Acer 505 series manual

T ra ve lMa te 50 5 ser ies User ’ s guide[...]

Changes may be ma d e periodically to the inform ation in this publication with o ut obligation to notify an y per son of such revi s ion or ch ange s . Such c han ge s w i ll b e in cor por ate d i n ne w edi tions of th is ma n ual or supplem en tary docu m ents and publ ications. This company makes no representa tions or warra n ties, either exp[...]

Contents FCC noti ce vii FCC mode m no ti ce viii Imp ort an t safe ty i nst r uct io ns ix La se r com p lian ce st at eme nt xi Ba tte r y st at em e nt xi i Yea r 200 0 compl i ance st at ement xiii Mode m noti ce xiv Conn ec ti ng the com p ute r xvi Get ting h elp a nd su pport xviii Acc ess i ng onlin e help xviii Sup por t i n fo rmat i on x[...]

iv Audio 25 Sec uri ng yo u r co mp ut er 26 Secur it y not ch 26 Pas s wor ds 26 2 Operating on battery power 29 Ba tte r y pa c k 31 Bat tery pack ch arac te ri stic s 3 1 Inst al li ng and re mo ving th e bat tery pack 32 Chargi ng the ba tt ery 32 Chargi ng mod es 3 2 Checki ng t he ba tt er y le vel 33 Usi ng the W in dow s ba tt ery m eter 3 [...]

v File t ra nsfer cab le 5 2 Key com ponent u pgrade s 53 Memor y upgrad e 53 Installing memo ry 5 3 Har d di sk up gra de 54 4 Moving with your computer 55 Dis con nec tin g fr om the d esk top 57 Movi ng ar oun d 58 Prepa ri ng t he co mput er 58 What to br in g to s hor t m eet i ngs 5 8 What to brin g to l ong mee ti ngs 58 Takin g the comput e[...]

vi Display Device 78 BIOS Ut ility 79 Na vi gat ing th e BIO S U til it y 79 Sy st em In fo r mat io n 80 Basic Syst em Conf ig ur ati on 81 Star tu p Conf igu rati on 8 2 Onbo ard Devi ce Confi gur atio n 84 Syste m Secu ri ty 85 Se ttin g a pas swor d 8 6 Changi ng a pa ss wo rd 87 Remo vin g a pas swor d 87 Passw o r d i con s 87 Loa d Def aul t[...]

FCC notice This de vi ce has bee n te st ed an d fou nd to compl y wi t h the limit s fo r a Class B di git al de vic e pu rs uan t to Par t 15 of th e FCC Rules . Th ese li mits are d esi gn ed to p rov id e reas ona bl e prot ec ti on agai ns t h arm ful i nte rf erenc e in a re side ntia l in sta llati on. Th is d evi ce g en erat es, use s, an [...]

Use conditions Th is part compl ie s w i th Part 15 of t he FCC R ul es . Oper ation is su bj ect to t he fol lowi ng tw o con ditions : (1 ) th is d evice ma y not c ause har mfu l in terf er ence, a nd (2) th is devi ce m us t ac cep t an y int er fere nce rec eiv ed , inc l u di n g in te rf er en c e th a t may cause und esired ope ra tion. Not[...]

ix Impo rtant safety instruc tions 1. Re ad th ese in stru ctio ns car efu lly . Sav e these inst ruc tion s fo r futur e refe ren ce. 2. Foll ow all war nin gs an d ins truc ti ons marke d on t he produc t. 3. Unpl ug thi s pr oduc t f rom th e wal l outl et befo re cle aning. Do not us e li qui d clea ner s or aer oso l cl ea ner s. Use a dam p c[...]

x d. If t he pro duc t does not op er at e no rmal ly w h e n t he o perat in g i nst ru ct io ns are fo ll owed . Adj ust onl y tho se co ntrol s t hat are cove re d by th e op era ti n g inst ru ct io ns sinc e improp er ad ju st ment of other cont r ols may resu lt in da mage an d w ill of ten re qui re e xt ens ive w ork by a qual if ied tech n[...]

xi La ser co mp li an ce st at e men t The C D-R OM d rive in th is comp ute r is a l as er pr odu ct. The CD- ROM dr iv e’ s c las- sifi ca t io n la b el (sh ow n be low ) is loc a te d on the dr iv e. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION : INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID EXPO- SURE TO BEAM. APPAREIL A LAS ER DE CLASS E 1 PRODUI T LASERATTE[...]

xi i Battery s tatement Th e fo llow i ng st at eme nt re fe rs to th e in tern a l lit hi u m -i on ba tt ery th at po w er s the com puter ’s c lock. CAUTION Dan g er of ex plosion i f bat t ery is i nco rr ect ly r epl aced. Re pla ce onl y wi th th e s ame or equi va le nt t ype recom me nded by th e manufac ture r. Disca rd used batt er ies [...]

xiii Y ear 2000 compl iance st atement The T ravelM at e 50 5 not eb ook c omput er car ri es th e " Hard w ar e NSTL T ested Y ear 2000 Com plia nt " logo, whic h cer t ifie s th at thi s mode l has been tes te d by N S TL usin g the YMark20 00 t est, and has been foun d to meet NSTL' s st and ar ds fo r Y ear 2000 har dwa re co mpl[...]

xi v Mode m n otice This equ ipme nt has be en appr ov ed t o Counc il D i vi sion 9 8/4 82/ EC - “CT R 21” fo r pan-E uropea n si ngl e te rmi nal conn ec ti on to t he Publ ic Swi tche d T elep hone Netw or k (PST N). Howe ver , due t o dif fe rences bet w een the indivi dua l PST Ns provi de d in di ff ere nt coun tr ies, t he appr ova l doe[...]

