beeps
turning on or off, 4-7
with blinking battery light, 4-6 with blinking power/suspend light,
4-7
bidirectional parallel port mode, 15-5 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), 3-7,
12-2
boot sequencing. See utilities button
suspend, 5-3
touchpad, left and right, 3-2
C
cable modem, 1-3
on AC Adapter, 1-3 cable lock, 13-2 calibration of battery packs
preserving accuracy of, 5-7 running a calibration, 5-11 selecting a power source, 5-1 stopping a calibration, 5-11, 5-12 when to calibrate, 5-10
Caps Lock Light Indicator, 2-8 caution
battery pack calibration, 5-11 battery pack storage, 4-5 cleaning computer, 12-4 display, 12-4
software, installing system, 12-3 CD-ROM drive
auto insert notification, 5-17 inserting compact disc into, 6-7 manually ejecting compact disc, 6-8 problems, 16-7
removing compact disc from, 6-7 CD-ROM drive light indicator, 2-8 Compaq
online resources, 1-1 Compaq Diagnostics, A-1 Compaq Diagnostics for Windows,
15-1, 15-6
Compaq Information Center, 1-1 Compaq Internet site, 1-1, 7-3, 12-2
Info Messenger, 12-1
system software updates, 12-3 Compaq Internet Web site, 7-5 Compaq Support, A-1
Compaq Support Software CD, 12-1 compartment
Hard drive, 2-7 Modem, 2-7
components bottom, 2-7 front, 2-1 left side, 2-3 rear, 2-6 right side, 2-4
computer
serial number, A-1 Computer Setup
accessing navigation instructions, 15-2
changing language, 15-2 exiting, 15-3
keypad, enabling/disabling embedded numeric, 3-9
ROM version number, displaying, 12-2
tasks on Advanced menu, 15-5 tasks on File menu, 15-3 tasks on Security menu, 15-4 when to use, 15-1
configuration
hardware. See Computer Setup configuration utilities, 15-1 connecting external devices. See
external devices connector
external monitor, 3-5 Connectors
minimal pressure caution, 9-2 convenience base (optional)
as power source, 5-1, 5-6, 5-7, 5-11 battery pack location numbers, 5-10,
5-12
calibrating battery packs while docked in, 5-11
charging batteries in, 3-6, 5-8, 5-10 installing software while docked in,
5-1, 12-3 conventions used in guide, xiii
country-specific modem adapter, 1-3, 7-3
critical low-battery condition, 5-5, 5-6