HP Compaq Notebook series Mounting instructions

Hardware and Software
Guide
HP Compaq Notebook Series
Document Part Number: 368338-001
December 2004
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.

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Hardware and Software Guide
HP Compaq Notebook Series
First Edition December 2004
Reference Number: nx6110, nx6120, nc6110, and nc6120
Document Part Number: 368338-001

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Contents
1 Notebook Features
Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
Buttons and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
Wireless Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
Rear Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15
Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17
Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
Bottom Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21
Additional Hardware Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–24
2Power
Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Selecting a Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
When Using Infrared Communication
or Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8

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Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . 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 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
Accessing the Power Options Window . . . . . . . . . 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
Using Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–19
Identifying Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–20
Inserting or Removing a Primary Battery Pack . . . 2–21
Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
Charging the Primary Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
Charging an Optional Travel Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24
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 TouchPad and Keyboard
TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Using the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Using an External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Setting TouchPad Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Using Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Hotkey and Shortcut Key Quick Reference . . . . . . . 3–5
Initiating Standby (fn+f3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Switching Displays (fn+f4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Viewing Battery Charge Information (fn+f8). . . . . . 3–6
Decreasing Screen Brightness (fn+f9) . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Increasing Screen Brightness (fn+f10) . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Displaying System Information (fn+esc) . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Using Hotkeys with External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Using Quick Launch Buttons (Select
Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Using the Internal Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
Using an External Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
4 Multimedia
Using 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
Using Video Features (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Using the S-Video-out Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Connecting a Monitor or Projector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Using CD and DVD Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Enabling AutoPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Using Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Using WinDVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11

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Using WinDVD Creator Plus
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12
Using Sonic RecordNow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12
Changing DVD Region Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
Using Presentation Mode (Select Models Only) . . . . . 4–15
Quick Launch Buttons Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
Accessing the Quick Launch Buttons
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
Setting Presentation Mode Preferences
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
Setting Tiling Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
Setting Advanced Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21
Using Info Center (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23
5 Hardware Components
Using Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Adding a Drive to the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Identifying the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Replacing the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Inserting and Removing Optical Discs . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
Displaying Optical Disc Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13
Avoiding Standby or Hibernation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13
Using PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
Inserting a PC Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16
Using Digital Memory Cards
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
Inserting an Optional Digital Memory Card. . . . . . 5–18
Removing an Optional Digital Memory Card . . . . 5–19
Adding and Upgrading Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
Adding a Memory Module to the Expansion
Memory Module Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

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Upgrading the Memory Module in
the Primary Memory Module Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26
Effects of Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–34
Connecting a Modem Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–35
Using a Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–36
Using a Country-Specific Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–37
Connecting a Network Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–38
Linking to An Infrared Device
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–39
Setting Up an Infrared Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 5–40
Using Standby with Infrared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–41
Connecting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–41
Using a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–43
Enabling USB Legacy Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–43
Connecting Optional External Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–44
Connecting an Optional External MultiBay
and External MultiBay II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–45
Mobile Printing for Notebooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–45
6 Wireless
Wireless Local Area Network
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Connecting Your Wireless Notebook
to a Corporate WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Connecting Your Wireless Notebook
to a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Using a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Using Wireless Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
Installing Wireless Software (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
Troubleshooting 802.11 Wireless Devices . . . . . . . 6–10

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Bluetooth Wireless Device
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Turning On, Turning Off, Enabling and Disabling
the 802.11 and Bluetooth Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . 6–13
Turning On the 802.11 Wireless
and Bluetooth Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15
Turning Off and Disabling the 802.11 Wireless
and Bluetooth Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17
7 Security
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Security Preferences in Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
HP and Windows Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
HP and Windows Password Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Setting HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Entering HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Power-On Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Setting Power-On Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Entering Power-On Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Requiring a Power-On Password at Restart . . . . . . 7–10
DriveLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Setting DriveLock Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Entering DriveLock Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Requiring a Drivelock Password at Restart . . . . . . 7–13
Changing DriveLock Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14
Removing DriveLock Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15
Device Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16
Setting System Information Options . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17
Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–18

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Firewall Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19
Critical Security Updates for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . 7–21
ProtectTools Security Manager
(Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–22
Credential Manager for ProtectTools . . . . . . . . . . . 7–22
BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools. . . . . . . . . . . 7–23
Smart Card Security for ProtectTools. . . . . . . . . . . 7–24
Optional Security Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–25
8 MultiBoot
About the Default Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Enabling Bootable Devices in Computer Setup. . . . . . . 8–4
Understanding MultiBoot Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–5
Setting MultiBoot Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6
Setting a New Default Boot Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6
Setting a MultiBoot Express Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–7
Entering MultiBoot Express Preferences . . . . . . . . . 8–8
9 Computer Setup
Using Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1
Accessing Computer Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2
Restoring Computer Setup Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3
Selecting from the File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–4
Selecting from the Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–5
Selecting from the Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–6
Selecting from the Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–6
10 Client Management Solutions
Configuration and Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–2
Client Manager Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–3

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11 Software Update and Recoveries
Preparing to Update Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–1
Obtaining the Support Software CD. . . . . . . . . . . . 11–2
Accessing Notebook Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–2
Downloading Software from the Internet . . . . . . . . . . 11–3
Downloading System ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–4
Downloading Other Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–5
System Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6
Safeguarding Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6
Setting System Restore Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6
Repairing the Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–7
Reinstalling the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–8
Reinstalling Device Drivers and Other
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–9
12 Specifications
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–1
Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–2
Index

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Notebook Features
This chapter describes hardware and software features of the
notebook.
✎Components included with your notebook may vary by
geographical region and by model. The illustrations in this
chapter identify the standard external features included in most
notebook models. Refer to the illustrations that most closely
match your notebook.

