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Tra velMate 31 0 Ser ies Notebook Com pu ter User’s Gu ide

Part No. 49.42B01.01 1

Origin a l Is su e : J u ne 1 998



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Table of Contents

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Notic es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vPrefa c e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Con n ectin g the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Gettin g Help On line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Su pp ort In form ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Care a n d Mainten an ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Chapter 1 Getting Familiar with your Computer . . . . . . . 1Featu res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

In dicators a n d Microph one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Keyboa rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Tou ch pa d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 5

Stor a ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 7

Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9

Au dio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Secu ring you r Comp u ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cha pter 2 Operating on Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Batter y Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Power Man agem en t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cha pter 3 Peripherals and Op tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Exter n a l Mon itor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Extern al Keyboa rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Extern al Keypa d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Exter n a l Poin tin g Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Print er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 1

Au dio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

PC Card s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 3

Exter n a l PCMCIA CD-ROM (opt ion a l) . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Miscellan eou s Op tion s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Key Comp onen t Upgrad es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Cha pter 4 Moving with yo ur Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Disconn ect in g from th e Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Movin g Arou n d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Tak in g the Compu ter Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 4

Tra velin g with th e Comp u ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 6



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Tra velin g In tern at iona lly with t h e Comp u ter . . . . . . 67

Chapter 5 Softwa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Syst em Softwa re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Ph DISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Notebook Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Setu p Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Cha pter 6 Troub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Frequ en tly-Ask ed Qu estions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Err or Mess ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0Ap pend ix A Spec ific ations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107



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20 00 Comp lian t” logo. Th e Tra velm at e 31 0 series notebook

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cer t ify tha t th e Travelm ate 3 10 ser ies n otebook comp u ter

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Notices



Notices

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FCC NoticeTh is device has been tes ted an d foun d to com ply with th e

lim its for a Clas s B digita l device pu rs u an t to Part 1 5 of th e

FCC Ru les. Th ese lim its ar e des igned to provide reas ona ble

protect ion a gain s t h arm fu l in terference in a r es iden t ia l

in s ta lla t ion . Th is device genera tes , us es , an d can ra dia te

rad io frequen cy energy and , if n ot in s ta lled a n d u sed in

accordan ce with th e ins t ru c t ions , ma y cau se ha rm fu l

in terference to radio comm u n icat ion s .

However, th ere is n o gu ar an tee th at in terferen ce will n ot

occur in a part icu lar ins ta llat ion. If th is device does cau se

h ar m fu l in terferen ce to rad io or television recep tion , which

can be determ in ed by tu rn in g th e device off an d on , the

u ser i s encou raged to t ry to correct the interference by one

or m ore of th e followin g mea su res:

1 . Reorient or relocate th e receivin g an ten n a

2 . In crease th e sepa rat ion b etween th e device an d r eceiver

3 . Conn ect th e device in to an ou tlet on a circu it differen t

from t h at to which th e receiver is con n ected

4 . Con su lt th e dealer or a n experienced r ad io/ te levis ion

tech n ician for h elp

Notice: Shield Cables

All conn ect ions to other comp u t in g devices m u st b e ma de

u s ing sh ie lded ca bles to m ainta in complian ce with FCCregulat ions .

Notice: Peripheral Devices

Only per iph erals (in pu t / outp u t devices , term in als , pr inters ,

etc.) certified to comply with the Class B limits may be

at ta ched to this equ ipm ent . Operat ion with n on-cer t ified

periph erals is likely to resu lt in interferen ce to rad io an d TV

reception.



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Caution

Cha n ges or m odificat ion s n ot express ly ap proved b y the

m an u factu rer could void th e u ser’s a u th ority , which is

gran ted by th e Federal Com m u n icat ions Comm iss ion, to

operate this computer .

Use Co nd itions

Th is p ar t comp lies with Part 1 5 of th e FCC Ru les.

Oper a tion is su bject to th e followin g two cond itions : (1) th isdevice ma y not cau se h arm fu l in terference, an d (2) th is

device must accept any interference received, including

in te r fe ren ce tha t m ay cau se u n des ired opera t ion .

Notice: Canad ian Users

Th is Clas s B d igita l app ara tu s m eets a l l requ iremen ts of th e

Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulat ions .

Rem arque à l’intention d es utilisa teurs c ana d iens

Cet appa reil n u m ériqu e de la c lasse B resp ected tou tes les

exigen ces du Règlemen t s u r le m atér iel broui lleu r d u

C a n a d a .



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Important Safety Instruc tions1 . Read th ese in s t ru ct ions carefu lly . Save th ese

in s t ru ct ions for fu tu re reference.

2 . Follow al l warn in gs an d in s t ru ct ions m ark ed on th e

produc t .

3 . Unp lu g th is pr odu ct from t h e wall ou tlet before clean in g.

Do n ot u se liqu id clean ers or aerosol clean ers . Use a

da m p cloth for clean in g.

4 . Do not u se th i s produc t n ear water .

5 . Do not p lace th is produ c t on an u n s tab le ca r t , s t an d , or

tab le . Th e produ ct may fa l l, cau s ing ser ious d am age to

the p rodu c t.

6 . Slot s an d openings in the cabine t an d th e back or

bottom ar e provided for ven ti lat ion; to en su re rel iab le

operat ion of th e produ ct an d to p rotect i t from

overhea t in g, th ese openin gs mu st n ot be blocked or

covered. Th e open in gs shou ld n ever be blocked byplacin g the pr odu ct on a bed, sofa , ru g, or other s imi lar

su rface . Th is produ ct sh ou ld never be placed n ear or

over a ra diator or h eat r egister , or in a b u ilt- in

in sta llat ion u n less p roper venti lat ion is provided.

7 . Th is produ ct sh ould be opera ted from th e type of power

in dicated on th e ma rking lab el. If you are n ot su re of

th e type of power availab le, cons u lt you r d ealer or local

power com pa n y.

8 . Do n ot a llow an yth in g to res t on th e power cord. Do n ot

locate th is produ ct where pers ons will walk on th e cord.

9 . If an extens ion cord is u sed with th is pr odu ct , mak e

su re tha t th e tota l ampere ra t ing of the equ ipm ent

plugged in to the extens ion cord d oes not exceed th e

exten s ion cord am pere ra t ing. Also, m ak e su re th at the

total rat in g of al l pr odu cts p lu gged into th e wall ou tlet

does n ot exceed th e fu se ra t in g.



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1 0 .Never pu sh objects of an y kin d into th is p rodu ctthrou gh cabine t s lot s as they may tou ch da ngerou s

voltage poin ts or sh ort ou t par ts th at could resu lt in a

fire or electric sh ock. Never s pill liqu id of a n y kin d on

the p rodu c t.

1 1 .Do not a t temp t to service this produ ct you rself, as

open in g or rem ovin g covers m ay expose you to

da n gerou s volta ge points or oth er risk s. Refer all

servicing to qualified service personnel.

1 2 .Unplu g this produ ct from t h e wall out le t an d referservicin g to qu alified ser vice person n el u n der th e

following conditions:

a . Wh en th e power cord or plu g is d am aged or frayed

b. If liqu id h as been sp illed in to th e produ ct

c . If th e produ ct ha s b een exposed to ra in or water

d . If th e produ ct does not operate n orma lly when th e

opera ting in str u ctions a re followed. Adju st onlyth ose con trols th at a re covered by the operat ing

in s t ru ct ions s in ce im proper ad ju s tm ent of other

con trols m ay resu lt in d am age an d will often requ ire

extens ive work by a qu alified tech n ician to restore

th e produ ct to n orma l condi t ion.

e . If the produ c t has been dropped or the cabine t h as

been dam aged

f. If th e produ ct exh ibi ts a dis t in ct cha n ge in

perform an ce, in dicating a n eed for service.

1 3 .Replace th e bat tery with th e sam e type as th e produ ct 's

ba t tery we recom m end . Use of an other bat tery m ay

pr esen t a r isk of fire or explosion. Refer ba ttery

replacement to a qualified serviceman.

1 4 .War n in g! Batter ies m ay explode if n ot ha n dled properly.

Do n ot disa ss em ble or disp ose of th em in fire. Keep

th em a way from ch ildren an d d isp ose of u sed b at ter ies

promptly.



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1 5 .Use only th e proper t ype of power su pp ly cord s et(provided in you r a ccessories box) for th is u n it . It

sh ou ld b e a d etach ab le type: UL lis ted / CSA cert ified,

type SPT-2, ra ted 7 A 125 V m in im u m , VDE a pp roved or

its equ ivalent . Maxim u m length is 15 feet (4.6 m eters).



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Lithium Battery StatementCAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace on ly with th e sa m e or equivalent t ype

recomm ended by the ma nu fac ture r . Discard u sed ba t t e r ies

accordin g to th e man u factu rer’s in s t ru ct ions .

ADVARSEL!

Lith iu m ba tteri - Eks plosions far e ved fejlagtig h ån dterin g.

Udskiftn ing må ku n ske m ed ba t te r i a f sam me fabr ika t ogtype. Léver det bru gte ba tteri t i lba ge t i l leveran døren .

ADVARSEL

Ek sp losjons fa re ved feilakt ig sk ifte a v ba tter i. Ben ytt

sa m m e ba t ter itype e ller en t ilsvarend e type an befal t av

appa ra t fabr ikanten . Brukte ba t t e r ie r kasse res i hen hold t il

fabr ikantens ins t ruks joner .

VARNING

Explosions far a vid felak tigt ba tteribyte. An vãn d sam m aba t ter ityp e ller en ekvivalen t typ som rekomm end eras av

ap pa rat t i llverkar en. Kas sera an vãn t ba t ter i enl igt

fabr ikanten s ins t ru kt ion .

VAROITUS

Päris to voi rä jäh tää , jos se on virh eellises t i as en n ettu .

Vaihda pa r is to a inoas ta an la i tevalmis ta jan su os it te lema an

tyypp iin . Hävitä kä ytet ty pa ris to valmista jan oh jeiden

mukaises t i .

VORSICHT!

Explos ionsgefah r be i u ns achgemäß en Au s tau sch der

Bat ter ie Ersa tz n u r du rch d ense lben oder e inem vom

Hers te ller emp fohlen em äh n lichen Typ. En tsorgun g

gebra u chter Bat ter ien n ach An gaben d es Hers te llers .



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Th is m an u al descr ibes featu res of th e TravelMate 3 10

Series n otebook comp u ters . Th e Tra velMate seriescom pu ters incorpora te such fea tu res as CardBus , 16-b it

s tereo au dio, Fas t In frar ed, in terna l poin t in g device , an d

Universa l Serial Bu s.

Th is m an u a l shou ld a ns wer m os t of the qu es t ions you ha ve

ab ou t th e day-to-day operat ion of you r Tra velMate noteb ook

computer .

Use the J u s t for S ta r te rs… ins t ru c t ions th a t cam e with your

com pu ter to get your com pu ter ru n n in g for the firs t t ime.

You sh ou ld a lso ta ke a dvan ta ge of th e onlin e help files th at

ar e availab le with alm ost a ll of th e program s s h ipp ed with

your computer .

We hope you en joy you r Tra velMat e com pu ter. With proper

car e, you r com pu ter will pr ovide you with years of

prod u ctive service.

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Connec ting the NotebookCon n ect in g the com pu ter i s eas y; ju s t follow these s teps :

1 . Slide ou t th e bat tery com pa rtm en t cover (a) an d a lign

th e bat tery’s clasp t o the cover an d sl ide it down u n ti l

th e batt ery is pr operly sea ted (b). Slide th e batt ery with

th e com pa rtm ent cover back into th e com pu ter (c) an d

th en lock th e ba ttery in place (d).

Note: Mak e s ure the cover latch is u nlock be fore ins erting

the ba ttery pack otherw is e y ou w on’t be able to ins ert the

battery pa ck.

Note: Wh en us ing a b attery pa ck for the firs t tim e, fully

recharge the ba ttery , the n d is conn ect the ad apte r to us e

up the ba ttery before recharging again. You only nee d to

do this once w ith a new battery .

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2 . Con n ect one end of th e AC ad ap ter to th e DC-in port onthe compu ter ’s rea r pa ne l and the o ther end to a

properly grou n ded power ou t le t .

3 . Open th e display cover an d s lide th e power switch

toward s th e rear of th e comp u ter then re lease it to tu rn

on t h e power. Th e POST (Power On S elf-Test ) rou tine

execu tes a n d Win dows begin s loading.

Note: To turn off pow er, s lid e the pow er s w itch again. If

y ou are us ing W ind ow s 95 or higher version operating

sy s tem, w e recomm end y ou us e the Shu tdow n comm and

to turn off the com pu ter. If you tu rn off the com pu ter an d

w an t to turn it on aga in, w ait at leas t 2 se cond s b efore

pow ering u p.



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Getting Help OnlineTh is u ser’s gu ide p rovides clear an d con cise inform at ion

ab ou t the noteb ook, so read it thorou ghly. To pr ovide you

with h elp wh en t ravelin g, the n otebook a lso comes with a

compreh ens ive onl in e h elp.

Ac cessing Online Help

Follow th ese s teps to access th e onl in e docum enta t ion:

1 . Press th e Win dows logo bu t ton or Click on th e Star t

b u t t o n .

2 . Select Programs.

3 . Click on Tra velMate On lin e.

Th e onlin e help is eas y to na vigate with h ypertext an d

h ypergraph ics . Clear i llu s t ra t ions h elp descr ibe notebook

opera tion as well.

Getting Online

If you ar e conn ected to th e In tern et an d h ave World Wide

Web access , vis i t our h ome page (h t tp: / / www.acer .com/ )

an d get th e la tes t in format ion abou t our produ c t s .



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Support InformationYou r n otebook is b ack ed b y an In tern at iona l Tra veler’s

War ra n ty (ITW) th at gives you s ecu ri ty an d pea ce of m in d

when tra velin g. Ou r worldwide n etwork of service cen ters

are th ere to give you a h elping ha n d.

