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i Chapter 1: About This Reference . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About this g uide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accessi ng t he onli ne Use r Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 eMachines contact info rmation .
Contents ii Memory card t ypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using a memory card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Adju sting t he v olume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
www.emachi nes.com iii Deleting unnecessary files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Checking the hard drive for erro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Defragmenti ng th e hard driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents iv Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Before cal ling Cus tomer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Calling Custom er Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapt er 1 1 1 About T his R ef erenc e • About this guide • Acces sing the online U ser Guide • eMachine s co ntact inf ormation • Micro soft C ertificate of Authe nticity • For mor e inf ormation 8513152.
Chap ter 1: Abou t Thi s Refe renc e 2 About t his guide Th is guide in clude s inf or mation and mai nten ance inst ruc tions that are spec ific t o your model of eMachines comput er . Some ill ustratio ns in th is guide may lo ok different tha n your computer becaus e hardw are options and port locations may v ary .
www.emachi nes.com 3 eMac hine s contac t inf or mation See your s etup post er f or Cus tomer Care contac t inf ormation. The label on the top of your comput er cont ains inf ormation that identifie s your c omputer model and s erial number . C ust omer Car e will ne ed this inf or mation if y ou call f or as sistance .
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Chapt er 2 5 5 Ch e ck i n g O u t Y o u r Co m p u te r • Fro n t • Back 8513152.book Page 5 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:57 PM.
Chapter 2: Che cking Out Your Comput er 6 Fro n t Memory c ard reader (o pti ona l) DVD/CD drive P ower but t on/ powe r i ndi cator USB po rt s DVD/CD drive (o pti ona l) Mi cropho ne j ack Headp hone jack 8513152.
www.emachi nes.com 7 Com ponen t Icon Des cripti on Optical dis c dri v e U se this dri ve t o li ste n to a udio CDs, install game s and pr ograms, w at ch DVDs, and st ore lar ge file s ont o re cordab le disc s (depen ding on dri v e type). This dri v e may be a CD , recor dable CD, DV D, re c o rd a b le DV D, B lu - ray , o r H D DVD dri v e.
Chapter 2: Che cking Out Your Comput er 8 Bac k Important Y our computer’ s hard war e options and port locations ma y v ary fr om th is illu stration. Componen t Icon Descr iptio n P ow er connec t or Plug t he po wer cor d int o this co nnect or .
www.emachi nes.com 9 Micr ophone jac k (pink plug) Plug a micr ophone int o th is jack. Headphone/ speaker jack (gr een plug) Plug he adphones or speak ers int o this jac k. T elephone jack (optional) Plu g th e co rd from you r tel ep ho ne in to th is jack.
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Chapt er 3 11 11 Set tin g Up and Get ting Start ed • Working saf ely and comf ortably • Prepar ing pow er connec tions • C onnec ting t o a br oadband modem or netw ork • C onnec ting a dial-.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 12 W orking saf el y and comf ortabl y Bef ore using your computer , follow the se general gui delines f or se tting up a saf e and comf orta ble work area and a voiding discomf ort and str ain: • K eep hands and arms parallel to t he floor .
www.emachi nes.com 13 R educ ing e y e str ain Sunlight or bright indoor lighting shoul d not refl ect on the monitor sc reen or shine direc tly into y our e yes . • P osition t he compu t er desk and scr een so you can av oid glare o n your scree n and lig ht s hin ing d irectly into your e y es.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 14 Sit ting at y our comput er • Av oid bending, arc hing, or angling y our wrists. Mak e sure t hat the y are in a relaxed po sition when you type . • D o n o t s l o u c h f o r w a r d o r l e a n f a r b a c k .
www.emachi nes.com 15 C heck ing the v olt age sele c tio n The power supply , a comp onent built int o you r compute r , pro vide s power t o the s yst em board, add-in cards, and peripheral de vice s.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 16 C onnec ting a dial-up modem Y our computer ma y hav e a 5 6K modem that y ou can us e with a st a n da rd te l ep h o n e l i n e to co n n ect to th e I n ter ne t o r fa x documents.
www.emachi nes.com 17 5 T o open your comput er ’ s Start menu, clic k ( Start ). F r om t hat menu , y ou ca n ru n pr ogr ams and s ear c h f o r file s. Fo r more inf orm ation on using y our comput er’ s menus, see “U sing Window s” and “Cu st omizing Windo ws” in your online Use r G u i d e .
