Advent 8480 Laptop

Specification

Drivers

The laptop should have been supplied with a "Notebook Utility CD" which contains a copy of the drivers.

Memory Upgrades

This laptop has one memory upgrade slot which is accessed by removing the keyboard. It also has 64MB built into the motherboard, this cannot be removed or upgraded.

Function Keys

Fn + F1 - Places the notebook in suspend mode
Fn + F5 - Programmable key
Fn + F6 - Programmable key
Fn + F7 - Toggles the display panel on/off
Fn + F8 - Toggles between LCD, External Monitor, and LCD+External Monitor
Fn + F9 - Toggles the TV output on/off
Fn + Num Lk - Toggles the numeric keypad on/off
Fn + Up Arrow - Increase screen brightness
Fn + Down Arrow - Decrease screen brightness

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• Recovery CD
• PowerDVD V2.55 CD (CDKey printed on bottom corner of the sleeve)
• Notebook Utilities and Drivers CD

Items Supplied

• Advent 8480 notebook
• Mains power adapter
• UK modem cable

Documentation Supplied

• User manual
• Read This First booklet
• Notebook PC Driver & Utility Installation guide
• Warranty booklet
• Quick Start guide to Microsoft Windows ME
• Notebook PC Support CD Update
• Freeserve document

Recovery

The recovery process will restore your computer to its "out of the box" state. This will delete all your personal files. Make sure that you save these to disk before you begin. Once the computer has been recovered you will not be able to retreive these files.

A Bootable Recovery CD is supplied with these machines (some earlier machines are supplied with a bootable floppy disk). To recover the system:-

• Insert the CD (and floppy disk if required) into the appropriate drive.
• Reboot your PC.
• You will be asked if you wish to proceed. Press Y followed by Enter. Note. This procedure will erase all your files, make sure that you save any important files to disk before you begin this procedure.
• The Ghost program will now be load, this takes a little time so be patient.
• You will be presented with another screen asking if you wish to load partition information, press Y at this point at the recovery will begin.
• The recovery is a simple ghost procedure and upon completion you will be asked to remove the bootable recovery CD and floppy disk and restart the computer.
• The computer should now be recovered back to manufacturers defaults.

If the recovery procedure asks for a password at any point then the password is "maximum".

Driver CD

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