An ITW pas sport comes with your comp u ter . Th is pa ssp ort

con tains a ll you n eed to kn ow ab out th e ITW program . A

lis t of availab le, au th orized ser vice cen ters a re in t h is h an dy

booklet . Read th is pass port th oroughly.

If th e coun try you are t ravelin g in does n ot h ave an Acer-

au th orized ITW ser vice site, you can st ill get in con ta ct with

ou r offices worldwide.For t echn ica l as s is tan ce and su ppor t in the Uni ted S ta tes

an d Cana da , you can ca l l 1 -800-816-2237. You can a lso

con tact th e local dealer or dis t r ibu tor in th e cou n try you a re

tra velin g in for as sis ta n ce.

To view su pp ort inform at ion, follow th ese s teps :

1 . Click on Sta rt , Sett in gs…, Contr ol Pan el.

2 . Dou ble-click on System .

3 . Click on Su pport In forma t ion.

Note: Alw ay s hav e y our ITW pas s port on han d, es pecially

w hen y ou trave l to receive th e be ne fits from our su pport

cente rs . Place y our proof-of-pu rcha s e in th e flap locate d

ins id e the front cover of the ITW pa s s port.

Note: If y ou are conn ected to the Internet an d ha ve World

Wide W eb access , vis it our hom e page (http:/ /

w w w .acer.com/ ) an d get an upd ated l is t of our w orldw ide

offices, a s w ell as inform ation ab out our products.



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Care a nd Ma intenanc e

Taking Care of Your Computer

You r com pu ter will ser ve you well if you ta ke ca re of it .

u Do n ot expose the notebook to direct su n light . Do n ot

p lace near s ources of h ea t , such as a ra d ia tor .

u Do not expose to temp era tu res b elow 0ºC (32 ºF) or ab ove

50 ºC (12 2º F).

u Do not su bject th e noteb ook to ma gnetic fields .

u Do not expose th e notebook to ra in or mois tu re .

u Do not sp ill water or an y liqu id on t h e noteb ook.

u Do not su bject th e comp u ter to heavy shock an d

vibration.

u Do n ot expose the notebook to du s t a n d di r t .

u Never p lace ob jects on top of the n otebook to a void

damaging the notebook.

u Never place the n otebook on u n even s u rfaces .

Taking Care o f your AC Adapter

Here are s ome ways to ta ke care of you r AC ada pter :

u Do not con n ect the ad ap ter to an y oth er device .

u Do not s t ep on t h e power cord or p lace h eavy objects on

top of it . Carefu lly rou te the power cord an d an y cab les

awa y from pers on al tra ffic.

u Wh en u n pluggin g th e power cord, do not pu ll on th e

cord itself bu t pu ll on th e plu g.



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u Th e tota l am pere ra t in gs of th e equipm ent plugged insh ould n ot exceed th e am pere ra t in g of th e cord if you

are u s ing an extens ion cord. Also, th e tota l cu rren t

ra t ing of al l equ ipm en t p lu gged into a s ingle wall ou tlet

sh ould n ot exceed th e fu se ra t ing.

Taking Care of your Battery Pack

Here are som e ways to ta ke care of you r ba t tery pack:

u Use on ly bat ter ies of th e sam e kin d a s replacemen ts .Tu rn th e power off before rem ovin g or replacing

bat ter ies .

u Do n ot tamp er with b at ter ies . Keep them away from

chi ldren.

u Disp ose of u sed ba tteries accordin g to local

regu lations . Recycle if a t all pos sible.

Cleaning and Servic ingWh en clean in g th e notebook, follow th ese s tep s:

1 . Power off th e n otebook a n d r emove th e ba t tery pack.

2 . Disconn ect the AC ad apter .

3 . Use a soft cloth m oisten ed with water. Do n ot us e liqu id

or aerosol cleaners .

Conta ct you r dea ler or see you r ser vice techn ician if an y of

th e followin g occu rs :

u Notebook h as b een dropp ed or the body h as b een

damaged .

u Liqu id h as been spi lled in to the p rodu ct .

u Th e n otebook does n ot operate n orma lly.



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1

Th is compu ter com bines h igh -performa n ce, versa t ility ,

power ma n agemen t featu res an d m u lt im edia capa bi lit ieswith a u n iqu e style an d ergon omic des ign. Work with

u n m atch ed p rodu ct ivity an d re liab ility with your n ew power

comp u t ing par tn er .

Th is ch ap ter gives a n in -dept h "tou r" of th e compu ter’s

ma n y fea tu res .

Contents

Featu res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

In dicators a n d Microph one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Keyboa rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Sp ecia l Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Lock Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Em bed ded Keypa d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Wind ows Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Hot Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Keyboar d E rgon om ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Tou ch pa d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Tou ch pa d Ba sics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Stor a ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Har d Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Exte rn a l Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Conn ectin g an Extern al Floppy Drive . . . . 18

Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Rear Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fa st In fra red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Universa l Serial Bu s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Right Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Fax/ Data Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PC Car d Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Au d io . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Secu ring you r Comp u ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Secu ri ty Notch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Pas swords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Getting Familiar with your Computer

1



Features

2 User’s Guide

FeaturesTh is com pu ter was des igned with th e u ser in m in d. Here

are ju s t a few of it s m an y featu res :

Performance

u Intel Pentium® processor with MMX™ technology

u 64-bi t ma in m emory an d externa l (L2) cach e mem ory

u Lar ge LCD display a n d PCI local bu s video with 12 8-bitgrap h ics accelera t ion

u Extern al 3.5-inch floppy dr ive

u Exter n a l CD-ROM dr ive (opt ion a l)

u High-capa city, enh an ced-IDE h ard disk

u Lith iu m -Ion ba t tery pack

u Heu r is t ic power ma n agemen t sys tem with s tan dby an d

h ibern at ion power sa vin g modes

Multimedia

u 16 -bit high -fidelity s tereo au dio with 3-D sou n d

u Built - in spea ker

u Built - in m icrophon e

Connectivity

u High -speed fax / da ta modem por t

u Fast in frar ed wire less com m u n icat ion

u USB (Un iversa l Ser ia l Bu s) por t

Huma n-c entric Design a nd Ergo nomics

u Lightweight and slim

u Sleek, sm ooth an d s tylish des ign



Features

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u Wide an d cu rved palm res t

u Ergonomically-centered touchpad pointing device

Expansion

u Car dBu s PC car d (form erly PCMCIA) slots (two type II/ I

or one type III) with ZV (Zoomed Video) port support

u Upgradeable memory an d h ard d isk



Display

4 User’s Guide

DisplayTh e grap h ics d isp la y offers excellen t viewin g, display

qu al ity an d desk top performa n ce graph ics . Th e compu ter

su pp orts two differen t display con figu ra tion s — Su pert wist

Nematic (STN) or Thin-Film Transistor (TFT).

Video Performance

PCI local bu s video with 12 8-b it grap h ics a ccelera t ion an d

1.1 MB Exten ded Dat a Ou t (EDO) video RAM boost videoper formance .

Simultaneous Display

Th is compu ter su ppor t s s imu ltan eou s LCD an d CRT

display by conn ect in g an extern al m oni tor wh en givin g

presen ta t ion s . S im u ltan eous display a l lows you to con trol

the presenta t ion from you r comp u ter and a t th e sam e t ime

face your au dien ce. You can even conn ect other ou tpu t

display devices s u ch as LCD projection pa n els for large-au dience presenta t ions .

Power Management

The power m an agemen t sys tem incorpora tes a n "au tomat ic

LCD dim " featu re th at au toma t ically decides th e bes t

se t t in gs for your display an d a t th e sam e t im e con serve

power. See “Power Man agem en t” on p age 39 for more

in format ion on p ower m an agemen t .

Op ening a nd Closing the Disp lay

To open t h e display, s lide th e display lid latch to th e left a n d

lift u p th e lid. Th en t ilt i t to a com forta ble viewin g pos ition .

Th e com pu ter emp loys a m icroswitch th at tu rn s off th e

display (an d en ters s tan dby m ode) to con serve power wh en



Display


you c lose the d isplay cover , an d tu rn s i t back on when youopen th e display cover.

To close th e disp lay cover, fold it down gent ly u n til th e

display cover latch clicks in to place.

Note: If a n external m onitor is conn ected, th e comp uter

turns off the display (but does not enter s ta nd by m ode )

w hen y ou close the d is play cover.

Ca u t i o n : T o a v oi d d a m a g i n g t h e d i s p l a y , d o n o t

s l a m i t w h e n c l os i n g . Do n o t p l a c e a n y o bje c t on t o p

o f t h e co m p u t e r w h e n t h e d i s p la y i s c lo s ed .



Indic ators and Mic rophone

6 User’s Guide

Indicators and Mic rophoneTh e com pu ter h as s ix easy- to-read s ta tu s indicators (LEDs)

an d a m icrophon e near th e display cover .

Th e Power an d Sta n db y in dicators a re vis ible even wh en

you c lose the d isp lay cover so you can see th e s ta tu s of th e

comp u ter while the cover is closed. Th e LED pa n el also ha s

an in te rn a l microphone for mu lt im edia pu rposes .

Ic on Func tion Desc ription

Power Lights when the c omputer is on.

Standby Lights when the c omputer enters

Stand by mo de .

Media Act iv ity Lights when the hard d isk is ac t ive.

Bat tery Charge Lights when the bat tery is being

charged.

PowerS tandbyMedia ActivityBattery ChargeCaps Lock Num Lock Microphone



Indic ators and Mic rophone


C ap s Lo ck Lig hts w he n Ca ps Lo ck is a c tiva ted

Num Loc k Lights when Numeric Loc k is

activated

Mic rop hone Use for sound inp ut

Ic on Func tion Desc ription



Keyboard

8 User’s Guide

KeyboardThe k eyboard inc lu des an embedded k eypad , separa te

cu rsor k eys , th ree Win dows keys a n d twelve fu n ct ion keys .

Spec ial Keys

Lock Keys

Th e keyboard h as th ree lock keys which you can toggle on

a n d off.

Loc k Key Desc ription

Cap s Loc k When Cap s Loc k is on, all alphab etic c harac ters

typed are in upp erc ase.

Num Loc k

(Fn-SL)

When Num Loc k is on, the emb ed ded keypa d is in

nume ric m od e. The keys func tion a s a c a lc ula tor

(com p lete with a rithme tic o perato rs +, -, *,

a nd / ). Use this mo de w hen you need to d o a lotof numeric d a ta entry. A be tter solution wo uld b e

to c onnect a n external keypa d.

Sc roll Loc k When Sc roll Loc k is on, the sc reen mo ves one line

up or dow n whe n you p ress↑ or ↓ respectively.

Sc roll lock does not w ork with som e a pp lica tions.



Keyboard


Emb edded Keypad

Th e em bedded k eypa d fu n ct ions l ike a desk top nu m eric

keypad. It is in dicated by sm al l cha racters located on th e

u pp er right corn er of th e keycaps . To simp lify th e keyboa rd

legend , curs or-control key sym bols a re not pr inted on th e

keys .

Desired Ac cess Num Loc k On Num Lock Off

Numb er keys onembedded keypad

Typ e num bers in anormal manner.

Cursor-control keys

on embedded

keypad

Hold Shift while using

c ursor-control keys.

Hold Fn w hile

using c ursor-

control keys.

Main keyboard keys Hold Fn while typing

letters on em be d de d

keypad.

Type the lette rs

in a no rma l

manner.

Note: If an external key board or k ey pad is conne cted to

the com puter, the nu m lock feature a utoma tically s hifts

from the internal ke y board to the external ke y board or

k e y p a d .



Keyboard

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Windows Keys

Th e keyboard h as th ree keys th at p erform Win dows specific

funct ions .

Key Desc ription

Window s logo key Start button. Comb inations with this key

perform spec ia l func tions. Below a re a few

examples:

ÿ + Tab (Ac tivate next Taskba r button)ÿ + E (Explore My Com pute r)

ÿ + F (Find Doc ument)

ÿ + M (Minimize All)

Shift +ÿ + M (Und o Minimize All)

ÿ + R (Disp lay Run d ialog b ox)

App lica t ion key Opens the app lica t ion’s context menu

(same as right-c lic k).



Keyboard

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Fn-F5 Disp la y

toggle

Switc hes disp lay o utp ut

be twe en the d isplay

sc ree n, external monito r (if

co nnected ) and both the

d isp lay sc ree n and

external monitor.

Fn-F6 Speaker on/

off

Turns the spea ker on and

off; mute s the sound .

Fn-F7 Spea ker

volume

down

Decreases the speaker’s

volume level.

Fn-F8 Spea ker

volume up

Inc rea ses the spea ker’ s

volume level.

Fn-F9 Brightness

down

Dec rea ses the sc ree n

brightness.

Fn-F10 Brightness up Inc reases the sc reen

brightness.

Fn-F11 Contrast

down

Dec rea ses the sc ree n

contrast (ava ilab le o nly for

models with STN d isp lays).

Fn-F12 Contrast up Inc reases the sc reen

contrast (ava ilab le o nly for

models with STN d isp lays).

Fn-↑ PgUp Page Up Sc rolls the sc reen one

page up.

Fn-↓ Pg Dn Pa ge Dow n Sc rolls the sc reen one

page down.

Hot Key Icon Func tion Desc ription



Keyboard


Ac tiva ting Hot Keys

Wh en act ivat ing h ot keys , pres s a n d h old th e firs t k ey Fn

before press ing th e other key in th e h ot key combina t ion.

1Fn-T only works when no external PS/2 mouse or external serial

mouse is connected to the computer.

Fn-→ End End Go to the end of the

screen.

Fn-← Home Home Go to the beg inning of the

screen.

Fn-D Sc reen b lank Turns the d isp lay sc reen

ba c klight off to save

power. Press any key toreturn.

Fn-T Touc hpad

on/off1Turns the inte rna l

touchpa d on and off. See

“Touchp ad ” o n pa ge 15.

Fn-SL Num Loc k When Num Loc k is on, the

emb ed de d keypa d is in

numeric mod e.

Fn-Ins Print Sc reen Prints the information

currently displayed on

screen.

Fn-Del System

Request

Softw are spec ific func tion.

