Operating Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Important notes
- For the United States and Canada
- Table A:
- For units set at 115 V:
- For units set at 230 V (outside of the United States and Canada):
- On the move with the notebook
- Transporting the notebook
- Before starting the journey
- Cleaning the notebook
- Preparation for use and operation
- Floppy disk drive
- Operating the CD-ROM drive and the DVD drive
- Power-on indicator
- Inserting or removing a CD/DVD
- Manual removal (emergency removal)
- Operating the Zip drive
- Installing the Iomega software
- Reinstalling the Iomega software from the Zip disk
- Operation
- Handling Zip disks
- Inserting the Zip disk
- Sleep mode of drive
- Removing the Zip disk
- Manual removal (emergency removal)
- PC€Cards
- Microphone and loudspeaker
- Using the power-management features
- Automatic activation
- Suspend mode
- Suspend to Disk
- Suspend to DRAM
- Activating
- Exit
- Automatic activation
- Display
- Activating
- Deactivating
- Automatic powerdown
- Hard disk's power-management feature
- Activating
- Loudspeaker
- Deactivating
- Activating
- Deactivating in BIOS€Setup
- Volume adjustment
- Increasing the volume
- Reducing the volume
- Changing display settings
- Settings in BIOS Setup
- Starting BIOS Setup
- Operating BIOS Setup
- Main menu - Making system settings
- System€Time/System€Date
- Diskette€A: - floppy disk drive
- IDE Adapter 0 Master/IDE Adapter 1 Master - hard disk drive
- Type - Hard Disk Type
- Cylinders, Heads, Sectors/Track, Write Precomp - hard disk parameter
- Multi-Sector Transfers - Block Transfer
- LBA Mode Control - Addressing
- 32 Bit I/O - Access width for data transfer
- Transfer Mode
- Ultra DMA Mode - Access Speed
- Display€Device€Selection
- TV€Mode
- Boot€Options - System startup options
- Summary screen - Displaying the configuration at system startup
- Floppy€check - Checking the disk drive
- Quiet€Boot
- System€Memory - Main memory
- Extended€Memory
- Advanced menu - Advanced system settings
- Mode - Infrared Interface Mode
- Parallel port
- Base I/O Address - Address of the parallel port
- Mode - parallel data transmission mode
- Diskette€Controller
- On-board IDE€Adapter - IDE hard disk controller
- On Board Audio - Audio Controller
- Base I/O Address
- IRQ Channel - Interrupt channel
- Capture DMA Channel - DMA channel for capture
- Playback DMA Channel - DMA channel for playback
- FM I/O - Base address for the FM synthesizer
- MPU I/O - Base address for the MIDI interface
- Joystick - Joystick Port
- FM I/O - Base address for the joystick
- QuickPort Audio - Audio options for QuickPort
- Speaker - Selecting the loudspeaker
- Microphone - Selecting the microphone
- PCI Devices - PCI configuration
- Cardbus Controller Select - Settings of the PC Card Controller
- PCI IRQ line 1,2,3 - Setting the PCI interrupt
- Plug€&€Play€O/S
- Enable€ACPI€ - ACPI€functionality
- Reset Configuration Data
- Large Disk Access Mode - Hard disk access
- Security menu - Setting up the security features
- Diskette€access - Access privilege for disk drive
- Flash€update - Permission for BIOS update
- Power menu - Setting energy saving functions
- PM€Control - Effectiveness of the energy saving functions
- Power€Savings - Extent of energy saving functions
- Standby€Timeout
- Auto Suspend€Timeout - Suspend mode
- Hard Disk€Timeout - Hard disk energy saving function
- Video€timeout - Energy saving functions for the monitor
- LID€Switch - LID mode
- Battery€Low€Suspend - Suspend mode for low battery capacity
- Suspend€Mode
- Resume€On€Modem€Ring - Switching on for modem ring
- Resume€On€Time - Switching on at a fixed time
- Resume€Time - Setting the switch-on time
- Cooling Control - Cooling mode
- Docking menu - Configuring the MobiDock
- Floppy disk€B: - Set external floppy disk drive
- IDE Adapter 1 Master/IDE Adapter 1 Slave - Setting external hard disk drives
- Boot€Hard€Disk - Specifying hard disk for system load
- Integrated IDE Adapter - Setting the IDE Controller in the MobiDock
- SCSI€Controller - Setting the MobiDock SCSI controller
