Compaq 370698-002 User manual

Reference Guide

Compaq Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 370698-002

April 2005

This guide explains how to set up, operate, maintain, and

troubleshoot your notebook. It also provides information on

battery pack and power management, external device

connections, and modem and network connections. The last

chapter provides additional reference material on modem

commands, safety, and regulatory information.

Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The

only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express

warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing

herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall

not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Reference Guide

Compaq Notebook Series

Second Edition April 2005

First Edition June 2004

Document Part Number: 370698-002

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Contents

1 Getting Started with Your Notebook

Identifying Parts of the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

Front Panel and Right Panel Components. . . . . . . . . 1–2

Left Panel and Back Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

Bottom Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

Status Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

Setting Up Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7

Step 1: Insert the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7

Step 2: Connect AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

Step 3: Connect a Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Step 4: Turn On the Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

Step 5: Set Up Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

2 Basic Operation

Operating Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Default Power Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

To Reset the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

To Change the Boot Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

To Use the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

To Use the Tap to Click Function of

the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

To Use the Function Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

To Use the One-Touch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

To Use the Windows and Applications Keys . . . . . . 2–8

To Type Alternate Graphics Using

the ALT GR Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9

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Using CDs or DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10

To Insert or Remove a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10

To Play DVD Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11

To Create or Copy CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12

To Write to DVD Media (Select Models Only) . . . 2–12

Securing Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13

To Set Up Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13

To Lock Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13

To Attach an Optional Security Cable. . . . . . . . . . . 2–14

To Protect Against Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

To Lock the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

Taking Care of Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16

To Protect Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16

To Maintain Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16

To Safeguard Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17

To Extend the Life of the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17

To Clean Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17

3 Battery Packs and Power Management

Managing Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

How the Notebook Manages Power

Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

To Change Timeout Settings and Create

Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Using Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4

To Respond to a Low-Battery Warning . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

To Recharge the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

To Get the Most from Your Battery Packs . . . . . . . . 3–6

Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

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4 Modem and Network Connections

Using the Modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

To Connect the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Special Restrictions in Certain Countries . . . . . . . . . 4–3

To Change Your Modem Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN). . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Using a Wireless LAN Adapter

(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Making Wireless Network Connections

(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

To Turn Wireless Communication On and Off . . . . . 4–8

5 Add-On Devices

Connecting External Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

To Insert or Remove a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

To Connect an Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

To Connect a TV to Your Notebook

(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

To Connect a 1394 Device

(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

Installing Additional RAM (Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

To Install a RAM Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

To Remove a RAM Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . 5–9

Replacing the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

To Replace the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

To Replace the Hard Drive Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12

To Prepare a New Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

6 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

CD-ROM and DVD Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Display Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

Hard Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5

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Heat Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

Keyboard and Pointing Device Problems . . . . . . . . . 6–7

Local Area Network (LAN) Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

Modem Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10

PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13

Performance Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14

Power and Battery Pack Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15

Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17

Serial, Parallel and USB Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18

Startup Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19

Wireless Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–21

Configuring Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–23

To Run the BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–23

Updating Software and Drivers from the Web . . . . . . . 6–28

Using System Recovery Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–28

Safeguarding Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–29

Operating System (OS) CD Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–30

OS CD Reinstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–31

Reinstalling Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–32

Restoring Software Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–32

Index

Reference Guide 1–1

Getting Started with

Your Notebook

Identifying Parts of the Notebook

Components included with the notebook may vary by

geographical region and the features you selected. The following

tables identify the standard external components included with

most notebook models.

1–2 Reference Guide

Getting Started with Your Notebook

Front Panel and Right Panel Components

1Main status lights (left to right):

power mode, hard drive activity,

and battery

6Notebook open/close latch

2TouchPad, scroll pad, Click

buttons, and an on-off button

7CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive

3Power button: turns the notebook

on and off

8Battery pack

4Keyboard status lights 9Wireless on-off button and

indicator light (select

models only)

5One-Touch buttons -Hard drive

Getting Started with Your Notebook

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Left Panel and Back Panel Components

1AC adapter jack 7RJ-11 jack: connects the modem

cable

2Universal serial bus (USB) ports 8PC Card and CardBus slot and

button (select models only;

location varies by model)

3RJ-45 jack: connects a network

cable

9IEEE 1394 port

(select models only)

4S-Video out jack

(select models only)

-Audio jacks (left to right): external

microphone, audio out

(headphones)

5External monitor port qVolume control

6Cable lock slot (security

connector)

wAudio mute button and audio

mute light

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Getting Started with Your Notebook

Bottom Panel Components

ÄCAUTION: To prevent an unresponsive system and the display of a

warning message, install only a Mini PCI device authorized for use in

your notebook by the governmental agency that regulates wireless

devicesgin your country. If you install a device and then receive a warning

message, remove the device to restore notebook functionality. Then contact

Customer Care.

1Hard drive 4Reset button

2Battery latch 5Mini PCI cover (no user parts

inside)

3RAM (memory) cover

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