xv This manua l d es cri be s fea tur es of th e T ravel Ma te 505 se ries not eb ook compu te rs. The T ravelM at e ser ies of compu ter s inco rpo ra te such featur es as Car dB us , 16- bi t ster eo a udio, i nter nal p ointi ng d evice , Uni ver sal Ser ial Bus , an d al l- in -one medi a stor age . This m an ual shou ld answe r most of t he qu[...]

xvi Co nn ec tin g the comp ute r Con nec ti ng t he comp ute r i s as ea sy as 1-2 -3. 1. Ins ert th e bat tery p ac k int o th e b at te ry c o m p ar tm e n t, then sli de th e batt ery co m par tme nt co ver in plac e. Note : Wh en using a batt e ry pack for the firs t time , fully rec harge the ba ttery , then disconn ect th e adapter t o use [...]

xvii The P OST (po wer- on s el f-te st) ro uti ne t he n e xecut es and W i ndows b egi ns loa din g. Note : T o tu rn off th e power, slid e a nd hold th e powe r switc h for m o re th a n fou r second s. I f you ar e us in g W in dow s 98 , we r eco mmend that you us e the Shut Do w n comm and t o t urn of f the computer . If you turn of f the c[...]

xvi ii Gettin g he lp and su pp or t This us er’ s guide p rov id es cl ea r an d conc ise in format io n abo ut t he co mp uter , so read it th oro ugh ly . T o pro vi de y ou wi th help w he n tra vel in g, th e co mput er al so has a com pre hen si ve onli ne he lp. Accessi ng on l in e help Fo llo w th es e st ep s to ac ce ss th e onl ine do[...]

xix 3. Clic k o n Suppo rt I nform ation . Note : If you ar e conne cted t o the I nt ernet and have W orld W i d e W eb ac ces s , visi t our home pa ge ( www .a cer .com/ ) a nd ge t an u pdat ed l ist o f o ur worl dw i de o f f ices, as well as in format ion abo ut our prod ucts.[...]

xx Ca re an d ma in te na nc e T aking care of y our compu ter Y our com put er will se rv e you wel l if yo u tak e car e of it. • Do no t ex pose th e compu te r to direc t s unlig ht. Do not place i t ne ar sour ce s of heat , su ch as a r adiat or . • Do no t ex pos e the co mput er to t empe ratur es bel ow 0º C (32 ºF) or a bove 50º C [...]

xxi • D is pos e o f us e d ba tt erie s acc ord in g to loc a l re gu la t ions . Recy cle if at al l possi bl e. Cleaning and servicing When cle ani ng t he com p uter , follow t hes e steps : 1. Po wer off t he com put er a nd rem ove t h e ba tter y p ack . 2. Di sco nne ct the AC ada pt er . 3. Use a sof t cl ot h mo iste ned with wa te r . [...]

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1 Getting fam iliar wi th your computer[...]

This computer combine s high- performa nce, versa tility , power management fea tures and mul timedia c apabilities with a unique style and ergonomic design. W ork with unmatched productivity and reliability with your new power c omp uting partner . This chapter gives an in- depth "tour" of the computer ’ s many features.[...]

Fe ature s This com puter was des ign ed with th e use r in mind. H ere are jus t a few of its many feat u res: Perfo rman ce • Int el ® Cel eron™ pr ocess or wi th 128 KB l ev el 2 cache • 6 4-b it /128- bi t mai n memory • Lar ge LCD disp lay and PCI video w it h 128 -bi t grap hi cs ac ce ler at i on • Int ernal CD- ROM d rive • B u[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 4 (zoom e d vid eo) por t su ppor t • Upg rad eable me mory an d hard di sk[...]

5 Display The lar ge graph ic s dis pl ay of fer s ex cel l ent vie win g, disp la y quali ty and deskt op perf or mance gr aphic s. The com pu ter sup ports t wo di f fer ent dis pla y c onfig ur at ions — Hig h Pe rfor man ce Addr essi ng (HP A) o r Th in-F ilm Transi st or ( TF T). V i deo pe rform anc e PCI vide o wit h 128-bi t gr aphic s ac[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 6 Caution : T o avoid damagin g the di s pl ay , do not slam i t when you clos e it . Als o, do not pl ace any obj ec t on top of the compu te r when the di splay i s close d.[...]

7 In dica tors The com puter has six easy -t o-re ad status i ndica tor s ( LED s) unde r th e di spl ay scre en. The P ow er and St and by indicat or s ar e vi sible even when you clo se t he di splay co ver so you can se e th e st at us of the comput er wh ile th e cov er is clos ed. # Icon Fu nc tio n Desc ription 1 Po we r Lig h ts w h e n th e[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 8 Ke yb oar d The keyb oar d has ful l-si ze d keys w it h an embe dde d key pad , separ at e cur so r keys, tw o W indows keys an d twe lve f unc tion ke ys . S pe cia l k ey s Lock keys The k eyboard has t hree l ock k eys wh ic h you ca n toggl e on and o f f. Lock Key Description Caps Lock When Cap s Lo[...]

