Compaq 800 series User manual

Presario Mobile Internet PC

Beyond Setup Guide

800 Series

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Compaq Presario Mobile Internet PC 800 Series

First Edition (January 2001)

Part Number 209713-371

CONTENTS

PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE CONTENTS-I

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Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Where Can I Find Information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Printed Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Symbols and Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Disconnecting Your Notebook

from the Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Chapter 2 Your Notebook at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Front of Your Presario Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Components on Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Lower Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Internet Zone Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

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Left Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Components on Left Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Diskette, and CD, DVD, or CD-RW

Drive for Left Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Right Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Components on Right Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Components on Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Underside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Components on Underside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Chapter 3 Using Your Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Power On! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Plugging and Unplugging AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Turning Your Notebook On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Using Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Optimizing Processor Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Using the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse . . . . . . . . 3-6

Tapping and Double-Tapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Edge Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Changing Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Adjusting Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Internet Zone Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Reprogramming the Internet Zone Buttons . . . . . . 3-11

Disabling the Internet Zone Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

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Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Identifying Your Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Using the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Communication Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Using the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Using the LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Infrared Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Connecting an IR Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Using the Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Chapter 4 Common Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

Anti-Virus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Using Anti-Virus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Recognizing a Computer Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Removing a Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Adding and Removing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Attaching Hardware Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Chapter 5 Using the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1

CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Connecting the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Removing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Manually Ejecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

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Audio CDs and Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Playing Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Playing Non-DVD Video Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Using the DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Using "Regionalized" DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Video Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Showing and Hiding the DVD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Zooming the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

CD-RW Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Installing Adaptec Easy CD CreatorTM 4 . . . . . . . . 5-14

Using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Preventing Buffer Underrun Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Accessing Easy CD Creator 4 User Information . . 5-20

Chapter 6 Let's Go Surfing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

What is Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

What is the World Wide Web? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

What is a Browser? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Using Microsoft Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

Search Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Choosing a Search Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Using a Search Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Searching on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

Accessing Files from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE CONTENTS-V

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Chapter 7 Caring for Your Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1

Battery Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Using the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Storing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Recycling the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Battery Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Calibrating the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Maximizing Battery Operating Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Fixing a Low-Battery Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Saving Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

What is Power Management? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Chapter 8 Service and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Preventive Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleaning Your Notebook's Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleaning the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Cleaning the Display Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Cleaning the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Caring for Your Presario Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Backup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Using Backup Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Hard Disk Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Using ScanDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Using Disk Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Deleting Stored Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Defragmenting Your Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

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Hard Disk Space Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Checking the Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Deleting Unnecessary Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Using the Recycling Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

System Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

Compaq Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

System Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Internet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Chapter 9 Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Basic Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Finding Solutions Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

General Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Display Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Questions about Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Questions about Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Questions about Peripherals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Questions about Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

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Solution Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Audio and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Battery and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

Mass-Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Game and Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19

Keyboard and TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Memory and PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Glossary

Index

CONTENTS-VIII PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE

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