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Copyright © 2011 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved GIGABYTE Q1732 Series Notebooks User’s Manual Date Issued: 2011/06 This manual takes you, step by step, through setting up and using ...
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General Safety Precautions In order to ensure your safety and the safety of you notebook, we ask ● Please follow the battery installation guidelines. Incorrect installation that your carefully follow ...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Travel Tips: ● You should take every precaution to protect your notebook from dust, dirt, liquid spillage, food droppings, extreme weather conditions and Although no...
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Notebook Cover: LCD: Use a microfiber or lint free soft cotton cloth and kitchen detergent (mix 5 ● It is best to use a microfiber cloth to clean the surface of the LCD. parts water to 1 part detergen...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Warranty Guidelines All warranty repairs and service must be carried out by a GIGABYTE Warranty Limitations : Authorized Repair Centre. The GIGABYTE Limited Warranty...
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Regulatory Notices RF Exposure: This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with provided instructions and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or ...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Battery Disposal & Caution The product that you have purchased contains a rechargeable battery. The battery is recyclable. At the end of its useful life, under v...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Introduction Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the GIGABYTE notebook computer. This portable notebook computer provides excellent multimedia functionality...
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Content General Safety Precautions ............................................................ Chapter 2 Getting Started • Travel Tips ...................................................................
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Chapter 1 Before You Start This chapter provides basic information to help you get started and to use the Q1732 notebook. Some of the features described herein may n...
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1.1 Make Sure You Have Everything 1.2 Familiarize Yourself with the Computer When you receive your notebook PC, unpack it carefully and Opening The Display Panel check to make sure you have all the it...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL 1.3 Top View The following is an overview of the top of the notebook. NO. Item Function The built-in webcam is housed here. The resolution Webcam depends on the conf...
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1.4 Left View 1.5 Right View The following is a brief description of the left side of the notebook. The following is a brief description of the right side of the notebook. NO. Item Function NO. Item F...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL 1.6 Front & Bottom & Rear View The following is an overview of the Front & bottom of the notebook. NO. Item Function The LED indicators for power and bat...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter will show you the various ports and components of the Q1732 and familiarizes you with the notebook. Certain parts of the noteb...
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2.1 Power Sources It is recommended that only the AC adapter supplied with the Q1732 Your computer has two types of power sources: a Lithium-Ion is used. Any other adapter could cause damage or malfun...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL 2.2 Battery Maintenance Guidance Lithium-Ion rechargeable batteries require routine maintenance and Charging: care in their use and handling. Read through below inst...
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2.3 Starting Your Notebook Storage: Suspend / Power on Button The suspend/power on switch is used to turn on your notebook from its off ● Charge or discharge the battery to approximately 50% of capaci...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL 2.4 LED Status Indicators The LED indicators on the computer display helpful information NO. Icon Color Description about the current status of the computer. Green T...
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2.5 Using Function Keys The keyboard has a numeric keypad for easy numeric data input. Pressing the Fn + Num Lk keys turns on/off the numeric keypad. It also PC Camera Power Toggle features function k...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL 2.6 Using the Touchpad A touchpad pointing device comes built into your computer. It is Clicking : used to control the movement of the pointer to select items on you...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Chapter 3 GIGABYTE Smart Recovery
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3.1 GIGABYTE Smart Recovery System Recovery - Restore your Q1732 operating system. 4. The "Recovering" window will The hard drive of the Q1732 has a hidden partition that contains open and b...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This section will briefly cover some frequently encountered problems and questions and provide a quick guide to assist with solve these pro...
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Troubleshooting Your notebook PC is sturdy and subject to few problems in the field. ● Product name However, you may encoun-ter simple setup or operating problems ● Product configuration number that y...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Appendix
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Q1732 Specifications Specification CPU Intel® Core™ i3 / i5 / i7 Processor (Sandy Bridge) Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium Operation System Genuine Windows® 7 Professional Display 17.3”1600x 900 HD+ Sy...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL International Country Voltage Region Voltage Frequency Region Voltage Frequency Afghanistan 240V 50 Hz Brazil 127V / 220 V 60 Hz Albania 220V 50 Hz Brunei 240V 50 Hz...
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Region Voltage Frequency Region Voltage Frequency Dominican Republic 110V 60 Hz Guyana 240V 60 Hz East Timor 220V 50 Hz Haiti 110V 60 Hz Ecuador 120V 60 Hz Honduras 110V 60 Hz Egypt 220V 50 Hz Hong Ko...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Region Voltage Frequency Region Voltage Frequency Luxembourg 230V (formerly 220V) 50 Hz New Zealand 230V 50 Hz Macau S.A.R. of China 220V 50 Hz Nicaragua 120V 60 Hz ...
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Region Voltage Frequency Region Voltage Frequency Seychelles 240V 50 Hz United Arab Emirates 220V 50 Hz Sierra Leone 230V 50 Hz United Kingdom 230V (formerly 240V) 50 Hz Singapore 230V 50 Hz United St...
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English Q1732 SERIES USER’S MANUAL Plug Type Country Plug Type Plug Picture Connector Type Connector Picture LP-30B LS15 Canada Japan LP-54 LS15 Taiwan LP-53 LS15 China PC-323 LS15 Korea LP-E04 LS15 E...
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Australia LP-23A LS15 Germany France Sweden Finland LP-33 Norway Belgium Netherlands Austria Switzerland LP-37 LS15 Denmark LP-38 LS15 Italy PE-336 LS15 English