ASUSTeK COMPUTER S200N User manual

Notebook PC User’s Manual
Version: E1082 Version 1.00
Date of Release: August 2002

Please note that operation of this device in US is limited to Channels 1-11. The end user does
not have any method of selecting a “country code” which may allow transmission outside of the
legally permitted range.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
The user that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This Notebook has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines

°∞ Take short breaks
periodically; shake your
wrists, shoulders and
neck.
°∞ Keep both hands
lax and loose. Do not
hit the keyboard
heavily. Always keep
your wrists supported.
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Safety Information
°∞ Adjust the monitor to the
most comfortable angle. Do
not use your computer in
dark or reflective light areas.
°∞ Keep you head and
neck straight. Always
keep yourself in a comfort-
able position.
°∞ Keep your thighs par-
allel to the ground and al-
low both feet to contact
the ground comfortably.
°∞ Use a chair de-
signed to support your waist.
Keep your spine straight and
lean your back into the chair.
°∞ Keep your eyes away
from the monitor, approxi-
mately 50 – 70 cm. Adjust
the height of the desk to
keep the monitor lower than
your eyes. Blink your eyes as
you like to refresh vision.

Safety Information
1. Do not touch or press the monitor.
2. Do not use your Notebook PC in a dusty or dirty area.
(Dust may cause system malfunction)
3. Do not place your Notebook PC on an unstable surface.
4. In order not to damage the monitor, do not pile books,
papers or other heavy items on your Notebook PC. Do not
close the cover of your Notebook PC heavily.
5. Keep your Notebook PC away from magnetic objects (such
as amplifiers and TVs). Do not place diskettes in front of
or above your Notebook PC. Otherwise, the
electromagnetic interference may destroy the data in
the diskettes.
6. Keep your Notebook PC away from direct sunshine,
especially cars under direct sunshine.
7. Keep your monitor away from excessively cold or
excessively hot areas Otherwise, you may have a hard
time turning on your Notebook PC.
8. Keep your Notebook PC and its accessories away from
water or moisture.
9. Keep the battery away from fire. Do not throw the battery
into fire. The battery may explode. Please recycle the waste
battery.
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Safety Information
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°∞ When Notebook PC is in use or being charged, the heat generated by the
system flows to the surface of the Notebook PC. To prevent high temperatures
from affecting your health, do not place your Notebook PC on your knees or
any part of your body.
°∞ Make sure that your Notebook PC bag is equipped with cushions to
prevent collision. Do not place too many objects in bags with your Notebook
PC. This may damage Notebook PC.
°∞ Make sure that the ventilation holes are open when your Notebook PC is in
use. To prevent the ventilation holes from being clogged, do not use your
Notebook PC on a soft, uneven or cushioned desk.
°∞ If your Notebook PC is temporarily not in use, please pull down the cover of
monitor to activate the pause mode, thereby saving energy, prolonging the life
of the monitor and keeping dust away.
°∞ Make sure that all peripheral devices are connected properly before
you turn on your Notebook PC.
°∞ Turn off the power before your install or remove the peripheral devices
that do not support warm plugging/unplugging.
°∞ Do not use your Notebook PC when you are driving. It may distract you and
cause danger.
°∞ Do not use a transformer not contained in your Notebook PC box. Do not use
the transformer of your Notebook PC for other purposes, because the circuits
of the transformer are designed in a different way and may damage the parts.
°∞ Do not eat while you are typing on your Notebook PC. Do not place any drinks
beside your Notebook PC. These may cause malfunction.
°∞ Do not insert anything into your Notebook PC. You may cause a short-circuit
or destroy the circuit.
°∞ Do not touch the monitor screen with your fingers. Please use the specially
made cloth to wipe the screen.
°∞ Do not use your Notebook PC if your palms are wet. Water may dip into the
keyboard and destroy the parts inside your Notebook PC. Make sure your
palms are dry and clean before you use your Notebook PC.
°∞ Do not place your Notebook PC on heated objects, such as microwave ovens
and electric warmers.
°∞ Keep your Notebook PC away from steam generated by electric appliances,
such as rice cookers and hot water pots.
°∞ Use your Notebook PC in dry areas. The minerals contained in rainwater,
moisture and liquid may corrode electronic circuits.
°∞ Do not use your Notebook PC in wet areas, such as bathrooms. Do not leave
your Notebook PC in the bathroom.
°∞ Do not throw your Notebook PC and its components. Keep your Notebook PC
on a steady desktop and out of children’s reach.

