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Main Copyright Disclaimer IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Page Concerning Lithium Batteries Canadian Department of Communications FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement About This Manual Page Table of Contents 1Getting Started 2System Tour 3Power 4Options 5Software 6Setup 7Traveling with the Notebook 8Troubleshooting Page List of Figures List of Tables Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 1.3 Connecting the Notebook 1.4 Getting Help Online Page Page Page 2.2 Display Page 2.3 Indicator Light Page 2.4.2 Special Keys Page Page Page Page Page 2.5 Touchpad Page 2.6 Storage 2.6.1 Hard Disk 2.6.2 Internal Drive Page 2.7 Ports 2.7.1 Rear Ports Table 2-7 describes these ports. Table 2-7 Port Descriptions 2.7.2 PC Card Slots Page 2.8 Audio 2.9 Securing your Notebook 2.9.1 Security Notch 2.9.2 Passwords Page 3.1 Battery Pack 3.1.1 Battery Pack Characteristics 3.1.2 Removing and Installing the Battery Pack Page 3.1.3 Charging the Battery Rapid mode Charge-in-use mode Trickle mode 3.1.4 Checking the Battery Level 3.1.5 Optimizing Battery Life Purchase an extra battery pack. Use the Sleep Manager utility to reserve hard disk space for the Use the AC adapter whenever possible so that the battery is reserved Keep the battery pack in the notebook powered by the AC adapter. Disable the parallel and serial ports if no devices are connected to Page Page 3.2 Power Management 3.2.1 Power Management Modes Page Press the sleep hot key Fn-F7 ( ) with System Sleep Mode set to [Hibernate] Set a value for the System Sleep Timer in Setup with System Sleep Enable the Sleep Upon Battery-low parameter in Setup. If a battery- Invoked by the operating system power saving modes Page 3.2.2 Advanced Power Management (APM) Page Page Chapter 4 Options Page Page Page 4.4 External Pointing Device 4.5 Printer Page 4.8 Miscellaneous Options 4.8.1 Additional Power Packs Page Page Page 4.8.2 Cables Page 4.9 Key Component Upgrades 4.9.1 Memory Upgrade Page 4.9.2 Hard Disk Upgrade Page Page Chapter 5 Software 5.1 System Software Windows 951 System utilities and application software2 5.2 Sleep Manager 5.2.1 Accessing the Sleep Manager Taskbar. Double-click on the Sleep Manager status icon if enabled. Start menu Page Table 5-1 Sleep Manager Window Items 5.2.2 Sleep Manager Functions Page Page 5.2.3 Running Sleep Manager 5.2.4 Sleep Manager Troubleshooting Tips 5.2.5 Uninstalling Sleep Manager Page Page 5.4 Touchpad Driver 5.4.1 Configuring the Touchpad Page Page Page Page 6.3 Basic System Settings 6.3.1 Date and Time 6.3.2 Floppy Disk Drives 6.3.3 Hard Disk Drive 6.3.4 Large Hard Disk Capacity 6.3.5 Memory Test 6.3.6 Boot Display 6.3.7 Quiet Boot 6.4 System Security 6.4.1 Floppy Disk Drive Control 6.4.2 Hard Disk Drive Control 6.4.3 System Boot Drive Control 6.4.4 CD-ROM Bootable Page 6.4.7 Parallel Port Operation Mode 6.4.8 Passwords 6.4.9 CardBus Support 6.5 Power Management Settings 6.5.1 Power Management Mode 6.5.2 Display Standby Timer [1] . Select [Off] 6.5.3 Hard Disk Standby Timer [1] . Select [Off] 6.5.4 System Sleep Timer 6.5.6 System Resume Timer Mode 6.5.7 System Resume Date and Time 6.5.8 Modem Ring Resume On Indicator Page 6.6 System Information Reference Table 6-6 System Status Descriptions 6.7 Load Setup Default Settings Page 7.1 Traveling Preparations Traveling with the Notebook 7-3 7.2 International Travelers Warranty Acer America Corporation (AAC) Acer America Corp. (Canadian Branch) Acer Latin America Inc. (ACLA) Acer Argentina 7-4Users Manual Traveling with the Notebook 7-5 Acer Computer (M.E) Ltd. (AME) Acer Japan Corporation (AJC) Acer Korea Customer Service Center Acer Market Services Ltd. (AMS-BJ) 7.3 Worldwide Support Acer Incorporated Regional Headquarters Acer America Corporation Acer Computer B. V. Traveling with the Notebook 7-7 7-8Users Manual Traveling with the Notebook 7-9 Page Page 8.1 Q & A Page Page 8.2 Error Messages Page Table 8-1 POST Error Messages (continued) Appendix A Specifications Page Page Appendix B Address and Interrupt Tables B.1 System Memory Map B.2 I/O Address Map B.3 Interrupt Levels B.4 DMA Channels Index A B C D F H I L M T W