Compaq Presario M2000 Mounting instructions

Hardware and Software

Guide

Compaq Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 383110-001

May 2005

This guide explains how to identify, access, and use the hardware

and software features available on your notebook.

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Corporation. SD Logo is a trademark of its proprietor. Bluetooth is a

trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company

under license. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems

Incorporated.

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.

Hardware and Software Guide

Compaq Notebook Series

First Edition May 2005

Reference Number: M2000

Document Part Number: 383110-001

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Contents

1 Hardware

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

Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1

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

Power Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

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

Wireless (Select Models Only) and

Volume Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7

Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

Speakers, Jacks and Display Release Button. . . . . . 1–10

Rear Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

Ports and Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

PC Card Slot and Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14

Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

Mini PCI and Memory Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

Bays, Battery Latch and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17

Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

Optical Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19

Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20

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2 TouchPad and Keyboard

TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Identifying TouchPad Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

Setting TouchPad Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3

Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Identifying Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Hotkey Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

Using Hotkey Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

Using Hotkey Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14

Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

Using an External Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18

3Power

Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Selecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Switching Between Battery and

External Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4

Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Overviews . . . . . . . 3–5

Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Leaving Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7

Interference with Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7

Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . . 3–8

Turning the Notebook On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation. . . . . . . . . 3–10

Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . 3–11

Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Using Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Prompting for Standby Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Setting Other Power Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

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Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3–15

Managing Low-Battery Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16

Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18

Conserving Battery Pack Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22

Replacing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23

Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26

Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26

4Multimedia

Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

External Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . 4–3

Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

External Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Connecting an S-Video Device

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

Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

CD and DVD Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Inserting or Removing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Using Media Activity Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Setting AutoPlay Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Protecting Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Protecting a CD or DVD Write Process . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13

Enabling AutoPlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

Changing DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

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5 Wireless

(Select Models Only)

Wireless Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1

Wireless Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

802.11 Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . 5–3

Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

Connecting to a WLAN in Your Home. . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

Connecting to a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

Using Wireless Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

Identifying an 802.11 Wireless Device . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

Troubleshooting Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7

Bluetooth Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . 5–8

Wireless Device Power States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10

Turning On the Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12

Turning Off and Disabling the Devices. . . . . . . . . . 5–13

6Security

Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1

QuickLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Setup Utility and Windows Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

Coordinating Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5

Choosing a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5

Setup Utility Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

Setting an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

Entering an Administrator Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

Setup Utility Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8

Setting a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

Entering a Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

Setup Utility Device Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10

Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11

Critical Security Updates for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . 6–12

Firewall Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13

Optional Security Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14

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7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements

Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1

Connecting a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

Connecting a 1394 Device

(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3

Connecting a Communication Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4

Digital Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4

Using the Memory Reader Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5

Inserting a Digital Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6

Removing a Digital Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8

Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9

Stopping or Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10

Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11

Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11

Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11

Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12

Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17

Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17

Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–18

8 Software Updates and Recoveries and

System Software

Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1

Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

Downloading and Installing an Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

Software Recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8

Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8

Repairing or Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

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Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Opening the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

Changing the Language of the Setup Utility . . . . . . 8–10

Navigating and Selecting in the Setup Utility . . . . . 8–10

Displaying System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–11

Restoring Default Settings in the Setup Utility . . . . 8–12

Using Advanced Setup Utility Features . . . . . . . . . 8–13

Closing the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–14

A Specifications

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1

Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2

Expansion Port Input/Output Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3

Index

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Hardware

Top Components

Keys

Component Description

1Function keys (12) Perform system and application tasks.

When combined with fn, the function

keys perform additional tasks as

hotkeys.

2Windows logo key Displays the Microsoft® Windows®

Start menu.

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3fn key Combines with other keys to perform

system tasks. For example, pressing

fn+f7 decreases screen brightness.

4Keypad keys (15) Can be used like the keys on an

external numeric keypad.

5Windows applications key Displays a shortcut menu for items

beneath the pointer.

Component Description

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