User manual GIGABYTE Q1000C

[. . . ] All Rights Reserved GIGABYTE Q1000 Series Notebooks User's Manual Date Issued: 2010/05 This manual takes you, step by step, through setting up and using your new Notebook PC. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for accuracy and is subject to change without prior notice. No part or parts of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior written consent. Trademarks Product names used herein are for identication purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective companies. [. . . ] NOTE: Depending on the model you purchased, the actual appearance of your notebook may vary from that shown in this manual. These images are for illustration purposes. The following is an overview of the front of the notebook. The built-in microphone allows for the reception and transmission of voice and/or other audio data to any program capable of utilizing the microphone. Thesemodes Status Indicator are: power on/suspend Status, battery/AC Lights adapter status, hard disk drive(HDD), num lock, caps lock, and wireless transmission activity. Plug the DC output cable into the DC power jack of your 2. Be sure that you have at least one charged battery installed. Your notebook will automatically switch from DC power to battery power. CAUTION: The Lithium-Ion battery does not ship with a precharge initially. You will need to connect the AC adapter to useyournotebookPCthefirsttime. It is recommended that only the AC Adapter supplied with the Q1000 is used. Any other adapter could cause damage or malfunction and might result in injury. Connect the AC adapter to the DC power port of your computer. Thereisno"memoryeffect"inLithium-Ionbatteries;thereforeyou do not need to discharge the battery completely before recharging. thechargetimeswillbesignificantlylongerifyournotebookPCis in use while the battery is charging. If you want to charge the battery more quickly, put your computer into Suspend mode or turn it off while the adapter is charging the battery. Low Battery State When the battery charge is low, a notification message appears. If you do not respond to the low battery message, the battery continues to discharge until it is too low to operate. When this happens, your notebook PC goes into Suspend mode. There is no guarantee your data will be saved once the notebook reaches this point. CAUTION:To protect your notebook from damage, use only the power adapter that came with it because each power adapter has its own power output rating. Once your notebook PC goes into Suspend mode as a result of a dead battery, you will be unable to resume operation until you provide a source of power either from an adapter or a charged battery. [. . . ] Thereshouldbeanantennaplugavailabletoplugintothemini card to allow for signal reception and transmission - Plug this into the port on the card. System Recovery - Restore your Q1000 Operating System The hard drive of the Q1000 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. The options menu allows you to launch the Windows Recovery tool to reinstall the operating system to factory defaults. Belowwillbrieflydescribe how to launch the recovery tool and to get the recovery started. [. . . ]