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2. KNOWING THE PARTS

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Page 1: ...Product Name Notebook PC Hardware Manual Revision 1 00 E798 Release Date Sep 2001 Notebook PC Hardware Reference ...

Page 2: ... a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of a shielded type power cord is required in order to meet FCC emission limits and to prevent interference to the nearby radio and television recep tion It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used Use only shielded cables to connect I O d...

Page 3: ...ype ou d un type équivalent recommandé par le constructeur Mettre au rebut les batteries usagées conformément aux instructions du fabricant French ADVARSEL Eksplosjonsfare ved feilaktig skifte av batteri Benytt samme batteritype eller en tilsvarende type anbefalt av apparatfabrikanten Brukte batterier kasseres i henhold til fabrikantens instruksjoner Norwegian Macrovision Corporation Product Notic...

Page 4: ...expose to dirty or dusty environments DO NOT operate during a gas leak DO NOT expose to strong magnetic or electrical fields DONOTexposetoextremetempera tures above 50 C 122 F or to direct sunlight Do not block the fan vents DO NOT place on uneven or unstable work surfaces Seek servicing if the cas ing has been damaged DO NOT place or drop objects on top and do not shove any foreign objects into t...

Page 5: ...and scratches NOTE The surface glaze is easily dulled if not properly cared for Be careful not to rub or scrap the Notebook PC surfaces when transporting your Notebook PC Charge Your Batteries If you intend to use battery power be sure to fully charge your battery pack and any optional battery packs before going on long trips Remember that the power adapter charges the battery pack as long as it i...

Page 6: ...Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Italian Portuguese Spanish Swedish CTR 21 Approval for Notebook PC with built in Modem Safety Statements ...

Page 7: ...risk of electric shock from lightning Do not use the Notebook PC in the vicinity of a gas leak Required for UL 1642 covering primary nonrechargeable and secondary rechargeable lithium bat teries for use as power sources in products These batteries contain metallic lithium or a lithium alloy or a lithium ion and may consist of a single electrochemical cell or two or more cells connected in series p...

Page 8: ...ry Pack 25 Battery Care 25 Operating Systems 25 Support Software 25 Power Connection 26 Powering ON The Notebook PC 27 The Power On Self Test POST 27 Power Management Stand By Hibernate 28 Restarting or Rebooting 28 Powering OFF the Notebook PC 28 Using the Keyboard 29 Colored Hot Keys 29 Instant Launch Keys and Status Indicators 30 Instant Launch Keys 30 Status Indicators Top 31 Status Indicators...

Page 9: ...5 Module Information Sticker 45 Using the CD ROM Drive 47 DVD ROM Drive Information 47 Regional Playback Information 48 Region Definitions 48 Listening to Audio CD 49 Optional External Connections 50 Optional External Audio Connections 51 PC Card PCMCIA Socket 52 32 bit CardBus Support 52 Removing a PC Card PCMCIA 53 Inserting a PC Card PCMCIA 53 Modem and Network Connections 54 Modem Connection 5...

Page 10: ...iguring the BIOS 65 BIOS Setup Program 66 Updating your BIOS 67 BIOS Menu Bar 67 BIOS Legend Bar 67 Main Menu 69 Primary Master sub menu 71 Secondary Master sub menus 73 Advanced Menu 74 I O Device Configuration sub menu 75 Security Menu 77 Power Menu 79 Boot Menu 80 Exit Menu 81 Appendix 83 Fingerprint Authentication System 84 Proper Finger Placement 88 Using the Full Fingerprint 89 Orienting the...

Page 11: ...11 1 Introducing the Notebook PC About This User s Manual Notes For This Manual ...

Page 12: ...User s Manual was created using Macintosh versions of Adobe PageMaker 6 52 Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Adobe Illustrator 8 0 and Macromedia Freehand 8 0 1 The body text type used in this manual is Times MAC or Times New Roman Windows and headings are Helvetica MAC or Arial Windows A few notes and warnings in bold are used throughout this guide that you should be aware of in order to complete certain tasks...

