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DMI Viewer

Select [DMI Viewer] from [Start] - [Programs] - [Panasonic]

The screen shown below is displayed.
When you click on an item, detailed information on that item will be displayed.

Running DMI Viewer

Input the file name (and select the folder) and select [Save]

This computer conforms to the specifications of the Desktop Management Interface
(DMI). The DMI Viewer can be used when you want to know information on the inter-
nal systems this computer supports, starting with the CPU and memory.

Click to close the DMI Viewer

Saving information to a file

Displayed information can be saved to a text file (.txt). Run the DMI Viewer and
display the information you wish to save.

To save all items

To save the item that is displayed

Select [Save All Data] from [File] menu.

Select [Save Selected Data] from [File] menu.

Summary of Contents for CF-37 Series

Page 1: ... When the cursor is moved to an item under Contents or to page green display the shape of the cursor will change to Under this condition if characters are tapped or a click is made the corresponding page in the Reference Manual will be displayed This illustration means to refer to the Operating Instructions Illustrations in this Reference Manual Key Combinations 2 LED Indicators 3 Touch Pad Advanc...

Page 2: ...eration is resumed by pressing any key or mouse 5 except the keyboard and mouse connected to the USB port Key Combinations Do not press the following key combinations repeatedly in quick succession Do not press the following key combinations while using the touch pad mouse or other keys When a MIDI file is playing do not use the following key combinations The tempo of the MIDI file may temporarily...

Page 3: ... Pocket the Multimedia Pocket device status LED shows the same indica tions as the battery pack status LED see below Not lit AC adaptor not connected or charging not being per formed Orange Charging in progress Green Charging finished Red Battery is low remaining battery capacity is approx 9 or less Blinking red Battery pack or charging malfunction Blinking orange Battery capacity being refreshed ...

Page 4: ...e Tapping Double Clicking Dragging or Move the tip of your finger lightly over the surface tapping clicking double tapping double clicking Basic Operation Windows NT Handling the Touch Pad Do not place any object on the work surface or press down forcefully with sharp pointed objects i e nails hard objects that can leave marks i e pencils and ball point pen Do not allow contact with substances tha...

Page 5: ...ace or Basic Operation Windows 2000 Function Touch Pad Operation Moving the Cursor Tapping Clicking Double Tapping Double Clicking Dragging Scroll Scroll a document rotate the wheel Auto Scroll Automatically scroll a document or Move the tip of your finger lightly over the surface tapping clicking double tapping double clicking When releasing the auto scroll function One tap on the work surface 2 ...

Page 6: ...f a document Zoom Magnify reduce the display of a document Data Zoom Display or hide a document or perform operations to return to or proceed with Internet Explorer Function Touch Pad Operation Shift Indicates that the movements will differ depending on the application Touch Pad Advanced To next page ...

Page 7: ... the power on and run the Setup Utility page 51 In Main menu set Touch Pad to Enable and close the Setup Utility Unless the necessary driver is installed the touch pad can not be used To select an item with the focus use a key like the Shift key 5 Confirm whether Alps Pointing device exists in Mice and other pointing de vices in Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager It is possible that no i...

Page 8: ...on including the auto scroll function may not operate depending on the application In addition its response may be slow for rapid repeating actions For more information refer to on line help NOTE Select Gestures In the top corners of the Touch Pad set the functions to be activated To change the func tions make selections from within the list boxes Easy Launcher can be operated simply by tap ping t...

Page 9: ...e operating areas of the marks Touch Pad Advanced Select Tapping Adjust the tapping speed on the work surface If the box is checked it is possible to make a drag lock setting whereby the drag condition is main tained after dragging via a tap operation even if the hand leaves the work surface In addition it is pos sible to select the method of release from the drag condition i e Auto Release or Tap...

