ■ External Appearance ■ Setting Up Your Computer ■ Touchpad Usage ■ Special Function Keys ■ Configuring a Wireless Network Connection ■ Configuring a Bluetooth Connection 1
1-1 External Appearance Refer to the diagram below to identify the components on every side of the Notebook. 1. Top View 1 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 7 ! 9 Your Notebook keyboard may vary depending on the country/region of purchase.
No. Item Description 1 Web Camera Records videos or take photos 2 LCD LED backlight panel 3 Power Button Button for turning the computer's power on/off ● Glowing blue when the Notebook power is turned on. ● Blinking blue when the Notebook is entering suspend mode. b. Wireless LAN ● The indicator glows blue when wireless LAN function is enabled. ● The indicator is off when wireless LAN function is disabled. c. Caps Lock ● Glowing blue when the keyboard is in Caps-lock mode. d.
2. Rear View 1 1 2 ! No. Item Description 1 Battery Pack Replaceable battery pack that serves as Notebook's power supply 2 SIM Card Slot To insert the SIM card into the slot and make sure that the gold (Optional) pins of SIM card are downward. Please do not insert or pull out the SIM card when power-on, otherwise the data may lose or the card would be damaged.
3. Bottom View 5 4 1 1 ! 2 3 No. Item Description 1 Battery Lock Slide inwards to lock the battery in place. Slide outwards to unlock battery. 2 Battery Pack Replaceable battery pack. Serves as the Notebook's power supply 3 Battery Latch Push outwards to release battery for removal 4 Hard Disk Cover The Hard Disk Cover protects the internal hardware. Open to exchange device 5 Memory Cover The cover is to protect the memory from damage.
4. Left View 1 1 2 3 4 5 No. Item Description 1 VGA Port Connects to an external display 2 Power Port Connects to the external power supply 3 Vent Notebook's cooling vent 4 USB Port Connects to USB 2.0 device 5 HDMI Port The HDMI(High-Definition Multimedia Interface) provides an all-digital audio/video interface to transmit the uncompressed audio/video signals and is HDCP compliant. Connect the HDMI audio/video device to the port. 5. Right View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 No.
1-2 Setting Up Your Computer 1. Installing/Removing the Battery Pack The Notebook can be powered by the battery, if you are away from the office and no power socket is available, use the battery instead. Installing the Battery Pack Step 1: Push the “Battery Lock” outwards to unlock position as shown in the figure. Step 2: Push the battery pack completely into the battery slot. Step 3: Push the “Battery Lock” inwards to the lock position to lock the battery in place.
2 3 1 1 ! ■ Do not remove the battery while the Notebook is still running. This may damage the data on the hard disk. ■ Connect the AC adapter as soon as possible after the battery-low warning appears. Data will be lost if the battery is to become fully depleted and the computer shuts down. 2. Connecting the Power Supply The AC transformer provides external power source to your notebook and charges the battery pack at the same time.
3. Startup Open the screen of your Notebook and turn on the machine by pressing the Power Button. 1 Power Button 4. Emergency Shutdown When the Notebook cannot be shut down through normal means, please press and hold the Power Button until the Notebook powers off. 1-3 Touchpad Usage 1. Introduction to the Touchpad The touchpad is a pointing device that senses movement on its surface. This means the cursor responds as you move your finger across the surface of the touchpad.
● Move your finger across the touchpad (1) to move the cursor. ● Press the left button(2) and right button(3) located beneath the touchpad to perform selection and execution functions. These two buttons are similar to the left and right buttons on a mouse. Tapping on the touchpad is the same as clicking the left button. ● Press lock button (4) to lock or unlock the touchpad. 1 Function Select Execute Left Button (2) Click once. Quickly click twice. Right Button (3) Touchpad (1) Tap once.
● Two-finger scrolling up/down or left/right: Making two fingertips open slightly to slide up/down or left/right on the touchpad to scroll a window up/down or left/right. 1-4 Special Function Keys Use the key combined on the keyboard to activate, close or set specific functions. With the help of these keys, user will be able to work efficiently. The following defines some special function keys on the Notebook.
1-6 Configuring a Bluetooth Connection Bluetooth is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that enables devices compatible with Bluetooth technology, the distance of 10 meters within the physical connection and data exchange. 1. Click the network icon in the Windows® notification area, go to and then click . 1 1 Follow these steps to create a bluetooth connection (In Windows 7 system as an example to illustrate): 2.
Notebook Install Windows XP in Notebook ■ Install Windows XP system in AHCI mode ■ Install Windows XP system in IDE mode 2
Install Windows XP System in Notebook The method to install Windows XP system in the Notebook has the difference because of the SATA hard disk in BIOS settings, because the SATA hard disk has IDE and AHCI two kind of modes, so the method to install system also has two kinds. 2 ! · Please confirm the mode of SATA hard disk before installation of Windows XP system, and install the system with corresponding method according to the mode. Otherwise can meet the problem which is unable to install.
3. Click "GO" to start. 4. Select the desired destination FDD drive. It can be the default drive A: or any USB FDD. Click "OK" to continue. 5. Insert a diskette, click "OK" to continue. 2 6. You can input a volume label for this diskette, click on "Start" to format. 7. Click on "OK" to go through this warning message. 8. Format finished. Click "OK" to continue copying of driver into this diskette.