Hot Key Ic on Func tion Desc rip tion



Keyboard

14 User’s Guide

Keyboard ErgonomicsLocated below th e keyboard , th e wide a n d cu rved pa lm res t

gives you a p lace to rest your h an ds wh ile you t ype.



Touchpad


TouchpadTh e bu ilt - in touch pa d is a PS/ 2-com pa t ible poin t in g device

tha t senses movement on it s su r face . This mean s the

cu rsor resp onds as you m ove your f in ger on th e su rface of

th e tou chp ad . Th e centra l locat ion on the palm res t

provides am ple com fort an d su pport .

Touc hpad Basics

Th e followin g items teach you h ow to us e th e tou chp ad :

u Move your fin ger a cross th e touch pa d to m ove th e

cursor .

u Press th e left an d r igh t bu t tons located on th e edge of

th e tou chp ad to do se lect ion a n d execu t ion fu n ct ions .

Th ese two bu t tons are s im ilar to the left a n d r igh t

bu t tons on a mou se . Tapp in g on the touchp ad produces

s imilar resu lts .

Note: Conne cting an external PS/ 2 m ouse to the computer

w ill au tom atically disa ble the touchpa d .



Touchpad

16 User’s Guide

Func tion Left ButtonRight

ButtonTap

Exec ution Clic k

twice

quickly

Tap tw ic e (a t the sa me

spe ed a s do uble-

c lic king the mo use

button)

Selec tion Clic k onc e Tap onc e

Drag Clic k and

hold, then

use finger

to drag

the c ursor

on the

touchpad

Tap tw ic e (a t the sa me

spe ed a s do uble-

c lic king the mo use

button) and hold finge r

to the touchpa d on the

sec ond ta p to drag the

cursor

Access

contextmenu

Click

once

Note: Keep y our fingers dry a nd clean w hen us ing the

touchpad . Als o k eep the touchpad d ry a nd clean .The

touchpa d is s ens itive to finger m ovem ents . Hence, the

lighter the touch, the b etter the resp ons e. Tapping too

ha rd w ill not increas e the touchpa d’s resp onsivene s s .



Storage


StorageTh is comp u ter com es with a h igh-capa city Enh an ced-IDE

h ard disk. You can a lso conn ect an externa l 3 .5- in ch,

1.44 MB floppy dr ive to you r com pu ter.

Hard Disk

Th e removable hard d isk modu le can be u pgraded when

you n eed more s tora ge sp ace. See “Har d Disk Upgra de” on

page 60 .

External Drive

Th e compu ter can s h are th e para lle l por t with b oth a

pr inter an d an extern al floppy dr ive . It can a u toma t ically

detect wh eth er a p rint ing device or a floppy drive h as been

in ser ted. You can con n ect these two devices together u s ing

an opt ion al pa ra llel ca ble (See “Par a llel Cab le” on pa ge 57).

Extern al 3.5-inch floppy dr ives com e with a ca pa city of 72 0KB, 1.2MB, or 1 .44 MB.

You ca n a lso con n ect a n extern a l PCMCIA CD-ROM dr ive to

th e com pu ter. See “Exter n a l PCMCIA CD-ROM (option a l)”

on p age 54 for more in foram tion on conn ect in g an extern al

CD-ROM.



Storage

18 User’s Guide

Connec ting an External Floppy DriveConn ect th e lar ger end of th e floppy dr ive cab le to th e

para lle l por t an d th e o th er end to th e con nec tor on th e

extern a l flopp y drive.

Note: The exte rna l floppy d rive is h ot-pluggable. You do

not need to turn off the compu ter to conn ect and us e the

floppy d rive.



Ports


PortsPorts a llow you to conn ect periph eral devices to you r

com pu ter as you would with a d esktop PC.

Rear Ports

Note: Se e Chap ter 3 on how to conn ect externa l de vices to

the com pu ter.

Ca u t i o n : W h e n o p e n i n g t h e r e a r p o r t c o ve r , ca r e f u l ly

s l id e i t u n d e r t h e c om p u t e r u s i n g bot h h a n d s .

# Ic on Port Connec ts to...

1 PS/ 2 Po rt PS/ 2-c o mp a tib le d e vic e s (e .g .,

PS/ 2 keyb oa rd , keyp ad ,

mouse)

2 FIR Po rt Infra re d d evic e s (e .g ., infra re d

printer, IR-aware c om puters)



Ports

20 User’s Guide

Fast Infrared

Th e comp u ter’s fast infra red (FIR) por t a llows you t o dowireless d ata t ran sfer with other IR-aware comp u ters a n d

periphera ls su ch as in frar ed pr in ters . Th e in frar ed port can

tra n sfer data a t speeds of u p to four m egab its per second

(Mbp s) at a dis ta n ce of u p to one m eter.

3 Seria l port Seria l dev ices (e .g ., seria l

mouse)

4 Parallel port Parallel devices (e.g., pa rallel

printer)

5 External

mo nitor port

Disp la y m onitors (up to

1024x768 resolution , 64K-colors)

6 USB Port USB d evic es

7 DC-in ja c k AC a d ap ter a nd po we r outle t

# Icon Port Connec ts to...



Ports


To u se FIR, posit ion t wo IR-aware d evices su ch th at th eir IRpor t s a re no m ore tha n one mete r apar t a n d offse t no more

tha n 15 d egrees .

Wh en th e two com pu ters a re in pos i t ion, s imply begin th e

da ta t ra n sfer as you n orma lly wou ld. See your f ile t ran sfersoftware for d eta ils.

Universal Serial Bus

The Universal Serial Bus (USB) port allows you to connect

USB periphera ls with out occu pyin g sys tem resou rces .



Ports

22 User’s Guide

Right Ports

# Icon Port Connec ts to...

1 Microphone-

in jack

Aud io line-in device s (e.g.,

external 3.5mm minijackc ond enser mic rop hone,

aud io CD playe r, stereo

walkman)

2 Spea ker-out

jack

Spea kers or headp hone s

3 Mod em ja c k Pho ne line

4 PC Ca rd slots 16-bit PC Ca rds and 32-bit

Card Bus PC C ard s (Only the

low er PC Card soc ket

sup ports ZV PC Ca rds)

5 Security Loc k a Kensington-co mpa tible

key-ba sed c omp uter

sec urity loc k



Ports


Fax/ Data ModemTh e compu ter has a b u ilt - in fax / da ta m odem .

To us e the fax / da ta m odem p or t , conn ect a ph one cable

from th e modem port to a te leph one jack.

Star t your com m u n icat ion s software program . See you r

com mu nica t ions m an u a l for in s t ru c t ions .

PC Card Slots

Th ere ar e two type II/ I or on e type III Card Bu s PC Card

s lots foun d on th e r igh t pa n el of th e compu ter . Th ese s lots

accept credi t -card -s ized cards th at enh an ce th e us ab ility

an d expan da bility of th e com pu ter .

PC Cards (formerly PCMCIA) are add-on cards for portable

comp u ters , givin g you expan sion p oss ibilit ies long a fforded

by des ktop PCs. Popu lar type II car ds includ e flas h

m emory, SRAM, fax/ da ta m odem, LAN and SCSI cards .

Comm on type III card s a re 1 .8-in ch ATA drives a n d cellu lar

modems . CardBus improves on th e 16-b it PC card

techn ology by expa n ding the ba n dwidth to 32 bi ts .

Ca u t i on : T h i s m o d e m p o rt i s n o t c om p a t i bl e w i t h

d i g it a l p h o n e l in e s . Pl u g g in g t h i s m o d e m i n t o a

d i gi t a l p h o n e li n e w i ll d a m a g e t h e m o d em .



Ports

24 User’s Guide

ZV (Zoomed Video) port su pp ort a llows you r com pu ter tosu pport h ard ware MPEG in t h e form of a ZV PC card. Only

th e lower PC Card socket su pports ZV PC card s .

Inserting a Card

Ins e r t the ca rd in to th e des ired s lot an d m ake th e proper

conn ections (e.g. , network cab le), if n ecessa ry. See you r

card m an u al for deta ils .

For type III card s, ins ert ca rd in to th e lower s lot .

Ejec ting a Ca rd

Before ejectin g a PC car d:

u Exit th e app licat ion u s ing the card .

u Left -c lick on th e PC card icon on th e tas kba r a n d s top

the ca rd opera t ion .

Note: Refer to your card’s m an ua l for de tails on how to

ins tall and us e the card an d its fun ctions.



Ports


Th en p ress th e s lot e ject bu t ton to e ject the card .



Audio

26 User’s Guide

AudioTh e s tan da rd compu ter con figura t ion in clu des 16 -bit high -

fidelity s tereo au dio with fu r th er enh an cemen ts th at

in clu de 3D sou n d for t ru e au dio im m ers ion. Th e spea ker ,

pos i t ioned bes ide the d isp lay, directs sou n d towards you

which al lows for excellent sound output .

Bes ides th e bu ilt - in s peak er , there is an au dio port on th e

righ t pa n el of th e compu ter. See “Au dio Devices” on p age

52 for m ore in forma t ion on con n ect in g externa l au dio

devices.

Speaker

Speaker

For TFT Display Type Model

For STN Display Type Model



Audio


Controlling Volume

Th e volu m e of th e compu ter is easi ly cont rolled u sing

h otkeys . Press Fn-F7 to decrease th e sp eaker’s volu m e level

or pres s Fn -F8 to in creas e th e volu m e level. See “Hot Keys”

on p age 11 for m ore in forma t ion.



Sec uring your Computer

28 User’s Guide

Sec uring your Com puterSecur ity featu res inclu de h ard ware an d s oftware locks — a

secu rity notch a n d a two-level pa ss word s chem e.

Security Notch

A secu rity notch located on th e r ight p an el of th e com pu ter

le ts you conn ect a Kens in gton -com pa t ible key-bas ed

compu ter secu rity lock.

Wrap a com pu ter securi ty lock cab le aroun d an im m ovab le

object su ch as a ta ble or locked dra wer ha n dle. In ser t the

lock in to the n otch an d tu rn the k ey to secu re the lock .

Passwords

A two-level pa ss word s ch em e protects you r comp u ter from

u na u thor ized access . When se t , n o one can access the

compu ter with out enter ing th e correct pa ss word. See

“Secu ri ty” on p age 88 for m ore in form at ion on set t in g an d

rem ovin g a p as sword.

Th ere are two types of pa ss words you can se t :

u Su pervisor Password secures your comp u ter aga ins t

u n au thor ized use an d prevents u n au thor ized access to

cer ta in sect ions of th e Setu p Ut ility . On ce se t , you m u st

key- in th i s pa ssword to se t ce r ta in para mete rs in th e

Setu p Utility. See “Setu p Utility” on p age 81 for det a ils.



Sec uring your Computer


u User Password secu res you r compu ter aga in s tu na u thor ized us e .

Im p o r ta n t : Do n o t f o rg e t yo u r p a s s w o r d ! If yo u

f o r ge t y o u r p a s s w o rd , y o u n e e d t o c on t a c t y o u r

d ea l e r .

Note: You mu s t set the s upervisor pas sw ord before y ou

can s et the us er pas sw ord.



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31

Th e comp u ter operates on AC or batter y power. Th is

cha pter conta ins t h e in forma t ion you n eed to kn ow tooperate the com pu ter on b at tery power. It a lso in clu des

in format ion on h ow your compu ter ma na ges an d sa ves

power.

Contents

Bat tery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Bat tery Pack Ch ara cter is t ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

In sta llin g an d Rem ovin g th e Batter y Pack . . . . 33Ch ar gin g the Bat tery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Ch a rgin g Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Ch ecking th e Battery Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Usin g th e Win dows Bat tery Meter . . . . . . 35

Opt imizin g Batter y Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Bat tery-low War n ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Power Ma n a geme n t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Power Man agemen t Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Disp lay Sta n db y Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Hard Disk Stan dby Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Periph eral Stan dby Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Stan dby m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hibern at ion m ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Advanced Power Man agemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Operating on Battery Power

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Battery Pac kTh e comp u ter u ses a b at tery pack th at gives you lon g u se

between ch arges .

Battery Pac k Charac teristic s

The battery pack has the following characteris t ics:

u Em ploys Cu rren t Bat tery Techn ology Stan da rds

Th e com pu ter us es a Lith iu m -Ion bat tery pa ck. Th is

ba t tery type d oes n ot h ave the m emory effect problem of

Nickel Cad m ium (NiCd). Li-Ion ba tter ies cons ist en tly

provide t h e longest ba ttery l ife, best -su ited for roa d

warriors .

u Battery-low War n in g

Wh en th e bat tery cha rge level becom es low, th e

compu ter gives off warn in g beeps a n d th e s ta tu s

in dicator flas h es a t r egu lar intervals . Th is te lls th e u serth at t h e bat tery power is cri t ical ly low. You can correct

th is s i tu at ion by rech argin g th e bat tery pack.

Wh en ever possible, us e the AC ada pter. Th e batter y will

come in h an dy wh en you t r avel or du rin g a power fa i lu re . It

is ad visa ble to ha ve an extra fu lly-char ged b at tery pa ck

availab le as backu p.

Note: Wh en us ing a b attery pa ck for the firs t tim e, fully

recharge the ba ttery , the n d is conn ect the ad apte r to us eup the ba ttery before recharging again. You only nee d to

do this once w ith a n ew battery or w ith a ba ttery that’s

been s tored w ithout being us ed for a long tim e. If the

com puter is to be s tored for m ore than tw o w eek s , w e

s uggest that you rem ove the battery pack . Battery pow er

(from a fully charged battery pack ) d epletes in roughly a

da y w ith the computer in S tand by m ode, or a m onth in

Hibernation m ode or w hen the p ow er is off.



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Installing and Rem oving the Battery Pack

Before rem ovin g th e bat tery pack, m ak e su re tha t you h ave

an AC ada pter conn ected to the com pu ter ; otherwise tu rn

off th e com pu ter.

Follow thes e s tep s:

1 . Slide down the cover.

2 . Atta ch t h e ba ttery to the cover. Align th e ba ttery’s clasp

to th e cover an d s lide i t down u n t il th e ba t tery is

properly sea ted.

