Compaq Presario 700 manual Using Your Notebook

Contents

3 Using Your Notebook

Power On! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

Plugging and Unplugging AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

Turning Your Notebook On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4

Using Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Using Keyboard and Pointing Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Using the TouchPad Instead of a Mouse . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

Tapping and Double-Tapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3–10

Edge Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12

Easy Access Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13

Reprogramming the Easy Access Buttons. . . . . . . . 3–13

Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Identifying Your Storage Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15

Using the Security Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15

Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15

4 Common Tasks

S-Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2Switching Between Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2Connecting and Enabling S-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4–3Software and Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Adding and Removing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Installing Hardware Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Upgrading your Notebook’s Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6 Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Connecting a Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Connecting a Network Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

vi Mobile Internet PC User’s Guide

Presario 700 Series