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Hardware and Software

Guide

HP Compaq Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 393677-002

June 2005

This guide explains how to identify and use the notebook

hardware features, including connectors and external devices.

It also includes security, software, and specification information.

Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft

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trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company

under license.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The

only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express

warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing

herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall

not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Hardware and Software Guide

HP Compaq Notebook Series

Second Edition June 2005

First Edition April 2005

Document Part Number: 393677-002

Contents

1 Notebook Features

Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2

Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

Buttons and Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13

Wireless Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15

Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20

Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–23

Additional Hardware Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–26

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–27

2Power

Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4

Standby and Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5

Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

Initiating Standby, Hibernation or Shutdown . . . . . . . . . 2–7

When You Leave Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7

When the Power Supply Is Uncertain . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

When Using Infrared Communication

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or Drive Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

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Default Power Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9

Turning the Notebook or Display On or Off . . . . . . 2–10

Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11

Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation. . . . . . . . . 2–12

Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . 2–14

Power Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14

Accessing the Power Options Properties. . . . . . . . . 2–15

Displaying the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15

Setting or Changing a Power Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16

Using a Security Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16

Processor Performance Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17

Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–19

Identifying Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–20

Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack. . . . 2–21

Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23

Charging a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24

Charging an In-Use Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24

Monitoring the Charge of a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . 2–25

Obtaining Accurate Charge Information . . . . . . . . . 2–25

Displaying Charge Information on the Screen . . . . 2–25

Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27

Identifying Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27

Resolving Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–28

Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29

When to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29

How to Calibrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29

Conserving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–33

Conserving Power As You Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–33

Selecting Power Conservation Settings . . . . . . . . . . 2–34

Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–35

Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–36

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3 Pointing Devices and Keyboard

Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

TouchPad (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1

Pointing Stick (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Using an External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

Setting Mouse Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . 3–7

Initiating Standby (fn+f3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

Switching Displays (fn+f4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Viewing Battery Charge Information (fn+f8) . . . . . . 3–9

Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9). . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10) . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

Displaying System Information (fn+esc) . . . . . . . . 3–10

Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards . . . . . . . . 3–10

Quick Launch Buttons (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . 3–11

Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Using an External Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

4 Multimedia

Audio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . 4–4

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5

Video Features (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Using the S-Video-out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7

Connecting a Monitor or Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8

Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10

Enabling AutoPlay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Using Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

Using WinDVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

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