HP Compaq 516 Manual

Compaq 516 Notebook PC
Compaq 515 Notebook PC
Compaq 511 Notebook PC
Compaq 510 Notebook PC
Maintenance and Service Guide
Document Part Number: 534271-001
June 2009
This guide is a troubleshooting reference used for maintaining and servicing the computer. It provides
comprehensive information on identifying computer features, components, and spare parts; troubleshooting
computer problems; and performing computer disassembly procedures.

© Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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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.
First Edition: June 2009
Document Part Number:534271-001

Safety warning notice
ÅWARNING: To reduce the possibility of heat-related injuries or of overheating the computer, do not place the computer directly
on your lap or obstruct the computer air vents. Use the computer only on a hard, flat surface. Do not allow another hard surface,
such as an adjoining optional printer, or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or clothing, to block airflow. Also, do not allow
the AC adapter to contact the skin or a soft surface, such as pillows or rugs or clothing, during operation. The computer and the
AC adapter comply with the user-accessible surface temperature limits defined by the International Standard for Safety of
Information Technology Equipment (IEC 60950).

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Contents
1 Product description
2 External component identification
Top components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Display components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Buttons, switch, and speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Pointing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Front components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Right-side components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Left-side components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
Bottom components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
3 Illustrated parts catalog
Service tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Computer major components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2
Plastics Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Display assembly subcomponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
Mass storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Miscellaneous parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
Sequential part number listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
4 Removal and replacement procedures
Preliminary replacement requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Service considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Grounding guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Component replacement procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Service tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
Computer feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
WLAN module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16
Optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
Keyboard and switch cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20

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Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
Display assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–25
Top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32
Bluetooth module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–34
System board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–36
Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–38
RTC battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–40
Modem module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–42
Heat sink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–44
Modem module cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–48
Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–49
5 Computer Setup
Computer Setup for computer models equipped with an AMD processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Starting Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Using Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Computer Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Computer Setup for computer models equipped with an Intel processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Starting Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Using Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Computer Setup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
6 Specifications
Computer specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
14.0-in display specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Hard drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
DVD±RW and CD-RW SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
DVD-ROM Drive specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
System DMA specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
System memory map specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
System interrupt specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
System I/O address specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

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7 Screw listing
Phillips PM2.0×6.0 captive screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Phillips PM2.5×11.0 captive screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Phillips PM3.0×4.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Black Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Silver Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Slotted Torx T8M2.5×8.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Phillips PM2.0×3.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Phillips PM2.0×3.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Phillips PM2.0×2.0 broadhead screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Phillips PM2.0×3.0 broadhead screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Phillips PM2.5×8.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Phillips PM2.5×6.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14
Phillips PM2.5×5.0 screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16
Phillips PM2.5×9.0 captive screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17
Phillips PM2.0×5.0 captive screw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19
8 Backup and recovery
Backup and recovery in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Backing up your information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Performing a recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Using the Windows recovery tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Using f11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4
Using a Windows Vista operating system DVD (purchased separately) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4
Backup and recovery in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–5
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–5
Backing up your information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–5
Performing a recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6
9 Connector pin assignments
Audio-in (microphone). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1
Audio-out (headphone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1
External monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2
RJ-11 (modem). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3
RJ-45 (network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3
Universal Serial Bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–4

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10Power cord set requirements
Requirements for all countries and regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–1
Requirements for specific countries and regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–2
11Recycling
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–1
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–1
Index