W a rn i n g : Do n o t e x p o s e ba t t e r y p a c k s t o

te m pe ra tu res be low 0 ºC (3 2 ºF) or above 60 ºC (1 4 0 ºF).

T h i s m a y a d v er s el y a f f e ct t h e ba t t e r y p a c k .

Note: Mak e s ure the cover latch is u nlock before ins erting

the ba ttery pack otherw is e y ou w on’t be able to ins ert the

battery pa ck.



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3 . In ser t th e bat tery in to the compu ter .

4 . Push the cover u pward an d th en lock th e cover .

To remove the b at tery pack, u n lock th e cover la tch an d

th en s lide down th e bat tery comp artm ent cover; pu ll out th e

ba t te ry pack .

Charging the Battery

To char ge the b at tery, place th e bat tery pack in s ide the

ba t te ry compa r tmen t an d p lug the AC adap te r in to th ecompu ter an d a n e lect r ical out le t .

Charging Modes

The a dap te r has three charg ing modes :

u Rapid m ode

Th e comp u ter u ses ra p id ch arg ing when power is tu rn ed

off an d a p owered AC ada pter is con n ected to it . In r ap id



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m ode, a fu lly depleted ba ttery gets fu lly cha rged inap proxim ately two hou rs .

u Charge-in-u se m ode

Wh en th e comp u ter is in u se with th e AC adap ter

plugged in , the compu ter a lso cha rges th e bat tery pack if

ins ta lled. Th is m ode will ta ke lon ger to fu lly ch ar ge a

ba t tery th an rap id mode. In ch arge- in -us e m ode, a fu lly

dep leted ba ttery gets ful ly ch ar ged in a pp roxim at ely s ix

to eigh t hou rs .

u Trickle m ode

Wh en th e bat tery is fu lly ch arged, the a da pter ch an ges

to tr ickle m ode to ma in ta in t h e bat tery cha rge level.

Th is p revents th e ba t tery from dra in in g wh ile th e

comp u ter is in u se .

Chec king the Battery Level

Th e com pu ter featu res ba t tery-low warn in g s ign als th at a re

both a u dible an d vis ible . Wh en th e bat tery pack is low, the

com pu ter emit s warn in g beeps an d th e ba t t e ry ind ica tor

flas h es a t r egu lar intervals . Also, you ca n check th e bat tery

ch ar ge level u sing th e Win dows ba ttery gau ge.

Using the Windows Battery Mete r

Th e Win dows bat tery meter in dicates th e presen t ba t tery

level. Simp ly rest you r cu rs or on th e bat tery gau ge (or AC

plug) icon on th e tas kba r to s ee the p resent cha rge level of

your ba t tery.

Note: We s uggest that y ou charge the battery pack before

retiring for the day, letting it charge overnight before

trave ling. This e ns ures a fully cha rged ba ttery for us e the

nex t day .



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Optimizing Battery LifeTh is s ect ion h elps you get th e m ost ou t of ba t tery operat ion .

Optimizin g batt ery life prolon gs th e cha rge/ rech ar ge cycle

an d im pr oves rech ar ge efficien cy. Follow th ese su ggestions

to optim ize an d m aximize bat tery power:

u Purch ase an ext ra ba t t e ry pack .

u Use th e PHDISK u ti lity to reserve h ar d d isk sp ace for th e

Hibern at ion fu n ction. See “PhDISK” on pa ge 71 .

u Use the AC ada pter when ever poss ible so tha t th e

battery is reserved for on-the-go computing.

u Keep the ba t tery pa ck in th e com pu ter powered by the

AC ad ap ter . Th e con s ta n t t r ickle cha rge m ainta in s the

ba ttery level to elim in ate th e ba ttery self-discha rge

effect . Th e ch ar ge-in -u se fu n ction also ch ar ges th e

ba t te ry pack .

u Disa ble the p ar al lel an d s erial ports if n o devices a re

con n ected to th ese ports . You can do this th rou gh the

Setu p Utility. See “Advan ced” on pa ge 86 .

u Eject the PC card from th e card s lot when n ot in u se ,

s ince the PC card d raws extra p ower.

u Store the ba t tery pa ck in a cool, dry place . Th e

recomm ended s torage t empera tu re for ba t t e ry packs

ran ges from 10 to 30 degrees C. Th e higher the s torage

temp eratu re , the fas ter the ba t tery pa ck se lf-disch arges .

u Th e ba t te r ies can be recha rged abou t 300 t im es when

u sed as directed. Excess recha rgin g decreases bat tery

life.

u Tak e care of your b at tery pack an d AC adap ter . See

“Care and Maintenance” on page xviii of the Preface.



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Battery-low WarningYou n ever h ave to worry abou t ba ttery power as long as you

are u s ing th e AC adap ter . However , when you operate the

com pu ter on bat tery power, pay extra a t tent ion t o the

warn in g beeps a n d th e power in dicator on th e disp lay

pane l .

The following signals indicate a battery-low condition:

u Th e bu zzer gen erates four sh ort beeps every minu te , if

you ena bled t h e Bat tery-low Warn in g Beep pa ram eter in

S e tup

u Th e power indicator flas h es a t regu lar in tervals u n t il

ba ttery power is d epleted

Wh en you receive a ba t tery-low warn in g, you h ave arou n d

th ree min u tes to sa ve your work. If you do not con n ect th e

AC ada pter with in th is per iod, th e com pu ter enters

Hibern at ion m ode if th e Bat tery Low Su sp end pa ram eter in

Setu p is en ab led a n d th e followin g cond it ion s exist :

u Th e Hibern at ion file created by PHDISK is p resen t a n d

valid. See “Ph DISK” on p age 71 .

u Th ere is en ou gh b at tery power left to sa ve system

in format ion onto the h ard d isk .

Otherwise , the compu ter en te rs S tan dby mode .

W a rn i n g : Co n n e c t t h e A C a d a p t e r t o t h e c om p u t e r a s

s o on a s p o s s i bl e. Da t a i s l os t w h e n c o m p u t e r p ow e r

i s cu t o f f d u r i n g S t a n d b y m od e .



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The following table shows the recommended course of act ion to take wh en you encou n ter a ba t tery- low condi t ion:

Situation Recommended Ac tion

AC ada pter

and power

outlet available

1. Connec t the AC a da pter to the c omp uter.

2. Save a ll nec essary files.

3. Resume work.

Pow er off the c om puter if you wish to

rec harge the b a ttery rap id ly.

An extra fully-

charged

ba ttery pac k

available


2. Exit the a pp lica tion.

3. Pow er off the c om puter.

4. Rep lac e the b atte ry pa c k.

5. Pow er on the c om pute r and resume wo rk.

or


2. Ente r Hibe rna tion mod e.

3. Insta ll the e xtra ba tte ry pa c k.

4. Resume from Hiberna tion mo d e.

AC ada pter or

po we r outlet

not a vailab le


2. Exit the a pp lica tion.

3. Pow er off the c om puter.

or


2. Ente r Hibe rna tion mod e.



Power Management


Power ManagementTh is compu ter has a bu ilt - in power man agemen t u ni t tha t

m onitors system activity. System a ctivity refers to an y

activity involving one or more of the following devices:

keyboard , m ous e, floppy dr ive , h ard disk, per iphera ls

con n ected to th e ser ia l an d p ara lle l por ts , an d video

m em ory. If n o activity is d etected for a p eriod of tim e (ca lled

an in activity t im e-ou t), the com pu ter s top s s ome or al l of

th ese devices in ord er to cons erve en ergy.

Power Management Modes

Disp lay Stand by Mode

Screen a ctivity is d eterm in ed by th e keyboard , th e bu ilt- in

touch pa d, and an extern al PS/ 2 poin t in g device . If th ese

devices are idle for the period specified by the Display

Tim eout , th e disp lay sh u ts off u n t il you press a key or m ove

the touch pad or exte rna l mous e .

"Automa tic Dim" Fea ture

Th e com pu ter has a u n iqu e "au toma t ic dim" power savin g

featu re . Wh en th e comp u ter is u s ing AC power an d youdiscon n ect the AC ada pter from th e com pu ter , it

au tom at ically dim s th e LCD back light to sa ve power. If you

recon n ect AC power to th e compu ter , it a u toma t ically

ad ju sts th e LCD back light t o a b righ ter level.

Note: We recom men d y ou ena ble pow er m anagemen t to

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Hard Disk Standby ModeThe h ard d isk en te rs s t an dby mode wh en th ere a re no d isk

read / write operat ion s with in th e per iod of t im e sp ecified b y

th e Hard Disk Tim eout . In th is s ta te , th e power su ppl ied to

the ha rd d isk is reduced to a minimu m . The ha rd d isk

re turn s to norma l once the comp u ter accesses it .

Peripheral Standby Mod es

Th e per iph eral con n ect ions in you r comp u ter a lso powerdown to sa ve power if th ere is n o activity with in th e period

of t ime sp ecified b y Tim eou t valu es for th ese devices. Th ese

in clu de a u dio, serial ports , floppy dr ive an d p ar al lel port .

Standby mode

Th e com pu ter con su m es very low power in S tan dby m ode.

All da ta rem ains inta ct in th e sys tem m emory un t il th e

ba t tery is dra in ed.

Th ere is on e n ecess ary condi t ion for th e com pu ter to enter

S tan dby mode:

u Heu rist ic Power Man agem en t m u st be s et to [ENABLED]

Th ere are five ways to en ter Sta n db y m ode:

u Press in g th e Stan dby hot key Fn-F3

u Allowin g th e wait in g t ime determ in ed by th e Stan db y

Tim eou t to e lapse with out an y sys tem act ivityu Closin g th e disp lay cover

u Allowing the computer to enter Hibernation mode when

ba ttery is low, bu t

u th e Hibern at ion file is invalid or n ot pres en t , or

u Allowin g the oper at in g system power sa vin g modes to

invoke it



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Th e followin g signa ls ind icate th at th e comp u ter is in

S tan dby mode:

u Th e bu zzer beeps

u The Standby indicator l ights

To leave S tan dby mode an d re tu rn to norma l m ode:

u Press a ny key

u Move th e active poin tin g device (int ern a l or extern al, PS/

2 or s erial)

u Allow th e Resu m e Tim er to be m at ch ed

u Open th e display cover

u Receive an in comin g PC card m odem even t when th e

Resu m e on Modem Rin g is en ab led

Hibernation mode

In Hibern at ion m ode, a ll power s h u ts off (th e compu ter does

n ot consu m e an y power). Th e compu ter saves a l l sys tem

in forma t ion on to the h ard disk before it en ters Hiberna t ion

mode . Once you tu rn on th e power , the compu ter res tores

th is informa t ion a n d r esu m es wh ere you left off.

Note: If the com puter beeps but d oes n ot enter Stan dby

m ode after pres s ing the Stand by h ot k ey , it mean s the

operating sy s tem w ill not allow the compu ter to enter the

pow er saving mode.

W a rn i n g : Un s t o re d d a t a i s l os t w h e n y o u t u r n o f f t h e

c om p u t e r p ow e r i n S t a n d b y m o d e (b y h o l d in g t h e

p o w e r s w i t c h f o r m o re t h a n 4 s e c o n d s ) o r w h e n t h e

b a t t e r y i s d r a i n e d .



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Th ere are two necessar y cond it ions for th e com pu ter toenter Hibernat ion mode:

u Th e Hibern at ion file created by PHDISK mu st be p resen t

a n d valid. See “Ph DISK” on p a ge 71

u Heu rist ic Power Man agem en t m u st be s et to [ENABLED]

In th is s itu at ion , th ere are four ways to en ter Hibern at ion

mode:

u Press in g the Hibern at ion h ot key Fn-F4

u Allowin g the Hibern at ion Tim eou t to elap se with ou t an y

system activity

u Experiencin g a ba t tery low cond it ion for ab out a m in u te .

With th e Bat tery Low Su sp end p ara m eter in Setu p se t to

[ENABLED]

u Allowin g the oper at in g system power sa vin g modes to

invoke it

To exit Hibern at ion m ode, press th e power switch. Th e

compu ter a lso resu m es from Hibern at ion m ode if th e

Resu m e Timer i s se t and m atched .

Note: If the com puter beeps but d oes n ot enter Hibernation m ode a fter press ing the Hibernation h ot key ,

it m eans the operating s y stem w ill not allow the com puter

to enter the pow er s aving mode.

W a r n i n g : Do n o t c h a n g e a n y d e v i c e s (s u c h a s a d d m e m o r y or s w a p h a r d d i s k s ) w h e n t h e co m p u t e r is i n

H ib e rn a t i o n m o d e .



Power Management


Advanced Power Manag ementTh is compu ter su ppor t s th e APM s tan dard des igned to

fu r th er redu ce power con su m ption . APM is a power-

m an agemen t a ppr oach defin ed join t ly by Microsoft a n d

In tel. An increa sing nu m ber of software ap plicat ions

su pp ort APM to tak e ad van ta ge of power savin g featu res

an d a llow greater s ystem availab ility with ou t degrad in g

per formance .

For more in forma t ion a bou t APM u n der Win dows 95 orWin dows 98, refer to you r Win dows 95 or 98 u ser’s m an u al .

Note: If y ou ena ble Heu ris tic Pow er Man agem ent in S etup

w ithout APM ins talled a nd ena bled, the s y s tem tim e and

da te do not display the correct settings after the compu ter

returns to norm al operation from Sta nd by or Hibernation

m ode. To upd ate the tim e and d ate, reboot the com puter.

APM s hould be e na bled to avoid th is problem . Adv an ced

Pow er Mana gem en t grea tly p rolongs ba ttery life. Us e APM

w hen ever poss ible.



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45

You r com pu ter offers expan sion ca pa bilit ies with its bu ilt- in

ports an d conn ectors . Th is ch ap ter descr ibes how tocon nec t per iph era ls a n d h ardware opt ions tha t h e lp you

u se your comp u ter with ease . Wh en conn ect in g

per iph era ls , read th e ma nu a l inc lu ded with the p er iph era l

for operat ing ins t ru ct ions .

