Document Outline

• Notebook Tour
  • Components
    • Top components
      • Keys
      • TouchPad
      • Buttons and switches
      • Lights
    • Front components
    • Rear components
    • Right-side components
    • Left-side components
    • Bottom components
    • Display components
    • Wireless antennae (select models only)
    • Additional hardware components
    • Labels
  • Specifications
    • Operating environment
    • Rated input power
    • Expansion port input/output signals
• TouchPad and Keyboard
  • TouchPad
    • Using the TouchPad
    • Using an external mouse
    • Setting TouchPad preferences
  • Keyboard
    • Hotkeys
      • Hotkey quick reference
      • Hotkey procedures
      • Display and clear system information (fn+esc)
      • Open the Help and Support Center (fn+f1)
      • Open the Print Options window (fn+f2)
      • Open a Web browser (fn+f3)
      • Switch the screen image (fn+f4)
      • Initiate standby (fn+f5)
      • Initiate QuickLock (fn+f6)
      • Decrease screen brightness (fn+f7)
      • Increase screen brightness (fn+f8)
      • Play, pause or resume an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f9)
      • Stop an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f10)
      • Play previous track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f11)
      • Play next track or section of an audio CD or a DVD (fn+f12)
    • Quick Launch Buttons software
      • Accessing the Quick Launch Buttons control panel
      • Setting tiling preferences
      • Setting advanced preferences
        • Displaying the Quick Launch Buttons icon
        • Setting button assignments on an external keyboard
  • Keypads
    • Using the embedded numeric keypad
      • Enabling and disabling the embedded numeric keypad
      • Switching key functions on the embedded numeric keypad
    • Using an external numeric keypad
      • Enabling or disabling num lock mode as you work
• Power
  • Power control and light locations
  • Power sources
    • Connecting the AC adapter
  • Standby and hibernation
    • Standby
    • Hibernation
    • Initiating standby, hibernation or shutdown
      • When you leave your work
      • When a reliable power supply is unavailable
      • When using wireless communication or readable or writable media (select models only)
  • Default power settings
    • Turning the computer or display on or off
    • Using emergency shutdown procedures
    • Initiating or resuming from standby
    • Initiating or restoring from hibernation
  • Power options
    • Accessing Power Options Properties
    • Displaying the Power Meter icon
    • Setting or changing a power scheme
    • Setting a security prompt
  • Processor performance controls
  • Battery packs
    • Inserting or removing a battery pack
    • Charging a battery pack
      • Monitoring the charge of the battery pack
        • Obtaining accurate charge information
        • Displaying charge information on the screen
          • Viewing charge displays
          • Interpreting charge indicators
    • Managing low-battery conditions
      • Identifying low-battery conditions
        • Low-battery condition
        • Critical low-battery condition
      • Resolving low-battery conditions
        • When external power is available
        • When a charged battery pack is available
        • When no power source is available
        • When the computer cannot restore from hibernation
    • Calibrating a battery pack
      • When to calibrate
      • How to calibrate
        • Step 1: Charging the battery pack
        • Step 2: Discharging the battery pack
        • Step 3: Recharging the battery pack
    • Conserving battery power
      • Conserving power as you work
      • Selecting power conservation settings
    • Storing a battery pack
    • Disposing of a used battery pack
• Drives
  • Drive care
  • IDE drive light
  • Hard drive
  • Optical drives
    • Inserting an optical disc
    • Removing an optical disc (with power)
    • Removing an optical disc (without power)
    • Avoiding standby or hibernation
• Multimedia
  • Multimedia Hardware
    • Using the optical drive
      • Identifying the installed optical drive
      • Inserting an optical disc
      • Removing an optical disc (with power)
      • Removing an optical disc (without power)
    • Using media activity hotkeys
    • Using the QuickPlay buttons
    • Using the audio features
      • Using the audio-in (microphone) jack
      • Using the audio-out (headphone) jack
      • Using S/PDIF digital audio (select models only)
      • Adjusting the volume
    • Using the video features
      • Using the external monitor port
      • Using the S-Video-out jack
    • Remote Control (Select Models Only)
      • HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version)
        • Inserting the battery (PC Card version)
        • Storing the remote control in the PC Card slot
        • Button quick reference (PC Card version)
        • HP Mobile Remote Control (PC Card version) component functions
