Replacing the AC Adapter
To connect the AC adapter:
1 Connect the power cord to the AC adapter.
Replace the power cord if it becomes damaged.
Caution
2 Connect the AC adapter to your notebook’s power
connector.
The replacement cord must be of the same type
and voltage rating as the original cord or your
notebook may be damaged.
Replacing the AC Adapter
3 Plug the power cord into a wall outlet. The power
indicator turns on.
Power indicator
If the power indicator does not turn on, unplug the
adapter from your notebook, then plug it back in.
Do not attempt to disassemble the AC adapter.
The AC adapter has no user-replaceable or
Warning
Important
user-serviceable parts inside. The AC adapter
has dangerous voltages that can cause serious
injury or death. Contact Gateway about returning
defective AC adapters.
If the battery charge indicator does not turn blue
after three hours, contact Gateway Customer
Care at the Web address or telephone number
shown on the label on the bottom of your
notebook.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Replacing the Battery
Tips & Tricks
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If your notebook is connected to AC power, you can
replace the battery while the notebook is turned on.
Replacing the Battery
3 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up.
4 Slide the battery lock to the unlock position.
Battery
Danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly
replaced.
Replace only with a battery specifically
manufactured for your notebook. Recycle or
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dispose of the battery as hazardous waste.
The battery used in this device may present a
fire or chemical burn hazard if mishandled. Do
not disassemble, heat above 212°F (100°C), or
incinerate.
Keep away from children.
To replace the battery:
1 If your notebook is on and is conn ected to AC powe r,
go to Step 2.
- OR -
If your notebook is on and is not connected to AC
power, save your work and turn off your notebook.
2 Close the LCD panel.
5 Slide the battery release latch, then slide the battery
out of the notebook.
6 Slide the replacement battery into the notebook
until it snaps into place.
7 Slide the battery lock to the lock position.
8 Turn your notebook over.
9 Plug your notebook into an AC outlet.
10 Open the LCD panel and press the power button.
If the battery charge indicator does not turn blue
after three hours, contact Gateway Customer
Important
Care at the Web address or telephone number
shown on the label on the bottom of your
notebook.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Replacing the DVD Drive
Replacing the DVD Drive
7 With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the
keyboard screw and put it in a safe place.
You need a small Phillips screwdriver to replace
Tools
the DVD drive.
Preventing static electricity discharge
The components inside your notebook are extremely sensitive
to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive
components in your notebook.
To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical
voltages and moving parts, turn off your
Warni ng
Before working with notebook components, follow these
guidelines:
• Avoid static-causing surfaces such as carpeted floors,
plastic, and packing foam.
• Remove components from their antistatic bags only when
you are ready to use them. Do not lay components on the
outside of antistatic bags because only the inside of the
bags provide electrostatic protection.
• Always hold components by their edges. Avoid touching
the edge connectors. Never slide components over any
surface.
• Wear a grounding wrist strap (available at most electronics
stores) and attach it to a bare metal part of your workbench
or other grounded connection.
• Touch a bare metal surface on your workbench or other
grounded object.
notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem
cable, and network cable before replacing a
component.
Tips & Tricks
The keyboard screw hole is marked with a K.
8 Loosen the six memory bay cover screws (these
screws cannot be removed), then remove the
memory bay cover.
Screws
Screw
Replacing the DVD drive
To replace the DVD drive:
1 Follow the guidelines under “Preventing static
electricity discharge.”
2 Make sure that the DVD drive is empty.
3 Turn off your notebook.
4 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
5 Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any
PC Cards.
6 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up,
then remove the battery. For more information, see
“Changing Batteries” in your Reference Guide.
Screws
9 With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the DVD
drive screw, then put it in a safe place.
Screw
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safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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10 Slide the DVD drive out of the drive bay by pushing
on the DVD bracket.
DVD bracket
Replacing the DVD Drive
11 Slide the new DVD drive into the drive bay. Make
sure that the drive fits securely in the bay.
12 Secure the DVD drive with the screw removed in
Step 9.
