Compaq Presario M2000 manual Hardware Upgrades and Replacements

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7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements

Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1Connecting a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2Connecting a 1394 Device

(Select Models Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3Connecting a Communication Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4Digital Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4Using the Memory Reader Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5Inserting a Digital Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6Removing a Digital Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9Stopping or Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11 Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–12Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–18

8Software Updates and Recoveries and System Software

Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1 Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2 Downloading and Installing an Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4 Software Recoveries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8 Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8 Repairing or Reinstalling Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

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