Safety Information
°∞ If you use an extension cord to connect power, do not use other electric appli
ances at the same time, especially ones that consume high-levels of electricity,
such as electric warmers. This avoids electrical overuse and prevents the
power cord from burning.
°∞ Do not dismantle your Notebook PC by yourself. If you have anyone other
than our certified technician dismantle your Notebook PC, your warranty will
be void.
°∞ Do not use your Notebook PC when during airplane take off or landing. Do not
use your Notebook PC beside medical equipment.
°∞ If you listen to music with earphones, do not put the volume too high in order
not to damage your ears. Please lower the volume before you put on the
earphones.
°∞ If any of following happens, please turn off the power and contact our repair r
epresentatives immediately:
° The power cord is damaged or worn out.
° Liquid penetrated into your Notebook PC.
° Your Notebook PC dropped on the ground or its shell is damaged.
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If your operation system crashes and doesn’t function at all, you should press the
power switch longer than 4 seconds to forcibly turn off your computer system.
Do not throw away your Notebook PC box. You may need the box to protect your
Notebook PC if you ship your Notebook PC in the future.
The warranty is 2 years for your Notebook PC. However, the warranty for the wearable
parts, such as battery, is 1 year.
If your power cord consists of a 3-hole plug and grounding cord, be sure to connect
your power cord to a 3-hole plug-in.
The level of support provided for your Notebook PC varies, depending on the operation
systems. An operation system not pre-loaded on your Notebook PC may not have full
support.

Contents
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Chapter 1: Get to know your Notebook PC
1-1 Introduction to the components of your Notebook PC ................................................. 10
Front view .................................................................................................................. 10
Open the top cover .................................................................................................... 10
Rear view ................................................................................................................... 11
Top view ..................................................................................................................... 12
Bottom view ............................................................................................................... 13
Left view ..................................................................................................................... 14
Right view .................................................................................................................. 15
1-2 Security function .......................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 2: Before you use your Notebook PC
2-1 Connect the battery ..................................................................................................... 18
Removing Battery ...................................................................................................... 19
2-2 Connect the transformer .............................................................................................. 20
2-3 Power on ...................................................................................................................... 21
2-4 Install the operation system ......................................................................................... 22
Left View of Notebook PC .......................................................................................... 22
2-5 LED Indicator ...............................................................................................................23
Chapter 3: Using the Notebook PC
3-1 Basic use of computer ................................................................................................. 26
3-2 LCD and brightness adjustment .................................................................................. 27
3-3 Using the joystick ......................................................................................................... 28
Using the joystick ....................................................................................................... 28
Maintenance of joystick ............................................................................................. 30
3-4 How to use the keyboard ............................................................................................. 30
WindowsTM function keys ......................................................................................... 30
Using combined function keys ................................................................................... 31
How to use number keys ........................................................................................... 32
How to use direction keys .......................................................................................... 32
3-5 How to use the PC card ............................................................................................... 33
32-byte CardBus ........................................................................................................ 33

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Inserting a PC card .................................................................................................... 34
Ejecting the PC card .................................................................................................. 35
3-6 How to use a memory card .......................................................................................... 37
Inserting the memory card ......................................................................................... 37
Ejecting the memory card .......................................................................................... 37
3-7 Multimedia sound effect system .................................................................................. 38
Adjust volume ............................................................................................................ 38
3-8 USB interface ...............................................................................................................38
3-9 Modem & Local Area Network ..................................................................................... 39
How to use ................................................................................................................. 39
Connect to household phone ..................................................................................... 40
Connect to pay phone ................................................................................................ 40
Chapter 4 Power system
4-1 AC Power System ........................................................................................................ 42
4-2 Battery Power System ................................................................................................. 42
Using Battery Power .................................................................................................. 43
Checking Battery Power ............................................................................................ 43
Charging the Battery Pack ......................................................................................... 44
4-3 Power Management Modes ......................................................................................... 45
Full Power Mode & Maximum Performance .............................................................. 45
ACPI .......................................................................................................................... 45
Suspend Mode........................................................................................................... 46
Power Savings ........................................................................................................... 46
Power State Summary ............................................................................................... 46
Thermal Power Control .............................................................................................. 47

This manual is divided into 4 chapters as follows:
Chapter 1: Get to know your Notebook PC Description of the parts and features of
the computer as well as caution and maintenance tips
Chapter 2: Before you use your Notebook PC Preparation before using the Notebook
PC as well as turning on/off the Notebook PC
Chapter 3: Using your Notebook PC Basic use of the Notebook PC
Chapter 4: Power system Power supply, energy administration & setup
To avoid loss resulting from improper use, read the safety information at the
beginning of this manual.
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Warning: improper use is prohibited to avoid any loss resulting from improper
use.
Caution: Improper use may affect your health and the Notebook PC. Users
are advised to be extremely cautious.
Key points: contains important information, general caution, description of
terms, common sense related to the PC, and reference information.
About the manual
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Chapter 1: Get to know your Notebook PC
1-1 Introduction to the components of your Notebook PC
1-2 Security functions
Chapter 1