      • HP Mobile Remote Control (ExpressCard version)
        • Inserting the battery (ExpressCard version)
        • Storing the remote control in the ExpressCard slot
        • Button quick reference (ExpressCard version)
        • HP Mobile Remote Control (ExpressCard version) component functions
      • Troubleshooting the remote control
  • Multimedia software
    • Identifying preinstalled multimedia software
    • Installing multimedia software from a CD (select models only)
    • Using multimedia software
    • Using QuickPlay software
    • Protecting playback
    • Protecting the CD or DVD write process
    • Changing DVD region settings
    • Observing the copyright warning
• External Media Cards
  • Digital Media Slot cards (select models only)
    • Inserting a digital card
    • Stopping or removing a digital card
  • PC Cards (select models only)
    • Configuring a PC Card
    • Inserting a PC Card
    • Stopping or removing a PC Card
  • ExpressCards
    • Selecting an ExpressCard
    • Configuring an ExpressCard
    • Inserting an ExpressCard
    • Stopping or removing an ExpressCard
• External Devices
  • Using a USB device
    • Connecting a USB device
    • Stopping a USB device
    • Required USB software
  • Using a 1394 device (select models only)
    • Connecting a 1394 device
    • Stopping a 1394 device
    • Required 1394 software
  • Using the expansion port
• Memory Modules
  • Adding or replacing memory modules
  • Effects of increasing memory
  • Video memory settings (select models only)
• Wireless (Select Models Only)
  • Wireless features
  • Identifying an 802.11 wireless device
  • Wireless controls
  • 802.11 wireless devices (select models only)
    • Setting up a WLAN in your home
    • Connecting to a WLAN in your home
    • Connecting to a public WLAN
    • Using wireless security features
  • Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only)
  • Wireless device status states
    • Turning on the devices
    • Turning off and disabling the devices
• Modem and Local Area Network
  • Modem
    • Connecting the modem cable
    • Connecting a country-specific modem cable adapter
    • Selecting a location setting
      • Viewing the current country selection
      • Adding new locations when traveling
      • Solving travel connection problems
    • Using preinstalled communication software
  • Local area networks
• Security
  • Security features
  • Passwords
    • Guidelines for setting passwords
    • Passwords set in Windows
      • QuickLock
    • Passwords set in the Setup Utility
      • Administrator password
        • Managing an administrator password
        • Entering an administrator password
      • Power-on password
        • Managing a power-on password
        • Entering a power-on password
      • DriveLock password
        • Setting a DriveLock password
        • Entering a DriveLock password
        • Changing a DriveLock password
        • Removing DriveLock protection
      • Device security
  • Antivirus software
  • Firewall software
  • Critical updates
  • Optional security cable
• Setup Utility
  • Setup Utility access
  • Setup Utility language
  • Setup Utility defaults
  • Setup Utility menus
    • Main menu
    • Security menu
    • Advanced menu
    • Tools menu
• Software Updates and Recovery
  • Software updates
    • HP Software Update
    • Software updates and the HP Web site
      • Accessing computer information
      • Downloading a BIOS update
      • Installing a BIOS update
      • Downloading and installing other software
  • System recovery
    • Safeguarding your information
    • Using System Restore
      • Creating a restore point
      • Restoring to a restore point
    • Reinstalling applications
      • Reinstalling applications from the hard drive
      • Reinstalling applications from discs
    • Repairing the operating system
    • Reinstalling the operating system
      • Back up your system
      • Reinstall the operating system
    • Reinstalling device drivers and other software
      • Update reinstalled software
• Routine Care
  • Hardware maintenance
    • Battery pack
    • Disposing of a used battery pack
    • TouchPad and keyboard
    • Display
    • Drives
      • Using Disk Defragmenter
      • Using Disk Cleanup
  • Regular tune-ups
  • Traveling and shipping
• Troubleshooting
  • Quick checklist
    • The computer will not start up.
    • The computer screen is blank.
    • The software is functioning abnormally.
    • The computer is turned on, but is not responding.
    • The computer is extremely warm.
    • An external device is not working.
    • The computer cannot connect to a wireless local area network (WLAN).
  • Customer Care
    • Preparing to contact Customer Care
    • Contacting Customer Care by e-mail or telephone
    • Taking the computer to a service partner
• Electrostatic discharge
  • Preventing electrostatic discharge
    • Handling drives
    • Handling internal components
  • Grounding methods
• Index