HP Compaq NX6105 Mounting instructions

Hardware and Software
Guide
HP Compaq Notebook Series
Document Part Number: 415568-001
February 2006
This guide explains how to identify, access, and use the hardware
and software features available on your notebook.

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Hardware and Software Guide
HP Compaq Notebook Series
First Edition: February 2006
Document Part Number: 415568-001

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Contents
1 Hardware
Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
Power Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
Wireless (Select Models Only) and
Volume Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9
Speakers, Jacks and Display Release Button. . . . . . 1–10
Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
Ports and Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12
PC Card Slot and Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–13
Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16
Mini PCI and Memory Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 1–16
Bays, Battery Latch and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17
Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19

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2 TouchPad and Keyboard
TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Identifying TouchPad Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
Setting TouchPad Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Identifying Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Hotkey Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
Using Hotkey Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Using Hotkey Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–15
Using an External Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
3Power
Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Selecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
Switching Between Battery and External Power. . . . 3–2
Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Overviews . . . . . . . 3–4
Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Leaving Your Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Interference with Drive Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures. . . . . . . 3–7
Turning the Notebook On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8
Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation. . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . 3–10
Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Using Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Prompting for a Standby Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
Setting Other Power Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

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Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
Monitoring the Charge in a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . 3–14
Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
Calibrating a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18
Conserving Battery Pack Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22
Replacing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26
Disposing of a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26
4Multimedia
Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
External Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack. . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
External Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Connecting an S-Video Device
(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
CD and DVD Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Inserting or Removing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Using Media Activity Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Protecting Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Protecting a CD or DVD Write Process . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
Identifying preinstalled multimedia software . . . . . . . . 4–12
Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12
Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
Using AutoPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14
Changing DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14

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5 Wireless (Select Models Only)
Wireless Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Wireless Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
802.11 Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . 5–3
Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Connecting to a WLAN in Your Home. . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Connecting to a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Using Wireless Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Identifying an 802.11 Wireless Device . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Troubleshooting Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Bluetooth Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . 5–8
Wireless Device Power States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–10
Turning On the Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12
Turning Off and Disabling the Devices. . . . . . . . . . 5–13
6Security
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
QuickLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Setup Utility and Windows Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Coordinating Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Choosing a Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Setup Utility Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Setting an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Entering an Administrator Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Setup Utility Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8
Setting a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Entering a Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Setup Utility Device Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–10
Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Critical Security Updates for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
Firewall Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13
Optional Security Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14

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7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements
Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Connecting a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Connecting a 1394 Device (Select Models Only) . . . 7–3
Connecting a Communication Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Digital Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Using the Digital Media Slot Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Inserting a Digital Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Removing a Digital Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Stopping or Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12
Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17
Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17
Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–18
8 Software Update and Recovery, and
System Software
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Downloading and Installing an Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4
Software Recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8
Repairing or Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
Opening the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
Changing the Language of the Setup Utility . . . . . . 8–10

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Navigating and Selecting in the Setup Utility . . . . . 8–10
Displaying System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–11
Restoring Default Settings in the Setup Utility . . . . 8–12
Using Advanced Setup Utility Features . . . . . . . . . 8–13
Performance Optimization (Select Models Only) . . 8–14
Closing the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–15
A Specifications
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1
Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2
Index

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Hardware
Top Components
Keys
Component Description
1Function keys (12) Perform system and application tasks.
When combined with fn, the function
keys perform additional tasks as
hotkeys.
2Windows logo key Displays the Microsoft® Windows®
Start menu.
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3fn key Combines with other keys to perform
system tasks. For example, pressing
fn+f7 decreases screen brightness.
4Keypad keys (15) Can be used like the keys on an
external numeric keypad.
5Windows applications key Displays a shortcut menu for items
beneath the pointer.
Component Description

Hardware
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TouchPad
Component Description
1TouchPad* Moves the pointer.
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 vertical scrolling
region*
Scrolls upward or downward.
*This table describes default settings. For information about changing the
functions of TouchPad components, refer to the “Setting TouchPad
Preferences” section in Chapter 2, “TouchPad and Keyboard.”