Page 13: ...13 2 KNOWING THE PARTS Top Side Bottom Side Left Side Right Side Rear Side Front Side ...

Page 14: ...isplay panel at the same time This design allows a single hand to be used when opening the display panel Slowly tilt the display panel forward or backward to a comfortable viewing angle WARNING When opening do not force the display panel down to the table or else the hinges may break Never lift the Notebook PC by the display panel Display Panel Touchpad Buttons Keyboard Module Drive Bay Floppy Opt...

Page 15: ...nd scratch the display panel Instant Launch Keys Status Indicators described later Power Switch The power switch allows powering ON and OFF the Notebook PC and recovering from STD Push the switch once to turn ON and once to turn OFF the Notebook PC Microphone The built in microphone provides a source for general note taking voicemail recording or for use with Internet phone software An external mi...

Page 16: ...an dling the Notebook PC while it is in operation or recently been in operation High tem peratures are normal during charging or operation DO NOT PUT THE NOTEBOOK PC ON THE LAP OR OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY TO AVOID INJURY FROM THE HEAT Hard Drive Compartment Mini PCI Compartment for Modem LAN Module Drive Bay or Additional Battery Compartment Reset Button Main Battery Compartment Memory Compartment ...

Page 17: ...L ALT DEL or turning OFF the power does not respond To use this function momentarily depress the button within the hole with a pen and the Notebook PC will shut down Do not use a pencil since the tip may break off in the hole Module Drive Bay Additional Battery Compartment This battery sized bay uses an adapter to accept module drives Drive modules can only be inserted or removed while the Noteboo...

Page 18: ...ly placed Notebook PCs and even send files to each other without a network PC Card PCMCIA Sockets and Eject Two PCMCIA 2 1 compliant sockets for two type I II or one type III PC card is available The socket supports 32 bit CardBus This allows accommodation of all Notebook PC expansion options such as memory cards ISDN SCSI Smart Cards and wireless network adapters Left Audio Speaker The built in s...

Page 19: ...us USB supports many USB compatible devices such as keyboards pointing de vices video cameras modems hard disk drives printers monitors and scanners connected in a series up to 12Mbits sec USB allows up to 127 devices to run simultaneously on a single computer with peripherals such as USB keyboards and some newer monitors acting as additional plug in sites or hubs USB supports hot swapping of devi...

Page 20: ...L formats Air Vent Cooling Fan The cooling fan turns ON when the temperature rises past a set threshold The cooling fan is an extra feature needed for upgrading to faster processors in the future The air vents allow cool air to enter and warm air to exit the Notebook PC Do not block the air vents or else overheating may occur Parallel Port and external floppy port The 25 pin D sub parallel printer...

Page 21: ...t support the voltage used in digital phone systems Do not connect the modem port to a digital phone system or else damage will occur to the Notebook PC IEEE1394 Port depending on model Also known as iLINK Sony or FireWire Apple IEEE1394 is a high speed serial bus like SCSI but has simple connections and hot plugging capabilities like USB The interface IEEE1394 has a band width of 100 400 Mbits se...

Page 22: ...lay panel in the closed position To open the display panel slide the latch to the right with your thumb and lift up the display panel at the same time Status Indicators Status indicator details are described in section 3 Display Panel Latch Status Indicators Battery Compartment see bottom side Module Drive Bay or Second Battery Compartment see bottom side Knowing the Parts ...

Page 23: ...tery Pack Using the Battery Pack Operating Systems Power Connection Powering ON The Notebook PC Power Management Stand By Hibernate Restarting or Rebooting Powering OFF The Notebook PC Using the Keyboard Instant Launch Keys and Status Indicators ...

