Booting Up the Notebook for the First Time Depending on your configuration, the Microsoft® Windows® Boot Screen will be the first screen that you will see as the notebook starts up. Follow the on-screen prompts and instructions and enter your personal information to complete the setup of the Windows® Operating System. English Your GIGABYTE Notebook Tour Top View & Front View English 678952314 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Webcam Status LED Indicator Webcam Light sensor Microphone Power Button TouchPad LED Indicators • Swappable Storage Bay Power Check Button Bluetooth Status LED Wireless Lan Status LED HDD Status LED Battery Status LED Power Status LED • Left View 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kensington Lock Slot Ethernet Port USB 2.0 Port Headphone Jack Microphone Jack SD Card Reader 213645 Right View English 145623 Base View 132 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 Thunderbolt Port (optional) USB 3.0 Port USB 3.0 Port (USB Charge) HDMI Port External Display (VGA) Port DC-in Jack Memory Compartment Subwoofer Speakers Hotkeys The computer employs hotkeys or key combinations to access most of the computer’s controls like screen brightness and volume output. To activate hotkeys, press and hold the key before pressing the other key in the hotkey combination. English Hotkey Function Description Fn+ESC Eject ODD Eject ODD Fn+F1 Sleep Put the computer in Sleep mode. Fn+F2 Wireless LAN Enables/disable the Wireless LAN function. Fn+F3 Brightness Down Decrease the screen brightness. Fn+F4 Brightness Up Increase the screen brightness. Fn+F5 Display Toggle Switche display output between the display screen, external monitor (if connected) and both. Fn+F6 Touchpad Toggle Turn the internal touchpad on and off. Fn+F7 Speaker Toggle Turn the speaker on and off. Fn+F8 Volume Down Decrease the sound volume. Fn+F9 Volume Up Increase the sound volume. Fn+F10 Screen Display Toggle Turn the screen display on and off. Fn+F11 Bluetooth Enable/disable the Bluetooth function. Fn+F12 Webcam Turn the internal webcam on and off. Fn+Space Keyboard Backlight Toggle Turn the keyboard backlight on and off. Swappable bay Application 1212 1 2 Unlock swappable bay locker. Draw the swappable bay out. 9.5mm HDD/SSD only English Connect the HDD or SSD pin by sliding it into the connecter. English Gently push the plastic frame outwards. Slide in the HDD or SSD until it locks into place. There will be a slight click. 21 1 2 Pull swappable bay back to slot. Lock swappable bay locker. English 7 1 2 3 4 5 • Press F2 when computer starts to Enter BIOS setup utility. • Go to Advanced > SATA configuration. • Change "SATA Mode selection" from "AHCI" to "RAID". • Press F10 to save and exit. The system will restart automatically. • Once the system restarts. Go to "All Apps" found at the bottom of the screen on Windows 8 and execute Intel Rapid Storage program. • You wi l l see the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Screen, Click> Create. • Under Select Volume Type choose Optimized disc performance (RAID 0/1), Click > NEXT. • Under Configure Volume you may set Name to your preferred name and select both controllers. • Click > Next. You will see Confirm Volume Creation. Click > Create volume. • Wait until the system migration is complete and restart the laptop. WARNING .. Please backup your data before you build and run RAID 0/1 on your system. .. RAID 1 needs two storage drives of the same specification and capacity in your laptop. .. RAID 0 needs two storage drives of the same specification in your laptop. Different capacity is acceptable. Setup Your System for RAID 0/1 English 8 Build a Recovery Image USB 1 2 3 4 5 6 >20G • You must use a minimum 20GB capacity USB to build a Recovery Image USB. Plug the USB into the laptop you would like to run the Smart Recovery on. • Inser t the Dr iver disc. Run the Smar t Recovery Generator. (For without ODD model, please use external USB ODD) • Select your language. • Execute SmartRecoveryGenerator. • Select your device from the drop down menu available under Removable Storage List. Click > Create an Image. • Wait until the Ready window pops up. Now the Image is ready in your Recovery USB. • If you need to run system recovery in the future, please boot up your computer with this "recovery USB". To do that, press F12 when computer starts, choose your USB as a boot device and wait until the system restarts and takes you to the Windows 8 Screen. • It may take more than thirty minutes to run the System Recovery. WARNING .. Since the default system set up on your notebook is RAID 0/1, you will need this utility to build a recovery USB in order to recover your laptop and undo RAID settings. .. Recovery USB will recover your notebook to factory default settings. Please backup your data before recovering your system through the recovery USB. .. Please do not unplug power cord or turn off the power during the process of system recovery. GIGABYTE Software Application • GIGABYTE Smart Manager You can activate GIGABYTE Smart Manager by double clicking on the shortcut icon on...
