User manual ASUS BM5270

[. . . ] This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · · · · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. [. . . ] To run Window's disk checking program: (1) right-click any hard disk drive icon in "My Computer", (2) choose Properties, (3) click the Tools tab, (4) click Check Now, (5) select a hard disk drive, (6) select Thorough to also check for physical damages, and (7) click Start. Third party disk utilities such as Symantec's Norton Disk Doctor can also perform the same functions but with greater ease and more features. WARNING!If warnings are still given during bootup after running a software disk checking utility, you should take your Notebook PC in for servicing. Continued use may result in data loss. 27 3 Getting Started Power Management - Stand By and Hibernate Power management settings can be found in the Windows control panel. The following shows the power options properties in Windows ME. You can define Stand By or Power Off for closing the display panel, pressing the power button, or activating sleep mode. Basically Stand by and Hibernate saves power when your Notebook PC is not in use by turning OFF certain components. When you resume your work, your last status (such as a document scrolled down half way or email typed half way will reappear as if you never left. Power Off will close all applications and ask if you want to save your work if any are not saved. Stand By is the same as Suspend-to-RAM (STR). This function stores your current data and status in RAM while many components are turned OFF. When power savings is activated, CPU speed and LCD brightness will be decreased. Power Gear will decrease power consumption even more if used together with Intel SpeedStep. Power Gear works only in battery mode and Intel SpeedStep will work in battery or AC mode but requires manual configuration to work in AC mode. Email Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Email application. If your Notebook PC is OFF while pressing this button, this function will first turn ON your Notebook PC. Internet Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Internet browser application. If your Notebook PC is OFF while pressing this button, this function will first turn ON your Notebook PC. Programmable Launch Keys (see Driver and Utility Manual) Pressing this button will launch your programmed software application. If your Notebook PC is OFF while pressing this button, this function will first turn ON your Notebook PC. NOTE: A utility must be installed in order to use the "Instant Launch Keys". See the "Driver and Utility" User's Manual for more information. 30 Getting Started 3 1 A Left - Above Keyboard Right - Front Edge Status Indicators Activity Indicator Indicates that the Notebook PC is accessing one or more storage device(s) such as the hard disk or optical storage drive. The light flashes proportional to the access time. 1 Number Lock Indicates that number lock [Num Lk] is activated when lighted. Number lock allows some of the keyboard letters to act as numbers for easier numeric data input. A Capital Lock Indicates that capital lock [Caps Lock] is activated when lighted. Capital lock allows some of the keyboard letters to type using capitalized letters (e. g. [. . . ] IEEE1394 is also used in high-end digital equipment and should be marked "DV" for Digital Video port. Infrared Port (IrDA) The infrared (IrDA) communication port allows convenient wireless data communication with infrared-equipped devices or computers up to 4 Mbits/sec. This allows easy wireless synchronization with PDAs or mobile phones and even wireless printing to printers. If your office supports IrDA networking, you can have wireless connection to a network anywhere provided there is a direct line of sight to an IrDA node. Small offices can use IrDA technology to share a printer between several closely placed Notebook PCs and even send files to each other without a network. Kensington® Locks Kensington® locks (or compatible) allow the Notebook PC to be secured usually using a metal cable and lock that prevent the Notebook PC to be removed from a fixed object. [. . . ]