Page 10: ...forcefully with sharp pointed objects e g nails hard objects that can leave marks e g pencils and ball point pen Do not apply pressure within 5 mm of the perimeter of the display panel The cursor may move to the edge of the display Do not operate the computer when such things as dust are on the screen Do not allow contact with substances that could dirty the touchscreen such as oil The cursor may ...

Page 11: ...resources Match this setting with the setting for Base I O in the Setup Utility Set the button modes Set the advanced settings Devices Configure the device controller About Display the version number Status Display the status of the controller Set the double click settings General Set the general settings and func tions Events Set the events that can be generated by a controller Settings Set the g...

Page 12: ...with Edit Copy Copied data can be added to other applications that support the bitmap format by using the paste function Pasting is not possible to applications that do not support the bitmap format CAUTION Do not perform a drag operation by the Touch Pad or the external mouse as the movement will be input on the display 3 Select Save As or Save from File NOTE The file size of a bitmap image to be...

Page 13: ...Control Panel Mouse Pointer has been changed since the movement of the cursor will become ex tremely slow When the display is being rotated a moving image may not be displayed cor rectly if an application using a CD is run When the message Cannot rotate display There is DirectDraw application run ning is displayed close all applications currently running If there is no change in the situation afte...

Page 14: ...ibernation Function 1 Select Start Settings Control Panel Power Options in Hibernate add the check mark for Enable hibernate Sup port then select Apply 2 In Advanced select Standby or Hibernate for When I press the power button on my computer then select OK The operation of the power switch and the operation of the computer when the LCD is closed can be set in Advanced NOTE 1 Run the Setup Utility...

Page 15: ... power switch the computer will turn off and all unsaved data will be lost Windows 2000 Even when When I press the power button on my computer is set to Power Off with Control Panel Power Options if you slide the power switch for more than four seconds and do not release it a beep will sound and the power will go off although the computer will not completely shut down When the speaker function is ...

Page 16: ...conds Do not shut down or restart Windows or use the standby or hibernation functions again during this time as this may sub sequently cause Windows to operate abnormally Do not install or remove peripherals while your computer is in the standby or hibernation mode abnormal operation may result When operation resumes serial devices such as a mouse modem or PC Cards may not function properly In suc...

Page 17: ... The standby or hibernation function or peripherals may not work When a file in devices such as a CD ROM drive external hard disk or ATA card is opened the standby or hibernation function may not work In such cases close the file SCSI cards may not recover after entering the standby or hibernation mode If this occurs restart the computer When a USB device is connected there are cases the standby o...

Page 18: ...not work You can register all items of the Setup Utility page 51 does not appear when the computer resumes from the standby mode Use the hibernation mode If you want to use the security function when using the standby mode add the check mark for Prompt for password when computer goes off standby in Control Panel Power Management Advanced If after three attempts the correct password is not input or...

Page 19: ...ssword then press Enter Enter your password at the Enter New Password then press Enter Only when the Supervisor Password has been set Enter your password at the Enter Current Password then press Enter 5 To disable the Supervisor Password Press only Enter At the Setup Notice press Enter 6 Re enter your password at the Confirm New Password then press Enter 7 Press F10 then select Yes To disable the ...

Page 20: ... set Set the Supervisor Password if you have not done so page 19 CAUTION Do not input your password while holding down on Shift or Ctrl Use only the upper horizontal row of numeric keys to input your password Do not forget your password If a password is forgotten you will be unable to use your computer Contact Panasonic Technical Support When running the Setup Utility do not leave your computer ev...

Page 21: ... Disk Lock even if Password on boot is set to Disable but we recommend that Password on boot is set to Enable for security reasons Note that this Hard Disk Lock does not guarantee complete protection of data In the default setting Hard Disk Lock is set to Disable When you do not want the data on the hard disk to be read written Procedure 4 To enable the Hard Disk Lock Select Enable then press Ente...