9 Embedded numeric k e ypad The em bedd ed nu meri c ke ypad fun ctions li ke a desk top numer ic keypa d. It is indi cat ed by sm all ch ar act er s lo cat ed on the uppe r ri ght cor n e r of t he ke yca ps. T o sim p l if y th e keyboard l ege nd, cu r sor -cont ro l ke y symbo ls are no t pr in te d on the keys. Note : If an ext ernal key boa r[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 10 W i ndows keys The keyb oard has two ke ys th at per for m Wi nd ows- sp eci fic f unct ions . The Eu ro sy mbo l If you r key boa rd i s in a ny of the f oll owi ng l ang uage s — Uni te d St at es- Int erna tio nal, Unit ed K in gdom , Fr enc h, Ge rm an, It al ian, S pan ish , Po rtu g uese , Key De[...]

11 Dan ish, Swiss Germ a n, Swi ss Fren ch, Czec h, Be lg ian, Nor w egi an , Hung ar ia n, T u rki s h, Swe dis h or Finn is h — you can ty pe t he Eur o symb ol on your keybo ar d Note : Impor t an t! ( for U S key boa rd user s): The keybo ard t ype is s e t when you f irst s et up W indow s . For the Eu ro symbo l to work, the key boa rd type[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 12 Hotkeys The com puter empl oys ho tk eys or ke y com bi nat ions to ac cess m ost of t he com puter’ s con trol s like s cr een c ont ra st a nd brig htn es s, vo lu me o utput a nd the BIOS s et up ut il ity . HotKe y Icon Functi o n Description Fn-F 1 Hotk ey help Displ ays a list of the hotk e ys an[...]

13 Activatin g hot keys When act iva ti ng h otk eys , pr es s an d hol d th e fi rs t ke y Fn bef or e pr ess in g th e ot her key in t he hot ke y combi na tion. Fn- F7 T ouchp ad on/ of f T u rns th e inte rnal to uchpad on and of f. Whe n yo u conne ct an e xternal PS/ 2 m ouse, the c omput er auto matica lly disa bles th e to uchp ad. Fn-F8 Sp[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 14 Keyboard ergonom ics Locat ed be lo w t he ke yboa rd , t he wid e and curv ed pa lm re st is er g onomi ca ll y desi gne d to provi de you wit h a ver y comf or ta ble place to re st your hands whil e you t yp e.[...]

15 To u c h p a d The bu i lt-i n to uch pad i s a PS/ 2-com pa ti ble poi nt in g device tha t se nse s move ment on i ts sur fa ce. Th is me ans t he cu rsor r espond s as you m ove your f inger on the surf ac e of t he to uch pad . T he ce ntr al loc atio n on th e pal m res t pr ovi de s optim um co m for t an d sup por t. Note : When yo u conn[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 16 Note : Keep y our finger s dr y and cl ean w he n us i ng the t ouc hpad. Also keep the t ou chpa d dry and clea n. The to uchp ad i s s en siti ve to f i nger move ment s. Hen ce, th e ligh ter the touc h , the better the res ponse . T appin g too hard wil l not increase the t o uchpad’ s responsivene[...]

17 Stora ge This co mput er suppl i es you w it h al l- in -on e medi a st or age: • Hi gh- cap acit y Enha nce d-ID E har d di sk • S tan dard ul tra- slim in tern al 3 .5- inch f lo ppy driv e • Hi gh- spe ed ultr a- slim CD -R O M dr ive Hard disk The har d dis k can be upgr ad ed whe n you ne ed m ore st ora ge sp ace . Cons ult you r dea[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 18 Ejecting the CD-ROM tray T o ej ect the CD-RO M drive t ray when th e comp ute r is tur ne d on, pre ss t he CD- RO M ej ec t but ton. Note : When po wer is of f, you can eject th e CD-ROM dr i ve tray usin g th e emer ge ncy ej ect ho le (see page 93 ).[...]

19 Ports Port s al l ow yo u to co nnec t p er ip her al dev ic es to your co mp ut er as you w o uld with a deskt op PC Note : See Cha pter 3 on ho w to co nnec t ex tern al devices t o the comp uter . Front por ts The f ro nt p anel con ta in s por ts for e xtern al a udio con nec tions . # Ic on Po r t Connec ts to.. . 1 Spe aker- out j ack Spea[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 20 Rear ports Universal Se rial B us The U nive rs al S erial Bus (U SB) por t is a high- sp eed ser ia l bus wh ic h all ows y ou to c onn ect and d ais y-cha in USB peri phe ra ls wi th out tak in g up pre ci ous s ys tem res our ces. # Icon Por t Connects to... 1 DC-in j ack AC adap ter and powe r outle [...]

21 Right por ts PC card sl ot There i s one type II/I or one t ype I II Ca rdBu s PC c ar d slo t fou nd on the r i ght pa nel of the com put er . Thi s sl ot acc ept s cr edi t -ca rd -s iz ed ca rds that en han ce th e usabi l ity and e xpandab il ity of the comput er . PC cards (fo rmer ly P CMCIA) ar e ad d-o n cards f or po rt able co mput ers[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 22 Insert ing a card Inse rt th e ca rd i nto t he s lot an d make th e pr ope r co nne ct ion s ( e. g. , ne two rk c abl e) , if nec es sary . See your ca rd ma nual for det ai ls . Ejecting a card Befor e ej ect i ng a PC card: • Exit the ap plic at ion usi ng th e card. • Left -cl i ck on the PC ca [...]

23 T o use t he f ax/da ta mod em por t, c onn ect a phon e cable f ro m t he m od em p ort to a tel epho ne jack .[...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 24 Audio The s ta nda rd c omput er conf ig ura tion i nclud es 16 -bit high -fidel it y st er eo aud i o wi th f ur ther e nhan ceme nt s th at inclu de 3D so und for tr ue au di o im m er si on . Fro nt dual s pea kers di rect s ound towa rds y ou t o f urth er e nhance s ound outp ut . Use the volu me co[...]

