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Maintenance, Shipping and Travel

Compaq Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 267637-001

April 2002

This guide explains how to maintain your notebook, provides

steps for routine care, and includes guidelines to prepare the

notebook for shipping or traveling.

Compaq, the Compaq logo, Evo, and Presario are trademarks of Compaq

Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All

other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective

companies.

Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions

contained herein. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of any

kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for Compaq

products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying

such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional

warranty.

Maintenance, Shipping and Travel

First Edition April 2002

Document Part Number: 267637-001

Contents

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Maintaining Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing a Retail Version of an Operating System . . . 1

Virus Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Backup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Maintaining Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Monitoring Notebook Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cleaning Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cleaning the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Cleaning the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cleaning the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cleaning an External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparing the Notebook for Shipping or Travel. . . . . . . . . 10

Traveling with the Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Maintaining Your Software

Compaq recommends that you install all software updates as they

become available. However, if your system is connected to a

network, you may need to confer with your Information Services

department before updating system ROM.

For details on maintaining or restoring your software and

instructions on downloading updates, refer to the Software Guide

on this CD.

Installing a Retail Version of an Operating

System

The Windows operating system included in the Restore CD is

enhanced by Compaq. The enhancements provide added

functionality for power management, security, the use of drives

and PC Cards.

a retail version will result in the loss of enhancements added by

Compaq. In some cases, it may result in system lockups and loss of

unsaved information. In other cases, complete USB support will

become unavailable.

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Ä CAUTION: Replacing a Compaq enhanced operating system with

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Virus Protection

If you use the notebook for email or to access the World Wide

Web, you risk infecting the system with a computer virus. You

can protect the notebook from infection by installing antivirus

software.

Several products available on the market will detect the virus,

destroy it, and repair any damage it causes. Contact your

authorized Compaq retailer for details.

Backup Utilities

To protect the information on your notebook and retrieve lost or

damaged files, you should back up your files regularly to

diskettes or other backup media.

To do a partial backup of selected files or folders, use backup

devices such as diskettes. To do a complete hard drive backup,

use tape drives or other high-capacity backup devices. Contact

your authorized Compaq retailer for details.

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