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Hardware and Software Guide HP Compaq Notebook Series Document Part Number: 372368-002 March 2005 This guide explains how to identify, access, and use most of the hardware and software features available on your notebook. It also includes details about managing notebook power and security, as well as specifications that may be helpful when you travel with the notebook. © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. SD Logo is a trademark of its proprietor. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company under license. 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 HP Compaq Notebook Series Second Edition March 2005 First Edition February 2005 Reference Number: nc8200, nw8200, nx8200 Document Part Number: 372368-002 Contents 1 Component ID Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­1 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­1 Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­3 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­5 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­7 Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­8 Rear Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­10 Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­11 Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­12 Bottom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­14 Additional Hardware Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­16 Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­17 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1­17 2 Power Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­1 Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­4 Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­5 Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­5 Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­6 Initiating Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown . . . . . . 2­7 Default Power Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­9 Turning the Notebook or Display On or Off . . . . . . 2­9 Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . 2­10 Hardware and Software Guide iii Contents Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation . . . . . . . . Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . Power Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing the Power Options Window . . . . . . . . . Displaying the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting or Changing a Power Scheme. . . . . . . . . . . Using a Security Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processor Performance Controls (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inserting a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring the Charge of a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­11 2­12 2­13 2­14 2­14 2­15 2­15 2­16 2­18 2­19 2­20 2­21 2­22 2­24 2­25 2­28 2­32 2­34 2­35 3 Pointing Devices and Keyboard Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­1 Using the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­3 Using the Pointing Stick (Select Models Only) . . . . 3­4 Mouse Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­5 Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­6 Hotkey Quick Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­7 Using Hotkey Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­8 Viewing Battery Charge Information (fn+f8). . . . . 3­10 Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9) . . . . . . . . . . 3­10 Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­11 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . 3­12 iv Hardware and Software Guide Contents Quick Launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying Quick Launch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using Quick Launch Buttons Software . . . . . . . . . Info Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3­15 3­15 3­16 3­21 4 Multimedia Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­1 Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . 4­3 Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . 4­3 Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­4 Video Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­5 Using the S-Video-Out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­6 Connecting a Monitor or Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­7 Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­8 Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­9 Enabling AutoPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­10 Changing DVD Region Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4­10 5 Drives Drive Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­2 IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­3 Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­4 Removing the Primary Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­4 Reinstalling the Primary Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­7 MultiBay II Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­9 MultiBay II Security Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­9 MultiBay II Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­10 MultiBay II Optical Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­12 Removing an Optical Disc (With Power) . . . . . . . . 5­15 Removing an Optical Disc (Without Power) . . . . . 5­16 Displaying Optical Disc Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­17 Avoiding Standby or Hibernation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­17 Hardware and Software Guide v Contents 6 PC Cards What Is a PC Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­1 PC Card Insertion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­2 PC Card Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6­4 7 SD Cards What Is an SD Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­1 SD Card Insertion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­2 SD Card Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­3 8 Memory Modules What Is a Memory Module? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­1 Expansion Memory Module Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­2 Primary Memory Module Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­7 Hibernation File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8­13 9 USB Devices What Is USB?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USB Device Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operating System and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USB Legacy Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9­1 9­2 9­2 9­3 10 Modem and Networking Internal Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting a Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a Country-Specific Modem Cable Adapter . Modem Region Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preinstalled Communication Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10­1 10­2 10­3 10­4 10­7 10­7 vi Hardware and Software Guide Contents 11 Wireless (Select Models Only) Wireless Local Area Network (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­4 Connecting Your Wireless Notebook to a Corporate WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­5 Connecting Your Wireless Notebook to a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­5 Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­6 Using a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­7 Using Wireless Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­8 Installing Wireless Software (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 11­8 Troubleshooting Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­10 Bluetooth (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­11 Device Power States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­13 Turning On the Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­15 Turning Off and Disabling the Devices . . . . . . . . 11­16 Infrared Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­17 Setting Up an Infrared Transmission . . . . . . . . . . 11­18 Using Standby with Infrared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­18 Mobile Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11­19 12 Security Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­1 Security Preferences in Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . 12­4 Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­4 HP and Windows Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­5 HP and Windows Password Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 12­6 HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­7 Setting HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 12­8 Entering HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . 12­9 Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­9 Setting a Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­9 Entering a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­10 Requiring a Power-On Password at Restart . . . . . 12­11 Hardware and Software Guide vii Contents DriveLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting a DriveLock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entering a DriveLock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requiring a DriveLock Password at Restart. . . . . Changing a DriveLock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing DriveLock Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disabling a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Firewall Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Critical Security Updates for Windows XP . . . . . . . . Using the Smart Card Reader (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safeguarding Your Smart Card Reader . . . . . . . . Inserting a Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing a Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP ProtectTools Embedded Security Manager (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Embedded Security for ProtectTools . . . . . . . . . . Credential Manager for ProtectTools . . . . . . . . . . BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools. . . . . . . . . . Smart Card Security for ProtectTools. . . . . . . . . . Optional Security Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­12 12­13 12­14 12­14 12­15 12­16 12­17 12­18 12­20 12­21 12­23 12­24 12­25 12­25 12­26 12­27 12­28 12­29 12­30 12­31 12­32 13 Computer Setup Computer Setup Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer Setup Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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