Hardware Guide HP Compaq Notebook Series Document Part Number: 333644-001 August 2003 This guide explains how to identify and use notebook hardware features, including connectors for external devices. It also includes power and environmental specifications, which may be helpful when traveling with the notebook. © 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Intel and SpeedStep are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. SD Logo is a trademark. 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 for editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Hardware Guide HP Compaq Notebook Series First Edition August 2003 Reference Number: nc6000 Document Part Number: 333644-001 Contents 1 Notebook Features Pointing Device Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­1 TouchPad Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­1 Dual Pointing Device Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­2 Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­3 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­6 Left Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­8 Right Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­9 Front View Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­11 Rear View Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­13 Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­15 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­17 2 Pointing Devices and Keyboard Using a Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Pointing Stick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using an External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Pointing Device Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying fn and Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . Initiating Standby (fn+f3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switching Displays (fn+f4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viewing Battery Charge Information (fn+f8) . . . . . . 2­1 2­3 2­3 2­4 2­4 2­5 2­5 2­6 2­6 2­7 2­7 Hardware Guide iii Contents Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9). . . . . . . . . . . . 2­8 Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10) . . . . . . . . . . . 2­8 Displaying System Information (fn+esc) . . . . . . . . . 2­8 Using Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys with External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­8 Using Quick Launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­9 Using Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­10 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2­10 Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­12 3 Battery Packs Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­1 Identifying Battery Packs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­2 Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3­3 Inserting or Removing a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . 3­4 Charging a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­6 Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­7 Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­7 Charging a Primary and MultiBay Battery Pack . . . . 3­7 Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3­8 Displaying Charge Information on a MultiBay Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­10 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­11 Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­11 Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­12 Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­13 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­13 Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3­17 Conserving Power As You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­17 Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3­18 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­19 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­20 Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­20 iv Hardware Guide Contents 4 Drives Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­1 Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­3 Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­4 Identifying the Hard Drive Activity Light. . . . . . . . . 4­4 Replacing the Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­5 MultiBay Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Identifying the MultiBay Activity Light . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Using a MultiBay Hard Drive Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Inserting a Hard Drive into the MultiBay . . . . . . . . 4­11 Removing a Drive from the MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . 4­12 MultiBay Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­13 Inserting an Optical Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­13 Removing an Optical Disc (With Power) . . . . . . . . 4­14 Removing an Optical Disc (No Power). . . . . . . . . . 4­15 Inserting a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­16 Removing a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­16 Displaying Optical Disc Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­16 Locating Optical Disc Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­17 Initiating Standby or Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­17 5 Audio and Video Using Audio Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Audio Line-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Video Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the S-Video Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­1 5­2 5­2 5­3 5­4 5­5 6 Communication Devices Connecting a Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­1 Using the RJ-11 Telephone Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­2 Using a Country-Specific Adapter Cable . . . . . . . . . 6­3 Hardware Guide v Contents Connecting a Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linking to an Infrared Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up an Infrared Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Standby with Infrared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­4 6­5 6­6 6­6 7 External Devices Connecting a Monitor or Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabling USB Legacy Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting an Optional External MultiBay. . . . . . . . . . . Connecting an Optional Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­2 7­3 7­4 7­5 7­6 8 Hardware Upgrades Using PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­1 Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­2 Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­3 Using SD Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­4 Inserting an SD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­4 Removing an SD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­5 Adding and Upgrading Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­6 Effects of Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­11 9 Specifications Notebook Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modem Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9­2 9­2 9­3 9­3 Index vi Hardware Guide 1 Notebook Features Pointing Device Components TouchPad Model TouchPad component descriptions Item Component TouchPad Description 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. Function like the left and right buttons on an external mouse. 1 2 Left and right TouchPad buttons Hardware Guide 1­1 Notebook Features Dual Pointing Device Model Dual pointing device component descriptions Item Component Pointing stick Left and right pointing stick buttons TouchPad Description Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. Function like the left and right mouse buttons on an external mouse. 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. Function like the left and right buttons on an external mouse. 1 2 3 4 Left and right TouchPad buttons 1­2 Hardware Guide Notebook Features Top Components Top component descriptions Item Component Power button* Description When the notebook is: 1 Off, press and release to turn on the notebook. In Standby, press and release to exit Standby. In Hibernation, press and release to exit Hibernation. If the system has stopped responding and Windows shutdown procedures cannot be used, press and hold for 5 seconds to turn off the notebook. *This table describes default settings. For information about changing the functions of the power button and about using Standby and Hibernation, refer on the Documentation Library CD to the Software Guide, "Power" chapter. Hardware Guide 1­3 Notebook Features Top component descriptions (Continued) Item Component Quick Launch buttons (3) Description Enable you to access common functions with a single keystroke. 2 QuickLock button (left)--Disables the keyboard and pointing device and clears the display. Wireless ON/OFF button (center)--Enables and disables the integrated wireless device(s) on the notebook. Presentation Mode button (right)--Alternates between presentation modes. When using the Wireless On/Off button to enable integrated WLAN or Bluetooth, first ensure that WLAN or Bluetooth has been enabled in the software and that the Wireless On/Off light is on before attempting to make a connection. For more information, refer on the Documentation Library CD to "Using Quick Launch Buttons" in Chapter 2 of the Hardware Guide. 3 Function keys Execute frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with the fn key. Displays shortcut menu for items beneath the pointer. Secure the display when it is closed. Displays the Windows Start menu. 4 5 6 Applications key Display release latch recesses Microsoft logo key 1­4 Hardware Guide Notebook Features Top component descriptions (Continued) Item Component fn key Description Executes frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with a function key or the esc key. Contains one primary memory slot (populated) and one expansion slot. 7 Not shown Memory compartment (not shown; located under the keyboard) Hardware Guide 1­5 Notebook Features Lights Light descriptions Item Component Num lock Caps lock Scroll lock Wireless On/Off Power/standby Description On: Num lock is on or the embedded numeric keypad is enabled. On: Caps lock is on. On: Scroll lock is on. On: An integrated wireless device has been enabled. On: Power is turned on. Blinking: Notebook is in Standby. 1 2 3 4 5 The power/standby light also blinks when a battery pack that is the only available power source reaches a critical low-battery condition. The light turns off when the system enters Hibernation or shuts down. 1­6 Hardware Guide Notebook Features Light descriptions (Continued) Item Component Battery Description On: A battery pack is charging. Blinking: A battery pack that is the only available power source has reached a low-battery condition. When the battery reaches a critical low-battery condition, the battery light begins blinking more quickly. On: Hard drive in the har ...