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Product description
Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC
Product Name Compaq 516 Notebook PC x
Compaq 515 Notebook PC x
Compaq 511 Notebook PC x
Compaq 510 Notebook PC x
Processors AMD® processors:
■Turion™ RM-74 2.20-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 Cache
■Turion RM-72 2.10-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 Cache
■Athlon™ QL-64 2.10-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 Cache
■Athlon QL-62 2.00-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 Cache
■Sempron™ SI-42 2.10-GHz
processor, 512-KB L2 Cache
xx
Intel® processors:
■Intel Core™2 Duo T5870
2.00-GHz processor, 2-MB L2
cache, 800-MHz front side bus
(FSB)
■Intel Celeron™ 560 2.13-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 cache,
533-MHz FSB
■Intel Celeron 550 2.00-GHz
processor, 1-MB L2 cache,
533-MHz FSB
■Intel Celeron Dual-Core T1500
1.86-GHz processor, 512-KB
L2 cache, 533-MHz FSB
xx
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Product description
Chipset AMD with graphics subsystem
with discrete memory: RX781
x
AMD with graphics subsystem
with UMA memory: RS780MN
x
Intel with graphics subsystem with
discrete memory: PM965
x
Intel with graphics subsystem with
UMA memory and processor with
up to 800-MHz FSB: GME965
x
Intel with graphics subsystem with
UMA memory and processor with
up to 533-MHz FSB: GLE960
x
Southbridge: ICH8m x x
Graphics AMD M92S2-LP (ATI Mobile
Radeon™ HD 4330) discrete
graphics with Hypermemory
support, 256 MB DDR2
(64 MB × 16 × 2)
xx
AMD Universal Memory
Architecture (UMA) graphics
(ATI Radeon HD 3200) integrated
with shared video memory
(dynamically allocated)
x
Intel UMA graphics (Mobile Intel
GMA X3100) integrated with
shared video memory
(dynamically allocated)
x
Panel ■14.0-in, high-definition (HD,
1366 × 768), AntiGlare,
light-emitting diode (LED)
display assembly with webcam
xxxx
■14.0-in, HD (1366 × 768),
AntiGlare,
LED display assembly
xxxx
■14.0-in, HD (1366 × 768),
BrightView,
LED display assembly
with webcam
xxxx
■14.0-in, HD (1366 × 768),
BrightView,
LED display assembly
xxxx
■14.0-in, HD (1366 × 768),
EMPC BrightView,
LED display assembly
with webcam
xxxx
■Supportsprivacyfilter xxxx
■All display assemblies include
2 WLAN antennas
xxxx
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

Product description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–3
Memory 2 customer-accessible/upgradable
memory module slots
Supports dual-channel memory
xxxx
Supports the following
configurations at 800 MHz and
667 MHz:
■8192-MB total system memory
(4096 × 2, dual-channel)
■4096-MB total system memory
(2048 × 2, dual-channel)
■4096-MB total system memory
(4096 × 1)
■3072-MB total system memory
(2048 + 1024, dual-channel)
■2560-MB total system memory
(2048 + 512, dual-channel)
■2048-MB total system memory
(1024 × 2, dual-channel)
■2048-MB total system memory
(2048 × 1)
■1536-MB total system memory
(1024 + 512, dual-channel)
■1024-MB total system memory
(512 × 2, dual-channel)
■1024-MB total system memory
(1024 × 1)
■512-MB total system memory
(512 × 1)
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

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Product description
Memory
(continued)
Supports the following
configurations at 667 MHz:
■4096-MB total system memory
(2048 × 2, dual-channel, only
on GME965 and PM965
system boards)
■4096-MB total system memory
(4096 × 1, only on GME965
and PM965 system boards)
■3072-MB total system memory
(2048 + 1024, dual-channel,
only on GME965 and PM965
system boards)
■2560-MB total system memory
(2048 + 512, dual-channel, only
on GME965 and PM965
system boards)
■2048-MB total system memory
(1024 × 2, dual-channel)
■2048-MB total system memory
(2048 × 1)
■1536-MB total system memory
(1024 + 512, dual-channel)
■1024-MB total system memory
(512 × 2, dual-channel)
■1024-MB total system memory
(1024 × 1)
■512-MB total system memory
(512 × 1)
xxxx
Hard drives Supports 9.50-mm, 6.35-cm
(2.50-in) hard drives
Supports HP DriveGuard
Hard Drive Protection
Customer-accessible
Serial ATA (SATA)
Supports the following hard
drives:
■500-GB, 5400-rpm
■320-GB, 5400-rpm
■250-GB, 7200- and 5400-rpm
■160-GB, 7200- and 5400-rpm
xxxx
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