13 Replace the memory bay cover, then tighten the six
cover screws.
14 Replace the keyboard screw.
15 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over.
16 Connect the power adapter, modem cable, and
network cable, then turn on your notebook.
17 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC
Cards.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Replacing the Hard Drive Kit
Replacing the Hard Drive Kit
You need a small Phillips screwdriver to replace
Tools
Locating Components
Hard drive
bay
Preventing static electricity discharge
The components inside your notebook are extremely sensitive
to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive
components in your notebook.
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the hard drive.
You may need the operating system disc that
came with your notebook.
To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical
voltages and moving parts, turn off your
notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem
cable, and network cable before replacing a
component.
Replacing the hard drive kit
To replace the hard drive kit:
1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery
disc. For more information, see “Preparing for
software and device driver recovery” in the Reference
Guide.
If you cannot create a
Important
Recovery
recovery discs or a replacement hard drive with
the drivers and applications already installed.
Contact Gateway Customer Care at the Web
address or telephone number shown on the label
on the bottom of your notebook.
disc, Gateway may send you a set of
2 Follow the guidelines under “Preventing static
electricity discharge.”
3 Turn off your notebook.
4 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
5 Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any
PC Cards.
6 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up,
then remove the battery. For more information, see
“Changing Batteries” in your Reference Guide.
7 Remove the two hard drive bay cover screws, slide
the hard drive bay cover, then remove it. The hard
drive is attached to the back of the cover.
Drivers and Applications
Before working with notebook components, follow these
guidelines:
• Avoid static-causing surfaces such as carpeted floors,
plastic, and packing foam.
• Remove components from their antistatic bags only when
you are ready to use them. Do not lay components on the
outside of antistatic bags because only the inside of the
bags provide electrostatic protection.
• Always hold components by their edges. Avoid touching
the edge connectors. Never slide components over any
surface.
• Wear a grounding wrist strap (available at most electronics
stores) and attach it to a bare metal part of your workbench
or other grounded connection.
• Touch a bare metal surface on your workbench or other
grounded object.
Screws
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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8 Remove the four screws that secure the hard drive
to the hard drive cover.
Screws Screws
9 Remove the cover from the old drive.
Replacing the Hard Drive Kit
10 Place the new drive, label side up, onto the cover so
the screw holes line up.
11 Replace the four screws that secure the cover to the
drive.
12 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook,
then replace the cover screws.
13 Insert the battery and turn your notebook over.
14 Connect the power adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
15 Turn on your notebook.
16 If the hard drive was sent to you from Gateway with
the operating system, applications, and drivers
installed, you will see the Windows startup screen.
Go to Step 20.
-OR-
If you see a blank screen, insert the Windows DVD
into your notebook’s DVD drive, then restart your
notebook.
17 When the prompt “Press any key to boot from CD
or DVD” appears, press any key on your keyboard.
A list of valid boot devices appears.
18 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing
the Windows DVD, then press
on-screen instructions.
ENTER and follow the
19 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the
software and driver recovery discs you created to
recover your notebook’s pre-installed software and
device drivers.
20 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC
Cards.
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Replacing the Keyboard
Replacing the Keyboard
6 With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the
keyboard screw and put it in a safe place.
You need a small Phillips and a small flat-blade
Tools
screwdriver to replace the keyboard.
Preventing static electricity discharge
The components inside your notebook are extremely sensitive
to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive
components in your notebook.
To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical
voltages and moving parts, turn off your
Warni ng
Before working with notebook components, follow these
guidelines:
• Avoid static-causing surfaces such as carpeted floors,
plastic, and packing foam.
• Remove components from their antistatic bags only when
you are ready to use them. Do not lay components on the
outside of antistatic bags because only the inside of the
bags provide electrostatic protection.
• Always hold components by their edges. Avoid touching
the edge connectors. Never slide components over any
surface.
• Wear a grounding wrist strap (available at most electronics
stores) and attach it to a bare metal part of your workbench
or other grounded connection.
