Introduction. Toshiba R830-S8310

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Trademarks

Portégé is a registered trademark of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and/or Toshiba Corporation.

Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and Memory

Stick Duo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft, Outlook, Windows, and Windows Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

MultiMediaCard and MMC are registered trademarks of MultiMediaCard

Association.

Secure Digital and SD are trademarks of SD Card Association.

xD-Picture Card is a trademark of Fuji Photo Film, Co., Ltd.

All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Computer Disposal Information

The LCD display lamp in this product may contain mercury. Disposal of this product may be regulated due to environmental considerations. For disposal, reuse or recycling information, please contact your local government or the Electronic Industries Alliance at www.eiae.org.

As part of Toshiba’s commitment to preserving the environment, Toshiba supports various trade-in and recycling programs. For details, please visit us.toshiba.com/green.

Introduction

Welcome to the world of powerful and portable multimedia computers!

Some software may differ from its retail version (if available), and may not include user manuals or all program functionality.

Your computer model may be ENERGY STAR ® qualified. If the model you purchased is qualified, it is labeled with the ENERGY

STAR ® logo on the computer and the following information applies.

Toshiba is a partner in the Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) ENERGY STAR ® Program and has designed this computer to meet the latest ENERGY STAR ® guidelines for energy efficiency. Your computer ships with the power management options preset to a configuration that will provide the most stable operating environment and optimum system performance for both

AC power and battery modes.

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To conserve energy, your computer is set to enter the low-power

Sleep mode which shuts down the system and display within 15 minutes of inactivity in AC power mode. We recommend that you leave this and other energy saving features active, so that your computer will operate at its maximum energy efficiency. You can wake the computer from Sleep mode by pressing the power button.

See the “Mobile Computing” section of the Toshiba User’s Guide for more information on using power management settings to conserve computer energy.

According to the EPA, a computer meeting the new ENERGY

STAR ® specifications will use between 30% and 60% less energy depending on how it is used. If all U.S. households and businesses replaced old computers with new ENERGY STAR ® qualified models, we would save more than $2 billion in energy costs each year and avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to nearly 3 million cars.

If every computer purchased by businesses this year met the new

ENERGY STAR ® requirements, businesses would save more than

$1.6 billion over the lifetime of those models. That is equivalent to lighting 840 million square feet of U.S. commercial building space each year.

During 2008, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR ® , saved about $19 billion dollars on their utility bills and avoided greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 29 million vehicles.

Visit http://www.energystar.gov or http://www.energystar.gov/powermanagement for more information regarding the ENERGY STAR ® Program.

This computer is compatible with European Union Directive

2002/95/EC, Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS), which restricts use of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, PBB, and PBDE.

Toshiba requires its computer component suppliers to meet RoHS requirements and verifies its suppliers’ commitment to meeting

RoHS requirements by conducting component sampling inspections during the product design approval process.

This guide

This guide offers important information about your computer, including solutions to the most common problems.

For more detailed information, descriptions of other features, and more extensive troubleshooting guidelines, see the electronic user’s guide preinstalled on your system. It is also available on the Web at pcsupport.toshiba.com.

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Safety icons

This guide contains safety instructions that must be observed to avoid potential hazards that could result in personal injuries, damage to your equipment, or loss of data. These safety cautions have been classified according to the seriousness of the risk, and icons highlight these instructions as follows:

Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in property damage.

Provides important information.

Other icons used

Additional icons highlight other helpful or educational information:

TECHNICAL NOTE: This icon indicates technical information about the computer.

HINT: This icon indicates helpful hints and tips.

DEFINITION: This icon indicates the definition of a term used in the text.

Other documentation

Your computer comes with the following documentation in addition to this resource guide:

❖

An electronic User’s Guide preinstalled on your computer

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A Quick Start Card

❖ It may also contain guides for other programs that may come with your system.

For accessory information, visit Toshiba’s Web site at accessories.toshiba.com.

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