25 Secu ring you r c ompute r Secur it y fe at ure s i ncl ude hard war e and so ft war e lo cks — a sec ur it y not ch and a two - leve l p assw o r d sch em e . Security notch A sec ur it y not ch l oca te d on th e rear pa nel of th e co mput er l et s you conne ct a Ken si ngt on-com p atible ke y- bas ed co mput er se cu ri ty lock . W r ap [...]

1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 26 Setting a passwor d Y ou can set the pas sw or d usi ng: • Not ebook Mana ger — go to page 7 5. • BI O S Util i ty — g o to pa ge 86 .[...]

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1 Getting famili ar with yo ur comp ut er 28[...]

2 Operating on battery[...]

The computer oper ates on A C or batter y pow er . This chapter contains the information you need to know to operate t he computer on battery power . It als o includes information on how your computer manages and saves power .[...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 31 power[...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 32 Battery p ack The com puter use s a batt ery pack tha t gi ves you lo ng us e bet wee n char ges. Battery pack characteristics The b at te ry pack ha s the foll owin g cha rac te ri st i cs: • Empl oys cu r re nt ba tt er y te chn olo gy st an dards • Bat tery -low war nin g When t he ba tt er y cha r ge leve[...]

33 T o ins tal l a b atte ry pack, slid e i t int o th e b atte ry co mp artme nt, the n la tch the batt er y compa rtm ent cov er . Rever se t he proce dur e to rem ov e the batte ry pack. Char ging the battery T o cha r ge the batt er y , slid e th e batte ry pack int o the batte ry ba y and plug the AC ad apt er into th e comp u te r and an el e[...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 34 Check ing the ba tter y lev e l Using the W indows b attery meter The W indows ba tt ery me ter i ndi cates the pre sen t ba tt er y lev el . Simp ly r est your cu rs or on the ba tt er y met er (o r A C pl ug) icon on the taskbar t o see the present char ge lev el of you r batt er y . Optimiz ing batt ery lif e [...]

35 Batter y-low wa rning Y ou never have to wor ry about bat tery po wer as lon g as yo u are usi ng the A C adapt er . However , when you oper at e th e compu te r on ba tt er y power , pay extra att ent io n to t he powe r indi cat or on th e dis p l ay pa nel. The fol lo wing sig nal ind ic at es a ba tt er y- low co ndi ti on : • T h e pow e [...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 36 Powe r m anagem ent This co mputer ha s a built -in pow er m anagem ent un it tha t monito rs syst em acti vity . Syste m act iv ity re fer s to any ac ti vity inv olv in g one or mo re of the fol lo win g devi ces : ke yboa rd , mous e, flo ppy drive, har d dis k, periph er als con nec te d to the seri al and pa[...]

37 How to exi t Sl eep mod e dep ends upon which power -savi ng mode th e compu te r is in. Display standby mode Scree n act i vi ty i s det er m in ed by the keyboa rd , th e bui lt - in t ouc hpad , an d an exte rnal PS/2 poi ntin g device. If the se devi ce s are idl e for t he per iod spe ci fied by the LCD bac kli gh t T imeou t va lue , the d[...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 38 The fol lo wing sig nal s indi cat e that the comput er is in Standb y mode: • The buzz er beep s (w he n th e hot key is pr essed to ent er int o St and by mode ) • The S tandby i ndica to r ligh ts War ni ng ! Unst ored data is l ost wh en yo u tu r n off t he com put er pow e r in Stan dby m ode or w hen t[...]

39 War ni ng ! Do not chan ge an y device s (su ch as add memor y) when the comput er i s in Hi berna tio n mode .[...]

2 Operat i ng on batter y powe r 40[...]

3 Peripher al s and options[...]

Y our computer of fers excellent expansion capabilities with its built-in ports and conne ctor s. This chapter describes how to connect peripherals and hardware options that help you use your computer with ease. When connecting peripherals, read the manual included wit h the pe ripheral for operating instructions. Y ou can purchase most of these a [...]

43 Exte rnal mon itor T o show grap hi cal ef f ects on a lar g er dis pla y , con nect an e xte rn al m on itor t o th e CRT port . Re a d the m o ni to r ma nu a l f o r ad d iti ona l inst ruc tion s. Note : If an exte rnal m onitor is not c onnecte d, clo sing th e displ ay cover puts the com puter int o St and by mod e. Using simultaneous disp[...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 44 Exte rnal k eyb oard This co mput er h as a keyboa rd wi th ful l-si ze d k eys a nd an em bedded ke ypa d. If you fee l mor e comf ort ab le using a des kt op ke yboa rd , you can i nst al l a PS/ 2- co mpat ible e xte rn al ke ybo ard. T o con n ec t an ex te rn al keybo ard , pl ug the ex terna l ke yboa rd int o[...]

45 Exte rnal k eyp ad Y ou can al so us e a 17-key num eric ke ypa d for num be r- se nsi ti ve , da ta -en tr y appl ica tion s. T o connec t the keypad , p lu g the k eypa d c onne ct or in to t he PS/ 2 po rt.[...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 46 Exte rnal p ointin g devi ce This c omput er acc epts e it her a PS /2- co mpat ible or s erial mous e or si milar poi nti ng devi ce. Note : When using an ex ter nal mou se, you may c hoo s e t o disab l e t he int er na l touc hpa d by pres s i ng Fn- F7. Exte rnal P S/2 mou se The bu i lt-i n to uch pad w or ks a[...]