• Touch a bare metal surface on your workbench or other
grounded object.
notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem
cable, and network cable before replacing a
component.
Tips & Tricks
Memory
bay
Wireless
network
bay
The keyboard screw hole is marked with a K.
7 Loosen the six memory bay cover screws and one
wireless network bay screw (these screws cannot be
removed), then remove the bay covers.
8 If your notebook has the two optional keyboard
screws, remove them.
Screw
Screw
Keyboard
screw
Removing the old keyboard
To remove the old keyboard:
1 Follow the guidelines under “Preventing static
electricity discharge.”
2 Turn off your notebook.
3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
4 Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any
PC Cards.
5 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up,
then remove the battery. For more information, see
“Changing Batteries” in your Reference Guide.
9 Turn your notebook over so the top is facing up.
10 With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the two
hinge cover screws and put them in a safe place.
Screw
Screw
11 Insert the small flat-blade screwdriver under the
bottom of each hinge cover and gently pry them up.
12 Carefully open the LCD panel to the fully opened
position.
Technical Support
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safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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13 Insert the small flat-blade screwdriver under the
right hinge cover and gently pry it up.
14 Pull the cover off the notebook. Be careful to not
damage the LCD panel.
Replacing the Keyboard
Installing the new keyboard
To install the new keyboard:
1 Place the new keyboard keys-down on your
notebook with the space bar away from you.
2 Make sure the black keyboard connector clip is fully
moved toward the front of the notebook, insert the
cable into the connector, then slide the black clip to
lock the connector in place.
The keyboard cable is correctly oriented if it is
Important
3 Rotate the keyboard toward the LCD panel until the
keyboard is almost face-up.
4 Insert the tabs on the front edge of the keyboard into
the slot under the palm rest. You may need to press
down on the keyboard keys along the front edge of
the keyboard to seat the retaining tabs into their
corresponding slots.
not twisted.
15 Lift the back edge of the keyboard slightly, then
slowly slide it toward the LCD panel to release the
keyboard retaining tabs located on the front of the
keyboard.
16 Slowly rotate the keyboard toward you so it lies
keys-down on top of your notebook. Be careful to
not damage the LCD panel.
17 Slide the black keyboard connector clip to the front
of the notebook and slide the cable out of the clip.
Be careful not to touch or damage any other
components.
Connector
5 Gently press the keyboard down until it is flat all the
way across. The keyboard should easily fall into
place. Be careful to not damage the LCD panel.
6 Replace the keyboard cover. Press down on the cover
in several places until it clicks in place. The cover is
correctly mounted when you can run you finger
along the cover and find no loose spots. The cover
should be flat all the way across.
If the cover is not correctly replaced, your
Caution
notebook could be damaged when you try to
close the LCD panel.
7 Close the LCD panel, then replace the two hinge
cover screws.
8 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up.
9 Replace the two optional keyboard screws.
10 Replace the memory bay cover and wireless network
bay cover.
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11 Replace the keyboard screw.
12 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over.
13 Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and
the network cable, then turn on your notebook.
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Replacing the Memory Module
Replacing the Memory Module
4 Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any
PC Cards.
You need a small Phillips screwdriver to replace
Tools
the memory module.
Locating Components
Memory bay
Preventing static electricity discharge
The components inside your notebook are extremely sensitive
to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive
components in your notebook.
To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical
voltages and moving parts, turn off your
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notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem
cable, and network cable before replacing a
component.
5 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up,
then remove the battery. For more information, see
“Changing Batteries” in your Reference Guide.
6 With a small Phillips screwdriver, remove the
keyboard screw and put it in a safe place.
Tips & Tricks
7 Loosen the six memory bay cover screws (these
The keyboard screw hole is marked with a K.
screws cannot be removed), then remove the
memory bay cover.
Screws
Screw
Before working with notebook components, follow these
guidelines:
• Avoid static-causing surfaces such as carpeted floors,
plastic, and packing foam.
• Remove components from their antistatic bags only when
you are ready to use them. Do not lay components on the
outside of antistatic bags because only the inside of the
bags provide electrostatic protection.
