HP 724AU manual Protecting Your Notebook During An Electrical Storm

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Introduction

Protecting Your Notebook During

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.

JTip After your Notebook is safely disconnected from AC power, you can run your Notebook on battery power.

■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.

Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide

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Presario 700 Series

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Contents

Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Page Contents Using Your Notebook Caring for Your Battery Glossary Index Introduction Documentation Where Can I Find Information?Getting Started Poster Mobile Internet PC User’s GuideWarranty Certificate Safety and Comfort GuideViewing or Printing a Guide on the CD Introduction Symbols Symbols and GraphicsGraphics Turning off your Notebook PC SafetyProtecting Your Notebook During An Electrical Storm Your Notebook at a Glance Front of Your Notebook Common FeaturesLower Front Panel Easy Access Buttons and Lights Fn+F1 Button Description Default Button ActionFn+F2 Button Description Function Key CombinationsComponents on Left Side Left and Right PanelsComponents on Right Side Components on Back Back PanelComponents on Underside UndersideUsing Your Notebook Power On Do’s Plugging and Unplugging AC PowerDon’ts Surge ProtectorsTurning Your Notebook On and Off Why Use AC Power When I’ve Got a Battery?Power Button Functionality Inserting and Removing the Battery Using Battery PowerMobile Internet PC User’s Guide See also Battery Care in of this guide Charging the BatteryUsing the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse Using Keyboard and Pointing DeviceLeft-Click Right-Click Tapping and Double-TappingEasy Scroll Button Cad goes here Edge Motion Easy Access Buttons Identifying Your Storage Drives Storage DrivesPower-On Password Using the Security SlotSecurity Setting the Password Removing the Password Common Tasks Video Connection Switching Between DisplaysKey External Ext. Monitor + Combination Connecting and Enabling S-Video Common Tasks Software and Hardware Installing Software from a CD or Floppy DiskAdding and Removing Software Upgrading your Notebook’s Memory Installing Hardware DevicesCad goes here Cad goes here Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide Modem Connecting a Modem CableMobile Internet PC User’s Guide Connecting a Network Cable Using the CD or DVD Drive Inserting a Disc CD or DVD DriveRemoving a Disc Manually Ejecting a Disc Playing Audio CDs Audio CDs and DVD Video DiscsPlaying Non-DVD Video Discs DVDs Using the DVD PlayerOn-Screen Controls Identifying Your DVD Region Setting Cad goes here CD-RW Basics Installing CD-RW SoftwareMobile Internet PC User’s Guide Caring for Your Battery Using the Battery Battery CareChecking Battery Power Storing the Battery Recycling the Battery Calibrating the Battery Battery CalibrationMobile Internet PC User’s Guide Battery Charging Time Maximizing Battery Operating TimeMobile Internet PC User’s Guide What Is Power Management? Power ManagementUnderstanding Power Management If you want to Then Result/Indicators Starting and Ending Power ModesPower ª light Power ª button once Stays on Hibernation Manually Fixing a Low-Battery Condition Connect the AC Adapter Replace the Drained Battery with a Charged OneSuspend Your Work Preventive Maintenance External Care of Your Notebook Cleaning the Exterior of your NotebookCleaning the Keyboard Cleaning the TouchPad Cleaning the Display ScreenCleaning the External Mouse Caring for Your Notebook Don’ts Solutions Backup Utilities Basic SolutionsUsing Backup Devices Compaq Help and Support Accessing Compaq Help and SupportCustomer Communities Using Online Help and Support for Additional AssistanceHelpful Hints Finding Solutions Quickly Audio Symptom Problem Solution Solution TablesVolume Up Audio and VideoVolume Down Symptom Problem SolutionVolume ÷ icon is Place volume Volume controlSettings tab Video or Display Symptom Problem SolutionDisplay Display settings Video or Display SymptomBattery Symptom Problem Solution Battery and PowerMass-Storage CD or DVD Drive Symptom Problem SolutionMy Computer g window Floppy Drive Symptom Problem SolutionFloppy a drive Internet Symptom Problem Solution Games Symptom Problem SolutionGames and Internet Internet Keyboard and TouchPad Keyboard and TouchPad Symptom Problem SolutionFn+Num Lk or Shift+Num Lk doesKeyboard and TouchPad Defaults buttonMouse PageUpPC Cards Symptom Problem Solution Memory Symptom Problem SolutionMemory and PC Cards Glossary See also main memory Glossary Directory See folder Desktop See Windows desktopFloppy drive Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer See MicrosoftSee also Svga and XGA Microsoft Internet Explorer Internet Explorer SeeLink See hyperlink Microsoft Internet Explorer Glossary Glossary See also Microsoft Windows and interface See also modem and networkParallel port a connector on See also microprocessor See also microprocessor Search engine a program See also right-click Taskbar See Windows taskbar See also anti-virus software Video phone See Internet phoneWeb See World Wide Web Glossary Glossary Index Index Index See also Compaq Help

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