Gigabyte P25K User manual

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Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook P25!

This Manual will help you to get started with setting up your notebook. For more detailed

information, please visit our website at http://www.gigabyte.com. All specifications are subject

to the manufacturer's conguration at the time of shipping and may change without prior notice,

written or otherwise.

To install the battery please follow these steps:

Target the battery’s direction into the tenon-mortise.

Circulate the battery downwards until hearing the

snap

sound to lock the battery.

Remember to slide the switch to the

Lock

position.

1Connect the power cord to the AC adapter.

2Connect the AC adapter to the DC-in jack on the left side of the notebook.

3Connect the power cord to the power outlet.

Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time

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Switching on the Power :

After you turn on the P25 for the very rst time, do not turn it off until the operating system has

been congured. Please note that the volume for the audio will not function until Windows®Setup

has completed.

Booting Up the P25 for the First Time :

Depending on your conguration, the Microsoft® Windows® Boot Screen will be the rst screen that

you will see as the notebook starts up. Follow the on-screen prompts and instructions and enter

your personal information to complete the setup of the Windows®Operating System.

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1Webcam Status LED indicator

2Webcam

3Light sensor

4Microphone x 2

5Power Button

6Smart+Button 

7Volume Setting

8LED Indicators 

9Battery Indicator Button 

10 TouchPad

11 Num Lock & Caps Lock

Indicator

12 Stereo speakers

To call out smart manager function.

●Smart Setup:

Under off condition, Push "Smart+"

to enter "Smart Setup" menu in off

mode. You can choose BIOS Setup

Utility, Smart Recovery in the setup

menu.

●Smart Manager:

In Windows®Mode Press "Smart+"

button to initiate "Smart Manager".

Power Status LED

Battery Status LED

HDD Status LED

Wireless Lan Status LED

Bluetooth Status LED

The LED indicators will show the

battery capacity status when battery is

inserted in power off mode. 5 indicator

lights on indicates that the battery

capacity is 100%. Only 1 indicator

light on indicates that the remaining

battery capacity is 20%.

1DC-in Jack

2External Display (VGA) Port

3eSATA/USB Combo

4Optical Disc Drive

Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour

Top & Front View

Left View

2 3 4

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1Microphone Jack

2Headphone Jack

3USB Port x 2

4Secure Digital Card Reader

5HDMI Port

6Ethernet Port

7Kensington Lock Slot

1Battery Bay

2Woofer Speaker

3Stereo Speakers

4Hard Disk Bay/Memory Bay

Rear & Bottom View

Right View

2 4 5 6

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Hotkeys

The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls

like screen brightness and volume output. To activate hotkeys, press and hold the <Fn> key

before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination.

Hotkey Function Description

Fn+F1 Sleep Put the computer in Sleep mode.

Fn+F2 Wireless LAN Enables/disable the Wireless LAN function.

Fn+F3 Brightness Down Decrease the screen brightness.

Fn+F4 Brightness Up Increase the screen brightness.

Fn+F5 Display Toggle Switche display output between the display screen,

external monitor (if connected) and both.

Fn+F6 Touchpad Toggle Turn the internal touchpad on and off.

Fn+F7 Speaker Toggle Turn the speaker on and off.

Fn+F8 Volume Down Decrease the sound volume.

Fn+F9 Volume Up Increase the sound volume.

Fn+F10 N/A There is no function for this model.

Fn+F11 Bluetooth Enable/disable the Bluetooth function.

Fn+F12 Webcam Turn the internal webcam on and off.

Fn+▲ ▼ ◄ ►

Playback Media Playback control.

Fn+~ Screen Toggle Turn the screen on and off.

Fn+Esc ODD Tray Quit To quit the ODD tray instantly.

Fn+Space



Keyboard

Backlight Toggle Turn the keyboard backlight on and off.

 This function is limited to the keyboard which has backlight.