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 18 T o p u t y o u r c o m p u t e r t o s l e e p : 1 C lick ( Start ) , then c lick (power) . The computer save s your session and part ially sh uts down to sa ve pow er . 2 T o “wak e” y our comput er , pres s a k e y on the k ey board, mov e the mouse , or press t he power but ton.
www.emachi nes.com 19 R e starting (r ebooting) y our comput er If your computer doe s not respond t o ke y board or mouse input, you ma y need to restar t (reboot) your comput er . To r e s t a r t y o u r c o m p u t e r : 1 C lick ( Start ), clic k t he arr o w nex t t o th e loc k icon, t hen cli ck Rest art .
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 20 U sing t he k e yboar d The k e y board has s ev eral dif f erent type s of k ey s and butt ons. Y our ke yboard also ha s status indicat ors that sho w whic h k e yboa rd f eature is ac tiv e . Fea t ur e De script ion F unct ion ke y s Pres s these k e ys t o start program actions.
www.emachi nes.com 21 U sing t he mou s e The mouse is a de vi ce that contr ols the point er mo vement on the comput er displa y. This illu str ation show s the standard mouse . As you mo ve t he mouse , the point er (arro w) on the disp la y mov e s in the s ame direc tion.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 22 Y ou ca n use t he left and ri g ht b uttons on t h e m o u s e t o s e l e c t objects on the display . Y ou c an use the scr oll wheel on the mouse to mo v e thr ough a document. This f eature is not a v ailable in all pr ograms.
www.emachi nes.com 23 U sing optical dr i v e s Fea t ures Y our optical driv e has t he f ollowing basic comp onents: L oading an optical dis c T o insert an optical disc: 1 Pre ss t he e ject bu tton on the optical disc dr iv e . 2 Pl ace the dis c in the tra y wit h the la bel f aci ng up.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 24 DVD / C D- RW Instal ling prog rams , pla ying audio C Ds, acces sing data , cr eating CDs, and p lay ing D VDs.
www.emachi nes.com 25 Pl ayi n g d i sc s Pl ayi n g a C D A standard compac t disc ( CD ) can h old an entire album of digital songs and can be pla yed on a CD play er or your computer’s CD driv e.
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 26 Cre ating disc s R ecording to op tical discs Y ou can us e the disc burning program on your computer to copy tracks from a musi c CD to y our hard drive , copy or create data disc s, cr eate music CDs, c reat e video D VDs, and mor e.
www.emachi nes.com 27 Memory card ty pe s The me mor y card rea der sup po rts several me mor y ca rd types . T o de t er mine w hic h t ype s are su ppor t ed b y y our c ar d r ead er and the slots to us e for eac h type of card, examine the f ace pla t e of t he r eade r .
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 28 T o adjust the ov er all volume u sing hardw are controls: • If y ou are u sing ex t ernal spea k ers, turn th e knob on the fr ont of the speak ers. -OR - Use th e m u te a n d vo l um e c on tro l b u tton s o n th e k eyboard.
www.emachi nes.com 29 4 T o adjust dev ice volume levels, click Mixer . The Vo lu me Mix er dialog box opens, wher e you can click and drag sliders f or indiv idual de v ices. 5 C lick X in th e top - ri g h t c o rn e r o f th e wi n d ow to clos e it .
Chapter 3: Se tting Up and Ge tting Star ted 30 2 C lick ( Star t ), t he n c l i c k Cont rol P anel . T he Co nt ro l Pa n e l window opens. 3 C lick Har dware and Sound , Sound , th e Pl ayb a c k tab, then click Configure .
Chapt er 4 31 31 Upgr ading Y o ur C omput er • Pre v enting static elec tric ity dis char ge • Opening t he ca se • Clos in g th e c ase • R eplacing t he color panel • Installing memor y .
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 32 Pr e v enting static elec tr ic ity dis c har g e The components inside y our computer are ex tremel y sensitive t o static elec tri city , also k nown as elec tro st atic di sc har ge (ESD) .
www.emachi nes.com 33 R emo ving t he side panel T o remo ve t he side panel: 1 F ollow t he instr uc tions i n “Pre v entin g static elec tric ity dischar ge” on page 3 2 . 2 Shut down y our compu ter , then di sconnec t the power cord and modem, network, and all peripheral dev ice cable s.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 34 2 Pre s s the thr ee bez el r et ention tab s, the n swin g the lef t side of the bez el aw a y from t he compu t er and remov e it.
www.emachi nes.com 35 C losing t h e ca s e R eplac ing t he f r ont bez el T o rep lace the f ront bezel: 1 Slide the tabs on the righ t side of the bezel into the slots on the right side of the co mputer .
