HP Compaq Presario Manual

© 2001 Compaq Computer Corporation.
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and the United Kingdom. Compaq is registered
in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
183237-003
Mobile Internet-PC
Beyond Setup Guide
1700 Series
Presario
www.compaq.com
www.compaq.com

Presario
Mobile Internet PC
Beyond Setup Guide
1700 Series

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Compaq Presario Mobile Internet PC 1700 Series
Third Edition (January 2001)
Part Number 183237-003

CONTENTS
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Internet Zone Buttons and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Left Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Components on Left Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

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Right Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Components on Right Side with CD, DVD,
or CD-RW Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Components on Right Side with Diskette
or SuperDisk Drive Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Components on Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Underside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Components on Underside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
QuikDock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
QuikDock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
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

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Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Identifying Your Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Using the Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Using the SuperDisk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Using the Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Chapter 4 Common Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
S-Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Connecting and Enabling S-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Setting Up Your Television Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Adjusting the Television Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Switching Between Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Anti-Virus Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using Anti-Virus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Recognizing a Computer Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Removing a Virus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Adding and Removing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Attaching Hardware Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Chapter 5 Using the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Removing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Manually Ejecting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

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FutureBay™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Using the FutureBay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
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
Playing a DVD Movie on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Using “Regionalized” DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Video Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Showing and Hiding the DVD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Zooming the View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
CD-RW Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Installing Adaptec Easy CD Creator™ 4
(available on select models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Preventing Buffer Underrun Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Accessing Easy CD Creator 4 User Information . . 5-21
Chapter 6 Let’s Go Surfing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
What is the 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

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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
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Cleaning the External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Caring for Your Presario Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

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Backup Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Using Backup Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Hard Disk Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Using ScanDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Using Disk Cleanup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Deleting Stored Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Defragmenting Your Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Hard Disk Space Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Checking the Hard Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Deleting Unnecessary Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Using the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Keyboard and TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Memory and PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Glossary
Index

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PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE INTRODUCTION 1-1
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In This Chapter
Introduction
Congratulations! As the owner of a new Presario Notebook
computer, you have joined the world-wide community of mobile
computer users. Once your Notebook is set up and connected to
the Internet, you can explore vast regions of information,
entertainment, and services online.
The Beyond Setup Guide is designed for both experienced
computer users and beginners. This easy-to-scan guide helps you
find the information you want as quickly as possible. It’s also
designed to familiarize you with the following:
•Features you’ll want to
try during the first few
days or weeks
•Keeping your Notebook
running smoothly
•Solving common problems
as they occur
Where Can I Fin
Information?, 1-2
Symbols an Graphics, 1-4
Safety, 1-5
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Where Can
IFind
Information?
This section describes
the documentation that
came in the box with your
new Notebook.
The Compaq Web site is
available worldwide. As you
explore the Internet, stop at the
following address for
information about products,
services, and special offers:
www.compaq.com
The Beyond Setup Guide is
also available on the Compaq
Web site:
www.compaq.com/mypresario
See also
Tip
Printed Documents
Your new Presario Notebook computer came with printed
documents containing helpful reference information.
If you have access to the Internet, you can also view
these and other documents on the Compaq Web site at
www.compaq.com/mypresario.
Note: Additional documents to those described here may vary per region.
Easy Setup Poster
This poster shows you how to set up your Notebook. When you
finish, fold the poster and store it with your documents for future
use. For more information about the hardware that came with
your new Notebook, refer to “Your Notebook at a Glance”later
in this guide.
Beyond Setup Guide
This easy-to-scan guide explains how to set up your Notebook
and get acquainted with its features. It also introduces:
•Common computer tasks
•The Internet
•Notebook maintenance
•Solutions for computer problems
•Compaq service and support tools

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Safety and Comfort Guide
This document explains how to protect your equipment from
damage, protect yourself from injury, and ensure your comfort
while using your Notebook.
Warranty Certificate
The warranty details the Compaq commitment to service during
the warranty period. Keep the warranty certificate in a safe place
for future reference.
Presario Operatin System Manual
The Presario Operating System Manual explains how to
communicate with your Notebook using the Microsoft®
Windows®operating system. It also introduces:
•File Management, which covers creating, saving, deleting,
renaming, and moving files
•Customizing the Windows desktop
•Using the Windows online Help
Note: The illustrations shown and the features described in
this document may differ slightly from your Presario
Notebook computer.