- Docking€Station€Password€is - Password display
- Set Docking€Station€Password -Setting the Docking€Station€Password
- Boot menu - Defining boot sequence
- Exit menu - Exiting BIOS Setup
- Save€Changes€&€Exit - Saving and Exiting
- Exit€Without€Saving€Changes
- Get€Default€Values
- Load€Previous€Values
- Save Changes
- Property and data protection
- Preventing unauthorized access to the hard disk drives
- Preventing unauthorized access to floppy disk drive
- Preventing unauthorized access to MobiDock
- Preventing unauthorized update of flash BIOS
- Setting passwords
- Canceling password
- Troubleshooting and tips
- Installing new software
- The notebook does not start after switchon
- The battery is not installed correctly
- The battery is dead
- The power adapter is not connected correctly
- The display of the notebook remains blank
- Monitor is switched off
- The notebook's display is difficult to read
- Reflexes
- Defective pixels on the screen
- The external monitor stays blank
- Monitor is switched off
- Screen has been blanked
- Brightness control is set to dark
- The notebook has been configured to drive the internal display
- The external display's power cable or data cable is not connected properly
- The external display is blank or the image is unstable
- Installing new software
- The notebook stops working
- The notebook is in Standby or Suspend mode
- An application program has caused the malfunction
- The battery is dead
- The touchpad does not work
- Incorrect setting in Setup
- External PS/2 mouse connected
- The mouse does not work
- Incorrect setting in Setup
- Mouse driver not loaded
- Mouse not connected
- The floppy disk cannot be written
- The notebook's date or time is incorrect
- The printer does not print
- The PC card (PCMCIA card) cannot be accessed
- Acoustic warnings
- A beep sounds every few seconds
- One long tone, pause, three long tones, pause, three long tones, pause, one long tone
- A single continuous beep
- Three long beeps
- Error messages on the screen
- Diskette read failure - press F1 to retry boot
- No boot device available - press F1 to retry boot
- No boot sector on fixed disk - press F1 to retry boot
- No devices detected
- Not a boot disk - press F1 to retry boot
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- Restoring the hard disk contents under Windows€9x
- System expansions
- In order to install memory modules:
- In order to remove memory modules:
- Connecting external devices
- Connecting a MobiDock or QuickPort
- Transferring data with the infrared interface
- Technical data
- Fixed internal settings:
- Settings for external components (e.g. MobiDock, PC card):
- Shared IRQ:
- Port assignment
- Pinout in SPP mode (Standard Parallel Port)
- Pinout in EPP mode (Enhanced Parallel Port)
- Pinout in ECP mode (Enhanced Capabilities Port)
- Pinouts for connecting an external floppy disk drive
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Technical data
Technical data for the notebook
Processor Pentium II as from 233 MHz
Numeric processor integrated in processor
Cache: 32 Kbyte integrated in processor
512 Kbyte synchronous Second Level Cache
Main memory 32 - 196 Mbyte SD RAM
3 slots for 32, 64 Mbyte modules
JEDEC 144 pin SO DIMM (may not be mixed)
System ROM (flash EPROM): 512 Kbyte for system and video BIOS
Disk drives: Floppy disk drive for 3 1/2 inch floppy disks
hard disk drive 2.5 inch,12.7 mm height,
CD ROM drive twenty speed or more
Display:
Display diagonal:
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LCD TFT/ADS
Resolution / colors:
LCD TFT 12.1 / LCD ADS 13 / LCD TFT 13.3
Backlit liquid-crystal transmissive display (LCD)
30.7 cm (12.1 inch) XGA Overhead Display
33.0 cm (13.0 inch) XGA ADS
33.8 cm (13.3 inch) XGA
1024x768 / 262.144 colors (18 bit)
Screen controller
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Video memory (SG-RAM):
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supported resolutions on external display
ATI-3D Rage LT Pro
4 Mbyte
640x480 / 16.7 million colors and 85 Hz
800x600/ 16.7 million colors and 85 Hz
1024x768 / 65.536 colors and 75 Hz