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  • Page 2 Congratulations on the Purchase of Your GIGABYTE Notebook Q1742! This Manual will help you to get started with setting up your notebook.For more detailed information, please visit our website at www.gigabyte.com.All specifications are subject to the manufacturer's configuration at the time of shipping and may change without prior notice, written or otherwise.
  • Page 3: Switching On The Power

    Switching on the Power : After you turn on the Q1742 for the very first time, do not turn it off until the operating system has been configured. Please note that the volume for the audio ® will not function until Windows Setup has completed.
  • Page 4: Top View

    Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour Top View Webcam Status LED Indicator Webcam Display Power Button Keyboard TouchPad+Mouse Built-In Microphone Status Indicators   Wireless LAN Status LED HDD Status LED Num. Lock Indicator Caps Lock Indicator Scroll Lock Indicator Left View...
  • Page 5: Right View

    Right View Microphone Jack Headphone Jack USB 2.0 Port Optical Disc Drive Kensington Lock Slot Front & Bottom & Rear View Power Indicators  Battery Bay Component Compartment Speakers HDD Compartment  Power LED Battery Status LED...
  • Page 6: Function & Hot Key Indicators

    Function & Hot Key Indicators Using the <Fn> key with another key creates a hot key, providing a quick and convenient method for controlling various functions. To use a hot key, first hold down the <Fn> key. Next, press the second key (ex:<~>, <F1>~<F12>, NumLk, ScrLk) in the combination.
  • Page 7: System Setup

    System Setup Pressing the hot keys to adjust BIOS setup, system recovery and boot option menu. Hotkey Function Description BIOS setup Enter BIOS setup system recovery Enter system recovery boot option Enter boot option menu...
  • Page 8: System Recovery (Restore Your Laptop Operating System)

    Recovery Guide 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.
  • Page 9 Reboot the laptop after the system recovery is complete. Windows 8 Recovery Guide Turn off and restart the laptop. During the laptop turn on process, press and hold F9 key to launch the tool. Choose your keyboard layout. You can press “See more keyboard layouts” to see next page of languages.
  • Page 10 ▓ Choose “Refresh your PC” [Click on “Next”] > [Choose a target operating system.] > [Click on “Windows 8”.] > [Click on “Refresh” to execute recovery function.] Here are what will happen ˙ Your files and personalization settings won’t be changed. ˙...
  • Page 11 Appendix Warranty & Service: ■ For Warranty, Service and related information, please refer to the warranty card or GIGABYTE service website as the following link: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/technical-support.aspx FAQ: ■ For FAQ (Frequent Asked Questions), please refer to the following link: http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/faq.aspx...

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