Page 24: ...r adapters supplied with this Notebook PC or specifically approved by the manufacturer or retailer for use with this model WARNING Never attempt to remove the battery pack while the Notebook PC is turned ON as this may result in the loss of working data To install the battery pack 1 Insert the battery pack with the connec tor side first and you will hear a loud click when the battery pack locks in...

Page 25: ...Systems This Notebook PC may offer depending on territory its customers the choice of a pre installed oper ating system such as Microsoft Windows ME Millennium Edition or Windows 2000 The choices and languages will depend on the territory The levels of hardware and software support may vary depending on the installed operating system Operating systems not pre installed on this Notebook PC may prod...

Page 26: ...he Notebook PC Connecting the AC DC adapter to theAC outlet first allows you to test the AC outlet s power and the AC DC converter itself for compatibility problems before connecting the DC power to the Notebook PC The green power LED on the adapter lights up if the power is within accepted ranges WARNING Damage may occur if you use a different adapter to power the Notebook PC or use the Notebook ...

Page 27: ...ook PC s hardware configuration which is used to make a diagnostic check of the system This record is created by using the BIOS Setup program If the POST discovers a difference between the record and the existing hardware it will display a message on the screen prompting you to correct the conflict by running BIOS Setup In most cases the record should be correct when you receive the Notebook PC Wh...

Page 28: ...ed but not com pletely eliminated because certain wake up components like LAN and modem needs to remain powered Restarting or Rebooting After making changes to your operating system you may be prompted to restart the system Some installation processes will provide a dialog box to allow restart To restart the system manually Click the Start button and select Shut Down and choose Restart In case the...

Page 29: ...y and an exter nal monitor in this series Notebook PC LCD External Monitor Both This function does not work in 256 Colors select High Color in Display Property Settings TV Icon F9 Switches to TV out mode Speaker Icons F10 Toggles the speakers ON and OFF only in Windows OS Down Speaker Icon F11 Decreases the speaker volume only in Windows OS Up Speaker Icon F12 Increases the speaker volume only in ...

Page 30: ...ry mode and Intel SpeedStep will work in battery or AC mode but requires manual configuration to work in AC mode Email Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Email application If your Notebook PC is OFF while pressing this button this function will first turn ON your Notebook PC Internet Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Internet browser application If your Notebook PC is ...

Page 31: ... lower case form e g a b c Scroll Lock Indicates that scroll lock Scr Lk is activated when lit Scroll lock allows some of the keyboard letters to act as direction keys in order to allow easier navigation when only a part of the keyboard is required such as for playing games Status Indicators Front Email Indicator Flashes when there is one or more new email s in your email program s inbox This func...

Page 32: ...he numeric keypad is embedded in the keyboard and consists of 15 keys that make number intensive input more convenient These dual purpose keys are labeled in orange on the key caps Numeric as signments are located at the upper right hand corner of each key as shown in the figure When the numeric keypad is engaged by pressing the number lock LED lights up If an external keyboard is connected pressi...

Page 33: ...ys shown below For example Fn 8 for up Fn K for down Fn U for left and Fn O for right With Number Lock ON use Shift and one of the cursor keys shown below For example Shift 8 for up Shift K for down Shift U for left and Shift O for right NOTE The large bold characters and symbols are printed here for your reference They are not labeled on the keyboard as shown here NOTE The capital lock LED lights...

Page 34: ...34 Getting Started ...

Page 35: ...odule optional Optical Drive Modules optional Optional External Connections Optional External Audio Connections PC Card PCMCIA Socket Modem and Network Connections IR Wireless Communication AC Power System Battery Power System Power Management Modes System Memory Expansion Hard Disk Drive Processor Hard Disk Drive Upgrades Securing Your Notebook PC optional ...

Page 36: ... is all that is required to operate the touchpad Because the touchpad is electrostatic sensitive objects cannot be used in place of your fingers The touchpad s primary function is to move the cursor around or select items displayed on the screen with the use of your fingertip The following illustrations demonstrate proper use of the touchpad Moving the cursor Place your finger in the center of the...