Page 22: ...g the and select Floppy Operation and press Enter Preventing theft or damage to data using a disk Security Measures Using and select Disable and press Enter Press F10 then select Yes 5 To enable the floppy operation Select Enable In this manual the followings are described as disks When using disks an included SuperDisk Drive Pack CF VFS372 is needed SuperDisk 120 MB Floppy disk 720 KB 1 44 MB NOT...

Page 23: ...ur computer in the standby mode page 14 Setting the Intel SpeedStep technology page 26 You can control power consumption by setting CPU performance separately for AC adaptor connected and AC adaptor disconnected i e running on batteries Windows NT Before stepping away from your computer press Fn F10 to put your computer in the ECO mode The ECO mode helps you conserve power by cutting off power to ...

Page 24: ...ed if the power management function is enabled Key operation and music playback When the power management function is running you may feel that key or touch pad or mouse operations are sluggish Furthermore music may not be played back correctly when the power of the display is cut for energy conservation pur poses during playback Computing on The Road 1 Run the Setup Utility page 51 3 4 2 Setting ...

Page 25: ...layby pressing Fn F8 Enable Always Enable Battery Disable Power Management Functions automatically set Setting at the time of purchase When the power management setting is disabled or Suspend Hibernation Timeout is set to Never in the Setup Utility does not work In this case is always displayed by pressing Even when a CD ROM or a DVD ROM is running the computer enters the ECO Mode with the ECO Mod...

Page 26: ...is rebooted Displays settings currently in effect Display detailed settings screen in the CAUTION shown below When this checkmark is on a confirmation screen is displayed when switching from Maximum Performance to Battery Optimized Performance This screen appears only when a switch is made between AC adaptor operation and battery operation Other start up methods Right click on either or and select...

Page 27: ...s than approx 9 capacity Battery pack or charger may not be working properly Quickly remove the battery pack and disconnect the AC adaptor then connect them again If the problem persists contact Panasonic Technical Support Battery capacity being refreshed Unable to recharge due to violation of temperature limits The ambient temperature is outside the allowable range Once the allowable range requir...

Page 28: ...el is low When making a setting for When the alarm goes off the computer will in Alarms Alarm Action add a check mark for Force standby or shutdown even if a program stops responding If the computer shuts down or enters the standby or hibernation mode by the Alarm settings function start up the computer or resume operations after connecting the AC adaptor If the computer starts up or resumes while...

Page 29: ... utility to fully discharge the battery pack 1 Run the Setup Utility page 51 2 Select Refresh Battery from the Main menu and press Enter 3 At the confirmation message select Yes and press Enter The battery pack will be completely discharged the computer will power off au tomatically and then charging will commence It takes approximately 3 0 hours until the power automatically goes off through the ...

Page 30: ...ery pack may no longer function properly if the contacts are dirty or damaged The battery pack is not charged when the computer is first purchased Be sure to charge it before using it for the first time When the AC adaptor is connected to the computer charging begins automatically Use only the specified battery pack CF VZSU14 with your computer 2 3 Remove the cover Remove the battery pack Use the ...

Page 31: ... caught in the cover Latches 5 Position the cover so that the edge of the cover is aligned with the lines of the computer Then while lightly pressing down on the center of the cover with sup pressing the back of the computer by one hand gently slide the cover until it snaps into place Lines ...

Page 32: ...nals of the battery pack are in the direction of the cabinet slide the battery pack with the side showing information facing upward under the latch and push it firmly in Latch Cabinet Removing the battery pack from the adaptor Connector 2 Pull the tab on the adapter out Tab 2 Remove the battery pack Slide the cabinet until the projecting part snaps into place Projecting Part While slightly pressin...

Page 33: ...e until sliding the device enough 2 2 Gently slide the device until it clicks into place as illustrated While sliding and holding the latch slide the device slightly as illustrated Be sure that the device is installed properly Installing the de vice upside down may damage the drive Bottom Indicator NOTE MP is the abbreviation for Multimedia Pocket Device Slide the device as illustrated and remove ...