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Top Components
Lights
✎Refer to the illustration that most closely matches your notebook.
Component Description
1Power/standby light Green: The notebook is on.
Blinking green: The notebook is in
standby mode.
Off: The notebook is off or in
hibernation.
2Wireless lights (2) On: An integrated wireless device,
such as a wireless LAN device and/or
a Bluetooth® device is turned on.
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3Power/standby light Green: The notebook is on.
Blinking green: The notebook is in
standby mode.
Off: The notebook is off or in
hibernation.
4Battery light Amber: A battery pack is charging.
Green: A battery pack is close to full
charge capacity.
Blinking amber: A battery pack that is
the only available power source has
reached a low-battery condition. When
the battery reaches a
critical
low-battery condition, the battery light
begins blinking more quickly.
Off: If the notebook is connected to an
external power source, the light is
turned off when all batteries in the
notebook are fully charged. If the
notebook is not connected to an
external power source, the light is
turned off until the battery reaches a
low-battery condition.
5IDE (Integrated Drive
Electronics) drive light
Blinking: The hard drive or optical drive
is being accessed.
6Volume mute light On: System sound is turned off.
7Num lock light On: Num lock is on or the embedded
numeric keypad is enabled.
8Caps lock light On: Caps lock is on.
Component Description

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Notebook Features
Component Description
1Power/standby light Green: The notebook is on.
Blinking green: The notebook is in
standby mode.
Off: The notebook is off or in
hibernation.
2Wireless lights (2) On: An integrated wireless device,
such as a wireless LAN device and/or
a Bluetooth device is turned on.
3Power/standby light Green: The notebook is on.
Blinking green: The notebook is in
standby mode.
Off: The notebook is off or in
hibernation.
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4Battery light Amber: A battery pack is charging.
Green: A battery pack is close to full
charge capacity.
Blinking amber: A battery pack that is
the only available power source has
reached a low-battery condition. When
the battery reaches a
critical
low-battery condition, the battery light
begins blinking more quickly.
Off: If the notebook is connected to an
external power source, the light is
turned off when all batteries in the
notebook are fully charged. If the
notebook is not connected to an
external power source, the light is
turned off until the battery reaches a
low-battery condition.
5IDE drive light Blinking: The hard drive or optical drive
is being accessed.
6Num lock light On: Num lock is on or the embedded
numeric keypad is enabled.
7Caps lock light On: Caps lock is on.
Component Description

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TouchPad
Component Description
1TouchPad* Moves the pointer and selects or
activates items on the screen. Can be
set to perform other mouse functions,
such as scrolling, selecting, and
double-clicking.
2Left TouchPad button* Functions like the left button on an
external mouse.
3Right TouchPad button* Functions like the right button on an
external mouse.
4TouchPad scroll zone* Scrolls upward or downward.
*This table describes default settings. For information about changing the
functions of TouchPad features, see the “Setting TouchPad Preferences”
section in Chapter 3, “TouchPad and Keyboard.”

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Buttons and Switches
✎Refer to the illustration that most closely matches your notebook.
Component Description
1Power button* When the notebook is:
■Off, press the button to turn on the
notebook.
■In standby, briefly press the button
to exit standby.
■In hibernation, briefly press the
button to exit hibernation.
If the notebook has stopped
responding and Microsoft® Windows®
shutdown procedures cannot be used,
press the power button and hold for 5
seconds to turn off the notebook.
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2Display switch Puts the notebook in standby if the
display is closed while the notebook is
turned on.
3Info Center button Launches Info Center.
Refer to “Using Info Center (Select
Models Only)” in Chapter 4,
“Multimedia” for more information.
4Wireless button* Turns the wireless functionality on or
off, but does not create a wireless
connection.
✎To establish a wireless
connection, a wireless network
must already be set up. For more
information about establishing a
wireless connection from
Windows, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/wireless.
5Presentation mode button Turns on Presentation mode.
6Volume mute button Mutes system sound.
7Volume down button Decreases system volume.
8Volume up button Increases system volume.
*This table describes default settings. For information about changing
the functions of power features, see the “Power Preferences” section in
Chapter 2, “Power.” For information about changing the functions of wireless
features, see Chapter 6, “Wireless.”
Component Description

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Component Description
1Power button* When the notebook is:
■Off, press the button to turn on the
notebook.
■In standby, briefly press the button
to exit standby.
■In hibernation, briefly press the
button to exit hibernation.
If the notebook has stopped
responding and Microsoft® Windows®
shutdown procedures cannot be used,
press the power button and hold for
5seconds to turn off the notebook.
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Notebook Features
2Display switch Puts the notebook in standby if the
display is closed while the notebook is
turned on.
3Wireless button* Turns the wireless functionality on or
off, but does not create a wireless
connection.
✎To establish a wireless
connection, a wireless network
must already be set up. For more
information about establishing a
wireless connection from
Windows, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/wireless.
*This table describes default settings. For information about changing
the functions of power features, see the “Power Preferences” section in
Chapter 2, “Power.” For information about changing the functions of wireless
features, see Chapter 6, “Wireless.”
Component Description