User manual TOSHIBA PORTEGE R600

[. . . ] TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. [. . . ] Click OK. 174 NOTE Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Power Saver Toshiba Power Saver Toshiba recommends that you use the Toshiba Power Management Utility for changing system power settings. The Toshiba Power Saver feature enables you to control your computer's power usage, regardless of the source, and use the many preset power modes, or create one yourself. To access Toshiba Power Saver through Toshiba Assist, click the Power Saver icon. The Toshiba Power Saver Properties window appears. Sample Toshiba Power Saver Properties window The Power Save Modes tab shows the power usage for both AC power and battery power. You can either use one of the preset profiles or create and use your own customized mode. The preset profiles cannot be deleted. Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Power Saver 175 By changing the options that appear in the Toshiba Power Saver Properties window and clicking OK, you can reconfigure that function. Any options that you change become effective when you click either OK or Apply. Power Usage Profiles The preset profiles are: Full Power AC Optimized High Power Normal DVD Playback Presentation Long Life Although you can change the properties for any of these modes, this is not recommended. If you need a customized mode, create a new mode with the properties you require. The DVD Playback profile applies only when a DVD program is playing on battery power. Creating a new power mode 1 2 Highlight one of the preset profiles. A new profile appears with the title "Copy of Name" where Name is the title of the profile you copied. 3 4 To rename the profile, click the Property button. Type the name for your new profile, and then click OK. 176 1 2 3 4 Toshiba Utilities Toshiba SDTM Memory Card Format Utility Customizing a power mode Highlight the profile on the Profiles window. 2 3 Click Set Quiet Mode to make the drive run more slowly and quietly, for listening to music or audio files on a CD. Click Set Normal Mode to run the drive at normal speed, for transferring data. Toshiba Hardware Setup Toshiba Hardware Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool. To access it: Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, Assist, or double-click the Toshiba Hardware Settings icon in the Optimize tab of Toshiba Assist. Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 183 The Toshiba Hardware Setup window appears. Sample Toshiba Hardware Setup window The Toshiba Hardware Setup window has the following tabs: Boot Priority -- Allows you to set the order of priority by which the machine searches for a device to boot from; in addition to changing the network boot protocol. You can also manually choose the boot-up sequence by pressing the power switch, then quickly pressing the right or left arrow keys. Select the boot device by pressing the right or left arrow keys, then pressing the Enter key. NOTE Since the system is a quick-booting system, you must press the arrow keys immediately after pressing the power switch. Keyboard--Allows you to enable or disable Wake up from the keyboard. This function only applies to the built-in keyboard from Standby mode. USB--Allows you to enable or disable USB Legacy Emulation. 184 Toshiba Utilities Tablet and Pen Settings LAN -- Lets you enable or disable the Wake-up on LAN feature and enable or disable the built-in LAN. Display--Allows you to change various default settings for the built-in LCD display and external video displays. CPU--Allows you to set the "CPU Frequency Mode" to one of "Dynamically Switchable, " "Always High, " or "Always Low. " General -- Allows you to view the current BIOS hard disk drive and memory settings. Device Config--Shows the Device configuration options. Tablet and Pen Settings The Tablet and Pen Settings utility allows you to set various options for using the tablet and pen. To access this utility: 1 Double-click the Tablet and Pen Settings icon in the Optimize tab of Toshiba Assist. [. . . ] For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. RJ11 -- A modular connector used on most U. S. telephone systems and direct-connect modems. [. . . ]