Gigabyte Q2542 User manual

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Congratulations on your purchase of the GIGABYTE Notebook!

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

information, please visit our website at www.gigabyte.com. All specications are subject to the

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

or otherwise.

Using GIGABYTE Notebook for the First Time

To install the battery please follow these steps :

1Slide the battery into the slot until both latches (Shown as A & B) “click” into place.You may

hear a “clicking” sound, once the battery is secure.

2Slide Latch B to the right to lock the battery in place.

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1Connect the the power cord to the AC adapter.

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

3Connect the power cord to the power outlet.

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Switching on the Power :

1The power indicator will be illuminated when the power is switched on.

2After you turn on the Q2542 for the very rst time, do not turn it off until the operating system

has been congured.

3Please note that the volume for the audio will not function until Windows® Setup has

completed.

Booting up the Q2542 for the rst 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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4Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour

Top View

1Webcam

2Webcam Status LED indicator

(Optional)

3Microphone

4LCD Display

5Multimedia Keys (Optional)

6Stero Speakers

7Keyboard

8Multi Card Reader 

9Touchpad Buttons

10 Status Indicator Lights 

11 Power on Button

1.Secure Digital (SD)

2.Secure Digital High Capacity

(SDHC)

3.Standard Digital eXtended Capacity

(SDXC)

4.Multi Media Card (MMC)

5.Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO)

6.Pro HG(MS Pro HG) Card

Power Status LED

Battery Status LED

HDD Status LED

Wireless LAN Status LED

Caps Lock Indicator

Num. Lock Indicator

1DC in Jack

2LAN(RJ-45) Port

3External Monitor Port

4HDMI Port

5USB 3.0 Port

6USB 3.0 Port / USB Charger

Left View

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1Battery Bay

2Battery Release Latch

3Cooling Vents

4Compartment Cover

Bottom View

1Headphone Jack

2Microphone Jack

3USB 2.0 Port

4Optical Disk Drive

5Optical Disk Drive Eject Button

6Emergency Tray Release

7Kensington Lock Slot

Right View

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6Using Function Keys

Your computer has 16 function keys. The functions assigned to these keys differ for each

application. The [FN] key provides extended functions for the notebook and is always used in

conjunction with another key.

Hotkey Description

Fn+F1 Places the notebook in Suspend mode. Pressing the Power button returns it

to active mode.

Fn+F2 Enables or disables the wireless network connection.

Fn+F3 Enables or disables bluetooth connection.

Fn+F4

Toggles the notebook among various power management modes. The

power management modes control many aspects of the device to maximize

performance versus battery time.

Fn+F5 Increases the screen brightness.

Fn+F6 Decreases the screen brightness.

Fn+F7 Toggles the display panel On and Off. (stretches the screen area to ll the

entire display when using low resolution modes.)

Fn+F8

Allows you to change your selection of where to send your display video.

Each time you press the combination of keys you will step to the next

choice. The choices, in order, are: built-in display panel only -> external

monitor only -> both builtin display panel and external monitor.

NOTE: Must connect and external monitor before booting up.

Fn+F9 Enables or disables touchpad. Locking the touchpad will prevent you from

accidentally moving the cursor while typing.

Fn+F10 Enables or disables speakers.

Fn+F11 Decreases the speaker volume.

Fn+F12 Increases the speaker volume.

Fn+↑ Stop the current multimedia track.

Fn+↓ Play or Pauses the current/selected multimedia track.

Fn+← Skip Back to the previous multimedia track.

Fn+→ Skip Forward to the next multimedia track.

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System Setup

Pressing the hot keys to adjust BIOS setup, system recovery and boot option menu.

Hotkey Function Description

F2 BIOS setup Enter BIOS setup

F9 system recovery Enter system recovery

F12 boot option Enter boot option menu

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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

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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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