47 Printe r This co mput er suppo rt s bo th se ri al and pa ra ll el pri nt er s. For a ser ia l pr in ter , plug the pri nte r ca ble into the se rial por t. F or a pa ral lel p rin ter, pl ug t he prin ter cab le into the para ll el por t. Se e you r pr inte r manua l fo r ope ra ting inst ru ctio ns. Note : If the pri nter doe s not fu n ction,[...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 48 Audi o devi ces Aud io dev ic es ar e easy t o con nec t with t he au di o p ort s ac ces si bl e f ro m t h e fr ont o f the c omput er . Y ou ca n plug an e xt ernal mic ro phone i nt o t he micr opho ne- in ja ck or an audi o li ne -i n devi ce int o th e aud io l in e-i n jack . Ampli fi ed spea ker s or headp h[...]

49 PC cards The com puter has one CardBu s PC car d slot tha t can acc omm odate one ty pe I I/I or one t ype II I PC card. Pl ea se c ons ul t y our dea le r f or PC c ard opt i ons ava ilabl e tha t you can pu rchase for your compu ter .[...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 50 USB dev ices The com put er has a USB (Univ er sal Ser ia l Bus ) port that al lows you to conn ect peri phe ra ls w ith out occu pyi ng too many r esour ces . Comm on U SB dev ic es incl ude the mou s e an d key board. Most USB dev ic es also inc lu de a bu il t- i n U S B por t c onn ect or w hi ch allo ws you t o[...]

51 Mi scellane ous o ption s Additional power packs Y ou can ord er a n AC adapt er and sp ar e bat t eri es. Battery pack It is a good practi ce to hav e a spa re batte ry ar oun d, e spe cial ly whe n you t ra vel . The Ni M H b att er y , coupl ed wi th t he po wer man age ment featur es of your com puter , s upp lies yo u w ith more p ower on- [...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 52 Con nect t he si ngle c onne ct or end of the Y-b ri dge cab le to th e co mput er ’ s PS/2 por t and the doub le c onne ctor en ds t o the two PS/ 2 dev ices. File trans fe r cable Besid es us in g the inf rare d por t, you ca n al so tran sf er fil es bet ween comput er s usin g a fi le t ransf er ca ble. Co nne[...]

53 Ke y co mp one nt u pgr ade s Y our com put er deliv er s super ior power and perf orm ance. Howev er , some us er s and the appl i catio ns t hey us e may de mand mor e. Th is c omput er all ows yo u to upgra de key compo nen ts when you need i ncrea sed per for manc e. Note : Contact you r authori zed deal er if yo u dec id e to per f or m a k[...]

3 Per ipher a ls an d options 54 4. Rep lace t he mem or y doo r and secu re it wi th t he sc re ws. The c om put er auto m at i cally de t ect s an d reconfig ur es t he to tal memor y si ze . Hard dis k upgr ade It i s pos sibl e to upgr ade you r ha rd di sk wi th a hi ghe r ca pacit y dr ive w hen you need mor e st ora ge spac e. The comput er [...]

4 Moving with your comput er[...]

This chapter gives you tips and hints on things to consider when moving around or tr aveling with your c om puter .[...]

57 Discon necting from the de sktop Foll ow the se ste ps t o dis con nec t you r co mput er f rom ex terna l ac ces so ri es: 1. Save you r work in progr es s. 2. Shut down t he oper at ing s ys te m. 3. T u rn off th e comp u te r . 4. Di sco nnect the co rd f rom t he AC adap te r . 5. Di sco nne ct t he k eyb oar d, p oi nti ng d evi ce , pr i [...]

4 Movi ng w i th you r compu te r 58 Movi ng ar ound whe n you ar e ju st mo vin g within sho rt dista nce s, for exampl e, fr om your of fi ce desk t o a me etin g r oo m Preparing th e com puter Befor e movi ng t he com p uter , cl os e and latch the di sp la y cove r t o pla ce i t i n Stand by mode . Y ou can now saf el y take th e compu te r a[...]

59 T akin g the comp uter home whe n you ar e movi ng f rom you r of fi ce to your hom e or vice versa Preparing th e com puter After d is conn ect ing t he co mp ut er fr om yo ur des kt op, f ol low th ese st ep s t o p re par e the co m p uter f or t he tr i p home: 1. Remo ve all m ed ia f rom t he dr ive s. Fail ur e to rem ov e the medi a can[...]

4 Movi ng w i th you r compu te r 60 Setting up a home office If you fre que ntl y wor k on you r com p ute r at hom e, it ma y be w o r thwh ile to purch as e a s eco nd AC a dap ter f or u se a t hom e. W ith a second AC adapt er , you c an avoi d tr ans por ti ng t he ex tra w ei ght to and fr om hom e. If you use you r co mp ut er at home f o r[...]

61 T rav eling wi t h th e co mput er whe n you ar e movi ng wi thin a l ar g e r di st an ce, for ins tan ce , f rom you r of fic e bu il di ng to a cli ent ’ s off ic e build in g or t ravel in g loc a l ly Preparing th e com puter Prepa re the com puter as if you w er e ta ki ng it home. Be sur e th e bat tery in th e com puter is cha r ge d. [...]

4 Movi ng w i th you r compu te r 62 T r av eli ng int ern a t io na lly wi th th e comp uter whe n you ar e movi ng f rom co unt ry to cou ntr y Preparing th e com puter Prepa re the c o m put er as you wou ld n orm a l l y pre par e i t fo r trav eling. What to bring with you Bri ng th e fo llo win g it em s wi th yo u. •A C a d a p t e r • P[...]

5 Sof tware[...]

This chapter discusses the impor tant system utilities bundled with your computer .[...]