Page 37: ...You can set the double click speed using the Windows Control Panel Mouse The following 2 examples produce the same results press the left button twice and release lightly but rapidly strike the touchpad twice press the left cursor button and release lightly but rapidly strike the touchpad Clicking Tapping With the cursor over an item press the left button or use your fingertip to touch the touchpa...

Page 38: ...sponds best to light pressure Dragging Dragging means to pick up an item and place it anywhere on the screen you wish You can move the cursor over the item you select and while keeping the left button depressed moving the cursor to the desired location then release the button Or you can simply double tap on the item and hold while dragging the item with your fingertip The following 2 examples prod...

Page 39: ...ule drive bay NOTE The floppy disk drive module does not support plug and play you must shut down the Notebook PC when connecting or disconnecting the floppy disk drive mod ule either from the parallel port or from the module drive bay CAUTION The floppy disk drive s eject button protrudes out of the Notebook PC when a floppy disk is fully inserted and can be easily damaged Eject the floppy disk b...

Page 40: ...t side the mod ule drive adapter must be removed by sliding and holding latch arrow 1 and then pulling the module drive adapter out arrow 2 1 3 2 3 Remove module drive Slide and hold the drive lock arrow 1 While holding drive lock arrow 1 slide the eject mechanism arrow 2 forcefully until the drive ejects Pull the drive module out arrow 3 Insert Additional Battery Pack Insert the additional batter...

Page 41: ...cators Depending on the power requirements of your Notebook PC it may support either one of the two PortBar models Serial Port Monitor Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard USB Port 1 USB Port 2 Parallel Port Docking Cable Press the sides to release Triangular icon or brand name faces up PortBar 1 front view 50W DC Power Pass through not supported on this Notebook PC Note The Parallel port on the PortBar ...

Page 42: ...B Port 1 Parallel Port DC IN 50W DC Power Pass through not supported on this Notebook PC PortBar 2 front view Triangular icon or brand name faces up PortBar Accessory Optional The major differences between the two PortBar models Currently PortBar2 is not supported on this Notebook PC PortBar2hasboth50W 60Wpowerpassthrough whereasPortBar1onlyhasa50Wpowerpassthrough PortBar 2 has a LAN pass through ...

Page 43: ...on on the desktop 2 selecting Proper ties on the menu 3 selecting the Device Manager tab 4 clicking the Refresh button and 5 clicking OK button to finish Docking Solution For long term use of the Notebook PC or if the Notebook PC is intended to be a desktop replacement computer the PortBar provides a convenient docking solution A desktop PS 2 mouse PS 2 keyboard monitor printer serial device and N...

Page 44: ...soon Typical hard disk drives of this size have a rotation speed of 4 200RPM compared with desktops of 4 500 10 000RPM but seek time is less because of the smaller size Less RPM decreases noise heat and energy consumption Typical interfaces are PIO Mode 4 UltraDMA Mode 2 and 4 Using a Second Hard Disk Drive The notebook PC has two channels and the built in hard disk drive occupies the first channe...

Page 45: ...PC be powered ON in order to eject the CD drive tray Eject and Emergency Eject The eject button is electronic and is used for opening the tray You can also eject the tray through any software CD DVD player or by right clicking the CD icon in Windows My Computer The emer gency eject is used to eject the tray in case the electronic eject does not work Do not use this in place of the electronic eject...

Page 46: ...isc s printed side up Push down on both sides of the disc s center until the disc snaps onto the hub The hub should be higher than the disc when correctly mounted 4 Slowly push the drive s tray back in The drive will begin reading the table of contents TOC on the disc When the drive stops the disc is ready to be used NOTE It is normal to hear as well as feel the CD spinning with great intensity in...

Page 47: ...r data With these capacities and access rates DVD discs can provide you with dramatically enhanced high color full motion videos better graphics sharper pictures and Dolby Digital Surround for a theater like experience DVD aims to encompass home entertainment computers and business information with a single digital format eventually replacing audio CD videotape laserdisc CD ROM and perhaps even vi...