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 36 R eplac ing t he side panel T o rep lace the s ide panel: 1 Make sure that all of the interna l ca bles are a rran ged inside the computer so the y will not be pinched when y ou close the computer .
www.emachi nes.com 37 2 Press firm ly o n the lower le ft and lower rig ht p arts o f the color panel t o releas e the panel f rom the f r ont bezel. Y ou should pres s the tw o points against the computer until y ou hear or f eel a clic k, which is the sound of the panel’ s inter nal loc king tabs unlocking.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 38 4 Slide the tabs of t he new color panel up into t he slots on the f ront bez el. 5 Press firm ly o n the lower le ft and lower rig ht p arts o f the color pan el to engage t he panel’ s int erna l lock ing tabs .
www.emachi nes.com 39 4 If you ar e remo ving a DIMM f rom t he mem ory module bank, gently pull the plastic tab s aw ay f rom t he sides of the memory modu le and remov e it. - OR - If y ou ar e adding a DIMM t o an empty memory module bank, gently pull the plastic tab s aw ay f rom t he sides of the memory modu le bank.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 40 Addi ng or r eplac ing an opt ical dis c dr i v e T o add rep lace an optic al drive: 1 R emov e th e side panel b y f ollow ing the instr uc tions in “Remo vi ng the side panel” on page 3 3 .
www.emachi nes.com 41 6 R emov e the two dri ve r et ention scre w s. 7 Slide the driv e f orward and out of the dri ve ba y . 8 Slide the new driv e into t he driv e bay , lin e up the sc re w holes on t he driv e bay w ith the s cre w holes on t he driv e , then replace the two dr iv e ret ention scr ew s.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 42 R eplac ing t he media panel The media panel on the fr ont of your comput er can contain v arious f eatur es, inc luding headp hone and microphone jac ks, USB por ts, and memor y card reader slots. T he featur es included on y our computer’s media panel ma y vary f rom t hat show n.
www.emachi nes.com 43 4 While holdin g the ret entio n tab out, rota t e the be z el upw ard and aw ay f rom the computer . 5 On th e le ft si de of the case, remov e the screw tha t sec ures t he media pane l t o the compu ter .
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 44 7 Rem ove th e c a bl e s fro m th e ca b l e cl ip on th e b o tto m o f the c ase. 8 R emo ve t he me dia pa nel f r om y ou r com put er . 9 Gui de t he ca ble s of the n ew medi a pa nel t hr oug h t he hole in t he fr ont of the case , then slide the new media panel into place .
www.emachi nes.com 45 Addi ng or r eplac ing a har d dr i v e T o add o r rep lace a hard drive: 1 R emov e th e side panel b y f ollow ing the instr uc tions in “Remo vi ng the side panel” on page 3 3 . 2 Disconnect and label all hard dri ve cables, noting their locations and orientation.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 46 3 Loo se n the c a pt ive th um bs crew th at se cu re s th e ha rd dri ve cage to th e comp uter . ( This sc r ew cannot be re m ove d.
www.emachi nes.com 47 8 L ine up the tabs on the right side of the cage with the slots on the inside of the case , then slide the cage into the c ase. 9 Tighten the cage thumbscr ew , then plug the h ard driv e cage f an cable back int o t he s ys tem boar d.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 48 3 Unplug the heat sink f an cable from the s yst em board. 4 Loo sen the four captiv e scre ws that secur e the h eat sink and fan as sembly to the sy stem board, then remov e the as sembl y and place it on a stable surf ace wit h the f lat surf ace of the heat sink (the side with t he thermal grease) up.
www.emachi nes.com 49 5 Pu sh the proces sor r eleas e lev er do wn, lif t it complet ely up, t hen lift the pr ocess or ret e ntion brac k et. 6 Remove the p rocessor fr om the system boa rd.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 50 Addi ng or r eplac ing an e xpansion car d T o add or repla ce an expansion ca rd: 1 R emov e th e side panel b y f ollow ing the instr uc tions in “Remo vi ng the side panel” on page 3 3 .
www.emachi nes.com 51 5 Install the new car d into the e xpansion slot. Y ou can slightly s eesa w the car d end-to-end to help insert the card, but do not bend the card side wa y s. 6 If y ou hav e just replaced an expansion card, reconnect the e xpansion card cables (if any) u sing your not es from 2 .