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GIGABYTE Smart Manager

You can activate GIGABYTE Smart Manager by double clicking on the shortcut icon on the

desktop if the machine you purchased has the operation system built-in. GIGABYTE Smart

Manager is an icon-based control interface, enabling users to intuitionally access common

system setup as well as GIGABYTE exclusive utilities. Please be noted that the GIGABYTE

Smart Manager interface, icons, utilities and software versions may vary based on the

purchased models. Please operate GIGABYTE Smart Manager according to the actual

version built-in.

GIGABYTE Smart Setup

During the off mode, press Smart+Button to enter "Smart Setup" menu. You can choose

BIOS Setup Utility, Smart Recovery, and other functions in this setup menu.

Press"Continue to OS" button to enter operating system.

Press"BIOS Setup Utility" button to enter BIOS setup utility.

Press"Smart Recovery" button to enter GIGABYTE Smart Recovery.

Press"Shutdown" button to shutdown the system.

GIGABYTE Software Application

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System Recovery (Restore your laptop operating system)

When something is going wrong with the laptop operating system, the storage of the laptop has

a hidden partition containing a full back up image of the operating system that can be used to

restore the system to factory default settings.

Caution



Once the “Recovery” is selected, your personal

data and les will be deleted after the laptop starts

restoring, and the operating system will be reset to

factory default settings.

The recovery will be activated and you will see the option

buttons on the window. Click on “Recovery” to start it.

All ready to go

Make sure your PC is plugged in. This will take a few minutes.

A progress indicator bar will show on the window when

the recovery process is running. Please make sure the

AC-adapter is plugged in and do not turn off the laptop.

Recovery Guide

Note

˙If the storage has been switched or the partition deleted, the recovery option will no longer be

available and a recovery service will be needed.

˙The recovery function is only available on devices with O/S preinstalled. Devices with DOS do not

have the recovery function.

Launch System Recovery

The system recovery feature is preinstalled before the laptop is shipped from the factory. The

option menu allows you to launch the Windows recovery tool to reinstall the operating system to

factory default.

The brief introduction below will show you how to start the recovery tool and restore your system.

Windows 7 Recovery Guide

Turn off and restart the laptop.

During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9

key to launch the tool.

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Reboot the laptop after the system recovery is complete.

Windows 8 Recovery Guide

Choose your keyboard layout.

You can press “See more keyboard layouts” to see

next page of languages.

There are two options for system recovery.

˙Refresh your PC

You can refresh your laptop to improve the system stability without losing your

les.

˙Reset your PC

If you want to remove all of your les, you can reset your PC completely.

Caution: All personal data and les will be lost.

During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9

key to launch the tool.

Turn off and restart the laptop.

Choose “Troubleshoot” to enter the recovery settings.

(Also you can choose “Continue” to exit recovery system and continue to

Windows 8 for les or data backup.)

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Here are what will happen

˙Your les and personalization settings won’t be changed.

˙Your PC settings will be restored to factory default settings.

˙Apps from Windows Store will be kept.

˙Apps you installed from discs or websites will be removed.

˙A list of removed apps will be saved on your desktop.

Here are what will happen

˙All of your personal les and apps will be removed.

˙Your PC settings will be restored to factory default settings.

▓Choose “Refresh your PC”

[Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] >

[Click on “Refresh” to execute recovery function.]

Advanced options

System Restore

Use a restore point recorded on your PC to restore Windows.

System Image Recovery

Recover Windows using a specic system image le.

Automatic Repair

Fix problems that keep Windows from loading.

Command Prompt

Use the Command Prompt for advanced trobleshooting.

UEFI Firmware Settings

Change settings in your PC’s UEFI rmware.

Remark

▓▓▓▓▓Choose “Reset your PC”

[Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] >

[Choose an option to recover your system]

Just remove my les

Only personal data and les will be removed, but computer settings will

be kept.

Fully clean the drive

The drive will be completely restored to factory default settings. It takes

more time. > [Click on “Reset” to execute recovery function.]

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