You can a lso add more mem ory or up grade you r h ard d isk

when you n eed to in order to keep your comp u ter in s t ep

with th e la tes t techn ology. You can pu rcha se m ost of th ese

an d oth er options directly from Acer.

Contents

Extern al Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Extern al Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Extern al Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Exter n a l Poin ting Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Extern al PS/ 2 Mou se . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Extern al Serial Mou se . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Print er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Au dio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

PC Car ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Ext ern a l PCMCIA CD-ROM (opt iona l) . . . . . . . . . . . 54

USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Miscella n eou s Op tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Add it ion al Power Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Bat ter y Pa ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

AC Ada pt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Cab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56PS/ 2 Y-Bridge Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Par a llel Cab le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

File Tra n sfer Cab le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Key Comp onen t Upgrad es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Memor y Upgra de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Memor y Con figu ra tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Har d Disk Upgrad e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Peripherals and Options

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External MonitorTo sh ow gra ph ical effects on a larger d isp lay, conn ect an

extern al m oni tor to th e CRT port . Read th e mon itor

m an u al for addi t iona l in s t ru ct ions .

Note: If an ex terna l m onitor is not conne cted , closing th e

display cover puts the com puter into stand by m ode.



External Keyboard

Cha pter 3 Periphera ls and Op tions 47

External KeyboardTh is comp u ter h as a k eyboard with fu ll-s ized keys an d a n

em bed ded keypa d. If you feel m ore comforta ble u sing a

deskt op keyboard , you can in s ta ll a PS/ 2-compa t ible

extern al keyboard .

To con n ect an extern al keyboard , plu g the extern al

keyboard in to the PS/ 2 conn ector .



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External KeypadYou can a lso u se a 17-key n u m er ic keypad for nu m ber-

sen s i t ive data en t ry ap pl icat ions . To con n ect th e keypa d,

p lu g in the keypad conn ector to the PS/ 2 por t .



Externa l Pointing Devic e


Externa l Pointing Devic eTh is compu ter accepts e ith er a PS/ 2-com pa t ible or ser ia l

m ou se or s im ilar pointing device.

External PS/ 2 Mouse

Th e bu ilt - in t ouch pa d works a l terna te ly with an extern al

PS/ 2 mou se which is hot -p lu ggable. To u se a PS/ 2-

com pa t ible m ous e, s imply plug it in to the PS/ 2 port .

Note: The touchpad w ill be a utomatically disabled w hen

us ing an external PS/ 2 .



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External Serial MouseIf you u se a s erial mou se, plu g it into th e serial port .

To ena ble the ser ia l mou se, u se th e Add New Hard ware tool

in th e Win dows Cont rol Pan el.



Printer


PrinterTh is compu ter su pports b oth ser ia l an d pa ral le l pr inters .

For a serial prin ter, plug th e printer ca ble in to a serial port .

For a pa ra llel pr in ter, plug th e printer ca ble in to the pa ra llel

port . See you r pr in ter m an u al for operat in g in s t ru ct ions .

Note: If the printer does not function, enter Setup and

verify th at the p arallel port is e na bled. S ee “Ad va nced ” on

page 8 6 for as s is tance.



Audio Devices

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Audio DevicesAu dio devices ar e easy to con n ect with th e au dio ports

access ible from th e right s ide of th e com pu ter. You ca n

plug in an extern al microph one or a u dio lin e- in device to

th e microphon e-in jack. Am plified speak ers or headp h ones

conn ect to the s peaker -ou t jack .



PC Cards


PC CardsTh e comp u ter ha s two CardBu s PC card s lo t s tha t

accom m oda te two type I/ II or one type III PC car d(s). Pleas e

cons u lt you r dea ler for PC car d options a vailab le tha t you

can p u rchase for your compu ter .



Externa l PCMCIA CD-ROM (optiona l)

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External PCMCIA CD-ROM (optional)You can also conn ect an extern al CD-ROM device u sing a

PC Card .

1 . Tu rn on you r comp u ter .

2 . Plu g the extern al CD-ROM’s s ocket in to an ou tlet an d

tu rn th e extern al CD-ROM on.

3 . In sert t h e extern al CD-ROM PC Card in to th e PC Card

slot . Th e comp u ter will au tom at ically detect th e PC

Card. For m ore in forma t ion abou t the extern al CD-

ROM, pleas e refer to its u ser’s m an u al .



Misc ellaneous Options

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Additional Power Packs

You can order spa re bat ter ies a n d AC adap ters .

Battery Pac k

It i s good pr act ice to ha ve a spa re ba t tery arou n d, esp ecia l ly

when you tra vel. Th e Li-Ion ba tteries , cou pled with powerm an agem ent fea tu res , su pply you with more power on- the-

go .

AC Adapter

Th e comp act AC adap ter char ges you r bat t ery pa ck an d

su ppl ies power to your comp u ter . You can order a spa re AC

ad ap ter so you d o not n eed to carr y it from th e office to you r

home or des t inat ion.

Cables

PS/ 2 Y-Bridge Cable

Th e PS/ 2 Y-bridge cab le al lows you to conn ect two PS/ 2

devices , mou se an d keyboard, to you r com pu ter

s imul taneous ly.

Note: The k ey board m us t be connected to the conne ctor

ma rk ed k eyboard an d the m ous e mu st be connected to the

connector m arked m ouse.





Conn ect th e s ingle conn ector end of th e Y-bridge cable tothe comp u ter ’s PS / 2 por t an d th e dou ble conn ector end s to

th e two PS/ 2 devices .

Parallel Cab le

Th e Para llel cab le al lows you to con n ect a prin ter an d a n

external f loppy drive to your computer s imultaneously.

However, you can only u se on e device at a t im e.

Conn ect th e s in gle con n ector end of th e par al lel cab le to the

com pu ter’s pa ral le l por t an d th e doub le con n ector end s to

th e two devices.




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File Transfer CableBesides u sing th e in fra red p ort , you ca n a lso tra n sfer files

between comp u ters u s ing a file t ran sfer cab le . Con n ect th e

file tra n sfer ca ble between th e pa ra llel ports of th e two

compu ters a n d u se you r file t ran sfer u t ility to perform th e

t ransfer .



Key Component Upgrades


Key Component UpgradesTh e com pu ter delivers su perior power an d p erforma n ce.

However , som e us ers an d th e appl icat ions th ey u se ma y

dem an d more. Th is com pu ter a l lows you to u pgrade key

comp onents when you n eed increased per forman ce.

Memory Upgrade

Mem ory is u pgra dea ble from 16 t o 80MB, em ployin g 16 -/

32 -/ 64 -MB soDIMMs (Sm all Ou tl in e Du al In lin e Mem ory

Modules).

Mem ory Configurations

Th e followin g tab le l is ts th e p ossible mem ory

configurations:

Note: Contact y our au thorize d de aler if y ou d ecid e to

perform a k ey com ponent upgrade.

I m p o r t a n t ! This sy s tem can only s upport SDRAM

m emory type.

Slot 1 Total Memory

0 MB 16 MB

16 MB 32 MB

32 MB 48 MB

64 MB 80 MB



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Hard Disk UpgradeYou can u pgrade you r h ard disk with a h igh er capaci ty

drive when you n eed m ore s torage sp ace. Th e compu ter

u s e s a 9 .5mm 2 .5 -inch Enh an ced- ID E ha rd d is k .

Note: Contact y our au thorize d de aler if y ou d ecide to

perform a hard d is k upgrad e.



61

Th is ch ap ter gives you t ips an d h in ts on th in gs to cons ider

when m ovin g arou n d or t ravelin g with your comp u ter . Wehave arranged these according to the following si tuations:

u Movin g Arou n d — wh en you ar e ju st m ovin g with in

sh ort dis ta n ces, for exam ple, from you r office desk to a

m eet in g room.

u Tak in g the Compu ter Hom e — when you are m ovin g

from your office to your home or vice versa.

u Travelin g with th e Com pu ter — wh en you are m ovin g

with in a lar ger dis tan ce, for ins ta n ce, from you r office

building to a client’s office building or traveling locally.

u Tra velin g In tern at iona lly with th e Com pu ter — when

you are m ovin g from coun try to cou n try.

Contents

Discon n ectin g from t h e Desk top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Movin g Arou n d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Preparing the Com pu ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Wh at To Brin g to Sh ort Meetin gs . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Wha t To Brin g to Lon g Meetin gs . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Tak in g th e Com pu ter Hom e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Preparing the Com pu ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Wh at To Brin g with You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Special Cons idera t ion s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Sett ing Up a Hom e Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Tra velin g with th e Com pu ter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66




Tra velin g In tern at ion ally with th e Comp u ter . . . . . . 67




Moving with your Computer

4



Disc onnec ting from the Desktop

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Disc onnec ting from the DesktopFollow these s teps to discon n ect your com pu ter from

extern al a ccess or ies :

1 . Save your work in progress .

2 . Shu t down the opera t ing sys tem.

3 . Tu rn off th e com pu ter .

4 . Disconn ect the cord from th e AC ada pter .

5 . Discon n ect the keyboar d, pointing device, prin ter,

extern al mon itor , an d oth er extern al devices .

6 . Discon n ect th e Ken sington lock if you ar e u sing one to

secure the com pu ter .



Moving Around

Chapter 4 Moving with your Computer 63

Moving Around

Prep aring the Computer

Before movin g the com pu ter , c lose an d la tch th e display

cover to place it in s ta n db y m ode. You ca n n ow sa fely ta ke

th e com pu ter an ywhere you go with in th e bu ilding.

To br in g th e comp u ter out of s ta n dby mode, open t h e

display.

What To Bring to Short Meetings

A fu lly ch arged ba t tery ru n s th e com pu ter for 2-3 h our s

u nd er m os t c ircum s tan ces . If your mee t ing is s hor te r tha n

th at , you proba bly do n ot need to br ing an yth in g with you

other than the compu ter .

What To Bring to Long Meetings

If you r m eetin g will las t lon ger th an 2 h ou rs or if you r

ba ttery is n ot fu lly ch ar ged, you m ay wan t to bring th e AC

ad ap ter with you to plu g in your comp u ter in th e meet in g

room.

If th e meeting room d oes n ot h ave an electrical ou tlet ,

redu ce the dra in on th e ba t t e ry by pu t t in g the compu ter in

s ta n dby mode. Close the display cover wh enever you a re

n ot act ively u s ing the com pu ter .



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Preparing the Computer

After d iscon n ectin g the com pu ter from you r d esk top, follow

these s teps to prepare the compu ter for the t r ip h ome.

1 . Remove al l m edia from th e drives. Fa ilu re to rem ove th e

media can dam age th e dr ive head .

2 . Pack the compu ter in a protect ive cas e tha t can p reventth e com pu ter from s liding arou n d a n d cu sh ion i t if it

sh ou ld fal l.

What To Bring with You

Unless you a lready h ave som e items a t h ome, br in g th e

followin g item s with you:

u AC ada pter a n d power cord

u The pr in ted u ser ’s m an u a l

u Media b ay m odu les (extern al floppy a n d CD-ROM dr ive)

Spec ial Considerations

Follow th ese gu idelin es to protect your comp u ter wh ile

tra velin g to an d from work:

u Min im ize th e effect of tem pera tu re ch an ges b y keepin g

the compu ter with you.

u If you n eed to s top for a n extend ed per iod of t ime an d

can n ot br in g th e compu ter with you, leave the com pu ter

in t h e t ru n k of th e car to avoid expos in g th e com pu ter to

excess ive h eat .

Ca u t i o n : A vo id p a c k i n g i t e m s n e x t t o t h e t o p c ov e r o f

t h e c om p u t e r. Pr e s s u r e a g a i n s t t h e t o p c ov e r c a n

d a m a g e t h e s c r ee n





u C han ges in t empe ra tu re and hu mid it y can cau s econden sa t ion. Allow th e compu ter to re tu rn to room

tempera tu re , and in spec t the s c reen for cond ensa t ion

before tu rn in g on th e compu ter . If th e tempera tu re

ch an ge is greater th an 18 °F (10 °C), al low th e com pu ter

to come to room tem pera tu re s lowly. If poss ible, leave

the compu ter for 30 m in u tes in an environm ent with a

tempera tu re be tween out s ide and room tem pera tu re .

Setting Up a Home OfficeIf you frequ ent ly work on you r comp u ter a t h ome, it m ay be

worth whi le pu rcha s ing a secon d AC ada pter for us e a t

h ome. With a secon d AC ada pter , you can avoid

t ran sport ing the extra weight to an d from h ome.

If you u se your com pu ter at h ome for s ign ifican t periods of

t im e, you m igh t a lso wan t to add a n extern al keyboard ,

m oni tor , or m ous e.



Traveling with the Computer

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Traveling with the Computer

Preparing the Computer

Prepare th e comp u ter as i f you were taking it hom e. Be

su re th e ba t tery in th e com pu ter is char ged. Airport

secu rity often requ ires you to turn on you r com pu ter wh en

bringin g it into th e gate area .

What To Bring with YouBring th e followin g item s with you:

u AC ada pter

u Spa re , fu lly-cha rged ba t tery packs

u Media b ay m odu les (extern al floppy a n d CD-ROM dr ive)

u Add ition al prin ter d river files if you plan to u se a n oth er

pr inter


In ad di t ion to th e gu idelin es for taking th e com pu ter h ome,

follow thes e guidelin es to p rotect your comp u ter wh ile

traveling:

u Always t ak e th e com pu ter a s ca rry-on lu ggage.

u Have the comp u ter in spec ted by ha nd . Do not pu t the

comp u ter throu gh a s ecu r ity X-ray mach ine or a meta ldetector.

u Avoid exposin g floppy disk s to h an d-h eld m etal

detectors .



Traveling Internationally with the Computer


Traveling Internationally with the Computer

Prep aring the Computer

Prepare th e com pu ter as you wou ld n orma lly prepare i t for

traveling.

