HP OmniBook 2000/5700 Manuale Utente

OmniBook 2000/5700Installation and Setup Guide

1-2Starting Out with Your OmniBookCongratulations! Your OmniBook sets a new standard in personal computing.Although it’s compact and easy to carry, th

Starting Out with Your OmniBookSetting Up the OmniBook1-3Setting Up the OmniBookThis chapter describes the first-time setup of your HP OmniBook hardw

Starting Out with Your OmniBookSetting Up the OmniBook1-4CAUTIONThe first time you plug in the ac adapter, let the OmniBook charge continuallyfor at l

Starting Out with Your OmniBookSetting Up the OmniBook1-5As part of the setup procedure, you must make a one-time, final selection of theoperating sy

Starting Out with Your OmniBookSetting Up the OmniBook1-6 3. In the Windows Version screen, click the Change button. 4. Choose the following option:

Starting Out with Your OmniBookGetting Comfortable1-7Getting ComfortableThis section introduces the OmniBook and shows you how perform some basictasks

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-8A tour of the OmniBookThe following illustrations point out key parts of the OmniBook.Latch to

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-9To adjust the displayAll OmniBooks are equipped with a brightness control. Some models alsohav

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-10To adjust the OmniBook keyboardYou can tilt the OmniBook keyboard to a more comfortable typin

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-11Alt Gr keyIf your keyboard has an Alt Gr key to the right of the spacebar, you hold that key

iiNoticeThis manual and any examples contained herein are provided “as is” and aresubject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no w

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-12To start the OmniBookYou can easily start and stop your OmniBook using the blue On/Suspend bu

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-13 Press Fn+F12 simultaneously with the ac adapter unplugged. This stores thecurrent session on

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-14Effects of Stopping the OmniBookWhen you press thisThe OmniBook does thisLimitations of this

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-15For Windows 95, the Start button provides two commands that stop the OmniBook. • Suspend chan

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-16To reset and restart the OmniBookIf your OmniBook stops responding—and you can’t correct the

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-17To understand the status panelThe OmniBook status panel, located above the keyboard, contains

Starting Out with Your OmniBookA tour of the OmniBook1-18Power statusThese icons indicate power conditions—ac adapter use, battery status, chargingsta

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-19Using OmniBook AccessoriesDepending on the accessories you purchased with your OmniBook,

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-20To remove accessories from the OmniBookThe OmniBook’s center drive bay can hold a CD-ROM

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-21To install the floppy disk drive 1. If necessary, remove the current accessory module fr

iiiHP Software Product License AgreementYour HP OmniBook PC contains factory-installed software programs. Please readthe Software License Agreement be

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-22To insert and eject a floppy diskWhen the OmniBook is reading or writing data to the flop

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-23To install the CD-ROM driveYou install the CD-ROM drive in the center drive bay of the O

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-24To insert and remove a CDWhen the OmniBook is reading data from the CD-ROM drive, the CD

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-25To use the CD-ROM drive safelyThe CD-ROM drive used with the OmniBook is certified as a

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-26To replace the batteryThe primary source of power for the OmniBook is its rechargeable ba

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-27To install a high-capacity batteryTo increase the time you can work on battery power, yo

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-28To handle and store the battery safelyTo safely use the battery, follow these instruction

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-29To insert a PC cardThe OmniBook PC card slots are available for storing data and expandi

Starting Out with Your OmniBookUsing OmniBook Accessories1-30About RAM CardsIf you’re using a RAM card with the OmniBook, keep these suggestions in mi

Starting Out with Your OmniBookWhere to Go from Here1-31Where to Go from HereYou can probably start using your OmniBook immediately, especially if you

ivproduct recovery CD-ROM was originally provided. (ii) The use of any operatingsystem software by Microsoft contained in any such product recovery CD

2 Installing an Operating System

2-2Installing an Operating SystemThis chapter has instructions for installing or recovering an operating system. YourOmniBook package includes a Recov

Installing an Operating SystemWhat the Recovery CD Contains2-3What the Recovery CD ContainsYou will need the Recovery CD-ROM and the Support Utilitie

Installing an Operating SystemReinstalling Windows 952-4Reinstalling Windows 95The following procedure describes how to reinstall the Windows 95 opera

Installing an Operating SystemReinstalling Windows 952-5 9. When prompted for “Hibernate” partition size, you can continue with thedefault 64M byte Hi

Installing an Operating SystemReinstalling Windows for Workgroups2-6Reinstalling Windows for WorkgroupsThe following procedure describes how to restor

Installing an Operating SystemReinstalling Windows for Workgroups2-7 7. After the successful creation of the Hibernate partition, insert MS-DOS Disk

Installing an Operating SystemReinstalling Windows for Workgroups2-8To install Windows for Workgroups driversIf you've installed a commercial ver

Installing an Operating SystemInstalling Windows NT or OS/2 Warp2-9Installing Windows NT or OS/2 WarpYou provide the software to install these altern

Contents-1Contents1. Starting Out with Your OmniBook ... 1-1Setting Up the OmniBook... 1-3To set up

Installing an Operating SystemInstalling HP Applications2-10Installing HP ApplicationsIf you have deleted the online User's Guide, OmniBook Tools

3 Expanding the OmniBook

3-2Expanding the OmniBookThis chapter describes procedures to expand or update the capabilities of yourOmniBook, including:♦ Replacing internal hardwa

Expanding the OmniBookReplacing Hardware3-3Replacing HardwareThis section describes how to♦ Remove and install the hard disk drive.♦ Find the system s

Expanding the OmniBookReplacing Hardware3-4To install the hard disk driveAfter following the previous instructions for removing the hard disk drive, u

