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6   NEC Versa VX Release Notes

Follow these steps to modify the default setting for a critical low battery state:

1. 

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

2. 

Double click Power Options and select the Alarm tab.

3. 

Click the Alarm Action button in the Critical Battery Alarm section.

4. 

Use the dropdown box labeled, “When the alarm goes off, the computer will:” to change the
default setting to Hibernate.

5. 

Click OK to exit Alarm Actions.

6. 

Click OK to exit Power Options.

7. 

Close the Control Panel.

Using the Infrared Port

In the Windows 2000 environment, the default setting for Infrared communications is SIR
(Serial Infrared). Follow these steps to modify the setting to FIR (Fast Infrared):

1. 

Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

2. 

Double click the System icon, select the Hardware tab, and click the Device Manager
button.

3. 

Click Infrared devices and double click Built-in Infrared Devices.

4. 

Select the Driver tab and click the Update Driver button.

5. 

Click Next when the Update Device Driver Wizard appears.

6. 

Select ‘Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific
driver,’ and click Next.

7. 

Select ‘Show all hardware of this device class.’

8. 

Use the scroll bar in the Manufacturer’s window to view and select ‘SMC.’

9. 

Select ‘SMC IrCC-Fast Infrared Port’ under the Infrared Devices window and click Next.

10. 

Click Yes when the Update Driver warning appears.

11. 

Click Next to initiate the update.

12. 

Click Finish, then click to close the System window.

13. 

Click Yes when prompted to restart your system.

Summary of Contents for VERSA VX

Page 1: ...rive Passwords 2 Changing Hard Disk Drive Passwords 2 Using Hard Disk Drive Password Protection 3 Moving the Hard Disk Drive 3 Updating the Modem Driver 4 Installing PC Cards 4 Attaching the NEC Versa...

Page 2: ...for the internal HDD Follow these steps to establish HDD passwords and to enable HDD password protection 1 Boot your system Press F2 when prompted to enter BIOS setup 2 Enter BIOS Setup using the Up a...

Page 3: ...ith hard disk drive security enabled the password must be entered to allow access to the hard drive If this NEC Versa system does not support hard disk drive security you cannot access the data on the...

Page 4: ...the system Installing PC Cards Do not insert two PC cards in the system simultaneously Attaching the NEC Versa PortBar To ensure proper installation of your Windows operating system do not attach the...

Page 5: ...ows 2000 environment To disable this warning message you must disable the Auto Save To File parameter in the system s BIOS utility Follow these steps to disable the Auto Save To File parameter 1 Reboo...

Page 6: ...to FIR Fast Infrared 1 Click Start point to Settings and click Control Panel 2 Double click the System icon select the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button 3 Click Infrared devices and dou...

Page 7: ...the following sections when using Windows 95 on your NEC Versa VX Using the Email Button To use the Email button to access Outlook Express install Internet Explorer from the Application and Driver CD...

Page 8: ...xt 6 The installation completes Click Finish to restart the system Updating the Video Driver Use the following procedure to update your system s video driver 1 Insert the NEC Versa VX Application and...

Page 9: ...lick Properties Uncheck read only in the attribute section and click OK 4 Remove the CD 5 Insert a bootable MS DOS diskette into the diskette drive and reboot the system 6 Change to the newly created...

Page 10: ...ystem restarts a message appears stating that during system startup there was a problem with at least one service or driver Service Pack 5 must now be reinstalled Reinstall Service Pack 5 as follows 1...

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