User manual ASUS PRO 5

[. . . ] All other brands or product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to help protect yourself and your notebook. When Using Your BooktopTM PRO 5 Notebook Computer CAUTION: Do not operate your portable computer for an extended period of time with the base resting directly on your body. With extended operation, heat can build up in the base. Allowing sustained contact with the skin can cause discomfort or a possible burn. [. . . ] Optical disc drive To open the optical disc drive, press the button on the drive shown below and the drive will pop out. Media will then need to be pressed onto the center spindle to secure the media. To close the drive simply press it closed until it clicks into place. The drive will then initialize and the disc will be read by the drive. English 18 Drive Release Button 2 1 1. Press the drive release button to open the drive. Place the disc into the center of the drive and click into place onto the round spinner section to secure the disc. Close the drive to initiate reading of the disc. Booktop PRO 5 SERIES USER'S MANUAL 3. 6 Using a Memory Card Emergency Release How To: Insert a Memory Card To Insert the Memory Card, place the front of the card (Contacts facing down) into the card reader slot and push or click in (depending on cards format). Your operating system should auto-play the card. English 19 In the event that the drive will not open, an emergency release will need to be performed. Take a thin long item, such as a paper clip and put it gently into the small hole on the side of the drive and press inwards until the units drive clicks out. This should only be performed if the drive is stuck and will not open at all using the release button or the eject command in windows. Remove a Memory Card To remove the Memory Card, gently pull the card from the slot. Ensure that the card is not being read from or written to when removing. English 20 Booktop PRO 5 SERIES USER'S MANUAL English Chapter 4 The BooktopTM PRO 5 Specifications 21 4. 1 The PRO 5 Notebook Hardware The PRO 5 will be available in a number of different specifications. (Optional) Wireless LAN: Tick or un-tick the Wireless LAN button to enable or disable Wireless LAN connectivity. Camera: Tick or un-tick the Camera button to on or off Webcam power. Monitor Switch: Switch to duplicate mode: to set LCD and Video-out simultaneously mode. Switch to computer only: to set notebook display only. Switch to Projector only: to set Video-out only. 27 Power management selection: Switch the Max-battery mode: most aggressive. Switch the Balanced mode: normal power saving. Switch the High performance mode: minimal power saving. 5. 2 ASUS Xpress Recovery Calculator: Click to launch calculator application. System Recovery - Restore your PRO 5 Operating System The hard drive of the PRO 5 has a hidden partition that contains a full backup image of the operating system that can be used to recover the system in the event that something happens to the operating system. If the hard drive is removed or the partition deleted, the recover options will no longer be available and a recovery service will be needed. English 28 Touch pad setting: Click to launch Touch pad device settings. Launch System Recovery The System Recover feature is part of the notebook installation and it ships preset from the factory. The Options menu allows you to launch the Windows Recovery tool to reinstall the operating system to factory defaults. Below will briefly describe how to launch the Recovery Tool and to get the recovery started. Turn the notebook on and press and hold the F9 key to launch the tool. 3. [. . . ] the PRO 5 provides a combined function button to enable/ disable the 3. 5G (Fn+F10) and Bluetooth (Fn+F11) functions. What is the capacity of SDHC cards that PRO 5 can support?The specification of SDHC that PRO 5 SD card reader supports shall be in accordance with that of the SD Association. Currently, the maximum capacity announced by SD Association is 32GB http://www. sdcard. org/developers/tech/sdhc/ English Booktop PRO 5 SERIES USER'S MANUAL How can PRO 5 BIOS be upgraded in the DOS and Windows mode? [. . . ]