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Power Controls
Component Description
1Display switch* Turns off the display.
2Power/standby button* When the notebook is
■Off, press to turn on the notebook.
■On, briefly press to initiate hibernation.
■In standby, briefly press to resume from
standby.
■In hibernation, briefly press to restore
from hibernation.
✎If the system has stopped responding
and Windows shutdown procedures
cannot be used, press and hold for at
least 4 seconds to turn off the
notebook.
*This table describes default settings. For information about changing the
function of the display switch or power/standby button, refer to the “Setting
Other Power Preferences” section in Chapter 3, “Power.”

Hardware
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Lights
Component Description
1Caps lock light On: Caps lock is on.
2Power/standby light*On: Notebook is turned on.
Blinking: Notebook is in standby.
Off: Notebook is off.
3Mute light On: Volume is muted.
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Component Description
4Wireless light
(select models only)
On: One or more optional internal
wireless devices, such as a WLAN
and/or a Bluetooth® device (select
models only), are turned on.†
5Num lock light On: Num lock or the embedded
numeric keypad is on.
*The notebook has 2 power/standby lights. The power/standby light on the
top of the notebook is visible only when the notebook is open; the
power/standby light on the front of the notebook is visible whether the
notebook is open or closed.
†For information about establishing a wireless connection, refer to
Chapter 5, “Wireless (Select Models Only).”

Hardware
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Wireless (Select Models Only) and
Volume Buttons
Component Description
1Volume down button Decreases system volume.
2Volume mute button Mutes or restores volume.
3Volume up button Increases system volume.
4Wireless button
(select models only)
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
information about establishing
a wireless connection, refer to
Chapter 5, “Wireless (Select
Models Only).”

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Antennae (Select Models Only)
Component Description
Antennae (2)* Send and receive wireless device signals.
ÅExposure to Radio Frequency
Radiation. The radiated output
power of this device is below the
FCC radio frequency exposure limits.
Nevertheless, the device should be
used in such a manner that the
potential for human contact during
normal operation is minimized. To
avoid the possibility of exceeding
the FCC radio frequency exposure
limits, human proximity to the
antennae should be not less than
20 cm (8 inches) during normal
operation, including when the
notebook display is closed.
*The antennae (select models only) are not visible from the outside of the
notebook. For optimal transmission, keep the areas immediately around
the antennae free from obstructions.

Hardware
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Front Components
Lights
Component Description
1Power/standby light* On: Notebook is turned on.
Blinking: Notebook is in standby.
Off: Notebook is off.
2IDE (Integrated Drive
Electronics) drive light
On or blinking: The internal hard drive
or an optical drive is being accessed.
3Battery light On: The battery pack is charging.
Blinking: The battery pack has
reached a low-battery condition.
Off: The battery pack is fully charged
or not inserted.
*The light on the power/standby button and the power/standby light on
the front of the notebook display the same information. The light on the
power/standby button is visible when the notebook is open; the
power/standby light on the front of the notebook is visible whether the
notebook is open or closed.

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Speakers, Jacks and Display Release Button
Component Description
1Stereo speakers (2) Produce stereo sound.
2Display release button Opens the notebook.
3Audio-in
(microphone) jack
Connects an optional monaural (single
sound channel) microphone.
4Audio-out
(headphone) jack
Connects optional headphones or
powered stereo speakers. Also connects
the audio function of an audio/video
device such as a television or VCR.

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Rear Components
Component Description
Exhaust vent* Provides airflow to cool internal
components.
ÄTo prevent overheating, do not
obstruct vents. Do not allow a
hard surface, such as a printer,
or a soft surface, such as pillows
or thick rugs or clothing, to block
airflow.
*The notebook has 4 vents. This and all other vents are visible on the
bottom of the notebook. One vent is also visible on the left side of
the notebook.

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Left-Side Components
Ports and Jacks
Component Description
1Power connector Connects the AC adapter cable.
2Monitor port Connects an optional VGA monitor or
projector.
3Expansion port 2
(select models only)
Connects the notebook to an optional
docking device.
4RJ-45 (network) jack Connects an optional network cable.
5RJ-11 (modem) jack Connects the modem cable.
6USB port‡Connects an optional USB device.
‡Depending on the model, the notebook has 2 or 3 USB ports. The other
USB ports are on the right side of the notebook.