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Symbols and
Graphics Symbols
The following words and symbols have special meaning in this
guide and in the electronic documentation:
Important information that
may help you to solve a
problem.
Helpful hints that make
using your Notebook easier
and faster.
Another document or another
page in this document that has
related information.
Failure to follow directions
may result in bodily harm or
loss of life.
Failure to follow directions
may result in equipment
damage or data loss.
Graphics
The illustrations shown and the features described in
this document may differ slightly from your Presario
Notebook computer.
Did you know...
Tip
See also
Warning
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Safety
To reduce the risk of electric
shock and damage to the
equipment, read the Safety and
Comfort document.
To protect your equipment from
power surges, plug all power
cords into a high-quality surge
protector. If you have a
dedicated telephone line for the
modem, buy a surge protector
with a telephone jack.
After your Notebook is
safely disconnected from
AC power and the phone line,
you can run your Notebook
on battery power.
Warning
Did you know...
Tip
Disconnectin Your Notebook
from the Power Source
To shut down your Notebook properly, complete the
following steps:
1. Close all open programs.
2. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, then click
Shut Down…The Shut down Windows dialog
box is displayed.
3. Select the Shut down option.
Note: If the Notebook does not turn off automatically, then press and hold
the Power button until it shuts down.
4. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet and unplug the
modem line from the wall jack.
Protectin Your Notebook Durin an Electrical Storm
During an electrical storm, you should take the following
precautions to protect your Notebook from damage. You should
immediately disconnect your Notebook from the power source.
•If you are not using a surge protector, unplug all power cords
from the wall outlets.
•Disconnect your Notebook from the wall outlets.
•Turn off the power button on all surge protectors.
•If a telephone line from your Notebook is plugged directly
into the wall jack (without going through a surge protector),
unplug the line from the wall jack.

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PRESARIO MOBILE INTERNET PC BEYOND SETUP GUIDE YOUR NOTEBOOK AT A GLANCE 2-1
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In This Chapter
Your
Notebook
at a Glance
Before you begin using your new Presario Notebook, you’ll want
to look at some of the basic components.
To open your new Notebook, lift the 1Display Release Latch
and gently lift the lid up.
Front of Your Presario
Notebook, 2-2
Left Panel, 2-6
Right Panel, 2-7
Back Panel, 2-8
Un ersi e, 2-9
QuikDock, 2-10
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Front of
Your Presario
Notebook
Open the front of your
Notebook and take a look at
these components:
•Components on Front
•Lower Front Panel
•Internet Zone Buttons
and Lights
•Function Keys
“Turning Your Notebook On
and Off” later in this guide to
learn more about how to start
and shut down your Notebook.
“TouchPad” later in this guide
for more information on using
the TouchPad.
See also
See also
Components on Front
Lower Front Panel
1Display elease Latch 6TouchPad
2Display 7Speakers
3Power Button 8Left TouchPad Button
4Lid Switch 9Scroll Button
5Keyboard -ight TouchPad Button
1Power Light 2Battery Charge Light

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“Reprogramming the Internet
Zone Buttons”later in this
guide to learn how
to program these buttons
to suit your needs.
See also Internet Zone Buttons and Li hts
1Volume Down Button 7etail Central Button
2Volume Up Button 8AC Adapter Light
3Digital Audio Button 9Num Lock Light
4Power Button -Caps Lock Light
5Instant Internet Access Button qScroll Lock Light
6Instant E-Mail Button