What To Bring with You

Bring th e followin g item s with you :

u AC ada pter

u Power cords th at a re app ropria te to th e cou n try to which

you are traveling

u Media b ay m odu les

u Spa re , fu lly-cha rged ba t tery packs

u Add ition al prin ter d river files if you plan to u se a n oth er

pr inter

u Proof of pu rch as e , in case you n eed to sh ow it to

Customs officials

u In tern at iona l Tra veler’s War ra n ty pa ss port


Follow the s am e sp ecia l con s iderat ions as when t ravelin g

with th e compu ter . In a ddi t ion, these t ips a re us efu l whentra velin g inter n at iona lly:

u Wh en t ra velin g in an other coun try, check th at th e local

AC volta ge an d th e AC a da pter power cord sp ecificat ions

are compa t ible. If n ot , pu rcha se a power cord tha t is

comp at ible with th e local AC volta ge. Do n ot u se

converter kits s old for app lian ces to power th e com pu ter.

u If you a re u s ing the m odem, check i f th e modem an d

connector is compatible with the telecom system of the

country you are traveling in.



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69

Th is ch ap ter discu ss es th e im portan t sys tem u t ilit ies

bu nd led with your compu ter .

Contents

System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Ph DISK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Notebook Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

In form at ion Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Boot Sequ en ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Pas sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Set t in g th e Sup ervisor Pas sword . . . . . . . 76

Set t in g th e User Pass word . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Power Man agem en t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Disp lay Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Setu p Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Navigatin g th e Setu p Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Hard Disk 0 Su bm enu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Boot Device Priority Su bm en u . . . . . . . . . 85Advan ced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Secu ri ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Sett ing a Pas sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Removin g a Pas sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Power Sa vin g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Software

5



System Software

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System SoftwareTh e comp u ter com es p reload ed with th e followin g software:

u Win dows 95 or lat er opera ting system

u System u ti lit ies , dr ivers a n d a pp licat ion s oftware

Note: To access Wind ow s s oftw are applications , click on

the S tart bu tton an d s elect the ap plication fold er. The n

click on th e a pplication icon to run th e s elected ap plication.

To learn about the s oftw are and utility , ma k e us e of theonline h elp provid ed by the s oftw are.



PhDISK

Cha pter 5 Software 71

PhDISKTh e PhDISK u ti lity al lows you r com pu ter to en ter

h ibern at ion m ode. Before enter ing h ibern at ion m ode, you r

comp u ter sa ves a ll n ecessa ry in form at ion int o a file or

pa rt i t ion crea ted by PhDISK, th en s h u ts off power to all

sys tem comp onents . On the next s t a r tu p , the compu ter

reload s th e inform at ion from th e Ph DISK file or p ar t i t ion

an d res u m es from wher e you left off.

Th e program accepts th e followin g para m eters :

Syntax

PHDISK [options]

where opt ions :

u / CREATE (/ FILE or / PARTITION) crea tes th e

h ibern at ion file or p ar t i t ion

u / DELETE (/ FILE or / PARTITION) deletes th e


u / INFO disp lays inform at ion on th e hibern at ion file or

part i t ion

u / REFORMAT PARTITION reform a ts th e exist ing


Note: By de fault, this program is au tom atically loade d

and se t up on y our com puter so you d o not need to run

this p rogram by y ours elf. You only n eed to run th is if y ou

upgrade y our m em ory . You can find PhDISK in the

\ w in d ow s \ comm a n d \ d irectory .

Ca u t i o n : T h e H ib er n a t i on f i le i s a h i d d e n f i le n a m e d

S AVE2DS K.BIN; DO NOT de le te or a l ter th i s f i l e in

a n y w a y e x c e p t b y u s i n g t h e PHDIS K u t i l it y .

Im p r o p e r d e l e t i on o r a l t e r a t i on o f t h i s f i l e c ou l d

c a u s e y o u t o l os e a l l a c c e s s t o y ou r c o m p u t e r .



Notebook Manager

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Notebook ManagerThe compu ter ha s a bu ilt - in sys tem se tu p p rogram ca lled

Notebook Man ager. Th e Win dows-ba sed Notebook Man ager

al lows you to se t pass words , the s ta r tu p sequ ence of th e

drives an d power m an agemen t se t t in gs . It a lso sh ows

curren t ha rdware configu ra t ions .

To s ta r t th e Notebook Mana ger , pr ess Fn-F2 or follow th es e

s teps :

1 . Click on Star t , Program s, th en Notebook Man ager .

2 . Select the Notebook Man ager app licat ion to ru n th e

program.

Notebook Manager consists of five sections:

u In form a tion Viewer

u Boot Sequen ce

u Password

u Power Man agemen t

u Display Device

To select a s ection, cl ick on th e tab of th e section you wan t

to view.

Note: Certain h ot k ey functions a re d is abled w hen y ou

acces s the n otebook m an ager, becaus e thes e functions are

also foun d in th e n otebook m an ager.

Note: Changes m ad e to most s et t ings in the Notebook

Man ager tak e effect the ne xt tim e the com puter res tarts. If

y ou m ak e changes in the Pow er Mana gemen t, Dis play

Device a nd Line-in/ Microphone s creen , thes e cha nges

tak e ef fect im m ediately .



Notebook Manager


Information ViewerIn forma t ion Viewer su m m arizes a n d l is ts in forma t ion a bou t

the specificat ions and set t ings of the different components

of your computer.

Note: Item s in th is table m ay differ slightly from th e ones

onscreen.

Item Desc ription

CPU Bra nd , typ e and c loc k speed of the CPU

(Central Proc essing Unit)

Total Memory Total amount of main memory (in megab ytes)

Video RAM Tota l amount o f video memory (in megabytes)

Ha rd Disk Size of ha rd d isk (in m eg a b yte s)

Serial Port 1 Resource sett ings of serial port 1

Serial Port 2 Resource sett ings of serial port 2



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Th e cu rren t vers ion of th e comp u ter’s BIOS is sh own ab ove

th e Device-Configur at ion ta ble.

Boot Seq uence

Boot Sequ en ce defin es th e boot sequ en ce to follow wh en

your compu ter boots up .

Th e Boot Sequ en ce screen d isp lays th e bootab le devices in

you r com pu ter an d th e order in wh ich th e boot in g sequ ence

will occu r. Th e devices inclu de th e followin g:

u Floppy Drive

Parallel Port Resource sett ings of the parallel port

External

Cache

Tota l amo unt of e xternal c a c he m emo ry (in

kilobytes)

To uchp a d Se tting o f the inte rna l p o inting d e vice

Pointing

Device

Type (s) of the p ointing d evice (s) de tec ted ,

internal and external

Item Desc rip tion



Notebook Manager


u IDE Ha rd Drive

Sim ply dra g and drop th e devices to ch an ge th e boot in g

order . Click on Apply to accept the sequ ence.

Password

Pas sword is u sed to set , m odify or d elete th e pa ss word(s) for

your computer .

Th ere a re two pass words u sed in the s ys tem:

u Su pervisor Pass word. Th e su pervisor pa ss word

preven ts u n au th orized access to sen s i t ive para m eters in

th e Notebook Man ager an d BIOS Utility. It also prevents

u n au thor ized access to your compu ter a t sys tem s ta r tu p

an d a t r e s um e from s t and by/ h iberna t ion mode .

u User Pass word. Th e u ser pa ssword preven ts

u n au thor ized access to your compu ter a t sys tem s ta r tu p

an d a t r e s um e from s t and by/ h iberna t ion mode .



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Setting the Supervisor Password

To set th e Su pervisor Pas sword, follow th ese s t eps :

1 . Click on th e Cha n ge Su pervisor Pas sword bu t ton. Th e

following dialog box displays:

2 . Click on th e En ab le Su pervisor Pas sword ch eckbox.

3 . Click in th e New Pas sword textbox an d type in u p toseven a lph an u m eric ch ar acter s (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 ) which you

wan t to be your Su pervisor Password.

4 . Click in th e Confirm Pass word textbox an d r e type th e

password .

5 . Click on OK to accept it .

Note: Before y ou can se t the Use r Pas s w ord, y ou need to

se t the Su pervis or Pas s w ord.

Note: To change a pas sw ord, follow the sa me s teps us ed

to s et a pass w ord. To rem ove a pas s w ord, follow the

sa m e s teps us ed to set a pas sw ord bu t leave both f ie ldsblank.



Notebook Manager


Setting the User PasswordTo set th e User Pas sword, follow thes e s tep s:

1 . Click on th e Ch an ge User Pas sword bu t ton.

2 . Click on th e En ab le User Password ch eckbox.

3 . Click in th e New Pas sword textbox and type in u p to

seven a lph an u m eric ch ar acter s (A-Z, a-z, 0-9 ) which you

wan t to be your User Pas sword.

4 . Click in th e Con firm Pass word textbox an d r e type th e

password .

5 . Click on OK to accept it .

You can a l so set pa ssword ch ecks when th e comp u ter boots

u p an d / o r when t h e compu ter r es u mes from s t an dby/

h ibern at ion m ode. Simp ly click on th e des ired checkb ox(es)an d cl ick on Apply .

Note: To change a pas sw ord, follow the sa m e s teps us ed

to s et a pass w ord. To rem ove a pas sw ord, follow the

sa m e s teps us ed to set a pas sw ord but leave both f ie lds

blank.



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Power ManagementPower Mana gem ent i s u sed to se t var ious se t t in gs re la ted to

power m an agemen t .

Th is in clu des th e followin g power-sa vin g-related featu res:

u En ab le Heu ris t ic Power Man agem en t. Select to en ab le

h eu ris t ic power ma n agemen t . See “Power Man agemen t”

on p age 39 for m ore in forma t ion on h eu ris t ic power

m a n a g e m e n t .

u En ab le disp lay always on. Select to leave you r display

a lways tu rn ed on , us e fu l when you n eed to mak e

presenta t ions on your compu ter .

u En ab le modem r in g resu m e on ind icator . Select to a l low

the compu ter to wake-u p from s ta nd by mode wh en an

in com in g modem r in g is d etected.

u En ab le batt ery low warn in g beep. Select to al low th e

compu ter to give off warn in g beeps when th e com pu ter

ru n s low on ba t tery.

u En ab le s leep u pon b at tery low. Select to al low th e

comp u ter to en te r s t an dby or h iberna t ion m ode when

the compu ter run s low on ba t t e ry.



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u En ab le sys tem r esu m e t im er . Select to a llow th ecomp u ter to wake-u p from s ta nd by mode if the resu m e

t imer is se t an d m atched .

u Sys tem Resu me Timer . Wh en Ena ble sys tem resu me

t im er is s e lected, c lick on th e bu t ton to se t th e Sys tem

Resu m e Tim er.

Display Device

Disp lay Device is u sed to contr ol var iou s s et t ings related todisplay device(s), su ch a s th e disp lay br igh tn ess / con tras t

levels.

Th e items in th is s creen in clu de:

u Boot Disp la y Device. Sets t h e defa u lt disp la y device on

boot -up .

u Switch in g Disp lay Device. Sets th e cu rren t disp lay

device.

Note: Make sure an external monitor is connected before

Exte rna l m onitor is s elected .



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u Brightn ess for LCD Pan el/ Contr as t for LCD Pan el. Click an d dra g to se t the LCD screen br ightn ess an d cont ras t

levels.

Click on th e rad io bu tton of th e desired item , then click on

Apply to accept . To m odify th e br igh tn ess an d/ or con tras t

levels , click a n d h old th e s l ider con trol an d m ove to therigh t to in creas e, move to th e left to decreas e th e set t ing.

You ca n a lso click on th e item, an d u se th e curs or keys to

set th e des ired level.

Note: TFT active-ma trix LCDs ha ve fixed an d optim ize d

contrast levels.



Setup Utility


Setup UtilityTh e Setu p Utility is a h ar dwar e con figur at ion p rogram bu ilt

in to your com pu ter’s BIOS (Bas ic In pu t / Ou pu t Sys tem).

You r comp u ter is a lread y prop erly configur ed an d

optimized, an d you d o n ot need to ru n th is u t i lity. However,

if you encou n ter configura t ion p roblems , you m ay n eed to

ru n Setu p. Please a lso refer to Cha pter 6 , Trou blesh oot in g

when a problem a r ises .

To activat e th e Setu p Utility, pres s F2 du rin g POST (wh ile

the Travelmate logo is being displayed).

Naviga ting the Setup Utility

Th ere ar e five m en u option s: Main, Advan ced, Secu ri ty,

Power Savin g an d Exit . To na vigate th e Setu p Utility:

u Press th e curs or r ight / left keys →← to move between th e

ma in m enu i tems .

u Press Es c while you a re in an y of th e men u opt ions to

display the Exit men u .

u P res s t he cu r s o r up / down keys ↑↓ to m ove between

pa rame te r s .

u P res s t he p lu s / minu s keys +- to cha n ge the value of a

paramete r .

u Press th e E n t e r key to access a su bm enu . A > sym bol in

front of a pa ram eter denotes an it em with a su bm enu .

Note: You can ch an ge the v alue of a pa ram eter if it is

enclosed in s quare brack ets .

Note: Param eter explana tions a re d is play ed in the Item-

S pe cific Help s ection of th e S etu p Utility (right p an el).

Navigation k ey s a re s how n on the bottom of the s creen .



Setup Utility

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MainTh e Main s creen conta in s p ara m eters involvin g bas ic

com pu ter se t t in gs a nd h ardware informat ion .

Th e followin g table descr ibes th e pa ram eters in t h is screen.

Set t in gs in boldface ar e th e defau lt a n d s u gges tedpara mete r se t t in gs .

Pa ra meter De sc rip tion

System

Time

Sets the system time.

Format: HH:MM:SS (hour:minute :sec ond )

System

Date

Sets the system d a te .

Format: DD/ MM/ YYYY (da y/ mo nth/ yea r)

Floppy

Disk A

Selec ts the flop py d isk drive typ e.

Options: 1.44 MB, 3½” or Disab led .

Hard Disk 0 Shows the hard disk size.

PressEnter to ac c ess the Hard Disk 0 submenu.

Boot

Device

Priority

PressEnter to ac c ess the Boo t Dev ice Priority

submenu.



Setup Utility


System

Memory

Shows the size o f ma in memory.

Video

Memory

Shows the size o f vide o m em ory.

