Your New Laptop Toshiba 2430 Specifications Layout How to Use.

Your New Laptop

Toshiba 2430SpecificationsLayoutHow to Use

04/10/23City College of San FranciscoTechnology Learning Center2

Subjects

CCSF Laptop Guidelines/Policies Maintenance and treatment Hardware/software, suggestions for purchase Connecting to the CCSF Network on campus Transferring files Backing up: Using the CD-RW drive Printing Internet connection from home GroupWise


Physical Orientation: Hands on

All participants did the following: Took possession of the laptop, peripherals and case Checked contents and Identify cables Attached and detached security cable Connected the Ethernet cable and logged on to the

CCSF network Set up a printer Packed Case


Guidelines: Highlights

The computer is the property of City College of San Francisco and must be returned when requested or when the user is no longer in the employ of CCSF.

The computer is for CCSF business purposes only. Laptop computers are attractive targets for theft. ITS will

provide a security cable with each laptop. Users have the responsibility to take every effort to secure the laptop.

City College will not replace lost or stolen laptop computers or repair damaged laptops not covered by warranty. If your computer is stolen, you must deliver a copy of a police report to ITS (Box LB-2) with your notification of the theft.

Link: Complete document (all recipients signed a copy)


Safety Precautions

Read the Toshiba Safety Instruction Manual

Avoid temperature extremes

Don’t drop! Never pick up by

screen Protect from theft

– Security cable– Vigilance


Laptop Basics: Toshiba 2430

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processorª 2400MHz (2.40GHz) NVIDIA® Geforce4™ 420 Go™ graphics card

w/32MB video memory DVD/CD-RW for movies or burning CDs Stereo speakers Plug in to AC power or use up to 2.5 hrs. battery time

(AC assembly weight: 1.5 pounds) Warranty: 4-year parts and labor, 1-year battery


Other specs

40GB Hard disk Built-in 56K Modem LAN and Modem

connections (cables supplied)

15” Flat Screen Weight: 7.7 pounds

Ports – USB 2.0 (3 ports)– Firewire (1394)– PC Card type II or III– Secure Digital card– Printer (parallel)– External monitor

(RGB and S-Video)


Software

Same as Desktops– Office XP (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)– Publisher, FrontPage, Internet Explorer– GroupWise Windows client (use when connected

to CCSF network)

New: CD Writing Software (Drag’n Drop CD)


Other Hardware

Power supply and two cables: – One from Power outlet to supply– The other from supply to computer

Ethernet cable– For connecting to Ethernet plugs at CCSF

Telephone cable– For connecting to telephone wall jack at home– Use to dial in to ISP and connect to Internet


You might want to purchase

External USB mouse– For those uncomfortable with touchpad

External USB keyboard– To gain full key size

External USB Zip drive– For compatibility with CCSF Desktop Machines

External USB Floppy drive– To use floppy disks


Networking: Ethernet cable

Ethernet Cable supplied– Thicker than phone

cable– Larger end

connector than on phone cable


Networking: CCSF Network

Plug cable into computer’s LAN port– Back, to right of USB ports


Plugging in CCSF Network

Plug other end into wall jack

– Jacks must be activated– Identify your Office, shared

area jacks to Local ITS staff and/or Help Desk: 239-3711

Log in as usual– Your network drive is

available– Network printers available– Must add printers to use


Adding printers

Cheat Sheet available on TechDocs Web site, laptop section

Also Helpdesk Web site


Home use

Log in as if connected to network No network functions available Need Internet Service Provider (ISP) to

connect to Internet Backup your documents:

– CD-R or CD -RW disk (about 640 MB capacity)– External USB Zip or floppy drive (not supplied)


Connecting Laptop to Internet

DSL / Cable connection– Provider supplies info

/software / equipment

ISP phone connection– ISP supplies info /

software

Troubleshooting– Individual providers

rather than CCSF Help Desk


Home use: Internet provider

Resources: http://www.computeruser.com/resources/isp/index.html

(allows search by telephone area code) http://www.ucan.org/links/ComputersInternetLinks.htm

(Many links to user review sites, help finding DSL/Cable/ISP)

Friends!


Phone cable for ISP dialup

Phone Cable supplied

Plug into computer’s modem port– Back, two right of

USB ports

Plug other end into ordinary phone jack


After ISP dialup

Log in to your ISP as instructed– Outside CCSF network– Network drive not available

GroupWise email– Easiest:

Access through the Internet http://gww.ccsf.edu


Further information

Go to the Documents Web site from http://www.ccsf.edu/tlc

Click the Handouts link Use the Laptop sections for this presentation

and other documents on your machine and related information


Secure Digital card

SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card slot: right side

Postage-stamp sized memory device

Another storage option Not on desktops – Laptops only Also used on some Palms Small, inexpensive adapters

available to plug in to desktops

Price range: – 32 MB for about $25 to – 256 MB for about $80-140

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