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Reference Guide
Compaq Notebook Series
Document Part Number: 319954-001
November 2003
This guide explains how to set up, operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot your notebook. It also provides information on
battery pack and power management, external device
connections, and modem and network connections. The last
chapter provides additional reference material on modem
commands, safety, and regulatory information.
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319954-001.book Page ii Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM © 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. 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 warr
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319954-001.book Page iii Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Software Product License Agreement Your Hewlett-Packard product contains software programs. CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE PROCEEDING TO OPERATE THIS EQUIPMENT. RIGHTS IN THE SOFTWARE ARE OFFERED ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT THE CUSTOMER AGREES TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. PROCEEDING TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH
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319954-001.book Page iv Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Software Product License Agreement Operating system and software applications by Microsoft are licensed to you under the Microsoft License Agreement contained in the Microsoft documentation or displayed on your screen when Microsoft Software Products are launched. For a notebook supplied with a Microsoft operating system: When you start the notebook and accept the Microsoft End-User License Agreement (“EULA”), your license rights
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319954-001.book Page v Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Software Product License Agreement PRODUCT RECOVERY CD-ROM or DVD. If your HP product was shipped with a product recovery CD-ROM or DVD: (i) The product recovery CD-ROM or DVD and/or support utility software may be used only for restoring the hard disk of the HP product with which the product recovery CD-ROM or DVD was originally provided. (ii) The use of any operating system software by Microsoft contained in any such product r
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319954-001.book Page vi Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Software Product License Agreement U.S. GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to HP standard commercial license terms and, for non-DOD Departments and Agencies of the U.S. Government, the restrictions set forth in FAR 52.227-19(c)(1-2) (June 1987) Hewlett-Packard Company, 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304 U.S.A. Copyright © 2000 Hewlett-Packard Company. All Rights Reserved. Customer fur
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319954-001.book Page vii Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Contents Software Product License Agreement 1 Getting Started with Your Notebook Identifying Parts of the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1 Front Panel and Right Panel Components . . . . . . . . 1–2 Left Panel and Back Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . 1–4 Bottom Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6 Status Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8 Setting
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319954-001.book Page viii Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Contents To Type Alternate Graphics Using the ALT GR Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9 Using CDs or DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 To Insert or Remove a CD or DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 To Play DVD Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11 To Create or Copy CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11 To Write to DVD Media . . . . .
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319954-001.book Page ix Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Contents 4 Modem and Network Connections Using the Modem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 To Connect the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Special Restrictions in Certain Countries . . . . . . . . . 4–3 To Change Your Modem Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN). . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Using a Wireless LAN Adapter . . . . . . . . . .
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319954-001.book Page x Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Contents Heat Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Infrared Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Keyboard and Pointing Device Problems . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Local Area Network (LAN) Problems . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8 Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9 Modem Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9 PC
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319954-001.book Page xi Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Contents Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation. . . . . . . . . 7–19 Wireless Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–20 Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–20 U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–20 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–23 European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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319954-001.book Page 1 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM 1 Getting Started with Your Notebook Identifying Parts of the Notebook Components included with the notebook may vary by geographical region and the features you selected. The following illustrations identify the standard external components included with most notebook models. Reference the illustrations that closely match your notebook. Reference Guide 1–1
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319954-001.book Page 2 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Front Panel and Right Panel Components Main status lights (left to right): PS/2 port 1 7 power mode, hard drive activity, and battery TouchPad, scroll pad, Click CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive 2 8 buttons, and an on-off button Power button: turns the notebook Battery pack 3 9 on and off Keyboard status lights Wireless on-off button and 4 - indicator light (select models only) One-Touch buttons Inf
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319954-001.book Page 3 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Main status lights (left to right): CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive 1 8 power mode, hard drive activity, and battery TouchPad, scroll pad, Click Audio jacks (left to right): audio 2 9 buttons, and an on-off button out (headphones), external microphone Power button: turns the computer Audio mute button, audio mute 3 - on and off light, and volume control Keyboard status lights Battery pack 4 q One-Tou
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319954-001.book Page 4 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Left Panel and Back Panel Components AC adapter jack RJ-11 jack: connects the modem 1 9 cable Universal serial bus (USB) ports PC Card and CardBus slot and 2 - button (select models only; location varies by model) RJ-45 jack: connects a network IEEE 1394 port 3 q cable (select models only) S-Video out jack Audio jacks (left to right): 4 w external microphone, audio out (headphones) Parallel por
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319954-001.book Page 5 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook AC adapter jack S-Video out jack 1 7 Two USB ports Cable lock slot (security 2 8 connector) RJ-45 jack: connects a network RJ-11 jack: connects a modem 3 9 cable cable PS/2 port IEEE 1394 port 4 - (select models only) Parallel port (LPT1): connects a PC Card and CardBus slot and 5 q parallel printer or other parallel button (select models only; device location varies by model) External monitor p
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319954-001.book Page 6 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Bottom Panel Components Hard drive Reset button 1 4 Battery latch Docking port 2 5 (select models only) RAM (memory) cover Mini PCI cover (no user parts 3 6 inside) CAUTION: The FCC does not allow unauthorized Mini PCI devices to be Ä used in the notebook. Installing an unsupported Mini PCI device can prevent your notebook from operating properly and may result in a warning message. To resume pr
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319954-001.book Page 7 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Hard drive RAM (memory) cover 1 4 Battery latch Docking port 2 5 (select models only) Mini PCI cover (no user parts Reset button 3 6 inside) Reference Guide 1–7
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319954-001.book Page 8 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook Status Lights The notebook includes a number of status lights that report power and battery status, drive activity, and keyboard functions such as Caps Lock and Num Lock. The following diagram shows the main status lights on the front of the notebook. Power mode 1 ■ On: Notebook is on (even if the display is off). ■ Blinking: Notebook is in Standby. ■ Off: Notebook is off or in Hibernation. Hard d
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319954-001.book Page 9 Thursday, February 3, 2005 3:03 PM Getting Started with Your Notebook The keyboard status lights, located above the keyboard, indicate the states of the keyboard locks. Caps Lock On: Caps Lock is active. 1 Num Lock On: Num Lock is active. (The Keypad Lock must also be 2 on to use the embedded keypad.) Keypad Lock On: The embedded keypad is active (Fn+F8). Num 3 Lock must also be on to activate the numeric keys. Otherwise, cursor control is active (as marked on an ex