5 So ft w are 65 System software The com puter comes pre loade d wit h the fol lo win g softwa re : • W indo ws operati ng sys tem • DMI (De skt op M an ageme nt I nt er face) -c ompl ia nt ha rd ware BI OS util it y • S yst em util ities , dr ive rs a nd app licat ion s oft war e Note : T o access W indows so ftwar e appl icat ions , cl ick [...]

5 So ft w are 66 Slee p Ma na g er Most noteb ook compu ters fea ture bui lt-i n po wer -savi ng f unc ti on s. Thi s co mp ut er has two po wer man age ment m o des, Stand by and H ibe rna tion . Whi le Stan dby pu ts your com pu ter in to a light sle ep sta te , Hib ernat io n shu ts of f a ll pow er a f t er sav ing the cur re nt sta te of y our[...]

67 The S le ep Mana ger icon ma y or m ay not ap pea r on the t ask bar . A chec kbo x in t he S lee p Man ag er m ain scr een de ter min es w het her to en able or d isa ble the icon on the t askba r . This i con shows the cu rr ent st at us of the Hibe rna ti on f eat ur e. The ico n chang es to tell you if the fea ture i s val i d or not . Resti[...]

5 So ft w are 68 Sleep Manager functions Create Slee p Manag er aut omat ical ly f inds a cont i guous ar ea on you r ha rd dis k and cre ates the Hib er nat ion fi le in th is spac e. Y ou ca n al so pe rf orm th is f un ct ion b y c lick i ng on the Cr eate butto n. When y ou c lick on t he C reate bu tton, a dia lo g bo x po ps u p: Sele ct OK t[...]

69 Slee p Man age r autom ati ca ll y che cks the s yst em confi gu rati on and d i spl ays the reco mme nde d siz e. The dri ve where the spac e wil l be cre at ed is def in ed by t he sy st em and will be th e fi rs t av aila ble log ical dr i ve whi ch ha s th e req ues te d cont igu ous fre e di sk sp ace on it. The r eco mme nde d size i s the[...]

5 So ft w are 70 very s m all, so the comp res sion s of twa re n eed s to be run aga in t o e nl arg e th e si ze of the hos t ( unc om pre ss ed) dri ve for Slee p Manag er . Remove If you want t o use or ta ke ba ck the re ser ve d spa ce, cl ic k on the Remove bu tton. This w i ll disabl e t he Hib er nat io n fea tu re . Ins te ad, th e com pu[...]

71 No tebo ok M anag er The co m p ut er has a b uil t-i n s ystem set up p rog ra m cal le d Not eb ook Manag er . The W indo ws-bas ed N otebo ok Mana ger a ll ows you to s et pa ss word s, t he s tart up seque nce of th e dri ve s and p ow er manag em ent set tin gs. It also shows curr en t hardw are config ura ti ons. Note : Certa in hot key fu[...]

5 So ft w are 72 Information viewer Info rmati on V iew er su mma ri zes and li st s i nfo rmat i on ab out th e spec i fi ca ti ons and sett i ngs of the dif feren t co mpone nts of yo ur comp uter . Note : It ems in this t able ma y differ slightly from th ose o n the screen. Item Description CPU Brand, t ype and cl ock speed of t he CPU (C entr [...]

73 PO ST POST de fi nes how th e compu ter beh ave s dur in g th e power -o n sel f -test ro utine s. This sc re en i ncl ude s th e fo ll owi ng se tt in gs: • Enabl e Fas t Boot. Select t o hid e PO ST st ar tu p mess age s, ins tead di spl ay in g the T ravelM a te co mput er logo . • Ena bl e hot key beep . Select to enabl e t he co mp ut e[...]

5 So ft w are 74 Boot Sequen ce Boot Seq uen ce de fines the boot sequ enc e to fol low whe n your compu te r boo ts up. This sc re en all ows you to us e Drag and D ro p to Cha nge the Order to se t t he boo t seque nce of you r com p ute r . Opti ons inc lud e: • Flopp y Dri ve. The com p u te r searc hes for a boot ab le disk et te in th e fl [...]

75 Passw or d Passw o r d i s use d to set , modify or del ete t he pa sswo rd(s) for your com p u te r . Th er e ar e tw o pa ss w o rds us ed in t he sy st em: • Powe r-O n Pa sswo rd. The Power -On Pass wor d pr eve nts una ut horiz ed a cce ss to t he c omputer dur ing s ys tem star t up and a t resum e f ro m St andby/ Hi ber nat i on mode s[...]

5 So ft w are 76 3. Clic k in t he N ew Pas swor d te xtbox and ty pe in up to s eve n alp han umer ic char act ers (A - Z, a-z , 0- 9) whi ch yo u w ant to be your Power -On Pa sswo rd. 4. Clic k in t he Conf i rm Pas sw or d te xtb ox and ret yp e the p as swor d. 5. Clic k o n OK to a cce pt t he sett ing. Note : T o change a p a ssword, fol l o[...]

77 Power Managem e nt Powe r Mana geme nt i s use d to set variou s setting s re la te d to po wer m an age ment . Cl ic k o n th e “ Advanced ” butto n to a cce ss t he ad van ced Power Man age me nt Prope rt ie s opt i ons. The Ad van ced options in Po wer Mana geme nt Pr ope rt ie s en abl e you to assi gn a funct i on to the Lid swi tch, po[...]