Product description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–5
Optical drives 12.7-mm tray load
Serial ATA (SATA)
Fixed (removal of 1 screw
required)
Customer-accessible
Parallel ATA
Supports no-optical-drive option
Supports the following drives:
■DVD±RW and CD-RW
SuperMulti Double-Layer Drive
with LightScribe
■8X DVD-ROM Drive
xxxx
Microphone Integrated IDT92HD75
microphone
xxxx
Audio Singlemonospeaker xxxx
Headphonejack xxxx
Microphonejack xxxx
Webcam Integrated 2-megapixel webcam
with fixed focus
xxxx
Modem 56k,v.92data/faxmodem xxxx
Supportsnomodemoption xxxx
Ethernet Marvell 88E8042 10/100 network
interface card (NIC)
xxxx
S3/S4/S5 wake on LAN
(AC mode only)
xxxx
Power
requirements
90-W AC adapter x x
65-W AC adapter x x
6-cell, 2.20-Ah (47-Wh) Li-ion
battery
xxxx
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

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Product description
Wireless Integrated WLAN options by way
of wireless module
2 wireless antennas built into
display assembly
Supports no-WLAN option
Support for the following WLAN
formats:
■Broadcom 4322AGN
802.11a/b/g/n WLAN module
with Bluetooth®
■Broadcom 4322AGN
802.11a/b/g/n WLAN module
■Broadcom 4312G 802.11a/b/g
WLAN module with Bluetooth
■Broadcom 4312G 802.11a/b/g
WLAN module
xxxx
■Intel PRO/wireless 3945
802.11a/b/g WLAN module with
Bluetooth
■Intel PRO/wireless 3945
802.11a/b/g WLAN module
■Intel PRO/wireless 3945
802.11b/g WLAN module with
Bluetooth (for use in Jordan,
Kuwait, and the United Arab
Emirates only)
■Intel PRO/wireless 3945
802.11b/g WLAN module
(for use in Jordan, Kuwait, and
the United Arab Emirates only)
xx
External media
cards
One ExpressCard slot, supporting
optional ExpressCard/34 cards
SD Card Reader supporting
MultiMediaCard (MMC),
MultiMediaCard 4.2 (MMC Plus,
including MMC Plus HC), Secure
Digital (SD) Memory Card, Secure
Digital High Capacity (SDHC)
Memory Card, and Secure Digital
High Speed (SDHS) Memory Card
xxxx
Ports Audio-in(monomicrophone)xxxx
Audio-out (stereo headphone) x x
Multi-pinACpower xxxx
RJ-45 (Ethernet, includes link and
activity lights)
xxxx
RJ-11(modem) xxxx
USBv.2.0(3) xxxx
VGA (Dsub 15-pin) supporting
1600 × 1200 external resolution at
75 GHz
xxxx
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

Product description
Maintenance and Service Guide 1–7
Keyboard/
pointing
devices
Keyboard
TouchPad with 2 TouchPad
buttons
Supports 2-way scroll
Taps enabled as default
xxxx
Security Securitycableslot xxxx
Operating
system
Preinstalled with MS Basics:
■Windows Vista® Home Basic
(32 bit, English and
Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, English
and Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, Japanese only)
xxxx
Preinstalled with MS Office:
■Windows Vista Basic (32 bit)
with Office 2007 Ready
xxxx
■Windows Vista Home Basic
(32 bit) with Office 2007 Ready
without Powerpoint
(Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Home Basic
(32 bit) with Office 2007
Personal with Powerpoint
(Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Home Basic
(32 bit) with Office 2007
Professional (Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit) with Office 2007 Ready
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit) with Office 2007
Personal without Powerpoint
(Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit) with Office 2007
Personal with Powerpoint
(Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit) with Office 2007
Professional (Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, with Windows XP Pro
images) with Office 2007
Ready
xxxx
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Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

