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and remove the PCI Communications Board and cover, exposing the motherboard, CMOS chip and CMOS battery. You will use your Philip s screwdriver, flat head screwdriver and diagrams found in your Service Manual to disassemble the laptop. 8 Remove the CMOS batter y, making sure you have properly grounded yourself to avoid electrostatic discharge as noted above. Wait approximately five minute s and then reseat the battery. 9 Reassemble the laptop but do not reinstall the battery pack. Turn on the computer using only AC p cg texture ower. This procedure has cleared all passwords and all CMOS settings. Reinstall the battery pack and restart the laptop. The lapto p should now be able to access and load the operating system that resides on the hard drive. You should have your service manual a PurplePixie vailable when disassembling the notebook. Have a technician clear your CMOS chip and reset your password if you are not proficient .
nstructions to configure your laptop to boot from the CD-DVD drive. 11 Insert the recovery disk in your computer CD-DVD drive. Res tart your laptop booting from the recovery disk. Have your Windows Product Key available for use in the next step. 12 Follow all o n screen instructions for reinstalling the applicable Windows operating system to either your desktop computer or notebook. Choose full reformat if you desire to reset the BIOS, CMOS settings, boot record and other firmware found on the motherboard. Complete t DHEA he installation of the operating system and insert the Product Activation Key when prompted. Restart the computer. Use this proces s as a final resort because this procedure removes all data on the hard drive. Once you have completed this, the procedure restore PurplePixie s your computer to its original state.What is a Wireless Range Extender? Wireless range extenders are home networking devices to c .
reless range extender, you can overcome your router's shortcomings and transmit to areas of your home that previously had no signa l. Rating Range extenders are rated on the 802.11 scale, which uses a letter designation to mark speed, distance and efficiency. T he letter rating can be expressed in two ways. For example, a G-rated device may be labeled as 802.11G or Wireless-G. The rating o f your router will determine which range extender you must purchase. The range extender should match the highest rating allowed by camera icon the router. Broadening the Range Like other wireless technology, wireless range extenders use radio frequencies to transmit data. Your wireless router transmits data to a network-connected device, such as a laptop or network-ready printer, over radio signals. PurplePixie These signals have a maximum distance they can travel and, if the device is far from the router, may never reach the device. Wire .