Page 48: ...ions CSS design rules require that any system capable of playing CSS encrypted content must only be capable of playing one region NOTE The region setting may be changed up to five times using the viewer software then it can only play DVD movies for the last region setting Changing the region code after that will require factory resetting which is not covered by warranty If resetting is desired shi...

Page 49: ...rives due to unbal anced CDs or CD print To decrease vibration use the Notebook PC on an even surface and do not place labels on the CD Removing a CD Remove the CD by slowly lifting the CD off the tray by holding the edge of the CD Do not touch the bottom side of the CD where data is read from Listening to Audio CD The CD ROM CD RW and DVD ROM drives can play audio CDs but only the DVD ROM drive c...

Page 50: ...ely one or more USB printers can be connected to the USB port IEEE1394 Connection IEEE1394 is a high speed serial bus like SCSI but has simple connections and hot plugging capabilities like USB Up to 63 devices such as hard disk drives scan ners and removable drives with an IEEE1394 port can all be connected instead of using traditional Par allel IDE SCSI or EIDE ports IEEE1394 is also used in hig...

Page 51: ...bles as a SPDIF audio port The SPDIF port carries undecoded digital au dio signal AC3 or DTS using an optional fiber optics cable to your home theater system The un decoded signal must be decoded by an externalAC3 DTS decorder or by the Notebook PC s built in decoder available only on selected models The decoded signal can then be fed into a 5 1 channel amplifier to drive 6 speakers for a totally ...

Page 52: ...ds or sometimes referred to as PCMCIA cards to allow expansion like PCI cards on desktop computers This allows you to customize your Notebook PC to meet a wide range of application needs The PCMCIA socket can interface with type I or type II PC cards PC cards are about the size of a few stacked credit cards and have a 68 pin connector at one end The PC Card standard accommodates a number of functi...

Page 53: ...oggle eject button and release The recessed spring loaded toggle button will ex tend when pushed in and released Removing a PC Card PCMCIA When PC cards are inserted and running they draw power from the Notebook PC even when they are not in use You must stop the PC card service to turn the PC card OFF CAUTION Stopping the PC card service is necessary before removing a PC card To remove the PC card...

Page 54: ...cial buildings or else damage will occur Modem Connection The telephone wire used to connect the Notebook PC s internal modem should have either two or four wires only two wires telephone line 1 is used by the modem and should have an RJ 11 connector on both ends Connect one end to the modem port and the other end to an analog telephone wall socket the ones found in residential buildings Once the ...

Page 55: ...PC but requires connection to a switch with duplex enabled The software default is to use the fastest setting so no user intervention is required Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a host generally a Hub or Switch is called a straight through Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE The end connectors are called RJ 45 connectors which are not compatible with RJ 11 telephone connect...

Page 56: ...n Follow the guidelines listed below when using the Infrared IR Communication Make sure the IR Mode in the BIOS Setup is properly set to the mode you would like to use The angle between two Infrared communication ports should not exceed 15 The distance between the Notebook PC s IR and target device IR should not exceed 40 inches 1 m Do not move either the Notebook PC or the other device during tra...

Page 57: ...ard under the Windows environment which allows the battery to accu rately report the amount of charge percentage left in the battery Additional battery packs are optional and can be purchased separately through a Notebook PC retailer Before using the Notebook PC on battery power for the first time check the battery icon in the Windows task bar to make sure that the battery is fully charged Chargin...

Page 58: ...k the remaining battery power move your cursor over the power icon The power icon is a bat tery when not using AC power and a plug when using AC power Double click on the icon for more information and settings WARNING Save to RAM does not last long when the battery power is depleted Save to Disk STD is not the same as power OFF STD requires a small amount of power and will fail if no power is avai...

