b Hardware Guide Compaq Notebook Series Document Part Number: 272633-001 June 2002 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. © 2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. Compaq, the Compaq logo, Evo, and Presario 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. 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Hardware Guide First Edition June 2002 Reference Number: N1005/900 Document Part Number: 272633-001 Contents 1 Identifying External Hardware Display Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­1 Pointing Device Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­2 Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­3 Power Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­3 Keyboard and Drive Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­4 Power and Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­5 Easy Access Buttons and Keyboard Keys. . . . . . . . . 1­6 Function and Keypad Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­7 Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­8 Rear Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­9 Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­9 Vents and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­10 Left Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­11 Right Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­12 Underside Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­13 Memory and Mini PCI Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 1­13 Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­14 Additional Standard Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­15 Documentation and Restore CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­15 Cord and Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­16 Adapters and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­17 Hardware Guide iii Contents 2 Pointing Device and Keyboard TouchPad Pointing Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­1 Setting Pointing Device Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­2 Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­3 Identifying Hotkeys and Shortcut Keys. . . . . . . . . . . 2­3 Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . 2­4 Hotkey and Shortcut Key Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­5 Hotkey and Shortcut Key Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­5 Easy Access Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­10 Using the Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­10 Using Custom Assignments and Schemes. . . . . . . . 2­12 Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­13 Using the Internal Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­13 Using an External Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­15 3 Battery Pack Running the Notebook on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­1 Inserting or Removing the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­2 Charging the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­3 Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­4 Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­4 Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . . 3­4 Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . . 3­5 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­6 Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­6 Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­7 Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 Battery Conservation Procedures and Settings . . . . . . . 3­11 Conserving Power as You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­11 Selecting Power Conservation Settings. . . . . . . . . . 3­12 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­12 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­13 Finding More Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­14 iv Hardware Guide Contents 4 Drives Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­1 Understanding Drive Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­2 Terms for Types of Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­2 Terms for Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­2 Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­3 Using the IDE Drive Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­4 Inserting and Removing Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­5 Inserting a CD or DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­5 Removing a CD or DVD (With Power) . . . . . . . . . . 4­6 Removing a CD or DVD (Without Power) . . . . . . . . 4­7 Inserting a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Removing a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Using Drive Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­9 Avoiding Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­9 Displaying Media Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­9 Caring for Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­11 Finding More Drive Software Information . . . . . . . . . . 4­11 5 Audio and Video Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Volume Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Volume Control Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting an Audio Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying Audio Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Microphone Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Audio-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting a Video Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-Video Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting an S-Video Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning a Video Device On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Color Television Format . . . . . . . . . . . 5­1 5­1 5­2 5­3 5­4 5­4 5­5 5­5 5­6 5­6 5­6 5­8 5­9 Hardware Guide v Contents 6 External Device Connections Connecting a Standard Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabling USB Legacy Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linking to an Infrared Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Up an Infrared Transmission. . . . . . . . . . . . . Avoiding Standby While Using Infrared. . . . . . . . . . Connecting an Optional Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finding Communication and Security Information . . . . . 6­1 6­2 6­3 6­3 6­4 6­5 6­5 6­6 6­6 7 Hardware Upgrades Obtaining Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­1 Using PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­1 Selecting a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­1 Configuring a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­2 Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­2 Stopping and Removing a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­3 Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­4 Displaying Memory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­4 Removing or Inserting a Memory Board. . . . . . . . . . 7­5 Replacing the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­10 Finding Mini PCI and MultiPort Information . . . . . . . . 7­13 8 Specifications Notebook Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­1 Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­1 Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­2 Index vi Hardware Guide 1 Identifying External Hardware Display Components Display Components 1 2 Display release latch MultiPort Opens the notebook. Inputs single-channel sound.Supports an optional USB-enabled wireless device such as a Bluetooth MultiPort, 802.11b Wireless LAN MultiPort, and future wireless technologies. Hardware Guide 1­1 Identifying External Hardware Pointing Device Components Pointing Device Components 1 TouchPad Moves the cursor. Can be set to perform additional mouse functions such as scroll, select, and double-click.* Function like the left and right buttons on an external mouse. Scrolls up, down, left, or right through most application and Internet browser windows. 2 3 Left and right TouchPad buttons Scroll button *For information about modifying pointing device functions, refer to the Documentation Library CD, Hardware Guide, Chapter 2, "Pointing Device and Keyboard," in the section "Setting Pointing Device Preferences." 1­2 Hardware Guide Identifying External Hardware Top Components Power Lights Top Components: Power Lights 1 2 3 AC Adapter light Power/standby light Battery light On: AC power is being supplied through the AC Adapter. On: Power is turned on. Blinking: Notebook is in Standby. On: The battery pack is charging. Blinking: The battery pack has reached a low-battery condition. Hardware Guide 1­3 Identifying External Hardware Keyboard and Drive Lights Top Components: Keyboard and Drive Lights 1 2 3 Num lock light Caps lock light IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) drive light On: Num lock is on or the internal keypad is on.* On: Caps lock is on. On: The hard drive, CD, or DVD drive is being accessed. *For more information about using num lock, the internal keypad, or an external keypad, refer to the Documentation Library CD, Hardware Guide, Chapter 2, "Pointing Device and Keyboard," in the section "Keypads." 1­4 Hardware Guide Identifying External Hardware Power and Volume Controls Top Components: Power and Volume Controls 1 Power button* When the notebook is: Off, briefly press to turn on the notebook. On, briefly press to initiate Hibernation. In Standby, briefly press to exit Standby. In Hibernation, briefly press to exit Hibernation. If the system has stopped responding and Windows shutdown procedures cannot be used, press and hold for 4 seconds to turn off the notebook. 2 Volume buttons (2) Display switch* Adjust, mute, or restore system volume. To mute or restore volume, press both volume buttons at the same time. Turns off the notebook display if the notebook is closed while it is on. 3 *This table describes default settings. For information about changing the function of the power button, display switch, or Fn+F3 hotkeys, refer to the Documentation Library CD, Software Guide, Chapter 1, "Power Management." Hardware Guide 1­5 Identifying External Hardware Easy Access Buttons and Keyboard Keys Top Components: Easy Access Buttons and Keyboard Keys 1 Easy Access Buttons (4) Provide quick access to Internet or network destinations, or to software applications or data files on a drive. The icon on each button represents the default destination. Buttons can be programmed to different destinations. Display Windows Start menu. Displays shortcut menu for item beneath the pointer. 2 3 Microsoft logo keys (2) Applications key 1­6 Hardware Guide Identifying External Hardware Function and Keypad Keys Top Components: Function and Keypad Keys 1 Function keys (12) Perform system and application tasks. For example, in Windows and many applications, pressing F1 opens a Help file. When combined with the Fn key, the function keys F2 through F4 and F7 through F12 perform additional tasks as hotkeys.* Combines with other keys to perform system tasks. For example, pressing the Fn+F7 hotkeys decreases scree ...