CPU Type Shows the type o f the CPU.

CPU Speed Shows the speed of the CPU.

VGA BIOS

Version

Shows the version number of the VGA BIOS.

Format: Vx Rx (version a nd re lea se numb ers)

BIOS

Version

Shows the version number o f the BIOS.

Format: Vx Rx (version a nd re lea se numb ers)

Note: The B IOS v ersions are im portant inform ation a bout

y our com pu ter. If y ou exp erien ce com pu ter problem s a nd

nee d to conta ct technical su pport, this da ta he lps our

s ervice pe rs onnel kn ow m ore a bout y our com puter.

Pa ra mete r De sc rip tio n



Setup Utility

84 User’s Guide

Hard Disk 0 SubmenuThe h ard d isk 0 s u bm enu a llows you to set pa ra mete rs

re la ted to you r h ard disk. Press E n t e r to access th is

s u b m e n u .


Set t in gs in boldface ar e th e defau lt a n d s u gges ted

para mete r se t t in gs .

Parameter Desc rip tion

Type Sets the ha rd d isk type.

Options: Auto , User or None

Cylinde rs Shows the number o f cy linde rs o f the ha rd d isk.

Hea ds Shows the numb er of hea ds of the ha rd d isk.

Se c to rs Sho ws the num be r o f se c to rs p er tra c k o f the

hard disk.

Maximum

Capaci ty

Show s the m aximum c apa c ity of the ha rd d isk.



Setup Utility


Boot Device Priority Submenu

Th e Boot Device Priority su bm en u al lows you to set th e bootsequ ence of th e bootab le devices in your com pu ter . Press

E n t e r t o acces s t h i s s ub menu .

Th e com pu ter boots -up u s ing the sequ ence specified in th is

su bm enu . To set the boot device pr ior ity , u se the plus /

m i n u s +- keys .

Note: The values for Cy lind er, Head s , Se ctors / Track an d

Maximu m Cap acity a re autom atically s et w hen th e hard

disk ty pe is s et to Auto. We s uggest you set the hard disk

ty pe to [Au to] for ha s s le-free an d correct h ard d is k

de tection. The com pute r’s B IOS autom atically s ets th e

param eters in this s creen to their optim al values .



Setup Utility

86 User’s Guide

AdvancedThe Advan ced sc reen conta ins pa ram eters th a t a re re la ted

to comp u ter h ardware .




Ca u t i on : T h e p a r a m e t e r s in t h i s s c r ee n a r e f or

a d v a n c e d u s e r s o n l y . Y ou d o n ot n e e d t o c h a n g e t h e

v a l u e s in t h i s s c r e en b e c a u s e t h e s e va l u e s a r e

a l r e a d y o p t i m i z e d .

Parameter Desc rip tion

Seria l Port Enables or d isabled the seria l port .

Options: Enabled or Disabled

Base I/ O

Address

Sets the I/ O a d dress of the serial port.

Options: 3F8, 2F8, 3E8 o r 2E8

Interrupt Sets the interrupt request of the seria l port .

Op tions: IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ10 or IRQ11



Setup Utility


Parallel Port Enables or disab les the parallel port.


Operation

mode

Sets the o p eration mo de o f the p a ra llel po rt.

Op tions: Outp ut o nly, Bi-d irec tiona l, or ECP

Base I/ O

Address

Sets the I/ O a d dress of the p a ra llel port.

Options: 378, 278, o r 3BC

Interrupt Sets the in terrupt request o f the para lle l port .

Options: IRQ 7 or IRQ 5

ECP DMA Assigns DMA channel 1 or DMA channe l 3 fo r

ECP para llel port func tion.

This item bec om es ac tive only if you selec t

Extended Ca pab ilities Port (ECP) as the

op eration mod e.

Op tions: DMA 1 or DMA 3

Speaker Enab les o r d isab les the interna l speakers. You

c an o verride this by to gg ling Fn-F6 during

c omp uter op eration.


Boo t Disp lay

Device

Sets the d isp lay on b oo t-up.

When set to Auto, the c omp uter auto ma tic ally

d ete rmines the d isp la y device. If an externa l

d isp la y device (e.g., mo nitor) is c onnec ted , itbec om es the b oo t d isp lay; othe rwise, the

c om puter LCD is the b oo t disp lay. When set to

Both, the c om pute r outp uts to b oth the

c om puter LCD and a n externa l d isp lay de vic e if

one is c onnec ted.

Options: Auto or Both

Parameter Desc ription



Setup Utility

88 User’s Guide

SecurityThe Secu r ity sc reen conta ins para m eters th a t h e lp

safegu ard an d p ro tec t your compu ter from u n au thor ized

u s e .

Th e followin g table descr ibes th e pa ram eters in t h is screen.Set t in gs in boldface ar e th e defau lt a n d s u gges ted


Pa ra meter De sc rip tion

Supervisor

Password is

When set, this passwo rd p rote c ts the c om puter

a nd this Setup Utility from una uthorized entry. It

a lso p rotec ts c erta in pa rame ters in the Setup

Utility.

When Passwo rd on b oo t a nd/ or Passwo rd chec kd uring Resume is ena b led , you nee d to ente r this

pa sswo rd to c ontinue op eration.

Options: Disabled or Enab led



Setup Utility


Setting a Password

Follow thes e s tep s:

1 . Use th e ↑ a n d ↓ keys to high light a Set Pass word

pa ram eter (Su pervisor or User) an d pres s th e E n t e r key.

User

Password is

When set, this passwo rd p rote c ts the c om puter

and this Setup Utility from una uthorized entry.

When Passwo rd on b oo t a nd/ or Passwo rd c hec k

during Resume is ena b led , you nee d to ente r this

passwo rd to c ontinue operation.

Befo re sett ing the user password, you need to set

the Sup ervisor Password.

Options: Disabled or Ena b led

Set

Supervisor

Password

Press Enter to set the sup ervisor pa ssword . See

“ Setting a Passwo rd ” on p age 89 for how to set a

password.

Set User

Password

Press Enter to set the user password. See “ Set ting

a Pa sswo rd ” on p age 89 for how to set a

password.

Password

on boot

When e nab led , the c om pute r promp ts you for a

pa sswo rd whe n the c om puter bo ots up.


Password

check

during

Resume

When e nab led , the c om pute r promp ts you for a

passwo rd whe n the c om puter resume s from

stand by or hibe rnation mo d e.

Options: Disabled or Ena b led

Note: To s et the User Pas s w ord or the Pass w ord on boot

and Pas sw ord check d uring Resu m e parameters , y ou

nee d to s et the Su pervis or Pas s w ord firs t.

Pa ra mete r De sc rip tio n



Setup Utility

90 User’s Guide

The p ass word box appears :

2 . Type a pas sword. Th e pa ss word m ay cons is t of u p to

seven characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).

3 . Press E n t e r . Retype th e pa ss word to verify you r first

en t ry an d press E n t e r .

After se t t in g the pa ss word, th e com pu ter au toma t ically

se t s the chosen pa ssword para m eter to En abled .

4 . Press Es c to go to th e Exit m enu .

5 . Press Save Ch an ge & Ex i t to save the pas sword an d

exit the Setup Utility.To chan ge a p as sword, follow th e sam e s teps u sed to se t a

password .

Removing a Password

Sh ou ld you wan t to rem ove a pa ss word, do th e followin g:

1 . Use th e ↑ a n d ↓ keys to high light a Set Pass word

pa ram eter (Su pervisor or User) an d pres s th e E n t e r key.

The p ass word box appears :

2 . Enter you r cur r ent pa ssword in the fir s t pa ram eter an d

then p re s s E n t e r .

3 . Press E n t e r twice with out enter ing an ythin g in th e n ext

two pass word box to remove th e exis t ing pas sword.

4 . Press Es c to go to th e Exit m enu .

Im p o r t a n t : B e ve r y c a r e f u l w h e n t y p i n g y o u r

p a s s w o r d b e ca u s e t h e c h a r a c t e rs d o n o t a p p e a r on

t h e s c r ee n .



Setup Utility


5 . Press Save Cha n ge & Ex i t to save the pass word an dexit the Setup Utility.

Power Saving

Th e Power Savin g screen conta in s pa ram eters tha t are

re la ted to power-savin g an d power ma n agemen t .

Th e followin g ta ble des cribes th e par am eters in th is scr een.


para m eter se t t ings .


Heuristic Power

Management

Enab les or disab les pow er ma nage me nt

based on timeout set tings in this sc ree n. See

“ Power Ma nag eme nt” o n pa ge 39 for moreinforma tion on po we r ma nag eme nt mod es.




Setup Utility

92 User’s Guide

Disp lay A lways

On

When enab led the c omp uter do es not enter

d isp lay standby mod e.

Always ena b le this pa rame ter when p laying

VCDs (Vid eo Co mp ac t Disc ). If not, the

system w ill enter sta nd by mod e a fter 30

minutes and the sc reen w ill go b lank.


Battery Low

Suspend

Ena b les or disab les the suspend func tion

d uring a b atte ry-low c ond ition. When the

c om puter is running very low on b a ttery

pow er, the c om puter will ente r suspend mo de

if PhDISK is insta lled and the suspend file is

va lid . See “ PhDISK” o n pa ge 71.


Resume on

Modem Ring

When on, a nd a n incom ing m od em ring is

de tec ted , the co mp uter wa kes up from

suspend mo de.

Options: On or Off

Resume on

Time

When on a nd the system resume da te a nd

time a re va lid , the c om puter resumes (wa kes

up) at the set t ime a nd d ate.

Op tions: On o r Off

Resume Time Sets the t ime the comp uter resumes from if

Resum e on Time is on.Forma t: HH:MM:SS (ho ur:minute s:sec ond s)

Resume Date Sets the da te the c omputer resumes f rom if

Resum e on Time is on.

Forma t: DD/ MM/ YYYY (da y/ mo nth/ yea r)

Ba ttery Low

Warning Bee p

Ena b les or d isab les warning b ee ps during a

ba ttery-low c ond ition.





Setup Utility


ExitWh en you select the Exit m enu or press Es c from an y

screen, th e Exit opt ion s s creen displays .

The following table describes the parameters in this screen.


Exit Saving Changes Saves any changes made, exits the

Setup utility and reb oo ts.

Exit Disc a rding

Changes

Disc a rds any cha nges ma de, exits the

Setup utility and reb oo ts.

Load Setup Defaults Resets a ll parameters to their factory-

d efa ult va lues.

Load Previous Values Disrega rds any changes mad e in the

c urrent session a nd reloa ds the ir

p revious va lues.

Save Changes Saves any c hanges mad e.



Setup Utility

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Note: If y ou m ak e an y parameter chan ges, s elect Exit

Sa ving Changes or Sa ve Chan ges to s tore y our chan ges.



95

Th is ch ap ter in s t ru cts you on h ow to deal with comm on

system prob lem s. Read it before callin g a tech n ician if aproblem occu rs . Solu t ions to m ore ser ious p roblems

require opening u p the com pu ter . Do n ot a t tem pt to open

th e comp u ter by your self. Con tact your d ealer or an

au th orized s ervice center for a ss is tan ce.

Contents

Frequ en tly-Ask ed Qu estions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Err or Mess ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0

Troub leshooting

6



Frequently-Asked Questions

96 User’s Guide

Frequently-Asked QuestionsTh is i s a lis t of poss ible s i tua t ions th at m ay ar ise du rin g the

u se of you r compu ter , an d gives easy an swers an d solu t ions

to these qu es t ions .

I pressed the power switch and op ened the displa y, but the

c om puter does not start or bo ot-up.

Look at t h e Power ind icator:

u If it is n ot lit , n o power is being ap plied to t h e comp u ter.

Ch eck th e followin g:

u If you ar e ru n n in g on ba ttery power, it m ay be low

an d un ab le to power the compu ter . Con n ect th e AC

ada pte r to recharge the ba t t e ry pack .

u Mak e su re th e AC ada pter i s plugged in p roperly to

the compu ter an d to th e power out le t .

u If it is lit, ch eck th e followin g:

u If th e Sta n db y in dicator is l it , th e compu ter is in

s tan dby mode. P ress an y key, the power but ton or

t ap on t he t ouchpad t o r e s um e .

u Is a n on-b ootable (n on-s ystem ) diskett e in th e floppy

dr ive? Remove or replace it with a system diskett e

an d press Ctr l-Alt -Del to res tar t th e sys tem .

Th e operat ing sys tem files m ay be d am aged or m iss in g.

In ser t th e s tar tu p disk you created du rin g Win dows 95 orWin dows 98 setu p into th e floppy dr ive an d p ress Ctrl-Alt-

Del to rest ar t th e system . Th is will diagnos e you r system

an d m ak e necessary fixes .

Nothing a pp ea rs on the sc reen.

Th e comp u ter’s power m an agemen t sys tem a u toma t ically

blan ks th e sc reen to save power . P ress a ny key to tu rn th e

display back on .




Cha pter 6 Troubleshooting 97

If press in g a key does n ot tu rn th e disp lay back on, twoth ings migh t be the cau se :

u Th e con tras t a n d/ or br igh tn ess level m ight be too low.

Press Fn-F12(u p ) a n d F n -F11(down ) to ad jus t th e

con tra st level (on ly for m odels with STN LCDs). Pres s

Fn-F9(down) an d Fn -F10(u p) to adjus t th e br igh tn ess

level.

u Th e display device migh t be set t o an externa l m onitor.

Press th e display toggle h ot key Fn -F5 to toggle th e

display back to the compu ter .

Image is not full-sc reen.

Mak e su re the resolu tion is set to 80 0x60 0. Right-cl ick on

your Win dows 95 or Win dows 98 d esktop a n d s elect

Propert ies to bring u p th e Disp lay Propert ies dialog box.

Th en c lick on th e Set t in gs tab to m ak e su re th e resolu t ion

is s e t to 800 x600. 64 0x480 resolu t ion is n ot fu ll-screen on

the compu ter or on a n exte rna l moni tor .