Page 34: ...ter while the CD ROM DVD ROM drive is being accessed Doing so could cause it to malfunction In addi tion after running an application involving access to a disc do not open the CD ROM DVD ROM drive or remove the disc until after the application has been closed After closing the tray do not attempt to access a disc until the MP indicator disappears Cleaning the CD ROM DVD ROM drive using a CD lens ...

Page 35: ...lder clicks 2 If the CD ROM DVD ROM drive has not been accessed within 30 seconds in the case of CD ROM drive 90 seconds in the case of CF VDD372 or 120 seconds in the case of CF VDD371 the drive motor will automatically shut down to reduce the power consumption When the CD ROM DVD ROM drive is accessed once again the power of the drive motor is turned on However approximately 30 seconds are requi...

Page 36: ... Use of another region code or alteration of the region code invalidates the warranty For more information contact Panasonic Technical Support If commercially available DVD playback software asks you the region code set to the following For U S A and Canada Set to 1 For Europe Set to 2 Information for the DVD ROM Drive ...

Page 37: ...ke the rotating of a motor will be audible several times This is not a malfunction During the initial 10 seconds after inserting a SuperDisk or during data access a shrill noise may be produced This is not a malfunction SuperDiskTM Drive Usage Precautions Installing Removing a SuperDisk Drive Pack page 33 The SuperDisk Drive Pack can be used to access both SuperDisks and standard floppy disks It m...

Page 38: ...n mode try removing and then reinserting the PC Card If this does not correct the problem reboot the computer Installing Removing the PC Card When inserting a card do not force the card in if difficulty is encoun tered You may damage the slot making it impossible to remove the card Removing a PC Card Select Windows 2000 on the taskbar then select Stop Follow the on screen instructions When removin...

Page 39: ...stalled or the hard disk or Windows NT Service Pack has been reinstalled reinstall Phoenix Card ExecutiveTM 2 0 for Windows NT 1 Select Start Run 2 Type c util drivers pccard setup exe press OK then follow the on screen instruc tions NOTE Do not use the Control Panel Icon labeled PC Card PCMCIA This Control Panel will no longer function Instead use the Control Panel Icon labeled Card Executive 2 0...

Page 40: ...RAM modules are extremely sensitive to static electricity There are cases where static electricity generated by the human body has adversely affected such mod ules In addition it is easy to damage the RAM modules or internal components of the computer Therefore when installing or removing a RAM module handle the module with extreme care If the total amount of memory exceeds 256MB the computer may ...

Page 41: ...your printer s icon double click on it then select File Set As Default Windows 2000 Set As Default Printer If no icon is available select Add Printer then follow the on screen instructions 4 You may need to install a driver for your printer Follow the on screen instructions and refer to the operation manual of the printer on how to install the driver Confirm that Parallel Port has not been set to ...

Page 42: ...ng start up with the follow ing procedure For more detailed information refer to the operation manual of the external display 2 NOTE 1 Run the Setup Utility page 51 2 Using and select Main 3 Using and select Display and press Enter 4 Using and select the display to use and press Enter 5 Press F10 then select Yes 6 Select your external display Set your external display for Monitor in Start Settings...

Page 43: ... screen instructions and refer to the operation manual for USB devices on how to install the driver After resuming from the standby mode you may need to install the driver again In this case because the display may not return press any key ex Ctrl Power off your computer Starting Up Shutting Down Do not shut down using the standby or hibernation mode Removing a USB device CAUTION Do not remove a U...

Page 44: ...he Infrared Communication Port in the same way for the computer with which communications will take place It is possible to confirm whether infrared communications is possible with another computer by selecting File Transfer in Start Settings Control Panel Wireless Link NOTE Data Communications Select Wireless Link on the desktop on the computer that will send a file Select the file to be sent sel...

Page 45: ... use the PBX internal phone lines installed in company offices Doing so may lead to a fire or electric shock Connecting to a telephone line and settings Windows NT 2 Select Modems in Start Settings Control Panel When using the internal modem set Modem to Enable in the Setup Utility Default To next page 3 Select Dialing Properties Input the necessary information items such as the country area code ...