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 52 7 L ocate the old bat tery on the s yst em board and not e its orient ation. Y ou wi ll need t o inst all the new b att ery the sa m e way. 8 Pus h th e b a tte r y re le ase ta b . Th e b a tter y po ps o ut o f th e socke t.
www.emachi nes.com 53 3 R emov e all memory modules by f oll owing t he directions in “Installing memory” on page 38 . 4 Disconnec t all the pow er and d ata cables f rom t he sy st em boar d, noting the ir locations and or ientation. (Y ou will reconnect the cables af ter y ou install the new board.
Chapter 4: Upgradi ng Your Co mputer 54 11 Connec t all pow er and data cables using y our note s fr om 4 . 12 R einstall a ny me mory modules y ou re mov ed pre v iousl y .
Chapt er 5 55 55 Maintai ning Y our C omput er • Set ting up a maint enance s c hedule • Cari ng f or y o ur comput er • C leaning your comput er • Updating W indow s • U sing B igF ix • Mana ging hard driv e spa ce • Scheduling maint en ance ta sks • Mo vi ng fr om y our old comput er 8513152.
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 56 Se t ting up a maint enance s c hedule Use t he f ollowing tabl e t o set up a r egula r maintenance schedu le.
www.emachi nes.com 57 Car ing f or y our comput er T o ext end the life of y our com puter : • B e c a r e f u l n o t t o b u m p o r d r o p y o u r c o m p u t e r , a n d d o not put any ob jects on t op of it. The cas e , although strong, i s not made t o support e xtr a we ight.
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 58 C leaning y our comput er K eeping your comput er clean and the vents fr ee from du st helps k e ep y our computer perf orming at its best.
www.emachi nes.com 59 C leaning t he k e ybo ard Y ou should occasionall y clean the k e y board to r emov e dust and lint trapped under the ke ys. T o c lean the k e ybo ard: 1 Us e an aero sol ca n of air wit h a narr ow , straw -lik e ex tension t o remov e dust and lint trapped under the key s .
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 60 C leaning optical dis c s Optical disc s (CDs, D VDs, and Blu-ray Discs) ge t dirty f rom fr equent hand ling. T o clean an opt ical disc: • Wip e fr om the cent er t o the ed ge , not around in a c irc le , using a pr oduct made especi ally f or the purpos e.
www.emachi nes.com 61 U sing BigF ix BigFix monit ors y our computer f or problems and c onflic ts. It aut omaticall y gat hers inf ormation about the lat e st bugs, sec urity alerts, and updat es f rom BigFix sit es on the Inte rnet. Whene ver BigFix det ec ts a problem, it alerts you b y fla shing the blue taskbar ic on.
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 62 C hecking ha rd dr iv e space T o check hard dr iv e spa ce: 1 C lick ( Star t ) t hen c li ck Co mputer . The Com p uter wi nd ow o p en s . 2 Right -c lick the dri ve t hat you want t o chec k for a v ailable fi le space , t hen c lick Propert ie s .
www.emachi nes.com 63 Deleti ng unnece s sary file s Delet e unne ces sary fi les, suc h a s tempor ary file s and f iles in t he R ecy cle Bin, t o f r ee har d dr i v e spa ce . T o dele te unnecessary files: 1 C lick ( Star t ), All Programs , Acc essories , Sy ste m T ools , then clic k Disk Cleanup .
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 64 T o check the hard dri ve f or errors: 1 C lick ( Star t ) t hen c li ck Co mputer . The Com p uter wi nd ow o p en s . 2 Right -clic k the driv e that you w ant to chec k fo r errors, cli ck Propert ies , then click t he To o l s tab.
www.emachi nes.com 65 Disk Defr agmenter organi ze s the data on the driv e so eac h file is stored as one un it rather than as multip le pi eces scattered acr os s diff erent ar eas of the dri ve . Defr agmenting the inf ormation stored on the dri v e c an impro ve hard dri v e perf ormance .
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 66 Y ou should b ack up your files re gularl y to a wr itable optical disc (if y ou hav e a recordable dri ve) . Us e a back up dev ice , such as a r ecordable dis c driv e , t o do a complete har d dri ve bac k up.
www.emachi nes.com 67 To s t a r t t h e Ta s k S c h e d u l e r : 1 C lick ( Star t ), All Programs , Acc essories , Sy ste m T ools , then clic k T ask Scheduler .
