Index

A

ac (time-out), 58, 90 ac adapter

charging battery, 53 connecting, 16, 53 jack, 13

part number, 16 accessories

docking products, 76 plug-in modules, 63 troubleshooting, 98

adding RAM, 81 addresses (I/O), 132 adjusting

brightness, 29 volume, 31

administrator password, 93 Advanced Power Management

(APM)

preinstalled for Windows 95/98, 50

Windows NT 4, 51 Agaté Tioman hot-swap

installing, 62 troubleshooting, 99 using, 63

airline adapter, 12 Alt Gr key, 34

antistatic precautions, 81, 83 audio

adjusting volume, 31, 100 connecting devices, 71 muting, 31 troubleshooting, 100

audio jacks connecting, 71 location, 14

auto/airline adapter, 12

B

battery charging, 53 checking level, 52 for clock, 51 installing, 55 location, 14

low-power warnings, 50, 53 operating time, 57, 109

prolonging life, 59 removing, 55 safety, 56, 135 saving power, 57 storing, 59 troubleshooting, 109

bay (module), 18, 63 BIOS Setup utility

Boot menu, 91 deleting passwords, 94 Exit menu, 91

external display settings, 67, 87 Main menu, 87

Power menu, 90 Security menu, 89 setting passwords, 93 setting time-outs, 58 System Devices menu, 88 using, 86

BIOS updates, 120

boot device order, 21, 91, 99 Boot menu (BIOS), 91 brightness

adjusting, 29

affects battery time, 57 affects display life, 29

C

Caps Lock, 13, 23

Card Executive, 75 Cardbus cards, 74 cards (PCMCIA), 74 CD-ROM drive

installing, 63 parallel port, 119 PC Card, 119 troubleshooting, 98

channels (DMA), 133 charging battery, 53 cleaning the OmniBook, 48 clicking items, 25 COM1 port, 15, 66 configuring

BIOS settings, 86 pointing stick, 27 touch pad, 26, 27

connecting

ac adapter, 53 audio devices, 71

external display, 67 floppy drive, 18

floppy to parallel port, 65 infrared device, 72 parallel device, 69 plug-in modules, 63 serial device, 70

serial mouse, 70 USB devices, 70

Corporate Evaluator's Guide, 10 corrupted files, 103

creating diagnostic disk, 116 Support Utility disk, 119

cursor (pointer), 25, 27 Customer Care website, 10

D

default BIOS settings, 87 default system resources, 131 deleting password, 94 desktop management, 92 devices

boot order, 91, 99 docks, 76 drivers, 117

external display, 32, 33, 67 infrared, 72

parallel, 69 ports for, 66 printers, 69 PS/2, 69, 88 serial, 70

temporary boot order, 21 USB, 70

diagnostics floppy disk, 116 running, 115

DiagTools, 115

Direct Cable Connection, 73 disks

diagnostic, 116 Support Utility, 119

display

BIOS settings, 67, 87 brightness, 29

brightness affects battery, 57 closing, 30

connected to dock, 67, 68

Reference Guide 141