Compaq Evo Notebook N800v Quick start guide
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Software Guide
Compaq Notebook Series
Document Part Number: 266491-001
April 2002
This guide provides instructions for using optical drive software
to play, create, and copy to and from CDs and DVDs. Information
about power and security settings and updating software is also
provided. In addition, this guide explains how to use the
MultiBoot, Intelligent Manageability, Compaq Diagnostics, and
Computer Setup utilities to set preferences and to help detect,
solve, and prevent problems.
© 2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.
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of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the U.S. and/or other
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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.
Software Guide
First Edition April 2002
Reference Number: N800/2800
Document Part Number: 266491-001
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Contents
1 CD and DVD Software
Using CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Avoiding Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Displaying Media Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Playing CDs with Windows Media Player. . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Playing an Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Playing a Video CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Using Notebook Media Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Accessing Windows Media Player Help . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Playing DVDs with WinDVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
Installing WinDVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
Accessing WinDVD Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Starting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Using DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10
Creating and Copying CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
Using Optional or Windows Software. . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
Understanding Easy CD Creator Features. . . . . . . . 1–12
Installing Easy CD Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13
Installing Easy CD Creator Software . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13
Enabling Auto Insert Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
Preparing to Use Easy CD Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15
Selecting Drive Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15
Selecting and Preparing Easy CD Creator Media . . 1–16
Selecting Easy CD Creator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17
Accessing Easy CD Creator Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
Easy CD Creator Tips and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 1–20
Playing CDs and DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
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Using CD Copier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
Creating Media For Use in Other Systems . . . . . . . 1–20
Using Windows Media Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21
Responding to Buffer Underrun Errors . . . . . . . . . . 1–21
2 Power
Selecting a Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Understanding Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Choosing Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown . . . . . . . . . 2–3
When You Leave Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
When the Power Supply Is Uncertain . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
While Using Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
While Using Infrared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . . 2–5
Identifying the Power Controls and Light . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Using the Default Power Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Setting Power Procedure Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Using Emergency Shut Down Procedures. . . . . . . . 2–10
Setting Power Management Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Accessing the Power Options Window . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Displaying the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
Setting or Changing a Power Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
Using SpeedStep (Windows 2000 Professional Only). . 2–13
Choosing a Performance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13
Setting SpeedStep Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
Finding More Battery Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16
3 Security
Security Features Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Setting Preferences in Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Using Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Forgetting Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Combining Compaq and Windows Passwords . . . . . 3–3
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Using a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Entering Power-On Password Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Entering a Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Using a Compaq Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Entering Compaq Administrator Password Settings . 3–6
Entering a Compaq Administrator Password . . . . . . 3–7
Using DriveLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Protecting a Hard Drive with DriveLock . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Accessing a Protected Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Changing a DriveLock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
Removing DriveLock Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Disabling a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
Protecting System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Selecting an Information Management Procedure . 3–13
Entering and Displaying System Information . . . . . 3–14
Connecting an Optional Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
4 Intelligent Manageability
Understanding Intelligent Manageability. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Installing Intelligent Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Setting Up Insight Management Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Using Fault Management Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Identifying a Fault Management Alert . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Setting Fault Management Alert Preferences . . . . . . 4–3
5 MultiBoot (Advanced Users Only)
Changing the Startup Sequence with MultiBoot . . . . . . . 5–1
Enabling Media and Devices for MultiBoot . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Using the Default Search Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Planning Changes to the Startup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Specifying MultiBoot Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Setting a Continuing Startup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Setting the MultiBoot Express Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Responding to the MultiBoot Express Prompt . . . . . 5–6
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6 Software Updates and Restorations
Updating Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Accessing Notebook Model Information . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Accessing ROM Version Information. . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Accessing Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Updating Software from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Downloading and Installing a System ROM Update 6–5
Downloading and Installing a KBC ROM Update . . 6–7
Downloading and Installing a Non-ROM SoftPaq . . 6–9
Restoring Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10
Installing a Retail Version of an Operating System. . . . 6–11
7 Setup and Diagnostic Utilities
Selecting Computer Setup or Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . 7–1
Using Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Computer Setup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Restoring Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Selecting from the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Selecting from the Security Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Selecting from the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Selecting from the Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Using Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Detecting Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Installing Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Using the Compaq Configuration Record Scan . . . 7–10
Using the Diagnostics Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Index
Software Guide 1–1
1
CD and DVD Software
Using CDs and DVDs
Most of this section provides instructions for using optical drive
software. Before using any optical drive software, Compaq
recommends that you read the following general information
about using CDs and DVDs.
