User manual SONY VAIO PCG-FXA53 QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] VAIO® Notebook Quick Start PCG-FXA50 Series Contents Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Registering Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Accessing the User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 About Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting Up Your Dial-Up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Up Your VAIO Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Locating Controls and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Starting Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Shutting Down Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Using Power Saving Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Software and Support Information . . . . . . . . . . 29 Software Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Software Support Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the Recovery CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs. . . . . . . 36 Using Your Recovery CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3 VAIO® Computer Quick Start Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Troubleshooting Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Troubleshooting the LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Troubleshooting the Mouse and Touchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you have any questions on using the Application Recovery CD after reading this section, contact Sony Customer Support. You must be in Windows to run the Application Recovery CD. If you have any 1 2 Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all applications. questions on using the Application Recovery CD after reading this section, contact Sony Customer Support. When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Sony Application Recovery CD in the optical drive. The Application Recovery utility loads automatically. When the Application Recovery menu appears, select the icon for the application you want to restore, and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the recovery process. 3 Your system may include one or two Application Recovery CDs. If you have two Application Recovery CDs, insert the first CD to run the Application Recovery program. You may be prompted to insert the second CD, depending on the application you wish to restore. 37 VAIO® Computer Quick Start To use the Driver Recovery CD(s) The Driver Recovery CD utility enables you to reinstall individual drivers if they become corrupted or are erased. You can reinstall an individual driver to correct a problem that you are experiencing with your computer, hardware, or software application. VAIO Support Agent, an application repair utility, uses a vault feature on the Driver Recovery CD(s) to repair software applications. If you need to reinstall all of the software applications that shipped with your computer, use the System Recovery CD. You must be in Windows to run the Driver Recovery CD utility. Reinstalling specific drivers with the Driver Recovery CD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all applications. When the Windows desktop appears, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the optical disc drive. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, then System. The System Properties dialog box appears. From the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. Click to highlight the device for which you wish to reinstall the driver. From the Actions menu, select Properties. The Properties dialog box for that device appears. 38 Using Your Recovery CDs Properties dialog box 8 9 Click Reinstall Driver. The wizard searches for the correct driver on your Driver Recovery CD. 10 When the recovery process is complete, click Finish. Some drivers require that you restart the computer to complete installation. 39 VAIO® Computer Quick Start To use the System Recovery CD(s) The System Recovery utility formats your hard disk drive and restores all original software applications. Your computer is returned to the original factory settings. The System Recovery process removes all software that you may have installed since you started using your computer. [. . . ] If you are still experiencing problems, check that another mouse was not installed. You may need to use your supplied Driver Recovery CD to reinstall the touchpad or mouse drivers. 48 Getting Help Sony provides you with several support resources to answer questions about your VAIO® computer or the preinstalled software. Refer to these resources in the order they are listed. Support Options If you have questions about your computer or the preinstalled software, refer to the following sources for answers in the sequence listed below. 1 VAIO® Computer User Guide The online VAIO® Computer User Guide and the printed VAIO® Computer Quick Start provide you with information on how to maximize your notebook capabilities and solve common problems. [. . . ]