Chapter 5: Ma intaini ng Your Computer 68 T o m ov e files and sett ings f rom y our old c omput er: 1 If you w ant to tr ansf er program se ttings t o your ne w comput er , install t hos e progr ams on t he new comput er befor e running Windows Eas y T r ansfer .
www.emachi nes.com 69 4 C op y y our p ers ona l dat a fil es t o rem o v able me dia o r to another computer on y our network. Fin di n g o th e r f il es Us e Windo ws F ind or Searc h to locat e other personal data f iles. F or mor e i nf or mat ion, se e “U sin g Wi ndo w s” i n y our o nli ne User Guide .
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Chapt er 6 71 71 T r ouble shooting • Err or mess ages • Int er net and ne tworking • Pow e r • Displ a y • Pr inting • Optical disc s • Memo ry ca rd r eade r • Mou s e • Key b o a .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 72 S af ety guideline s While troublesh ooti ng your com puter , f ollow these safety guid elines: T r y the se st ep s f irst If y ou ha v e pro blem s w it h y ou r co mput e r , try the s e t hi ngs fi rst : • C heck all cabl e connections, including power .
www.emachi nes.com 73 Er r or me s s age s Erro r mes sage Acti on “I ns uffi cie nt dis k space” See “Y ou get an “Insuffic ient dis k space” error m essage” on p age 8 3 . “Data e rro r ” See “Y ou get a “Data er ror” me ss age” on page 84 .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 74 Int erne t and ne tw orking Internet If you do not find a solution to y our problem in this sec tion, the issue ma y be networking relat ed.
www.emachi nes.com 75 P eople are sending y ou e-mails, but you ha ve not recei v ed them • C lick t he Recei ve or Send and R ecei ve butt on in your e-mail progr am. Th is chec ks you r mail serv er f or inco ming e -m ail. • Mak e sure that y our account with y our Inter net service pro vider (ISP) is s et up corr ec tly .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 76 Modem (dial -up) See a lso “Internet and ne tworking” on page 7 4 . Y our modem does not dial or does not connect • Mak e sure that the modem cable is plug ged into the modem jack and not the Etherne t network jac k.
www.emachi nes.com 77 Y ou cannot connec t to th e Int ernet • The ISP ma y be hav ing tec hnical diffic ulties. C ontact y our ISP f or t echnical support. • R ev ie w the tr oubleshooting inf ormati on under “Interne t and networking” on page 7 4 .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 78 3 C lick t he Modem t a b , t h e n a d j u s t t h e Speak er vo lu m e control. 4 C lick OK twice to clo se the dialog box es.
www.emachi nes.com 79 Po w e r Y our compute r will not tur n on • Ma ke s u re th a t th e p owe r c or d i s c o nn e cted to a n AC power sour ce and to your computer , and that y our computer is turned on. If your power cables are co nnected to a power st rip, ma ke sure it i s t urn ed on .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 80 Th e color is not unif orm • Mak e sure t hat the displa y w arms up f or at leas t 30 minut es b ef ore making a fin al judgment about color unif ormity . T h e t e x t o n t h e d i s p l a y i s d i m o r d i f f i c u l t t o r e a d • Adjust the brightnes s and contrast controls.
www.emachi nes.com 81 • R einstal l the pr inte r driv er . See your p rint er’s u ser gu ide for instru ction s. • W ait un til file s hav e been printed bef ore sending additional files t o the print er . • If you print large files or ma ny files at on e time, you ma y wa nt to add a dditional memory to t he print er .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 82 • The region al code of the mov ie disc may not mat ch y our dri ve’ s r egional code . Pla y onl y discs w ith a reg ional code f or your re gion . The DVD reg iona l cod e for the Un ited Stat es and Can ada is 1 , and the r egional code f or Mexico is 4 .
www.emachi nes.com 83 Ke y b o a r d The ke yboard does not wo rk • Ma ke su re th at th e keybo a rd c a bl e i s p l u g ge d i n corr ec tly . • C lean the ke yboard b y using an aerosol can of air wit h a narr ow , straw-lik e ex te nsion t o remo ve dust and lint trapped under the k e ys.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 84 A file w as accident ally delet ed • If a fi le wa s dele ted w hile holdin g dow n the S HIF T ke y, or if the Recycle Bi n has b een em pt ied s ince the file was dele te d, the file cannot be re st ored. T o restore delet e d files: 1 Double-clic k t he Rec yc le B in icon.