Page 59: ...r LED remains ON If you are conscious of both system performance and power consumption select Maximum Performance instead of dis abling all power management features ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI was developed by Intel Microsoft and Toshiba especially for Windows and later to control power management and Plug and Play features on system devices designed on the Wired for Man...

Page 60: ...gs In addition to reducing the CPU clock this mode puts devices including the LCD backlight in their lower active state The Notebook PC enters Standby mode low priority when the system remains idle for a specified amount of time The timeout can be set through BIOS setup lower priority and Win dows power management higher priority To resume system operation press any key Power State Summary STATE E...

Page 61: ...tebook PC does not support EDO DRAM Hard Disk Drive Hard disk drives have higher capacities and operate at much faster speeds than floppy disk drives and CD ROM drives Enhanced IDE drives provide a reliable fast and cost effective mass storage solution in the PC storage industry The high speed transfer modes supported are UltraATA 66 up to 66MB sec and PIO mode 4 up to 16 6MB sec The Notebook PC c...

Page 62: ...the Notebook PC s touchpad For more than one USB connection you can purchase either a separate hub or a keyboard with integrated USB hub External Keyboard Connection To allow easier data entry you may connect any PS 2 keyboard as shown here Tip You can use a USB keyboard with a hub to allow easy connection of a USB mouse or other USB devices to the keyboard This allows you to use only a single con...

Page 63: ...an be used to secure your Notebook PC physically to an unmovable object The cable wraps around an object and the T shaped end inserts into the Kensington lock port as shown in this illustration and a key or combination dial is used to secure the lock in place For more information you can read advertisements in Notebook sometimes referred to as Mobile or Portable PC magazines ...

Page 64: ...64 Using the Notebook PC ...

Page 65: ...5 CONFIGURING THE BIOS BIOS Setup Program Main Menu Primary Master Secondary Master Advanced Menu I O Device Configuration Security Menu Power Menu Boot Menu Exit Menu ...

Page 66: ...you to make changes to the system configuration and tailor your Notebook PC to reflect installed hardware alter performance and setup power saving functions BIOS setup is used if you are setting up the Notebook PC for the first time reconfiguring your system or prompted to Run Setup during bootup This section describes how to configure your system using this utility Even if you are not prompted to...

Page 67: ...ight or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted BIOS Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup screen you will notice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar and those that are not with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Descr...

Page 68: ...rom this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu just as you would within a menu Use the Esc key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with eac...

Page 69: ...mation Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Floppy Disk Drive display field This is a display only field BIOS auto detects a floppy disk drive and shows its information here NOTE Only floppy disk drives approved by the manufacturer such as the external USB floppy disk drive may be used with this Notebook PC Item Specific Help System Time 17 15 00 System Date ...

Page 70: ...extended memory as detected by the system Unfortunately this will not tell you how much is onboard and how much is added to the SO DIMM socket You must visually inspect the SO DIMM socket if you are considering expanding your memory You cannot make changes to this field This is a display only field Video RAM Size 16 MB This field allows you to set the amount of memory allocated to the onboard grap...

Page 71: ...ylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Access may decrease the access speed of the hard disk However LBA Mode is neces sary for drives with greater than 504MB in storage capacity The configuration options are LBA LARGE Normal Match Partition Table Manual Item Specific Help Primary Master IBM DJSA 220 Enter to select the type of the IDE drive User Type HDD allows you to set each entry on...

Page 72: ... the number of sectors per block to the highest number supported by the drive This field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field mu...

Page 73: ... menu described earlier Leave on the default setting of Auto NOTE The Secondary drive displayed here is for example only The actual display will be dependent on the drive you have installed in your Notebook PC After using the legend keys to make your selections in this sub menu press the Esc key to return to the Main menu Item Specific Help Secondary Master TOSHIBA DVD ROM SD C2502 Type Auto PIO M...