Expanding the OmniBookReplacing Hardware3-5To add memory to the OmniBookThe OmniBook memory slots accommodate two memory-expansion boards. Youcan inst

Expanding the OmniBookReplacing Hardware3-6If you’re using Windows for Workgroups 11. In Control Panel, double-click the Enhanced icon, then click Vir

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-7Connecting DevicesYour OmniBook is a powerful computer in its own right—but you’ll greatly expandits capabi

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-8To connect an external monitorYou can connect a VGA, SVGA, or XGA monitor to your OmniBook. When youconnect

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-9To turn off the built-in display • Press Fn+F5 to switch between the external and built-in display.To conne

Contents-2To make DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups disks... 2-7To install Windows for Workgroups drivers... 2-8Installing Win

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-10To connect an external mouse or keyboardAlthough the OmniBook comes with a full-sized keyboard, you can at

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-11To enable the Fn keysIf you’ve connected an external keyboard, you need to enable the external Fn keys. 1.

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-12To specify serial port settingsMany applications provide a way for you to adjust the settings for serial p

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-13To connect a parallel deviceThe OmniBook 25-pin parallel port is a standard parallel port. The most common

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-14To make an infrared connectionThe infrared port provides a type of serial connection that doesn’t require

Expanding the OmniBookConnecting Devices3-15To set up a PC card or parallel port CD-ROM driveThe general steps for setting up a PC card CD-ROM drive a

4 Changing the Configuration

4-2Changing the ConfigurationThis chapter describes the OmniBook tools and utilities that come with theOmniBook. Use them to view and adjust configura

Changing the ConfigurationChanging the Configuration4-3Changing the ConfigurationFor any operating system, you can use the System Configuration Utilit

Contents-35. Troubleshooting ... 5-1Solving Basic Problems... 5-36. Specifications

Changing the ConfigurationUsing HP User Tools4-4Using HP User ToolsHP User Tools give you a convenient way in Windows 95 to change the way yourOmniBoo

Changing the ConfigurationUsing HP User Tools4-5operating on battery power. Click Custom to set time-outs individually.“Idle Time Before Turn-Off” sh

Changing the ConfigurationUsing OmniBook Tools4-6Using OmniBook ToolsOmniBook Tools give you a convenient way in Windows for Workgroups to changethe w

Changing the ConfigurationUsing OmniBook Tools4-7 COM PortsSets serial and infrared port addresses and interrupts. PrintersSets printer option

Changing the ConfigurationUsing the System Configuration Utility4-8Using the System Configuration UtilityThe System Configuration Utility (SCU) provid

Changing the ConfigurationUsing the System Configuration Utility4-9Date and TimeSets the date and time.Reboot required.Boot DevicesBoot DeviceFDD Fir

Changing the ConfigurationUsing the System Configuration Utility4-10 Set User passwordThe user password protects user events selected in Password

Changing the ConfigurationUsing the System Configuration Utility4-11saving is active regardless of this setting.Suspend, Auto Hibernate, HDD power-do

5 Troubleshooting

5-2TroubleshootingIf you run into problems getting your OmniBook started, you can use thesuggestions in this chapter for getting back on track.HintsIf

TroubleshootingSolving Basic Problems5-3Solving Basic ProblemsIf your OmniBook has a problem starting, find the symptom below that matchesyour situati

TroubleshootingSolving Basic Problems5-4If the OmniBook doesn’t reboot successfullyIf your operating system is MS-DOS or Windows for Workgroups • If n

TroubleshootingSolving Basic Problems5-5Use the “step-by-step” option to step through each startup command to findwhere problems occur, so you can rep

6 Specifications and RegulatoryInformation

6-2Specifications and Regulatory InformationYour OmniBook is designed to provide trouble-free operation. The followingsuggestions can help you maintai

Specifications and Regulatory InformationHardware Specifications6-3Hardware SpecificationsDisplayBacklit liquid-crystal display (LCD).SVGA (800 x 600

Specifications and Regulatory InformationSoftware System Resources6-4Software System ResourcesBelow are default values for the system resources. To s

Specifications and Regulatory InformationSoftware System Resources6-5System Input/Output Addresses (100 -3FF)170-177Secondary HDD controller (interna

1 Starting Out with YourOmniBook

Specifications and Regulatory InformationSafety Information6-6Safety InformationPower Cord, Plug, and Voltage RequirementsThe power cord supplied with

Specifications and Regulatory InformationSafety Information6-7CAUTIONUse only the ac adapter shipped with the OmniBook (HP part numberF1044B). Using

Specifications and Regulatory InformationSafety Information6-8Laser SafetyThe CD-ROM drive used with the OmniBook is certified as a Class 1 laser devi

Specifications and Regulatory InformationWorking in Comfort6-9Working in ComfortErgonomics is the science that fits products to people. Its goal is t

Specifications and Regulatory InformationRegulatory Information6-10Regulatory InformationThis section presents information that shows how the OmniBook

Specifications and Regulatory InformationRegulatory Information6-11CanadaThis digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emi

Specifications and Regulatory InformationRegulatory Information6-12EuropeProducts sold in Europe by Hewlett-Packard and its authorized dealers meet th

Index-1IndexAac powericon, 1-18adaptermouse/keyboard, 3-10adapter (Y), 3-10addressesInput/Output, 6-5serial ports, 3-12adjustingbrightness, 1-9display

Index-2Hhard driveicon, 1-17headphones(connecting), 1-11HP applicationsinstalling, 2-10Iiconsac power, 1-18battery status, 1-18Caps Lock, 1-17CD-ROM d

Index-3Ssafetylaser, 6-8LED, 6-8power, 6-6voltage, 6-6Scroll Lock icon, 1-17SCUsetting passwordswith, 4-9securing the OmniBook,1-18securityattaching c