Compaq 319921-001 manual Getting Started with Your Notebook

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Getting Started with Your Notebook

The following table describes the standard external components identified in the previous illustration.

1Main status lights (left to right): power mode, hard drive activity, and battery

2TouchPad, scroll pad, Click buttons, and an on-off button

3

Power button: turns the

4

Keyboard status lights

 

computer on and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

One-Touch buttons

6

Notebook open/close latch

 

 

 

7

Universal serial bus (USB) ports

8 CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive

 

 

 

 

9Audio jacks (left to right): audio out (headphones), external microphone

-Audio mute button, audio mute light, and volume control

q Battery pack

w Wireless on-off button and

 

indicator light (select

 

models only)

 

 

eInfrared port (select models only)

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Contents Startup Guide Page Software Product License Agreement Your Hewlett-Packard product contains software programsFor a notebook supplied with a Microsoft operating system Startup Guide Software Product License Agreement Contents Battery Packs and Power Management TroubleshootingIndex Important Safety Information Getting Started with Your NotebookIdentifying Parts of the Notebook Front Panel and Right Panel Components Getting Started with Your Notebook Left Panel and Back Panel Components Getting Started with Your Notebook Bottom Panel Components Getting Started with Your Notebook Status Lights Getting Started with Your Notebook Setting Up Your Notebook Insert the Battery PackConnect AC Power Connect a Phone Line Turn On the Notebook Using the Documentation Library CD Set Up WindowsBasic Operation Operating Your NotebookDefault Power Settings Following table is describing the default power settingTo Reset the Notebook To Change the Boot DeviceTouchPad on-off button and indicator light To Use the TouchPadTo Use the Function Hot Keys This hot key Does thisUsing CDs or DVDs To Play DVD MoviesTo Connect a TV to Your Notebook To Connect an Infrared Device Select Models OnlyUsing the Infrared Port Printing to an Infrared PrinterTransferring Files Through an Infrared Connection Battery Packs and Power Management Using Battery PowerTo Check Battery Status To Respond to a Low-Battery Warning From the Windows Control PanelTo Recharge the Battery Pack Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Your NotebookDisplay Problems If the Notebook Is On, But the Screen Is BlankHard Drive Problems If the Screen Is Difficult to ReadIf an External Display Does Not Work If the Notebook Hard Drive Does Not SpinKeyboard and Pointing Device Problems Performance ProblemsIf the Pointer Is Difficult to Control If the TouchPad Does Not WorkPower and Battery Pack Problems If the Notebook Turns Off Immediately After It Turns OnStartup Problems If the Notebook Does Not Respond When You Turn It OnIf the Notebook Will Not Boot from Battery Power Configuring Your Notebook To Run the Bios Setup UtilityTroubleshooting Index Index Index Index