• Always hold components by their edges. Avoid touching
the edge connectors. Never slide components over any
surface.
• Wear a grounding wrist strap (available at most electronics
stores) and attach it to a bare metal part of your workbench
or other grounded connection.
• Touch a bare metal surface on your workbench or other
grounded object.
Replacing the memory module
To replace the memory module:
1 Follow the guidelines under “Preventing static
electricity discharge.”
2 Turn off your notebook.
3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
Screws
Technical Support
See the label on the bottom of the notebook for Customer
Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Gateway, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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8 If you are removing a memory module, gently press
outward on the clip at each end of the module until
the module tilts upward.
9 Pull the memory module out of the slot.
Replacing the Memory Module
10 Hold the new or replacement module at a 30-degree
angle and insert it into the empty memory slot. This
module is keyed so it can only be inserted in one
direction. If the module does not fit, make sure that
the notch in the module lines up with the tab in the
memory bay.
Use only memory modules designed for your
Important
11 Gently push the module down until it clicks in
place.
12 Replace the memory bay cover, then tighten the six
cover screws.
13 Replace the keyboard screw.
14 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over.
15 Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and
the network cable.
16 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC
Cards.
17 Turn on your notebook.
Gateway notebook.
Technical Support
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Care Information. See your Reference Guide for important
safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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Replacing the Wireless Network Module
Replacing the Wireless
Network Module
By law, only approved wireless modules
Caution
Tools
Locating Components
Wireless
network bay
provided by Gateway or a Gateway authorized
representative, explicitly for your notebook, may
be installed in this notebook.
You need a small Phillips screwdriver to replace
the wireless network module.
Replacing the wireless network module
To replace the wireless network module:
1 Follow the guidelines under “Preventing static
electricity discharge.”
2 Turn off your notebook.
3 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and
network cable.
4 Disconnect all peripheral devices and remove any
PC Cards.
5 Turn your notebook over so the bottom is facing up,
then remove the battery. For more information, see
“Changing Batteries” in your Reference Guide.
6 Loosen the wireless network bay cover screw (this
screw cannot be removed), then remove wireless
network bay cover.
Screw
Preventing static electricity discharge
The components inside your notebook are extremely sensitive
to static electricity, also known as electrostatic discharge (ESD).
ESD can permanently damage electrostatic discharge-sensitive
components in your notebook.
To avoid exposure to dangerous electrical
voltages and moving parts, turn off your
Warni ng
Before working with notebook components, follow these
guidelines:
• Avoid static-causing surfaces such as carpeted floors,
plastic, and packing foam.
• Remove components from their antistatic bags only when
you are ready to use them. Do not lay components on the
outside of antistatic bags because only the inside of the
bags provide electrostatic protection.
• Always hold components by their edges. Avoid touching
the edge connectors. Never slide components over any
surface.
• Wear a grounding wrist strap (available at most electronics
stores) and attach it to a bare metal part of your workbench
or other grounded connection.
• Touch a bare metal surface on your workbench or other
grounded object.
notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem
cable, and network cable before replacing a
component.
7 Unplug the two antenna cables.
8 Move the antenna cables out of the way.
Technical Support
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safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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9 Remove the screw securing the wireless network
module.
Replacing the Wireless Network Module
11 Hold the new module at a 30-degree angle and insert
it into the empty slot. This module is keyed so it can
only be inserted in one direction. If the module does
not fit, make sure that the notch in the module lines
up with the tab in the module slot.
10 Pull the module out of the slot.
Screw
12 Move the antenna wires out of the way.
13 Replace the screw removed in Step 9.
14 Reattach the black antenna cable to the connector
labelled MAIN or M, then reattach the light gray
antenna cable to the connector labelled AUX or A.
15 Replace the wireless network bay cover, then tighten
the cover screw.
16 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook over.
17 Connect the power adapter, the modem cable, and
the network cable.
18 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any PC
Cards.
19 Turn on your notebook.
Technical Support
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safety, regulatory, and legal information.
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