HP Pavilion Dv1700 Notebook Pc Series Manual
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Hardware and Software Guide HP Notebook PC Document Part Number: 396176-001 January 2006 This guide explains how to identify, access, and use most of the hardware and software features available on your computer. Modem information is not included in this guide.
© Copyright 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. SD Logo is a trademark of its proprietor. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by its proprietor and used by Hewlett-Packard Company under license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Hardware and Software Guide HP Notebook PC First Edition January 2006 Document Part Number: 396176-001
Hardware and Software Guide iii Contents 1 Hardware Top Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2 TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4 Power Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5 DVD Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6 Media Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7 Media Controls—Media Activity Buttons . . . . . . . . 1–8 Media Controls—Volume, Back and OK Buttons . . 1–9 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10 Camera and Microphone (Select Models Only) . . . 1–11 Wireless Lights and Button (Select Models Only) . 1–12 Wireless Antennae (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . 1–13 Front Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14 Speakers, Jacks, Display Release Button and Infrared Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15 Rear Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16 Left-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18 Ports and Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18 ExpressCard Slot and Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19 Vent and Security Cable Slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20 Right-Side Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21 Ports and Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21 Digital Media Slot Components a nd Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–22
iv Hardware and Software Guide Contents Bottom Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–23 Mini Card and Memory Compartments. . . . . . . . . . 1–23 Bays, Battery Latch and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–24 Additional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–25 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–25 Optical Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–26 Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–27 2 Keyboard and TouchPad TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2 Identifying TouchPad Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2 Using the TouchPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 Setting TouchPad Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3 Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5 Identifying Hotkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5 Hotkey Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6 Using Hotkey Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 Using Hotkey Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7 Media Menu Controls Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13 Finding DVD and Media Button Information . . . . . 2–14 Finding Media Activity Button Information . . . . . . 2–14 Finding Volume Button Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14 Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15 Using the Embedded Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . 2–15 Using an External Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17 3Power Power Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Selecting a Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2 Connecting the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3 Switching Between Battery and External Power. . . . 3–4 Displaying the Power Meter Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
Contents Hardware and Software Guide v Power Control and Light Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Overviews . . . . . . . 3–6 Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Hibernation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6 Leaving Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Interference with Drive Media and Bluetooth Communication (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . 3–10 Standby, Hibernation and Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . 3–10 Turning the Computer On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11 Initiating or Resuming from Standby . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12 Initiating or Restoring from Hibernation . . . . . . . . . 3–13 Using Emergency Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . 3–14 Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14 Using Power Schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14 Setting a Security Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15 Setting Other Power Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15 Processor Performance Controls (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17 Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19 Inserting or Removing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . 3–19 Replacing a Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20 Charging a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21 Monitoring the Battery Pack Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22 Managing Low-Battery Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24 Calibrating a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25 Conserving Battery Pack Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–29 Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–30 Disposing of a Used Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–31 4 Multimedia Volume Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Internal Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
vi Hardware and Software Guide Contents External Audio Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Using the Audio-In (Microphone) Jack . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 Using the Embedded Microphone (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 Using the Audio-Out (Headphone) Jacks . . . . . . . . . 4–5 External Video Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7 Connecting an S-Video Device (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7 Displaying a Video Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9 Using the HP Webcam (Select Models Only) . . . . . . 4–9 CD and DVD Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Inserting an Optical Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Removing an Optical Disc (with Power). . . . . . . . . 4–16 Removing an Optical Disc (without Power) . . . . . . 4–17 Controlling Disc Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18 Using the Media Activity Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19 Protecting Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20 Protecting a CD or DVD Write Process . . . . . . . . . 4–21 Multimedia Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21 Identifying Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21 Observing the Copyright Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22 Installing Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22 Understanding DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22 Changing DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23 Using the QuickPlay Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24 Using QuickPlay Software (Select Models Only) . . 4–25 5 Wireless(Select Models Only) Wireless Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1 Wireless Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 802.11 Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . 5–3 Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4 Connecting to a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Contents Hardware and Software Guide vii Connecting to a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6 Using Wireless Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6 Identifying an 802.11 Wireless Device . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7 To Learn More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7 Bluetooth Wireless Devices (Select Models Only) . . . . . 5–8 6 Security Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1 QuickLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3 Types of Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3 Coordinating Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5 Guidelines for Setting Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6 Managing an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 Entering an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7 Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8 Managing a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–8 Entering a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9 Antivirus Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9 Critical Security Updates for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . 6–10 Firewall Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11 Optional Security Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12 7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1 Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1 Connecting a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2 Stopping a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3 Required USB Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3 Connecting a 1394 Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4 Stopping a 1394 Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5 Connecting a Communication Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
viii Hardware and Software Guide Contents Digital Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6 Using the Digital Media Slot Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7 Inserting an Optional Digital Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8 Removing an Optional Digital Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9 What Is an ExpressCard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10 Selecting an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10 Configuring an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11 Inserting an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11 Stopping or Removing an ExpressCard. . . . . . . . . . 7–13 Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15 Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15 Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15 Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16 Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–17 Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–21 Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–21 Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–22 8 Software Updates and Recovery and System Software Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1 Preparing for a Software Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2 Downloading and Installing an Update . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4 Software Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10 Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10 Quick Launch Buttons (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . 8–12 Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–13 Opening the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–13 Changing the Language of the Setup Utility . . . . . . 8–14 Navigating and Selecting in the Setup Utility . . . . . 8–15 Displaying System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–16 Restoring Default Settings in the Setup Utility . . . . 8–17 Using Advanced Setup Utility Features . . . . . . . . . 8–18 Closing the Setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–19
Contents Hardware and Software Guide ix Setup Utility Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–20 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–20 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–20 System Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–21 Diagnostics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–21 A Specifications Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1 Rated Input Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2 Expansion Port Input/Output Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–3 Index
Hardware and Software Guide 1–1 1 Hardware This chapter identifies the visible hardware features included with your computer and the location of the wireless antennae included with select computers. ✎This chapter provides information on the functions and features of components when used in Microsoft® Windows®. If using QuickPlay (select models only), the functionality of some components may differ. Refer to the HP QuickPlay online Help for more information.