Document Outline

• Welcome
  • Finding information
• Getting to know your computer
  • Top
    • TouchPad
    • Lights
    • Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only)
    • Keys
  • Front
  • Right
  • Left
  • Display
  • Bottom
• Networking
  • Using an Internet service provider (ISP)
  • Identifying wireless and network status icons
  • Creating a wireless connection
    • Turning wireless devices on and off
      • Using the wireless button
      • Using the operating system controls
  • Using a WLAN
    • Connecting to an existing WLAN
    • Setting up a new WLAN
    • Protecting your WLAN
    • Roaming to another network
  • Connecting to a wired network
    • Connecting to a local area network (LAN)
• Keyboard and pointing devices
  • Using the keyboard
    • Identifying the hot keys
    • Using keypads
      • Using the embedded numeric keypad
        • Turning the embedded numeric keypad on and off
        • Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad
      • Using an optional external numeric keypad
  • Using the TouchPad
    • Turning the TouchPad off and on
    • Navigating
    • Selecting
    • Using TouchPad gestures
      • Tapping
      • Scrolling
      • Pinching/Zooming
    • Setting pointing device preferences
    • Using the pointing stick
• Multimedia
  • Using the audio features
    • Adjusting the volume
    • Checking your audio functions
  • Using the webcam (select models only)
  • Using video devices
    • VGA
    • DisplayPort
• Power management
  • Shutting down the computer
  • Setting power options
    • Using power-saving states
      • Initiating and exiting Suspend
      • Initiating and exiting Hibernation
    • Using the Power icon
    • Using power management
      • Viewing the current power management settings
      • Changing the current power management settings
  • Using battery power
    • Displaying the remaining battery charge
    • Inserting or removing the battery
    • Charging a battery
    • Maximizing battery life
    • Managing low battery levels
      • Identifying low battery levels
      • Resolving a low battery level
        • Resolving a low battery level when external power is available
        • Resolving a low battery level when a charged battery is available
        • Resolving a low battery level when no power source is available
        • Resolving a low battery level when the computer cannot exit Hibernation
    • Conserving battery power
    • Storing a battery
    • Disposing of a used battery
    • Replacing the battery
  • Using external AC power
    • Testing an AC adapter
• Drives
  • Handling drives
  • Using hard drives
    • Removing or replacing the service door
      • Removing the service door
      • Replacing the service door
  • Replacing or upgrading the hard drive
    • Removing the hard drive
    • Installing a hard drive
• External cards and devices
  • Using Memory Card Readers
    • Inserting a memory card
    • Removing a memory card
  • Using smart cards
    • Inserting a smart card
    • Removing a smart card
  • Using a USB device
    • Connecting a USB device
    • Removing a USB device
  • Using optional external devices
    • Using optional external drives
• Memory modules
• Security
  • Protecting the computer
  • Using passwords
    • Setting passwords in the operating system
    • Setting passwords in Computer Setup
      • Managing a BIOS administrator password
      • Entering a BIOS administrator password
    • Using a Computer Setup DriveLock password
      • Managing a DriveLock password
      • Entering a DriveLock password
  • Using Computer Setup Automatic DriveLock
    • Managing an Automatic DriveLock password
  • Using firewall software
• Backup and Recovery
  • Creating backups
  • Backing up your information
  • Performing a system recovery
  • Remove everything and reinstall SLED
• Computer Setup (BIOS) and Advanced System Diagnostics
  • Starting Computer Setup
  • Using Computer Setup
    • Navigating and selecting in Computer Setup
    • Restoring factory settings in Computer Setup
  • Updating the BIOS
    • Determining the BIOS version
    • Downloading a BIOS update
  • Using Advanced System Diagnostics
• MultiBoot
  • About the boot device order
  • Enabling boot devices in Computer Setup
  • Considering boot order changes
  • Choosing MultiBoot preferences
    • Setting a new boot order in Computer Setup
    • Dynamically choosing a boot device using the f9 prompt
    • Setting a MultiBoot Express prompt
    • Entering MultiBoot Express preferences
• Troubleshooting and support
  • Troubleshooting
    • The computer is unable to start up
    • The computer screen is blank
    • Software is functioning abnormally
    • The computer is on but is not responding
    • The computer is unusually warm
    • An external device is not working
    • The wireless network connection is not working
  • Contacting support
  • Labels
• Cleaning your computer
  • Cleaning products
  • Cleaning procedures
    • Cleaning the display
    • Cleaning the sides and cover
    • Cleaning the TouchPad and keyboard
    • Cleaning a tablet PC pen and pen holder (select models only)
• Specifications
  • Input power
  • Operating environment
• Electrostatic discharge
• Index