1–8 Maintenance and Service Guide
Product description
Operating
system
(continued)
Preinstalled with MS Office
(continued):
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, with Windows XP Pro
images) with Office 2007
Personal (Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, with Windows XP Pro
images) with Office 2007
Personal with Powerpoint
(Japanese only)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit, with Windows XP Pro
images) with Office 2007
Professional (Japanese only)
xxxx
Preinstalled:
■FreeDOS xxxx
■Red Flag Linux
(People’s Republic of China
only)
xxxx
Restore Media:
■Windows Vista Basic (32 bit)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(32 bit)
xxxx
■Windows Vista Business
(64 bit)
xxxx
■WindowsXPPro xxxx
■DRDVDWindowsVista xxxx
■DRDVDWindowsXPProxxxx
■SRDVD SUSE Linux x x
■Office Ready DVD xxxx
■Red Flag Linux
(People’s Republic of China
only)
xxxx
Certified:
■Microsoft® WHQL
xxxx
■SuSELinux xxxx
Serviceability End-user replaceable parts:
AC adapter
Battery (system)
Hard drive
Memory modules
Optical drive
WLAN module
xxxx
Category Description
Compaq 516
Notebook PC
Compaq 515
Notebook PC
Compaq 511
Notebook PC
Compaq 510
Notebook PC

Maintenance and Service Guide 2–1
2
External component identification
Top components
Display components
Item Component Description
(1) Wireless antennas (select
models only)
On select computer models, at least 2 antennas send and receive signals
from one or more wireless devices.
✎The antennas are not visible from the outside of the computer.
For optimal transmission, keep the areas immediately around the
antennas free from obstructions.
To see wireless regulatory notices, refer to the section of the
Regulatory,
Safety and Environmental Notices
that applies to your country or region.
These notices are located in Help and Support.
(2) Webcam light (select models only) On: The webcam is in use.
(3) Webcam (select models only) Records video and captures still photographs.
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External component identification
(4) Speaker Produces sound.
(5) Audio-out (headphone) jack Produces sound when connected to optional powered stereo speakers,
headphones, ear buds, a headset, or television audio.
✎When a device is connected to the headphone jack, the computer
speakers are disabled.
(6) Internal microphone Records sound.
(7) Audio-in (microphone) jack Connects an optional computer headset microphone, stereo array
microphone, or monaural microphone.
Item Component Description

External component identification
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–3
Buttons, switch, and speaker
Item Component Description
(1) Internal display switch Turns off the display if the panel lid is closed while the power is on.
(2) Wireless button Turns the wireless feature on or off but does not establish a
wireless connection.
✎You must set up or access a wireless network to establish a
wireless connection.
(3) Power button ■When the computer is off, press the button to turn on the computer.
■When the computer is on, press the button to shut down the computer.
■When the computer is in the Sleep state, press the button briefly to
exit Sleep.
■When the computer is in Hibernation, press the button briefly to
exit Hibernation.
If the computer has stopped responding and Windows shutdown procedures
are ineffective, press and hold the power button for at least 5 seconds to turn
off the computer.
To learn more about your power settings, select Start > Control Panel >
System and Maintenance > Power Options.
(4) Speaker Produces sound.

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External component identification
Keys
Item Component Description
(1) esc key Displays system information when pressed in combination with the fn key.
(2) fn key Executes frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with
a function key or the esc key.
(3) Windows logo key Displays the Windows Start menu.
(4) Windows applications key Displays a shortcut menu for items beneath the pointer.
(5) Embedded numeric keypad keys Can be used like the keys on an external numeric keypad.
(6) Function keys Execute frequently used system functions when pressed in combination with
the fn key.

External component identification
Maintenance and Service Guide 2–5
Lights
Item Component Description
(1) Caps lock light On: Caps lock is on.
(2) Wireless light ■Blue: An integrated wireless device, such as a wireless local area network
(WLAN) device and/or a Bluetooth® device, is on.
■Amber: All wireless devices are off.
(3) Power light ■On: The computer is on.
■Blinking: The computer is in the Sleep state.
■Off: The computer is off or in Hibernation.