Page 74: ...may not fill the entire display panel To stretch the DOS image so that it fills the entire screen set this function to enabled Using this function will decrease the stretched image s resolution so it may appear slightly fuzzy Set this field to disabled for normal display The configuration options are Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST...

Page 75: ...ort A User This field allows you to configure the Notebook PC s serial COM1 port The configuration options are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled IR Port 0E00H IRQ3 This field allows you to configure the Notebook PC s serial IR port To enable this port select an address that does not conflict with another port A conflict will be noted by red asterisks next to this item and the item i...

Page 76: ...are four operations supported by EPP Address Write Data Write Address Read and Data Read All operations are performed asynchronously ECPMode The port is both software and hardware compatible with existing parallel ports so that it may be used as a standard printer mode if ECP is not required ECP mode provides an automatic high burst bandwidth channel that supports DMA for ECP in both the forward h...

Page 77: ... Password Disabled Finger Print Security Disabled The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Security menu The passwords control access to the BIOS and certain Security menu options during system startup The passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to spe...

Page 78: ... be protected as follows The protected hard disk drive will prompt for a password when accessed on the Notebook PC The protected hard disk drive cannot be used as a master or slave drive on another computer The protected hard disk drive cannot be formatted To Enable Select the Disabled item and press Enter type a password and press Enter type the same password again and press Enter to confirm You ...

Page 79: ...this item will decrease the LCD brightness when the AC power is not connected in order to conserve battery power The configuration options are Disabled Enabled Start Battery Refreshing This function will start a software program to remove memory effects in the battery and recalibrate the battery gauge Even though this Notebook PC uses a Lithium Ion battery which is not prone to memory effects memo...

Page 80: ... Promotion or demotion of devices alters the priority which the system uses to search for a boot device on system power up The following are explanations of the devices listed in the boot sequence Removable Device refer to the floppy disk used in the internal or USB floppy disk drive IDE Hard Drive refers to the internal built in hard disk drive ATAPI CD ROM refers to either the built in CD ROM dr...

Page 81: ...he values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the Notebook PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirma tion is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made change...

Page 82: ...ther changes before saving the values to the EEPROM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option all selections are updated and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup...

Page 83: ...Appendix A APPENDIX Fingerprint Authentication System on selected models Internal Modem Compliancy Glossary Owner Information ...

Page 84: ...ation Setup will be entered after Administrator ID When you turn ON the Notebook PC this screen will appear You can only place your finger when this screen appears A message will appear if you place your finger too early Press your finger on the scanner and follow the in structions You may have to remove your finger and retry if it fails to read your recorded fingerprint Once confirmed a welcome w...

Page 85: ... Theremustbenomorethantwofingerprintsreg isteredbecausetheauthenticationmemoryonlyallows three fingerprints total So you can have 1 fingerprint for each of the 3 users or 3 fingerprints for 1 user Preboot Authentication V5 018 RIO V2 3 AES4000 User 1 User 2 Delete a User Highlight with arrow keys When selected press Enter Delete a User Preboot Authentication V5 018 RIO V2 3 AES4000 User 1 User 2 A...

Page 86: ...arrow keys to highlight a menu item see detailed description below With the desired option highlighted press Enter or press one of the capitalized shortcut keys to select item directly Authentication Setup Menu Preboot Authentication V5 018 RIO V2 3 AES4000 You are about to erase ALL fingerprint information Are you sure you want to do this Y N _ This screen allows you to erase all user and fin ger...

Page 87: ...nt to differences Setting to level 4 makes the fingerprint scanner more tolerant to differences Preboot Authentication V5 018 RIO V2 3 AES4000 Add new user Erase all information Change admin status add Fingerprint List users change Security level Delete user delete fingerPrint eXit Use arrow keys to highlight a menu item see detailed description below With the desired option highlighted press Ente...

Page 88: ... The fingerprint core Find your fingerprint cores and verify that the core location of your fingerprints is approximately as shown above Most fingers will follow this general rule If your core location is very different adjust your finger placement accordingly If the identification software can not find the fingerprint core you may be able to solve this problem simply by using a different finger T...

