Compaq Evo N620c Installation instructions

Hardware Guide

Compaq Evo Notebook N620c Series

Document Part Number: 279360-002

January 2003

This guide provides instructions for setting up the notebook and

connecting external devices. In addition, the guide describes the

hardware features on the notebook and provides instructions for

using them.

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Compaq, the Compaq logo, and Evo are trademarks of Compaq

Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the

U.S. and/or other countries. All other product names mentioned herein may

be trademarks of their respective companies.

Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions

contained herein. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of

any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for

Compaq products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements

accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as

constituting an additional warranty.

Hardware Guide

Second Edition January 2003

First Edition July 2002

Reference Number: N620c

Document Part Number: 279360-002

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Contents

1Notebook Features

Display Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

Pointing Device Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Pointing Stick Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

TouchPad Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

Dual Pointing Device Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

Speakers and Memory Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

Buttons, Keys and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

Left Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

Right Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15

Additional Standard Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17

2Hardware Setup

Setting Up the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Wireless MultiPort Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Removing the Wireless MultiPort Module . . . . . . . . 2–4

Installing the Wireless MultiPort Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

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3Pointing Devices and Keyboard

Using a Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Using the Pointing Stick (Pointing Stick Models). . . 3–1

Using the TouchPad (TouchPad Models) . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Using the Dual Pointing Device (Dual Models) . . . . 3–3

Setting Pointing Device Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4

Replacing the Pointing Stick Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . 3–7

Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with

External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

Turning a MultiPort Device On or Off (Fn+F2) . . . . 3–8

Switching Display and Image (Fn+F4) . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Adjusting System Volume (Fn+F5) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

Initiating QuickLock (Fn+F6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

Setting Power Conservation Level (Fn+F7) . . . . . . 3–10

Viewing Battery Charge Information (Fn+F8) . . . . 3–11

Adjusting Screen Brightness (Fn+F10) . . . . . . . . . . 3–11

Displaying System Information (Fn+esc) . . . . . . . . 3–11

Using the Fn Key Sequentially . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Using the Easy Access Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

Using Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

Using Custom Assignments and Schemes. . . . . . . . 3–17

4Battery Packs

Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Using a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

Replacing Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Replacing a Primary Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Replacing a MultiBay Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Recycling a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

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5Removable Drives

Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

IDE Drive Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

Replacing a Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

Removing and Inserting a MultiBay Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

Using a MultiBay Hard Drive Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8

Inserting a Drive into the MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

Removing a Drive from the MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

Inserting and Removing Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

Inserting Optical Drive Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

Removing Optical Drive Media (with Power) . . . . 5–14

Removing Optical Drive Media (No Power). . . . . . 5–15

Inserting a Diskette or Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16

Removing a Diskette or Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16

Displaying Media Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Locating Drive Software Information . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

Initiating Standby or Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

6Audio and Video

Using Audio Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

Identifying Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

Using the Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

Using the Stereo Speaker/Headphone Jack . . . . . . . . 6–3

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Using Video Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

Using the S-Video-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5

Changing the Video Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

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7Communications Devices

Connecting a Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

Using the RJ-11 Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

Using a Country-Specific Adapter Cable . . . . . . . . . 7–2

Connecting a Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4

Linking to an Infrared Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5

Configuring the Infrared Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6

Setting Up an Infrared Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6

Using Standby with Infrared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

8External Devices

Connecting a Standard Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1

Connecting an External Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

Connecting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3

Using a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

Enabling USB Legacy Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

Connecting an Optional Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–5

9Hardware Upgrades

Using PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1

Selecting a PC Card Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1

Configuring a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2

Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2

Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3

RAM or Memory PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–4

Viewing Memory and Hibernation

File Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–4

Removing or Inserting a Memory Expansion Board . . . . 9–5

10 Specifications

Notebook Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–1

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–1

Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–2

Modem Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–2

Index

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Hardware Guide 1–1

Notebook Features

Display Components

Identifying display components

Display Component Descriptions

1Display release latch Opens the notebook.

2MultiPort Supports an optional USB-enabled

wireless device such as a Bluetooth

or 802.11b wireless LAN.

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1–2 Hardware Guide

Notebook Features

Pointing Device Components

Pointing Stick Model

Identifying pointing stick components

Pointing Stick Component Descriptions

1EasyPoint IV 3D Pointing

Stick

Moves the pointer and selects or

activates items on the screen.

2Left and right pointing stick

buttons

Function like the left and right buttons

on an external mouse.

3Scroll pointing stick button Functions like the scroll button on an

external mouse.

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Notebook Features

Hardware Guide 1–3

TouchPad Model

Identifying TouchPad components

TouchPad Component Descriptions

1TouchPad Moves the pointer and selects or

activates items on the screen. Can be

set to perform other mouse functions,

such as scrolling, selecting, and

double-clicking.

2Left and right TouchPad

buttons

Function like the left and right buttons

on an external mouse.

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Notebook Features

Dual Pointing Device Model

Identifying dual pointing device components

Dual Pointing Device Component Descriptions

1Pointing stick Moves the pointer and selects or

activates items on the screen.

2Left and right pointing stick

buttons

Function like the left and right mouse

buttons on an external mouse.

3TouchPad Moves the pointer and selects or

activates items on the screen. Can be

set to perform other mouse functions,

such as scrolling, selecting, and

double-clicking.

4Left and right TouchPad

buttons

Function like the left and right buttons

on an external mouse.

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