5 So ft w are 78 Display Device Di spl ay Dev ic e is used to co ntr ol v ar iou s se tt in gs r ela te d to the disp la y devi ce (s ), suc h as th e di sp l ay bri ght ne s s/ co ntr ast le ve ls . Th e ite ms i n th is s creen inc lud e: • Boo t D is pl ay Dev ice. Sets the de fault dis pl ay de vic e on bo ot-up . • Swi tc hi ng di spl ay d[...]

79 BIOS Utility The BI OS Uti lit y is a ha rd war e conf i gurat ion p rogra m bu il t i nt o y our c ompu te r ’ s BIO S (bas i c inp ut /ouput s yste m). Y our com pu t e r i s al re ady pro per ly conf ig ured an d opt i mize d, and y ou do n ot n eed to run thi s ut il ity . However , if you enco unt er config ura tion prob lems , yo u ma y [...]

5 So ft w are 80 Note : Naviga t i on keys f or a part icul ar menu are show n on the bott om of th e screen. Sys tem In f orm a t io n The S ystem Infor mat io n scr ee n d ispl ays a s umm ary of yo ur co mput er h ardw are info rmati on. Th e ta ble bel ow des crib es t he p ara mete rs i n th is s cree n. Par a me ter Description CPU Des crib e[...]

81 Basi c System C onfigu ration The Basi c Sys tem Confi gurat io n scree n con tains par am et er s in vol ving ba si c com puter s etti ngs li ke date an d tim e. Th e ta ble be low de s cri b es th e pa ra me te rs i n th e sc re e n. Asset T ag Nu mb er Shows the asset tag number . Pro duc t Name Shows t he of ficial name of the pro duc t . Ma[...]

5 So ft w are 82 Startup Conf iguration The S ta rt up Con fi gur at io n scr ee n con ta in s param et er s that ar e re la te d to com puter star t up. The tab l e belo w desc ri be s the par amet er s in thi s sc re en. Settin gs in boldf ace are the de fau lt and s ugge st ed pa ra mete r se ttin gs. Par a me ter Description Boot D i spl ay Set[...]

83 Onboard Device Configuration The On boa rd D ev ic e Conf ig uration s cre en co nt ai ns pa ram e te r se ttin gs for yo ur hardw are conn ectio n dev ices. Caution : The par amet ers i n this sc re en are for adv ance d users onl y . Y ou do not ne ed to chan ge the val u es in thi s s cr een becau se thes e val ue s are already optimi zed . B[...]

5 So ft w are 84 The tab l e belo w desc ri be s the par amet er s in thi s sc re en. Settin gs in boldf ace are the de fau lt and s ugge st ed pa ra mete r se ttin gs. Par a me ter De scription Serial Port En a bles or d isables the serial p ort. Options: Enable d or Disabled Ba se Address Sets the I/O ad d r ess of the se rial port. Options: 3F 8[...]

85 Sy s tem S ecurity The S yst em Sec uri t y scr ee n cont ai ns par amet ers th at help saf egu ard and pr ot ect your co m p uter fro m un author iz ed use. The tab l e belo w desc ri be s the par amet er s in thi s sc re en. Settin gs in boldf ace are the de fau lt and su gge st ed pa ramete r se tt in gs. Note: Don’t forget your password, i[...]

5 So ft w are 86 1. Us e th e ↑ and ↓ keys t o highl ig ht a p ass word par amet er (Se tu p, Po wer -on , or Hard D is k) and pr ess the Enter key . The pass word box app ear s: 2. T ype a p ass wor d. The pa ssword may consis t of up to e ight al phanum eri c char act ers (A - Z, a-z , 0- 9). Important : Be v e ry careful whe n typing your p [...]

87 Password icons Below ar e th e pas sw or d ic ons and t hei r de scr ipti on s: Para meters Description Power-on Password icon When set to present, prompts the user to input the correct p a ssword for t he system to co ntinue. It is sho w n af t er the Trav elMa t e logo. Hard Disk P assword ico n Whe n set t o pres e nt, prompts the user to i n[...]

5 So ft w are 88 Load Default Settings When you sel e c t t h is menu i te m, th e foll owin g dia lo g box di sp la ys: T o lo ad f ac tor y- def au lt se ttin gs f or a ll th e pa ra mete rs , s el ect Ye s and pre ss Enter . Ot herw ise, s elect No and pres s Ent er .[...]

6 T r oubl eshooting[...]

This chapter ins tructs you on how to deal with common system problems. Read it before c alli ng a technician if a problem occurs. Solutions to more serious problems require opening up t he computer . Do not attempt t o open th e computer by yourself. Contact your dea ler or an authorized service ce nt er for ass i s tan ce.[...]

6 Troubl esh ooti ng 91 Fre que nt ly-a ske d qu e sti ons This i s a li st of po ssibl e si tuat io ns t hat may ari se dur ing the use of your comput er , an d it giv es ea sy an swer s an d sol ut io ns t o the se ques tions . I slid the power switc h and opene d the displa y , but the c om puter does not star t or boot-up. Look at the Po we r i[...]

6 Troubl esh ooti ng 92 Imag e i s not ful l- scree n. Make sure t he re sol utio n i s s et to 800x 600. Ri ght - cli ck on y our W indows de skt op and sel ec t Prope rt ie s to bri ng up the D i spl ay Pr ope rt ie s di alog box . Then click on the Se ttin gs t ab t o ma ke s ure the r eso luti on i s se t to the appr opr iate res olu tion. Reso[...]

93 How do I e j ect the CD-ROM tray with the comput er tur ned of f ? Th ere i s a m ech ani cal ejec t bu tton on th e CD -RO M d rive. Si mply inse rt th e ti p of a pen or pa per cl ip and pus h to eje ct the CD- R O M tr ay . The keyboa rd does not re spond. T r y at ta ching an ext er nal keyb oar d to the PS/2 co nne ctor on the co mput er ?[...]

