Gateway 700GR, 700 Series Update Manual

UPDATE

Gateway 700 Series Variable Speed Fan and

Double Layer Recordable DVD Drive

Variable Speed Fan

Your Gateway 700 series desktop computer has a built-in variable speed fan. This fan runs
at high speed when your computer is first turned on, and may run at high speed when
it is running several programs at one time or when you are playing a graphics intensive
game. The fan runs at normal speed at other times. You may notice an increase in the fan
noise when the fan is running at high speed and a decrease in the fan noise when it
switches to normal speed.

Double Layer Recordable DVD Drive

Your Gateway 700 series desktop computer contains a double layer recordable DVD drive.
This drive can use the following blank CDs or DVDs:

Task Media Approximate

Capacity

Creating a double layer DVD Double DVD+R or double DVD-R 8.5 GB 8X

Creating a single layer
(standard) DVD

Creating a single layer
(standard) DVD

Creating a standard CD Standard CD-R 700 MB 32X

Creating a standard CD Standard CD-RW 700 MB 16X

Important To use the double layer capability of the double layer recordable DVD

Standard DVD+R or standard DVD-R 4.5 GB 8X

Standard DVD+RW or standard DVD-RW 4.5 GB 4X

drive, the blank DVDs you purchase must state Double Layer,
Dual Layer, or DL. Using other types of blank media will result in less
capacity, as shown above.

MAN 700GR UPD R0 8/04

Maximum
speed

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