User manual SONY VAIO VPC-EB1GGX/BI

[. . . ] When you see the SONY logo, press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup utility. The pointing devices are not active in the BIOS Setup utility. Press the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys to move among menus. Press the DOWN and UP arrow keys to move among options in a menu. [. . . ] After the hard disk drive is formatted, you'll need to reinstall any applications. 1. Insert the Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive. (If your system came with two Recovery CDs, insert Disc 1. ) 4. Reboot and, when you see the SONY logo, press ESC twice. Select the CD-ROM drive as the boot device, and press ENTER. NOTE: If your system came with two Recovery CDs, you may be prompted to insert the other Recovery CD during the recovery process. When you are prompted to reboot your computer, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and follow the onscreen instructions. If you are recovering Windows 95 or Windows 98, you can choose to install either one of these operating systems. You can find more details about recovering the factory installation of Windows on the Recovery CD; the file README. TXT is in the CD's root directory. NOTE: The file system for Windows 95 and for Windows 98 can be FAT16 or FAT32; Windows NT 4. 0 can be FAT16 or NTFS. 19 Reinstalling the Online User's Guide on an OmniBook XE You can reinstall the OmniBook XE online User's Guide from the Recovery CD. This process also reinstalls OmniBook Notes and Support files to your hard drive. Use the arrow keys to select the ATAPI CD-ROM drive. Press F6 to move up (or F5 to move down) in the list. Press F10 to Save and Exit the BIOS Setup utility. · Reboot the OmniBook. You may also want to test the CD-ROM drive with diagnostics. See Testing the OmniBook with Diag Tools. 26 Display Problems If the OmniBook is on, but the screen is blank · · · Try pressing Fn+F1 to increase the contrast or Fn+F2 to decrease the contrast. (On some types of displays, contrast control is not necessary and therefore is not available. ) Press Fn+F12 in case the internal display was disabled. (Do this three times to return to the state you started from. ) If the OmniBook is cold, allow it to warm up. If the screen is difficult to read · Check whether the display resolution is set to its default setting--800 × 600 for 12. 1" display or 1024 × 768 for 13. 3" display. Check this in Start, Settings, Control Panel, Display, Settings. Try pressing Fn+F1 to increase contrast. · If an external display does not work · · · Check the connections. Press Fn+F12 in case the external monitor was disabled. (Do this three times to return to the state you started from. ) The external monitor may not be detected. [. . . ] Storage temperature: ­20 to 60 ºC (­4 to 140 ºF). Super I/O: National 97338. Security Features Environmental Limits Major ICs 44 OmniBook XE2 Hardware Specifications Physical Attributes Processor and Bus Architecture Size: 311mm×249mm×42mm (12. 24"×9. 80"×1. 64") closed. 300-MHz OR 333-MHz Intel Pentium II OR Celeron processor. 12. 1-inch SONYA display (800×600×64K colors). [. . . ]