User manual SONY PCG-GRX650 QUICK START

[. . . ] VAIO® Notebook Quick Start PCG-GRX520 Series PCG-GRX560 Series PCG-GRX580 Series PCG-GRX650 Series Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Unpacking Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Registering Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 About Adding Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Setting Up Your Dial-Up Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Setting Up Your VAIO® Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Locating Controls and Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Starting Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Shutting Down Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Software and Support Information . . . . . . . . . . 31 Software Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Software Support Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using the Recovery CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Application, Driver, and System Recovery CDs. . . . . . . 38 Using Your Recovery CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Support Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 3 VAIO® Computer Quick Start 4 Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Sony VAIO® notebook. Sony has combined leading-edge technology in audio, video, computing, and communications to provide you with state-of-the-art personal computing. Features For a complete description of the specifications of your VAIO® notebook, see the Specifications flyer supplied with your notebook. Exceptional performance -- Your notebook includes a Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor-M that supports Enhanced Intel® SpeedStepTM technology* and a V. 90 compatible modem. To combine performance and portability, Sony has implemented speed-controlling technology designed to maximize battery life during mobile computer use. [. . . ] 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 more Application Recovery CDs. If you have more than one Application Recovery CD, insert the first CD to run the Application Recovery program. You may be prompted to insert the next CD, depending on the application you wish to restore. Reinstalling device drivers with the Application Recovery CD(s) 1 2 Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, close all applications. When the Windows desktop appears, insert Application Recovery CD No. 39 VAIO® Computer Quick Start 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Click Start in the Windows taskbar and click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance and click System. The System Properties dialog box appears. From the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. Click to select the unknown device or the device that requires the driver installation. The unknown device(s) is identified by a yellow question mark. This removes the device driver from your system. Repeat for each device driver as necessary. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, select Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart. When the desktop appears, Windows automatically reinstalls the device driver(s) from the Application Recovery CD. Your system includes one or more Application Recovery CDs. 1, to start the application or driver recovery process. You are prompted to insert the next CD(s), depending on the software application or driver you wish to restore. If you have any questions about using the Application Recovery CD(s), visit http://www. sony. com/pcsupport, or contact Sony Customer Support at 1-888-4SONY-PC. 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. 40 Using Your Recovery CDs Reinstalling specific drivers with the Driver Recovery CD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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. [. . . ] You may need to use your Driver Recovery CD to reinstall the mouse drivers. See "To use the Driver Recovery CD(s)" on page 40 for more information. The pointer does not move while using the Touchpad or Mouse. The computer should be restarted. Follow these steps: 1 2 3 Press the Windows key. Press the "U" key to select Turn Off Computer / Shut Down, and then wait at least four seconds. [. . . ]