2 9. Check if the diskette contains the driver files. ² Setting BIOS and Install a New Windows XP 1. Press to enter BIOS setup during POST, set "1st Boot Device" to "USB : SONY DVD-ROM D"(DVD drive name) in "Boot" -> "Boot Device Priority" menu, the figure is as shown below. And then save changes and exit BIOS. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device [USB : SONY DVD-ROM D] [HDD : PO-WDC WD2500B] Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices .
2. Insert the Windows XP Install CD into the DVD drive. The computer will reboot, and it will start installing Windows XP Operating System. Watch the screen carefully, when the following picture appears, press key immediately. If you forget to do this, PC will go to an fatal blue screen, and you may need to reboot the system again. PC may not respond to your input immediately, and it keeps loading files until the next screen displays.
4. It will ask you to insert the driver diskette into your floppy drive. Press after it is done. Windows Setup Please insert the disk labeled manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A: 2 * Press ENTER when ready Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit 5. Press to start to select and press "▲" to select the driver "Intel(R) ICH9ME/M SATA AHCI Controller".
6. A confirmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted, press to continue. Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s): Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drivers, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S.
Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer. Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. ● To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER. ● To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. ● To delete the selected partitions, press D. 114471 MB Disk 0 at id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR] C:Partition1 [NTFS] D: Partition2 [Unknown] Unpartitioned space Unknown Disk
2-2 Install Windows XP system in IDE mode The default setting of SATA hard disk is AHCI in the Notebook, if you want to install Windows XP system in IDE mode, please change the mode of SATA hard disk to IDE in BIOS firstly, otherwise can meet the problem which is unable to install. What kinds of hardware and software you need here : An USB DVD drive, a Notebook driver CD, Windows XP Install CD. Before you continue : ■ Shut down your computer.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Boot Device Priority [USB : SONY DVD-ROM D] [HDD : PO-WDC WD2500B] 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices . A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu. ↑↓ ←→ : Move +/-/ :Change Option Enter:Select Esc :Exit F1 :General help F2/3 :Change color F9 : Optimal defaults F10 : Save and exit 2 v02.67 (C)Copyright 1985-2009, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.
Windows XP Professional Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer. Use the UP ad DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. ● To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER. ● To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. ● To delete the selected partitions, press D. 114471 MB Disk 0 at id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR] C:Partition1 [NTFS] D: Partition2 [Unknown] Unpartitioned space Unknown Disk
Notebook Install Windows 7 in Notebook 3 ■ Setting BIOS and Install a new Windows 7 system ■ Install Drivers in Windows 7
Install Windows 7 in Notebook Make sure you have these ready: An USB DVD drive, a Notebook driver CD, Windows 7 Install CD Before you continue : ■ Shut down your computer ■ Connect the USB DVD drive to an USB port of Notebook and connect the power cord to AC power 3-1 Setting BIOS and Install a new Windows 7 system 1.
3 7. The setup will display the hard disk partitions (160GB, in this example) of your system. If there were other systems (such as Linux) installed previously, you need select them and click “Drive options (advanced)” -> “Delete” to delete them. When all partitions are clean, setup will display the biggest size of your hard drive. 8. In this biggest hard disk size screen, you can click “Drive options (advanced)” -> “New” to create partitions as you need.
9. From this step we start to install windows 7 into your hard disk. During the process, your computer will restart several times. 27 3 To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows might create additional partitions for system files. So you will see a 100MB partition reserved by system after you create a partition. Select the 70GB partition and click “Next” to continue.
3 10. When the installation is complete, setup will prepare your computer for the first use. Then you can follow steps to select system settings, create an account, set a password...etc, until the whole process is complete and enter Windows 7 system. 3-2 Install Drivers in Windows 7 1. When the Windows 7 is completely installed, you have to install the necessary drivers before using the Notebook. Take out the Windows 7 Install CD from the USB DVD drive, and put the driver CD inside.
Notebook Recovery of Windows XP and Windows 7 System 4
Recovery of Windows XP and Windows 7 System 4 1. Power on the computer, when the message "Press F3 to Rescue and Recovery" appears on the top of the screen, press "F3" to enter the recovery interface. 2. System prepares for the recovery after pressing "F3" key.
3. Recovery begins after clicking "Start" in the following image. 4. When the following image appears, click "OK" to continue.
5. Recovery is accomplished when the following image appears, click "OK" to finish it. 4 6. Now, click "Restart" to reboot the system.
Notebook Introduction to the Linux System ■ Overview ■ Recovery of Linux system 5
5-1 Overview After turning on the Notebook, when you log in Linux system, the following screen will appear: From left to right is in turn: a. Show Desktop icon c. iBus Input Method icon e. Power icon b. Bluetooth icon(optional) d. Network connection status icon f. Volume icon g. Exit icon h. Time icon The four parts provide various applications to meet the needs of your work, life and entertainment, detailed refer to help page. 5 You can click these icons to go to the corresponding utilities.
5-2 Recovery of Linux system ² From DVD to recover system 1 Boot from DVD Power on the computer, insert the system Installation DVD into the DVD drive, press "F11" to select booting system from the DVD drive. 2 Select the way of Installation When the figure as below shows, select "Install and make recovery partition", the system will be installed and a recovery partition will be made.
5 5 After installing, click "Reboot" to restart the system.
² From hard disk to recover system 1 When you log in, according to the screen suggestion, press any key to enter Grub interface, the figure is as shown below: 2 Select "FoxOS recovery" item and then press "Enter", the warning box is shown below: 5 3 Select "Next", system warns the root partition(hd0, 0) will be formatted.
4 Click "Next" to format partition(hd0,0) and recover system from hard disk. The figure is as shown below: 5 5 When the process is completed, please reboot the system.