No audio from the comp uter.

u Th e volu m e ma y be m u ted. In Win dows 95 or Win dows

98 , look at the volu m e cont rol icon on th e task ba r. If it

is cross ed-ou t , c lick on th e icon an d d e-select the Mu te

option.

u The sp eakers m ay be tu rn ed off. P ress Fn -F6 to turn

the sp eakers on (th i s hot key a l so tu rn s th e speakers

off).

u Th e volu m e level m a y be too low. In Win dows 9 5 or

Win dows 98 , look at th e volu m e con trol icon on t h e

ta sk ba r. Click on th e icon an d adju st th e level. You can

also press Fn -F7(down) an d Fn -F8(u p) to adjus t th e

volume.

If h eadph ones , ea rphon es or exte rna l speakers a re

con n ected to th e lin e-ou t port on th e com pu ter’s r igh t

pa n el, the in tern al speak er au toma t ical ly tu rn s off.




98 User’s Guide

The ke yb oa rd does not respo nd.

Try a t t aching an exte rna l keyboard to th e PS/ 2 conn ector

on th e comp u ter’s rear . If it works , cont act you r dealer or

an au th orized service center a s th e in tern al keyboard cable

m ay be loose.

The seria l mouse doe s not work.

u Mak e su re th at th e ser ia l cable is p lu gged secu rely in to

th e ser ia l por t .

u Du ring POST, press F2 t o access th e Setu p Utility. Go to

th e Advan ced screen an d ver ify tha t th e ser ia l por t i s

ena bled a n d h as n o conflic ts with other ser ia l devices

(IrDA). See “Ad van ced ” on p a ge 86 for det a ils .

The p rinter does not work.

u Mak e su re tha t th e pr in ter is conn ected to a power

out le t an d i t is tu rn ed on .

u Mak e su re the p r in ter cable is conn ected secu rely to th e

com pu ter’s p ara lle l por t a n d th e correspon ding port on

the pr inter .

u Du ring POST, press F2 t o access th e Setu p Utility. Go to

th e Advan ced screen an d verify th at t h e par al lel port is

en ab led. See “Advan ced” on p age 86 for deta ils .

I prefer using an external keyb oard and mo use, but bo th

have PS/ 2 connec tors and there is only one PS/ 2 po rt on the computer.

To conn ect two PS/ 2-type devices to the comp u ter, you

n eed to u se a PS/ 2 Y-bridge conn ector. See “PS/ 2 Y-Bridge

Cab le” on pa ge 56 for deta ils .

I want to set-up my loc ation to use the internal mod em .

To properly u se your com m u n ications software (e.g. ,

HyperTerm in al), you n eed to set-u p your location :





1 . Open th e Win dows 95 or Win dows 98 Con trol Pan el an ddou ble-click on th e Modem s icon .

2 . Click on Dialin g Propert ies an d b egin set t in g up you r

location.

I prefer to use a n external flop py drive and a printer

simultaneously.

To con n ect an extern al floppy dr ive an d a pr inter a t th e

sa m e t im e, you n eed to u se a p ar al lel cab le. See “Para llel

Cab le” on pa ge 57 for deta ils .



Error Messages

100 User’s Guide

Error MessagesIf you receive an error mess age, n ote the m essa ge an d ta ke

th e correct ive act ion . Th e followin g ta ble list s th e err or

m essa ges in a lph ab et ical order together with th e

recom m end ed cou rse of act ion .

Error Messages Correc tive Ac tion

CMOS Ba ttery Ba d Conta c t your d ea ler or an

authorized service center.

CMOS Chec ksum Error Conta ct your d ea ler or a n


Disk Boot Fa ilure Insert a system d isk in d rive A,

then press Enter.

Disket te Drive Controller Error

or No Controller Present

Conta c t your d ea ler or an


Diskette Drive Error Conta c t your d ea ler or an


Diskette Drive Type Misma tc h Press F2 (d uring POST) to

rec onfigure the c omp uter.

Equipment C onfigurat ion Error Press F2 (during POST) to


Hard Disk 0 Error Conta c t your d ea ler or an


Hard Disk 0 Extend ed Typ e

Error

Conta c t your d ea ler or an


I/ O Parity Error Conta c t your d ea ler or an


Insert syste m d isket te a nd

press <Ente r> key to reb oot

Insert a syste m d isk in drive A,

then press Enter.



Error Messages


Keyboard Error or No

Keyboa rd Connec ted

Conta c t your de aler or an


Keyb oa rd Interfa c e Error C onta c t yo ur d ea ler or a n


Mem ory Size Mism atc h Enter a nd then exit the Syste m

Co nfigura tion Setup in the

Setup ut ility (p ressing F2 duringPOST).

Missing o pe ra ting syste m C orre c t the HDD typ e and

reb oo t. See the spec ific a tion

lab el atta c hed to ha rd d isk

d rive. We suggest you set the

HDD type to [Auto ] fo r hard d isk

drive a uto-detec tion.

Non-system disk or disk error.

Rep lac e a nd strike any key

when rea dy

Insert a syste m d isk in drive A,

then press Enter.

Pointing Devic e Error Contac t your dea ler or an


Pointing Devic e Interface Error Contac t your dea ler or an


Pro te cte d Mo de Te st Fa il C onta c t yo ur d ea le r o r a n


RAM BIOS Ba d Contac t your dea ler or an


RAM Parity Error Contac t your dea ler or an


Re al-Tim e C lo c k Erro r Pre ss F2 (d uring PO ST) to





Error Messages

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If you st i ll en cou n ter pr oblem s a fter goin g th rou gh th e

correct ive mea su res , pleas e con tact your dealer or an

au th orized service center for ass is ta n ce. Some problem s

m ay be solved u sing th e BIOS Setu p Utility. See “Setu p

Utility” on pa ge 81 .

Video RAM BIOS Ba d Conta c t your d ea ler or a n





103

Th is a pp en dix lis ts th e genera l specificat ions of you r

computer .

Microprocessor

Int el Mob ile Modu le (IMM) with :

u Intel Pentium® processor with MMX™ technology

u In tegrated 2 56 KB Level 2 cach e mem ory

Memory

u 16MB m ain m emory expan da ble to 80 MB

u On e 14 4-pin soDIMM socket (SDRAM mem ory type)

u 64-bit du a l m emory ban ks

u 256KB Flash ROM BIOS

Data Storag e

u One 2 .5-in ch , 9 .5mm ha rd d isk

Displa y and Video

u 8.0-inch Supertwist Nematic (STN) LCD, or 8.4-inch

h igh color Th in Film Tra n sist or (TFT) LCD

u 64 0x48 0 VGA resolu tion (8.0-inch STN) or 8 00 x600

SVGA res olu tion (8.4 -in ch TFT)

u In tegrated 12 8-bit grap h ics a ccelera tor (PCI) an d

1.1 MB EDO video m em ory

u Sim u ltan eous LCD an d CRT display

Audio

u 16 -bit s ter eo au dio (PnP ISA)

u 3-dimen s iona l soun d

u One speaker

Spec ifications

A



Spec ifications

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u Soun d Blas te r P ro- and Wind ows Sou nd Sys tem-compatible

u Separa te au dio ports for lin e-ou t an d m icrophon e-in

devices

Keybo ard and Pointing Devic e

u 83-/ 85-key Win dows keyboard

u Ergonomically-centered touchpad pointing device

I/ O Ports

u Two type II/ I or on e type III Card Bu s socket(s)

u One RJ -11 ph one jack

u On e DC-in jack (AC ad ap ter)

u On e FIR wireless comm u n ications port (IrDA-comp lian t)

u On e RS-232 ser ial port (UART16 55 0-com pa tible)

u On e pa ra llel port (ECP-com plian t) or extern al FDD port

u One extern al m oni tor port (DDC 2.0-com plian t)

u One keyboard/ mou se por t (PS / 2-comp at ib le )

u One sp eaker -ou t jack

u One m icrophon e-in jack

u One USB port

Weight and Dime nsions

u 1.32 kg (2.9 lbs )

u 236 x 175 x 36 m m (9 .29 x 6 .89 x 1 .42 in)

Tem pera ture

u Opera ting: 10 °C ~ 35 °C

u Non -oper at in g: -20 °C ~ +60°C



Spec ifications

Ap pend ix A Spec ifications 105

Humidity (non-c onde nsing)u Opera ting: 20 % ~ 80 % RH

u Non-oper at in g: 20 % ~ 80 % RH

System

u Win dows 95 or h igher operat ing sys tem

Battery Pac k

u 16.2-WattHou r Lith iu m -Ion ba t tery pack

u Sma r t ba t t e ry m an agem ent t echn ology

u 2~3-h ou r ra pid ch ar ge for Li-Ion.

AC Adapter

u 36-Watt

u Au to sen s ing 100~24 0Vac, 50 ~60Hz

Options

u 16- / 32- / 64-MB SDRAM mem ory u pgrade modu le

u Higher-capa city ha rd disk d r ive

u PS/ 2 Y-cable for extern al mou se an d keyboard

u Para llel cable for extern al floppy d rive a n d prin ter

u Addit iona l AC ad ap ter a n d ba t tery pack

u External PCMCIA CD-ROM drive (optional)



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Index 107

AAC ada pter

car ing for xviiiconnect ing xv

Advanced Power Man agemen t 4 3

APM. See Advanced Power

Management

aud io

connecting externally 52

Bba t te ry

instal l ing xivbat tery pack

battery-low warning 32car ing for xixcharacter is t ics 3 2

cha rgin g m odes 34ch ecking ch ar ge level 3 5instal l ing 33low conditions 3 8optimizing 36removing 3 3u sing the f irs t t im e 32

boot order

sett in g in Notebook

Manager 7 4sett in g in Setu p Utility 85

brightness

sett in g in Notebook

Manager 8 0

Ccap s lock

on in dicator 6care

AC ada pter

AC ada ptercar in g for xviii

bat tery pa ck xixcompute r xviii

cleaning

compute r xixcompute r

brin gin g to meetings 63car ing for xviii

cleaning xixconnect ing xivdisconnect ing 62features 2information 73microphone 6moving a roun d 6 3on indicator 6power m an agem ent 39securi ty 28sett in g up a h ome office 6 5t ak ing hom e 6 4t ra velin g in tern at iona lly 6 7tra velin g on local trips 6 6t roubleshoot ing 95tu rn in g on xv

connect ions

AC ada pter xvaud io 5 2

compute r xivfile tra n sfer cab le 5 8flopp y drive, extern al 18keyboard , extern al 4 7keypad, external 4 8m o u s e , PS / 2 49mou se , se r ia l 50printer 5 1PS/ 2 y-br idge cab le 56

USB 5 5

Index



Index

108 User’s Guide

cont ras tsetting in Notebook

Manager 8 0

Dda t e

sett ing in Setu p Uti lity 82display

au to-d im fea tu re 3 9

h ot keys 12opening an d c los in g 4performance 4power m an agem ent 4, 39set ting b oot device in

Notebook Man ager 7 9setting in Notebook

Manager 7 9s imul taneous 4switch ing d evice in

Notebook Man ager 7 9t roubleshoot ing 9 6 , 9 7

Eerror messages 100Externa l 4 9

F

FAQ. See frequ en tly-as kedques t ions

file transfer cable

connect ing 58FIR. See infrar ed

flopp y dr ive 1 7frequen t ly-as ked qu es t ions 96

Hha rd d is k

upgrade 6 0help

In te rn e t hom e page xvionlin e h elp xvisu pp ort in forma t ion xvii

Heuristic Power

Management 91Hibernat ion mode 41

condit ions 42enter ing 4 2h ot key 1 1resu m in g from 4 2utility 7 1

h ot keys 1 1HPM. See Heu ristic Power

Management

Iin dicator lights 6infrared 1 9ITW. See war ra n ty

Kkeyboard 8

embedded n u m er ic keypad 9

hotkeys 1 1lock k eys 8t roubleshoot ing 9 8Win dows keys 10

keypad

connecting externally 48

LLEDs 6



Index

Index 109

Mm edia a ctivity

on in dicator 6memory

configurations 5 9upgrad ing 59

messages

error 10 0modem 23

monitorconnect ing 46m o u s e

connecting externally 49t roubleshoot ing 9 8

NNotebook Man ager 72-80

Boot Sequen ce 7 4

Display Device 79In form a tion Viewer 73Password 7 5Power Man agemen t 78s ta r t ing 7 2

n u m lock 13on in dicator 6

n u mer ic keypad

embedded 9

Ooptions

cables 5 6ha rd d is k u pgrade 60memory upgrade 5 9PC Card s 53spa re AC ada pter 5 6spa re ba t t e ry pack 5 6

Ppa lm res t 14password 28

ch an gin g in Setu p Utility 9 0

checkin g du rin g boot 89checking du r in g resu m e 8 9rem ovin g in Setu p Utility

9 0

sett in g in Notebook Manager 76-77sett ing in Setu p Utility 89

PC Car d 23ejecting 24inser t ing 2 4

peripherals

power m an agem ent 39PhDISK 71ports 1 9

rea r 19right 2 2

power

managing in Notebook

Manager 7 8m an agin g in Setu p Ut ility

9 1tu rn in g on xv

power m an agem ent

advanced 43per iph era l s t an dby modes 4 0

power man agemen t modes

disp lay s tand by mode 39ha rd d is k s t and by 40hiberna t ion m ode 4 1s tandby modes 40

printer

connect ing 51t roubleshoot ing 98



Index

problems 95display 9 6keyboard 9 8ser ia l mouse 98s t a r t u p 9 6

PS / 2 m ou s e

connect ing 49PS/ 2 y-br idge cab le

connect ing 56

Qques t ions

m u lt iple PS/ 2 d evices 98sett in g location for m odem

u s e 9 8

Ssafety

FCC n otice vigenera l in s t ru ct ions

viii, xiiil i thium bat tery xi, xixi t

navigating 8 1Power Saving menu 91Securi ty menu 88

software

bund l ed 7 0speakers

h ot keys 1 2

T

t imesett in g in Setu p Uti lity 82

Uutility

BIOS Setu p 81-94Notebook Man ager 72-80PhDISK 7 1

Ww ar ran ty

In tern at ion a l Tra veler’s

Warranty

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