Page 46: ... cases where the computer enters the standby mode after the time set for System standby elapses even during communications and cuts off the communications If Never is set the computer will not enter the standby mode during communications but once the computer resumes the power of the computer will remain ON while the user is absent When the internal Ring Resume function is being used some time ela...

Page 47: ...system being used For more details ask your system administrator or the person in charge of the network If Network Settings Change is displayed select Yes The computer will restart Match the setting to the actual network environment For example Windows may unnecessarily take one minute to start up when DHCP server use is set although no network cable is connected In order to install the Service Pa...

Page 48: ...mputer as a network computer some additional settings may have to be made depending on the usage conditions We recommend asking your system administrator or the person in charge of the network NOTE 21 Start Run input c sp6 sp6i386 exe and select OK then follow the on screen instructions to install Service Pack 6a Remove the check mark for Backup files necessary 22 When the installation completes s...

Page 49: ... adaptor and enable the supply of power Make settings to allow the use of a Local Area Network The computer will not wake up if the LAN cable is disconnected and recon nected Windows 2000 When using the Wake up from LAN function remove the check mark for Prompt for password when computer goes off standby in Start Settings Control Panel Power Options Advanced The Wake up from LAN function will not ...

Page 50: ...ot put pressure on the top surface of the hard disk drive When handling the drive hold the drive from the side Installing Removing the hard disk For technicians at Panasonic Technical Support 3 2 2 Remove the cover page 30 Power off your computer Starting Up Shutting Down Do not shut down using the standby or hibernation mode 1 Removing the hard disk Installing the hard disk 4 Put the cover back i...

Page 51: ...rn on or restart the computer 2 Press F2 while Press F2 to enter SETUP is displayed soon after the computer begins the startup procedure If you fail to press F2 at this time restart your computer If Enter your password is displayed Enter your password The Supervisor Password must be entered to change items of the Advanced menu Entering the User Password will not allow you to make changes to any of...

Page 52: ...Disable Enable Disable Enable External Monitor Internal LCD Simultaneous Disable Enable Refresh the Battery page 29 Parameters NumLock 1 Touch Pad Speaker Display Display Expansion 2 Refresh Battery 1 Windows 2000 Does not operate for Windows 2000 2 Windows 2000 When Display Expansion is set from En able to Disable the expanded display setting of the Windows screen will not automatically be disabl...

Page 53: ... 3 Base I O 2 Serial Port B 1 Device 3 Base I O 4 Parallel Port 1 Mode 5 Base I O 6 USB Floppy Boot 8 Internal Modem LAN Wake up from LAN 9 1 If Enable is set sub items will be displayed 2 This item is displayed only when Serial Port A is set to Enable 3 Touchscreen can be set in either Serial Port A or Serial Port B 4 This item is displayed only when Serial Port B is set to Enable 5 Setting impos...

Page 54: ...er Password The User Password can only be set when the Supervisor Password has been set and User Password Protection has been set to No Protection Setting impossible when the Supervisor Password is not set Password on boot Set Supervisor Password Hard Disk Lock User Password Protection Set User Password Floppy Operation Processor Serial No Disable Enable To the sub menu Disable Enable No Protectio...

Page 55: ...ilable Reinstall the OS to create a partition by using the Product Recovery CD ROM Windows 2000 This item is not displayed 5 This item does not displayed when Power Switch is set to Off 6 Windows 2000 Fn F10 does not operate for Windows 2000 Disable Enable Battery Enable Always Automatically set through setting of Power Management Mode 2 min Never Automatically set through setting of Power Managem...

Page 56: ... the User Password Boot Menu 1 Floppy Drive 2 Hard Disk 3 CD ROM DVD ROM 4 Network The default order is as follows Floppy Disk Hard Disk CD ROM DVD ROM Network To move a device up by one in the order select the device with and then press F6 To move a device down by one in the order select the device with and then press F5 NOTE The device for starting up the Operating System can also be selected du...