Avoiding Standby and Hibernation
ÄCAUTION: To prevent possible video and audio degradation and
loss of audio or video playback functionality, do not initiate Standby
or Hibernation while using drive media.
If Standby or Hibernation is accidentally initiated while a drive
medium is in use:
1. Briefly press the power button to exit Standby or Hibernation.
2. Restart the notebook.
3. For more information about Standby and Hibernation, refer in
this guide to the “Power” section.
Displaying Media Contents
Autorun, sometimes called autoplay or auto insert notification, is
a feature of the operating system. Autorun displays the contents
of a drive medium on the screen whenever you insert the medium
into a drive and, if you are using an optical drive, close the tray.
1–2 Software Guide
CD and DVD Software
A drive medium is any storage device that can be inserted into a
drive; for example, a diskette, disk, CD, or DVD.
Autorun is enabled at the factory, but can be disabled.
Setting Autorun Preferences
Autorun is enabled or disabled through the operating system:
■In Windows 2000 Professional:
1. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop.
2. Select the Tools menu > Folder Options > File Types tab.
3. Scroll through the list of items in the Registered File
Types list, then select a file type; for example, Audio CD.
4. Select the Advanced button.
◆If Play is displayed in boldface type, (Play), autorun
is enabled on the drive. If Play is displayed in
plain type, (Play), autorun is disabled.
◆To change the autorun setting, select Play (or Play),
then select the Set Default button.
5. Select the OK button.
■In Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional,
double-click the My Computer icon on the Desktop,
right-click a drive, select Properties > AutoPlay tab, then
follow the instructions on the screen.
Cancelling Autorun on an Audio CD
To prevent an audio CD from opening when autorun is enabled,
press the shift key as you insert the CD.
CD and DVD Software
Software Guide 1–3
Displaying the Contents of a Medium
If autorun is disabled and the contents of a medium are not
displayed when you insert it, you can display the contents
manually:
1. Select Start > Run, then type:
explorer x:
(where X = the drive designation of the drive containing
the medium).
2. Press enter.
✎A drive designation is a letter of the alphabet that the notebook
uses to identify the drive. To display the drive designation of
every drive in the system, double-click the My Computer icon on
the desktop.
Copyright Warning
It is a criminal offense, under applicable copyright laws, to make
unauthorized copies of copyright-protected material, including
computer programs, films, broadcasts, and sound recordings.
This notebook should not be used for such purposes.
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CD and DVD Software
Playing CDs with Windows Media Player
Instructions for playing CDs begin with inserting a drive into the
MultiBay, then inserting the CD into the drive. For insertion
instructions, refer on this CD to the Hardware Guide, “Drives”
section.
Playing an Audio CD
To play an audio CD:
1. Read “Using CDs and DVDs,” first in this section.
2. If an optical drive is not in the system, insert an optical drive
into the MultiBay of the notebook or an optional port
replicator.
3. Insert the audio CD into the drive, then close the tray. Wait
several seconds. Then:
❏If autorun is enabled, the CD and Windows Media
Player open. Proceed to step 5.
❏If the CD and Windows Media Player do not open,
proceed to step 4.
4. Open Windows Media Player from the Start button:
❏In Windows 2000 Professional, select Start > Programs >
Windows Media Player.
❏In Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional,
select Start > All Programs > Windows Media Player.
5. Select the Play button to play the CD and the Stop button to
stop the CD.
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