6 Troubl esh ooti ng 94 Confi gur atio n scr ee n and ve ri fy that th e par al lel por t is en abl ed. see “On boa rd Devic e Conf ig ura ti on” on pag e 83 fo r det ai ls . I want to set up m y locati on t o use the i nter nal modem. T o p rop er ly us e y our c om m uni cat i ons so ft war e ( e. g. , Hype rT ermin al), y ou n eed to set up [...]

95 Error messages If you rece iv e an er ro r mes sag e, n ote the messa ge an d ta ke th e correct iv e acti on. Th e fol low ing ta ble lists the erro r mes sag es in alp h abet ical ord er to get her wi th th e reco mme nded c our se of ac tion. Error Messages Corr ec tiv e Ac t ion CMOS Bat t ery Bad Contac t yo ur deal er or an au thori zed se[...]

6 Troubl esh ooti ng 96 If y ou s til l e nco unt er pr obl em s af te r goi ng thr oug h t he cor rect iv e mea su res , pl eas e cont act your dea le r or an a uth ori ze d se rvi ce cen te r fo r assist an ce. Som e pr obl em s may be solved usi ng th e BIO S Se tup Utili ty . see “BIO S Util i ty” on page 79. Missi ng o perat ing sys tem Fo[...]

97 T roubl esh oo tin g ti ps The T ravelM at e 505 s eries not ebo ok com p ute r i ncor po rates an adv anc ed de si gn that del iv ers ons cre en er ro r m es sag e re por ts to help yo u sol ve probl ems . In addi ti on, thi s se ries of not eb ook comput er s shi p with PC- Doct or , a power fu l diag nost i c to ol, th at help s you dete rm i[...]

6 Troubl esh ooti ng 98 Online serv ices Th er e ar e th re e wa ys to ac ces s A c er for tec hni ca l sup po rt an d in form at io n : • Inte rn et serv ice wor ldwi de , vi sit (w w w .ace r .com ) • Onl in e service in th e Unit ed S tat es and Can ada , ca ll 1-800 -81 6-2237 • T echnical sup por t num b ers in va ri ous coun tr ie s Y o[...]

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A Specifications[...]

This appendix list s the general specifications of your c om puter .[...]

A Specifi cati ons 103 Microproc essor • Inte l Cel er on™ proces sor wit h 128 K B le vel 2 cach e Memo r y • 32 MB main mem o r y e xpan d ab le to 160 MB or 64 M B e xpan dab le up to 1 92 MB • Singl e 144-p in so DIMM s ock et SD RAM (Sy nchron ous Dy nami c Rand om Access Memory) • 256 KB Flash ROM BIOS Data st orage • One 3.5- i n[...]

A Specifi cati ons 104 I/O ports • on e typ e II /I or on e type II I C a r dBus soc ket • One RJ-1 1 phone ja ck • O n e D C -i n jack (A C ad ap ter ) • One RS-23 2 s er ial po rt ( UAR T16550- co mpat ib le) • One p ara llel port (E CP/E PP com pl iant ) • One e xtern al mon it or p ort (DDC 2. 0-com plia nt ) • One k eyboar d/mo u[...]

105 AC adapter •6 0 - W a t t • Auto se nsi ng 10 0~ 240V ac, 50~60H z Options • 32-/ 64- /128- MB 64 -/ 128 -bit SDRAM mem ory u pgr ade m odul e • PS/2 Y-c able • Addi t io nal AC ad apt er and ba tt ery pac k • Numer ic key pad • Fi le tra n s fer cab le • In-Air/Auto Adapte r[...]

A Specifi cati ons 106[...]

107 Inde x A AC adapt er cari ng f or xx co nne cti ng xv i au di o 25 co nne c ting e xtern ally 48 co nt rol ling vol ume 2 5 t roub le shoo tin g 92 B ba ttery in s t a l li ng x vi batt er y pac k batte ry-low wa rning 34 cari ng f or xx ch aracteri stics 31 charg ing 32 charg ing i ndi cator 7 ch ar ging mo des 32 chec ki ng ch ar ge l eve l 3[...]

108 set ti n g in Note boo k Man ager 78 CPU 8 0 D date sett ing in BIOS Util ity 82 disk ette eject i ng 18 disket te dr ive 18 displ ay 5 auto-d im featu re 3 7 hotke ys 13 ope ni ng an d cl osi ng 5 perfo rmance 5 powe r manage ment 5, 3 7 sett ing boot de v ice in BIO S Utility 82 setti n g boo t devi ce in Note boo k Man- ager 78 set ti n g in[...]

109 on ind icato r 8 num eric k eypa d embe dded 1 0 O op tions cables 51 hard disk u pgrad e 54 memory upgr a de 53 PC cards 49 spare AC adap te r 51 spare ba ttery 5 1 P pa lm res t 15 pa ralle l port sett ing i n BIOS Utility 8 4 password 26 ch anging in BIOS Utilit y 87 remo ving i n BIOS Utility 87 sett ing i n BIOS Utility 8 6 set tin g in No[...]

11 0 U Universal Serial Bus 2 1 USB co nne ctin g 50 USB. See Un iversal Serial Bus utilit y BIOS Se tu p 79– 88 No tebook Mana ger 71– 78 Sle ep Man age r 66 V volu me adj ust in g 25 W warranty Intern ational Trav eler’s Warra n ty xvii i Win dow s key s 11[...]