Page 89: ...the finger is pulled or pushed left or right forward or back the image is distorted and the fingerprint quality is reduced Note Do not roll the finger as you might when taking a traditional ink and paper image Keep the finger flat and motionless against the sensor detection surface during the imaging process Orienting the Finger The sensor module is equipped with a molded finger guide to assist yo...

Page 90: ...d on the sensor The matching process should then be performed correctly During enrollment you will be asked to lift and replace your finger on the sensor several times The performance of the matcher can be improved by taking care to place the finger in slightly different locations on the sensor for each one of the enrollment placements This gives the matcher the opportu nity to create a composite ...

Page 91: ...k addressing if provided is by means of dual tone multifrequency signalling Network Compatibility Declaration Statement to be made by the manufacturer to the Notified Body and the vendor This declaration will indicate the networks with which the equipment is designed to work and any notified networks with which the equipment may have inter working difficulties Network Compatibility Declaration Sta...

Page 92: ...d No not applicable Portugal No not applicable Spain No not applicable Sweden Yes No Switzerland Yes No United Kingdom Yes No This information was copied from CETECOM and is supplied without liability For updates to this table you may visit http www cetecom de technologies ctr_21 html 1 National requirements will apply only if the equipment may use pulse dialling manufacturers may state in the use...

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Page 94: ...ting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits Abyte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol Clock Throttling Chipset function which allows the processor s clock to be stopped and started at a known duty cycle Clock throttli...

Page 95: ...several closely placed Notebook PCs and even send files to each other without a network Kensington Locks Kensington locks or compatible allow the Notebook PC to be secured usually using a metal cable and lock that prevent the Notebook PC to be removed from a fixed object Some security products may also include a motion detector to sound an alarm when moved LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device...

Page 96: ...d with zeros respectively The physical link for SP DIF carries a Biphase Manchester Coded stream with a line level of 0 5 volts and transformer isolation at both ends Manchester Coding is class of line coding methods which combining a data stream with a clock on a single channel where there are up to two transitions on the line for each bit conveyed With Biphase Manchester there is a line transiti...

Page 97: ...a Hub or Switch is called a straight through Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE The end connectors are called RJ 45 connectors which are not compatible with RJ 11 telephone connectors If connecting two computers together without a hub in between a crossover twisted pair is required UltraDMA 66 or 100 UltraDMA 66 or 100 are new specifications to improve IDE transfer rates Unlike traditional PIO mode which o...

Page 98: ...98 Appendix ...

Page 99: ...adian Department of Communications 2 Capital Lock 31 CardBus 52 CDRH Regulations 3 Colored Hot Keys 29 Cooling Fan 19 20 CTR 21 Approval 6 D Diskette A 69 Display Panel 15 Display Panel Latch 22 DVD ROM Drive Information 47 E External Audio Connections 51 External Display Connection 50 F Fast Infrared Port 18 Federal Communications Commission 2 Floppy 3 Mode Support 70 Floppy Disk Drive 39 G Gloss...

Page 100: ...27 Powering OFF 28 Powering ON 27 Processor Upgrades 61 Programmable Launch Key 30 R Region Definitions 48 Regional Playback Information 48 Restarting or Rebooting 28 S Securing Your Notebook PC 64 Speaker 18 Status Indicators 30 Suspend Mode 59 97 System Memory Expansion 60 T Table of Contents 9 Thermal Power Control 60 Touchpad and Buttons 15 Touchpad Caring 38 Touchpad Using 36 Transportation P...

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Page 102: ...___________ 2nd Hard Disk Drive Manufacturer ________________ Capacity ___________________ BIOS Version _____________________________________ Date ___________________ Accessories ______________________________ Serial Number ___________________ Accessories ______________________________ Serial Number ___________________ SOFTWARE Operating System _____________________________________________________...

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