Compaq Personal Computer manual Front Panel and Right Panel Components

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Getting Started with Your Notebook

Front Panel and Right Panel Components

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Main status lights (left to right):

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Notebook open/close latch

 

power mode, hard drive activity,

 

 

 

and battery

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TouchPad, scroll pad, Click

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CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive

 

buttons, and an on-off button

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Power button: turns the notebook

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Battery pack

 

on and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Keyboard status lights

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Wireless on-off button and

 

 

 

indicator light (select

 

 

 

models only)

 

 

 

5

One-Touch buttons

- Hard drive

 

 

 

 

Startup Guide

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Contents Startup Guide Page Contents Troubleshooting Battery Packs and Power ManagementIndex Getting Started with Your Notebook Important Safety InformationIdentifying Parts of the Notebook Front Panel and Right Panel Components Left Panel and Back Panel Components Bottom Panel Components Status Lights Getting Started with Your Notebook Insert the Battery Pack Setting Up Your NotebookConnect AC Power Connect a Phone Line Turn On the Notebook Set Up Windows Using the Documentation CDOperating Your Notebook Basic OperationPower mode To enter this mode Function Default Power SettingsTo Change the Boot Device To Reset the NotebookTo Use the TouchPad TouchPad on-off button and indicator lightTo Use the Tap to Click Function of the TouchPad This hot key Does this To Use the Function Hot KeysTo Play DVD Movies Using CDs or DVDsTo Write to DVD Media Select Models Only To Connect a TV to Your Notebook Select Models Only Using Battery Power Battery Packs and Power ManagementFrom the Windows taskbar To Check Battery StatusTo Recharge the Battery Pack To Respond to a Low-Battery WarningTo Get the Most from Your Battery Packs Battery Packs and Power Management Disposing of a Used Battery Pack Troubleshooting Your Notebook TroubleshootingIf an External Display Does Not Work Display ProblemsIf the Notebook Is On, But the Screen Is Blank If the Screen Is Difficult to ReadIf Files Are Corrupted Hard Drive ProblemsKeyboard and Pointing Device Problems If the Notebook Hard Drive Does Not SpinIf the TouchPad Does Not Work Performance ProblemsIf the Notebook Stops Responding If the Notebook Turns Off Immediately After It Turns On Power and Battery Pack ProblemsIf the Notebook Does Not Respond When You Turn It On Startup ProblemsIf the Notebook Will Not Boot from Battery Power To Run the Bios Setup Utility Configuring Your NotebookMain Menu Updating Software and Drivers from the Web Using System Recovery FeaturesSafeguarding Your Data Operating System OS CD Repair OS CD Reinstall Restoring Software Applications Reinstalling DriversIndex Documentation Library CD 1-12 drivers Startup Guide Index-3 Index-4 Startup Guide