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Patent and Trademark Office. Evo is a trademark of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Intel, Pentium, Intel Inside, and Celeron are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for Compaq products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hardware Guide First Edition (May 2001) Part Number: 233050-001 Contents 1 Hardware and Software Setup Setting Up the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1 Setting Up the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6 Completing Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6 Installing Optional Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7 After Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7 2 A Look at the Computer Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1 Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 Right Side Component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 Left Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8 Rear Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10 Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12 Additional Standard Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14 3 Keyboard and Pointing Devices Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1 Using Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Enabling the Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Disabling the Numeric Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Converting the Numeric Keypad Keys to Standard Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Using the Easy Access Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Hardware Guide Contents 4 Battery Packs Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 Using a New Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Replacing the Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Installing or Removing the Optional Media Bay Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Using the Battery Quick Charge Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Calibrating the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8 Recycling a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8 5Drives Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1 Removing and Inserting the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 Inserting or Removing a Media Bay Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3 Connecting the Optional External Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4 Removing and Inserting Storage Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5 Inserting and Removing a Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5 Inserting a Disc into the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . 5–6 Viewing the CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7 Removing a Disc from the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . 5–7 Changing the Startup Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8 6 Audio Using Audio Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1 Connecting to the Stereo Line-Out/Headphone Jack 6–2 Connecting to the Stereo Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3 Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3 7 External Device Connections Connecting an External Keyboard or Pointing Device . . 7–1 Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2 Connecting a Serial Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2 Hardware Guide Contents Connecting a Parallel Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3 Connecting Infrared Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3 Infrared Connection Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4 Infrared Configuration Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5 Enabling the Infrared Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5 Connecting USB Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...