www.emachi nes.com 85 Checking th e hard dr iv e f or er rors Us e Error -chec king i f you encounter hard dri ve pr oblems . Err or -c hecking ex amines the hard dri v e for f ile and f older problems, then corr ec ts the data problems that it finds.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 86 Y ou see a “No t enough me mory ” error me ssage • C los e all progr ams, the n rest art you r computer . • If you continue to rece iv e this error me ssage , consider adding more memory to y our computer .
www.emachi nes.com 87 Expansion car ds The co mputer d oes not recognize a n expansion card • R estart y our comput er . • Mak e sure t hat you hav e installed the requir ed softw are . For mor e infor mation, see your e xpansion card’s documentation.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 88 • Screen resolution —Many TVs cannot display the high re solution t hat your comput er’s v ideo signal u ses , and may sh ift, scramb le, or scroll the picture. For a better pic ture o n a TV di spl a y , yo u ma y ne ed t o lo w er t he comp ut er’s sc r een re s oluti on t o 800 × 600 o r 640 × 480.
www.emachi nes.com 89 C hecking f o r de v ice pr oblems F aul ty d e vices o r corru pt de vice drivers can cause a variety o f problems on y our computer . Checking the condition of sy st em de vices and t he status of the ir driv ers can help pi npoint the problem.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 90 R eco v er ing y our s y st em Y ou can solv e most comput er problems by f ollowing t he informati on in “T rouble shooting” on page 7 1 or in the tec hnical support pages at www .
www.emachi nes.com 91 Cre ating reco very dis cs If your computer e xperiences pr oblems that are not reco ver able by other met hods, you ma y need t o reinstall t he Windo ws oper ating sy st em and fac t ory-loaded sof tw are and dri vers. T o reinstall using discs, y ou must cr eate the s et of recovery discs beforehan d.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 92 The Cr ea te B a ckup D i sc dialog bo x opens. This dialog bo x tells y ou the number of b lank, recor dable discs y ou will need to comple te the re cov ery discs. Mak e sure that y ou hav e the required number of iden tical, blank discs ready bef ore continuing.
www.emachi nes.com 93 R eco v e ring pr e-installed sof tw are and d ri v ers As a tro ubleshooting st e p, you ma y need t o re install the sof tw are and dev ice dri vers t hat came pre -installed on your computer f rom t he f act ory . Y ou can reco ver u sing either y our hard dri ve or t he backup disc s you ha ve c reat ed.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 94 3 C lick Contents . A list of softw are and d e vice dri v ers opens. 4 C lick the in stall icon f or the it em y ou w ant to i nstall, then f ollow the on-screen prompts t o complete the insta llat ion. Repeat this s tep f or ea ch item you want to r einstall.
www.emachi nes.com 95 2 On the left side of the window , click Re p a i r W i n d ow s using S ystem Rest ore , then cli ck Next . T he Ch oos e a restore po int dialog box opens. 3 C lick the r e stor e p oint y ou w ant, clic k Ne xt , then click Finish .
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 96 R ecov ering f rom wit hin Window s V ist a T o reinst all Windo ws Vista and all pre-installed softw are and drivers: 1 C lick ( Star t ), All Programs , eMac hines , then cl ick eMac hines R ecover y Manag ement . eM achines Re c o ver y Ma n a g em en t opens.
www.emachi nes.com 97 R eco v ering from the hard dri ve during startup T o reinstall Window s V ista and all pre -installed sof tw are and drivers: 1 T urn on y our computer , then pre ss A LT +F1 0 during startup. eMachi nes Recove r y M anagement opens.
Chapter 6: Troubleshoot ing 98 T echnical suppor t Bef ore calling C ust omer Car e If you ha ve a t echnical problem wit h your computer , f ollow the se recommendations befor e contacting C ust omer Care: • Mak e sur e that y our comput er is connec te d correc tl y t o an A C p ow er outle t that is supply ing pow er .
Appendix A 99 99 Le g a l N o t i c e s • Important s af e ty inf or mation • R egulato ry c ompliance stat ements • En vir onmental inf ormation • Notices 8513152.
