Gigabyte P34G User manual

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Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook.

This manual will help you to get started with setting up your notebook. The final product

conguration depends on the model at the point of your purchase. GIGABYTE reserves the

right to amend without prior notice. For more detailed information, please visit our website at

www.gigabyte.com

1Connect the power cord to the AC adapter.

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

3Connect the power cord to the power outlet.

Switching on the Power

After you turn on the Notebook 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 Notebook 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.

Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time

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Top View

Left View

1Webcam Status LED Indicator

2Webcam

3Light sensor

4Microphone x 2

5Power Button

6TouchPad

7Battery Indicator Button 

8LED Indicators 

Press the right button of touchpad to

check the remaining battery power.

Bluetooth Status LED

Wireless Lan Status LED

HDD Status LED

Battery Status LED

Power Status LED

1Kensington Lock Slot

2Ethernet Port

3D-sub (VGA) Port

4USB Port (Support USB Charge)

5USB Port

6Combo Audio Jack

Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour

3 4 6

12 5

1 3

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Base View

Right View

1USB Port x2

2SD Card Reader

3HDMI Port

4DC-in Jack

1Memory Compartment

2 3 4

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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 Screen Display Toggle Turn the screen display 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 Touchpad Toggle Turn the internal touchpad on and off.

Fn+F11 Bluetooth Enable/disable the Bluetooth function.

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

Fn+Space Keyboard Backlight

Toggle Turn the keyboard backlight on and off.

Hotkeys

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•Press F2 when computer starts to Enter BIOS

setup utility.

•Go to Advanced >SATAconguration.

•Change "SATAMode selection" from "AHCI"

to "RAID".

•Press F10 to save and exit. The system will

restart automatically.

•Once the system restarts. Go to "All Apps"

found at the bottom of the screen on Windows

8 and execute Intel Rapid Storage program.

•Yo u w i l l s e e t h e In t e l Ra p i d S t o r a g e

Technology Screen, Click>Create.

•Under Select Volume Type choose Optimized

disc performance (RAID 0/1), Click >NEXT.

•Under Congure Volume you may set Name

to your preferred name and select both

controllers.

•Click >Next. You will see Confirm Volume

Creation. Click >Create volume.

•Wait until the system migration is complete

and restart the laptop.

WARNING

●Please backup your data before you build and run RAID 0/1 on your system.

●RAID 1 needs two storage drives of the same specication and capacity in your laptop.

● RAID 0 needs two storage drives of the same specification in your laptop. Different capacity is

acceptable.

Setup Your System for RAID 0/1

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6Build a Recovery Image USB

>20G

•You must use a minimum 20GB capacity

USB to build a Recovery Image USB. Plug

the USB into the laptop you would like to run

the Smart Recovery on.

•Inser t t he Dr iver disc . Run t he Sm ar t

Recover y Generator. (For without ODD

model, please use external USB ODD)

•Select your language.

• Execute SmartRecoveryGenerator.

•Select your device from the drop down menu

available under Removable Storage List.

Click >Create an Image.

•Wait until the Ready window pops up. Now the Image is ready in your Recovery USB.

•If you need to run system recovery in the future, please boot up your computer with this

"recovery USB". To do that, press F12 when computer starts, choose your USB as a boot

device and wait until the system restarts and takes you to the Windows 8 Screen.

•It may take more than thirty minutes to run the System Recovery.

WARNING

●Since the default system set up on your notebook is RAID 0/1, you will need this utility to build a recovery

USB in order to recover your laptop and undo RAID settings.

● Recovery USB will recover your notebook to factory default settings. Please backup your data before

recovering your system through the recovery USB.

●Please do not unplug power cord or turn off the power during the process of system recovery.

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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 Software Application

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.

All ready to go

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

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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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.

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.

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.

During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9

key to launch the tool.

Turn off and restart the laptop.

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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.

4Choose “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.)

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.]

▓▓▓▓▓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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