Page 57: ...work connection may be severed under the condition the power of the display is off for energy conservation purposes and standby hibernation mode When network or communication soft ware is to be used set System standby System hibernates Turn off monitor and Turn off hard disks in Start Settings Control Panel Power Options to Never Network Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows Security Function Windows NT...

Page 58: ...hen set En abled for Value if it is set to Disabled This item may be unavailable for some types of network cards Windows 2000 When Adding New Software or Hardware Components Some of the contents of Service Pack 6 installed at the time of purchase may be overwritten Therefore after adding a new software or hardware component be sure to install UPDATE Service Pack 6 See the c sp6 readme htm file Onl...

Page 59: ...cations of the Desktop Management Interface DMI The DMI Viewer can be used when you want to know information on the inter nal systems this computer supports starting with the CPU and memory Click to close the DMI Viewer Saving information to a file Displayed information can be saved to a text file txt Run the DMI Viewer and display the information you wish to save To save all items To save the ite...

Page 60: ...configure the system 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default SETUP Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact Panasonic Technical Support 0260...

Page 61: ...ory Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error Operating System not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the scr...

Page 62: ... correctly recognize the date and time starting from the year 2100 A D Windows NT When APM 2 0 for NT is not displayed in Control Panel this indicates that Phoenix APM 2 0 for Windows NT is not installed When the standby or hibernation function is used under this condition the date and time may be incorrectly displayed Correct the date and time and then install Phoenix APM 2 0 for Windows NT When ...

Page 63: ... mode page 14 Set None for Wallpaper in Start Settings Control Panel Display Back ground select OK Then once again try changing the resolution After the change be sure to restart the computer If an image is displayed for a prolonged period of time an afterimage may appear This is not a malfunction The afterimage will disappear when a different screen is displayed High precision and advanced techno...

Page 64: ...he Setup Utility are appropriate When mouse drivers are installed i e Intellimouse the touchscreen may at times be unable to be used In such cases reinstall the touchscreen driver Remove the check mark for Auto Detect in Start Programs Updd Set tings Hardware and add the check mark again select OK Has the touchscreen driver been properly installed It is necessary to perform Calibration to point co...

Page 65: ...pted Is the disk write protected Select Format in My Computer 3 1 2 Floppy A File After confirming the disk volume and format type start formatting Your drive or file may not have been properly set Check to see if the hard disk is full If it is full delete unnecessary files Your hard disk content may be corrupted Contact Panasonic Technical Support Try testing another drive or media Did you open t...

Page 66: ...e sound is not heard The volume can not be changed by pressing Fn F5 or Fn F6 Sound Dealing with Problems Advanced Character Input Only capital letters are being input How to input European characters ß à ç symbols or Euro Cur rency Symbol is unclear When NumLock is acti vated the password can not be input if a key for the password is one of the keys for the ten key function If CapsLock is on the ...

Page 67: ...e serial port Try setting Touch Pad to disable in the Setup Utility Confirm that Serial Port A has not been set to Disable Try setting Touch Pad to disable in the Setup Utility In some circumstances if a PS 2 external mouse with a serial interface conver sion function is connected to the port it may not operate normally Try connecting it to the serial port Make sure the card is properly inserted C...

Page 68: ...anel System Hardware Device Manager 2 Select Advanced choose Store And Forward from Property and then set Enabled for Value if it is set to Disabled This item may be unavailable for some types of network cards Confirm that the computer on the network is operating properly and that the file is not corrupt Windows 2000 Connecting Peripherals It is not easy to hear of the microphone sound Windows NT ...

Page 69: ...r indirectly from errors omissions or discrepancies between the computer and the manuals Trademarks PS 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft MS DOS Windows and IntelliMouse are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation of the United States and or other countries Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Phoenix Card Executive is a trademark of ...

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