Appe ndix A: Le gal Noti ces 100 Important s af ety inf ormation Y o ur eMa chines system is designed an d tested t o me et the latest standa rds for saf ety o f information technology equi pment.
www.emachi nes.com 101 • D o n o t w a l k o n t h e p o w er c o r d o r a l l o w a n y t h i n g t o r e s t on i t . • Do no t spill a ny thing on th e sy st em. T he be st w ay to av oid sp ills is t o a v oid eatin g and drinking near your system.
Appe ndix A: Le gal Noti ces 102 FC C dec lar atio n of co nf or mity R esponsible p arty: Gatewa y , Inc. 7565 I r v i n e C e n t e r D r i ve Irvine , CA 9 2 6 1 8 Phone: 800- 846- 2000 Th is de vice complie s wit h P art 15 of the F C C Ru les.
www.emachi nes.com 103 Canada Ind ustry Ca nada (IC ) Un intentiona l em itt er per ICES- 00 3 Th is digital apparat us doe s not ex ceed t he C lass B limits fo r radio noise e missio ns fr om dig ital apparatus as set out in the radio interf erence regulations of Industry Canada.
Appe ndix A: Le gal Noti ces 104 T ele visi on ant enn a conn ec t ors pr ot ec tion (f or system s fi tted wi th T V /c a b l e TV tu n e r c ard s ) E xte rn a l tel evis i o n an te n n a g ro u n .
www.emachi nes.com 105 P owe r line s Do not loc ate t he ant enna nea r ov erhe ad light or po wer c irc uits, or w her e it could fall in to suc h pow er line s or c irc uits. Wa rn i n g When installing or re aligning an outside antenna syst em, extr em e care should be tak en t o keep f r om touc hing suc h power lines or cir cu its.
Appe ndix A: Le gal Noti ces 106 En v ir onmental inf ormation The product yo u have purchas ed c ontains extr acted natural resource s that h a ve been used in the manufac t uring process. This product may contain su bstances known to be haz ardous to the envir onme nt or to human heal th.
www.emachi nes.com 107 T rademar k ack now ledgments eMachines, Gate wa y , and the Black -and- Whit e Spot D esign are trademarks or registered tra demarks of Gat ew a y , Inc. in th e U.S. and other countrie s. Intel, Int el Inside logo , and P entium are register ed trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Appe ndix A: Le gal Noti ces 108 8513152.book Page 108 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:57 PM.
109 A AC powe r connector 8 accessories safety preca utions 101 activi ty indi cator s See indi cators applicat ion key 20 audio analog speaker jack 9 audio in jack 9 configur ing jacks 29 headp hone .
110 Index memory cards 26 Certif icate of Authentici ty 3 cleani ng audio CD 60 case 58 CD 60 computer scree n 59 DVD 60 keyboard 59 LCD panel 59 mouse 59 screen 59 cleaning C RT screen 59 clickin g 2.
111 www.emachi nes.com displa y cleani ng 59 troubleshoot ing 81 docum enta tion User Guide 2 doubl e-cli cking 22 dragg ing 22 drivers re-inst alling 90 , 93 drives backing up fi les 65 CD 23 checkin.
112 Index defra gmen tin g 64 dele ting fi les and fol ders 63 replacing 45 scanning for errors 63 , 85 troubleshoot ing 83 HD DVD drive locati ng 7 headp hone ja ck 7 , 9 heat sin k replacing 47 Hibe.
113 www.emachi nes.com defra gmen tin g 64 dele ting f iles 63 extend ing comp uter li fe 57 suggested sche dule 56 using Task Sc heduler 66 media card read er 7 media read er See memory card reader m.
114 Index indic ator 23 insert ing disc 23 locati ng dri ve 7 usin g 23 P Pad Loc k indic ator 20 parallel port 9 , 30 passw ord troubleshoot ing 86 PDA memory cards 26 periph eral devi ces 30 play in.
115 www.emachi nes.com with W indows Syst em Resto re 94 Resu me mode 7 right-cli cking 22 S safety avoidi ng rep etitiv e stra in 14 general precautio ns 100 guidel ines for troubleshoot ing 72 postu.
116 Index DSL modem 75 DVD drive 81 Ethe rnet ne two rk 78 file s 83 gener al guid elines 72 hard driv e 83 Int ernet conn ectio n 74 , 77 keyboard 83 LCD panel 79 , 81 memory 85 memory card read er 8.
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An important point after buying a device eMachines 8513152 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with eMachines 8513152. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device eMachines 8513152 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
