Preparing your computer for travel – Dell Latitude CPi A User Manual

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Provide the computer’s service tag number, the case number, and the name, address, and
telephone number of the law enforcement agency to which you reported the missing computer. If
possible, give the name of the investigating officer.

The Dell support technician will log your report under the computer’s service tag number and flag
the computer as missing or stolen. If someone calls Dell for technical assistance and gives your
service tag number, the computer is identified automatically as missing or stolen. The technician
will attempt to get the phone number and address of the caller. Dell will then contact the law
enforcement agency to which you made the report of the missing or stolen computer.

Preparing Your Computer for Travel

To prepare your computer for travel, perform the following steps:

1. Remove any external devices attached to the computer, and store them in a safe place. If a diskette is

in the diskette drive, remove it. Remove any cables attached to installed PC Cards (you do not have to
remove the PC Cards themselves).

CAUTION: The PC Card eject button can be damaged if left in the "out" position.
Before traveling, make sure that the PC Card eject button is flush with the computer
case.

2. To make the computer as light as possible, remove the diskette drive or CD-ROM drive from the

modular bay and install the travel module.

3. To maximize battery life, check the charge on your battery. Then fully charge the battery and any

spares you plan to carry with you.

4. Turn off the computer or press to enter suspend-to-disk mode. (On a French keyboard,

press .)

5. Disconnect the AC adapter.

CAUTION: When disconnecting the AC adapter from the computer, grasp the
adapter cable's connector, not the cable itself, and pull gently but firmly to avoid
damaging the cable.

6. Remove any extraneous items, such as paper clips, pens, paper, or notebooks, from the keyboard.

Then close the display.

CAUTION: When the display is closed, items left on the keyboard could damage the
display.

7. Pack all your computing accessories.