Advent 7009 Laptop

Specification

Drivers

Your laptop should have been supplied with a "Utility and Driver CD" which contains a backup copy of all the drivers.

Function Keys

Fn + F5 - Toggles the display between LCD, CRT, LCD/CRT, TV, TV/CRT
Fn + F6 - Decrease display brightness
Fn + F7 - Increase display brightness
Fn + F10 - Switches the Battery Low beep on and off
Fn + F11 - Switches the LCD on and off
Fn + F12 - Serves as the sleep button that you can define with Windows’Power Management

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• Advent 7009 recovery CD
• Notebook driver CD
• PowerDVD CD, version 4.0 XP

Items Supplied

• Advent 7009 Notebook
• Mains power adapter
• Mains power cable
• UK modem cable
• BT connector

Documentation Supplied

• User manual
• Advent installation and troubleshooting guide
• "Windows XP start here" guide
• Battery tips notice
• Freeserve leaflet

Recovery

A Bootable Recovery CD is supplied with these machines. To recover the system:-

• Insert CD into the drive.
• Reboot the PC.
• Press "R" when prompted to boot from the CD.
• After a few minutes the recovery screen will be displayed. By default "Non Destructive Recovery" is selected. Press Next to continue. This does NOT delete user files.
• If you wish to format the drive select Advanced Options from the main screen. Select "System Recovery - Quick Format" and click "Next". Note: By choosing this option you will lose all data on the notebook.
• You will now be reminded that System Restore can be used to attempt to remedy any problems they may have. Click YES to continue.
• Recovery now begins and takes approximately 45 minutes.
• Once complete you will be prompted to remove the CD and restart the notebook.

Driver CD

The notebook is supplied with a Utility CD. This can be used to restore corrupt drivers.

• Ensure Windows XP is running. Insert the CD into the drive.
• The CD will autorun and display a menu with the following options:
  • Device Driver
  • Readme
  • Release Notes
  • Browse CD
  • Exit
• Click "Device Driver" to begin. The message "The drivers for your system will now be installed. Do you wish to continue?" Click YES.
• The program will now install files and restart Windows.
• When Windows restarts the individual drivers are loaded automatically. You may receive an error message for each driver as they are not digitally signed. Click "Continue Anyway" to carry on.
• Once the drivers are installed Windows will restart one last time.

FAQ

Realtek 8139 Network Card Not Connecting

Some machines fitted with a network card based on the Realtek 8139 chip will fail to send and receive data correctly. This can happen if the autodetect feature of the card is not detecting the connection properly. To get round this the connection speed of the card must be set manually

• Right-click upon the My Computer icon and select Properties.
• Select the Hardware tab and click on the Device Manager button.
• Click on the + next to Network Adapters.
• Select the entry for Realtek 8139 from the list and double click upon it.
• Select the Advanced tab.
• Select the entry for Link Speed / Duplex Mode.
• Change the Value setting from Auto to one that is appropriate for the connection (often 100 Full for a connection directly to another PC and 10 Full for a broadband connection).

Computer Running Slow on Full Charge

I got this off the old message board -

Hi all, I have an Advent 7009 laptop, and I have no problems with it except when it's at full charge and running from mains power. In this situation, with no apps running, the SYSTEM IDLE task goes to 0% CPU time, and the SYSTEM task goes to about 98%. The computer slows down horribly when this is happening, and it runs its fan constantly due to the mysterious load on the CPU. I can 'cure' this problem by unplugging the power supply when it's at full charge - the problem vanishes instantly - but I'd like to find a proper fix if possible. Anyone know anything about this?

I've actually managed to find a solution to this myself - I tend to be take care of batteries, make sure they get fully cycled, don't them on charge once they're fully charged etc., but last night I accidentally left the computer plugged in all night. When I switched the computer on again, the weird problem did not occur. So I guess the solution is, to shut the machine down once it has reached a full charge, then restart it. Very strange.