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1-1 Introduction to the components of
your Notebook PC
Do not connect the power cord directly away taking it your Notebook PC out of
the box. Let’s take a look at the components of your Notebook PC.
Front view
Top cover latch
Opening the top cover
Open the top cover in the same manner as you would open a car door or a
biscuit box. Hold the Notebook PC with one hand. Press the lower edge of the top
cover latch with the thumb of the other hand; then open the top cover.
Do not connect the power cord right away after you take your Notebook PC out of
the box. Let’s take a look at the components of your Notebook PC.

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Rear view
Battery receptacle
Your Notebook PC comes with a built-in battery. There is a battery receptacle on the
back of the unit to connect a second battery. Cover the battery recep-
tacle if you don not wish to connect the second battery.

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Top view
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LCD
Power switch
All-purpose keyboard
Joystick
Speaker
Indicator
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Direction key
Left key
Speaker
Indicator
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Bottom view
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Battery switch
Ventilation holes
Memory expansion socket
Ventilation holes
Ventilation holes
Battery lock
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Left view
SD/MMC memory receptacle
Burglarproof socket
1394 portal
Reset
Ventilation holes
PC card receptacle
PC card eject
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Chapter 1: Get to know your Notebook PC
Right view
Speaker out
Mic in
USB portal
USB portal
Indicator out
Network line receptacle (RJ-45)
Telephone line receptacle (RJ-11)
Power receptacle
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1-2 Security function
Your Notebook PC comes with double security functions described as below:
°∞ Hard disk security: user can set a password for the hard disk on the Security
menu of BIOS. In the POST process, the system will ask if your hard disk has a
password. If someone else intends to use your hard disk without the password,
this person will not be able to turn on the computer and your data will be safe.
°∞ System security: you can also set a user’s password at the Security
menu of the BIOS. You will be asked to enter the system administrator’s
password each time you turn on the Notebook PC or enter the BIOS. Therefore,
unauthorized users are prohibited from using your Notebook PC.If you have set
both passwords, each time you turn on your Notebook PC, the system will ask
you to enter the hard disk password first; and then ask you to enter the system
password. (You can use different passwords for the hard disk and the system.)

Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Before you use your Notebook PC
2-1 Connect the battery
2-2 Connect the transformer
2-3 Turn on the power
2-4 Install the operation system
2-5 Check the system restoration process
2-6 Check the LED indicator

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2-1 Connect the battery
There are two types of power supplies for your Notebook PC – transformer
and battery. You can use the later whenever you are away from home and have no
access to AC power. Always use a transformer when you are at home or at work.
Your Notebook PC comes with a built-in battery and is equipped with a charge-
able battery. When you open the box, you will find that the battery in the accessory
box is not installed in your Notebook PC. Follow these steps to install
the battery:
Step 1: Place your Notebook PC on a desk with the bottom side facing up (Do not
place your Notebook PC on a rough desktop to avoid scratching the top)
Step 2: Move the fixing-switch of the battery to [Open ].
Step 3: Follow the arrow sign and move to the back of the Notebook PC.
Step 4: As soon as you hear a click sound, press the battery switch to [Close ].
The battery should be tightly held in place.
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Fixing-switch of battery Spring-switch of battery
If you use a chargeable battery, please pay attention to following instructions: 1) Do
not dismantle the battery; 2) Do not contact metal or electric conductors to avoid
short-circuits; 3) Avoid rain and do not place battery in water; 4) Keep battery out of
children’s reach.
Once the Notebook PC is connected to the transformer, the battery inside the Notebook
PC will charge until the battery is fully charged.

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If the Notebook PC is connected to the battery (Not connected to the transformer)
and the power is on, the power indicator turns green. If the Notebook PC is off or on
standby, the indicator will be off. Do not remove the battery if the power indicator is
green. Otherwise, data will be lost.
To Remove Battery
Follow these steps to remove battery:
Step 1: Turn off the Notebook PC and remove all connection lines.
Step 2: Place your Notebook PC on the desk with the bottom side facing up (Do not
place your Notebook PC on a rough desktop to avoid scratching the top).
Step 3: Move the switch of the battery to [Open ].
Step 4: Follow the arrow sign shown in Fig. 2 and press the spring-switch of the
battery to [Open ] with one hand; and press toward the arrow sign shown
in Fig. 3 with the other hand simultaneously to remove the battery.