Compaq Compaq Presario Manual

Presario Mobile Internet PC 1200 Series

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Compaq Presario Mobile Internet PC 1200 Series

Second Edition (September 2000)

Part Number 183210-002

CONTENTS

PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE CONTENTS-I

SERIES 1200

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Where Can I Find Information?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Printed Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

mbols and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

mbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Safet

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Disconnectin

Your Notebook

from the Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Chapter 2 Your Notebook at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Front of Your Presario Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Common Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Internet Zone Buttons and Li

hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Function Ke

s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Status Displa

and Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Left and Ri

ht Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Left Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

ht Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

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Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Underside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Underside Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Chapter 3 Usin

Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Power On! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Plu

and Unplu

AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Turnin

Your Notebook On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Recoverin

from a Locked Pro

ram . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Recoverin

from a Locked S

stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Usin

Batter

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Usin

the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse . . . . . . . . 3-6

Tappin

and Double-Tappin

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

e Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Displa

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Chan

Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Adjustin

Bri

htness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Internet Zone Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Repro

rammin

the Internet Zone Buttons . . . . . . 3-11

Stora

e Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Identif

Your Stora

e Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Usin

the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Securit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Usin

the Securit

Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

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Chapter 4 Common Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

Displa

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Switchin

Between Displa

s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Anti-Virus Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Usin

Anti-Virus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Reco

nizin

a Computer Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Removin

a Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Addin

and Removin

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Attachin

Hardware Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Chapter 5 Usin

the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1

Insert and Remove Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Insertin

a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Removin

a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Manuall

Ejectin

a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Audio CDs and Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Pla

Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Pla

Non-DVD Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Usin

the DVD Pla

er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Usin

“Re

ionalized” DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Video Displa

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

Showin

and Hidin

the DVD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

Zoomin

the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

CD-RW Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Installin

Adaptec Eas

CD Creator 4 . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

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Usin

Adaptec Eas

CD Creator 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Preventin

Buffer Underrun Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Accessin

Eas

CD Creator 4 Users Information . 5-19

Chapter 6 Let’s Go Surfin

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

What is the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

What is the World Wide Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

What is a Browser? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Usin

Microsoft Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Search En

ines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Choosin

a Search En

ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Usin

a Search En

ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

Searchin

on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

Accessin

Files from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

In Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Chapter 7 Carin

for Your Batter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Batter

Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Usin

the Batter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Storin

the Batter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Rec

clin

the Batter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Batter

Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Calibratin

the Batter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Maximizin

Batter

Operatin

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Fixin

a Low-Batter

Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Power Mana

ement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE CONTENTS-V

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Savin

Ener

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

What is Power Mana

ement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Chapter 8 Service and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Preventive Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleanin

Your Notebook’s Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleanin

the Ke

board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleanin

the Displa

Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Cleanin

the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Carin

for Your Presario Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Backup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Usin

Backup Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Hard Disk Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Usin

ScanDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Usin

Disk Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Deletin

Stored Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Defra

mentin

Your Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Hard Disk Space Mana

ement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Checkin

the Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Deletin

Unnecessar

Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Usin

the Rec

cle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

stem Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Compaq Dia

nostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

stem Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Compaq Service Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14

Internet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

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Chapter 9 Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Basic Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Findin

Solutions Quickl

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Frequentl

Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

General Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Displa

Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Questions about Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Questions about Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Questions about Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Questions about Up

rades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Error Messa

es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Solutions Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Batter

and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12

Mass Stora

e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

Games and Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

board and TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Memor

and PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

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PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1-1

1200 SERIES

Con

ratulations! As the owner of a new PresarioTM

Notebook

computer,

ou have

oined the world-wide communit

mobile computer users. Once

our Notebook is set up and

connected to the Internet,

ou can explore vast re

ions of

information, entertainment, and services online.

The Beyond Setup Guide is desi

ned for both experienced

computer users and be

inners. This eas

-to-scan

uide helps

ou find the information

ou want as quickl

as possible. It’s

also desi

ned to familiarize

ou with the followin

•Features

ou’ll want to

durin

the first few

s or weeks

•Keepin

our Notebook

runnin

smoothl

Solvin

common problems

as the

occur.

Where Can I Find

Inf rmati n?, 1-2

Symb ls and Graphics, 1-4

Safety, 1-5

Introduction 

1-2 INTRODUCTION PRESARIO NOTEBOOK BEYOND SETUP GUIDE

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Where Can

I Find

Information?

This section describes

the documentation that

came in the box with

our

new Notebook.

The Compaq Web site is

available worldwide. As you

explore the Internet, stop at the

following address for

information about products,

services, and special offers:

www.compaq.com

The Beyond Setup Guide is

also available on the Compaq

Web site at:

www.compaq.com/mypresario

Printed Documents

Your new Presario Notebook computer came with printed

documents containin

helpful reference information.

ou have access to the Internet,

ou can also view

these and other documents on the Compaq Web site at

www.compaq.com/mypresario.

Note: Additional documents to those described here may vary per region.

Easy Setup Poster

This poster shows

ou how to set up

our Notebook. When

ou finish, fold the poster and store it with

our documents

for future use. For more information about the hardware that

came with

our new Notebook, see “Your Notebook at a

Glance”later in this

uide.

Beyond Setup Guide

This eas

-to-scan

uide explains how to set up

our Notebook

and

et acquainted with its features. It also introduces:

•Common computer tasks

•The Internet

•Notebook maintenance

•Solutions for computer problems

•Compaq service and support tools

Note: Some features described in this guide may not be available on all

models or in all geographic regions.

Safety and Comfort Guide

This document explains how to protect

our equipment from

dama

e, protect

ourself from in

, and ensure

our

comfort while usin

our Notebook.

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