Compaq 1400 Laptop User Manual


 
P
RESARIO
N
OTEBOOK
S
ERIES
S
ETUP
G
UIDE
I
NTRODUCTION
1-5
1400 S
ERIES
Safety
To reduce the risk of electric
shock and damage to the
equipment, read the
Safety and
Comfort Guide.
To protect your equipment from
power surges, plug all power
cords into a high-quality surge
protector. If you have a
dedicated telephone line for the
modem, buy a surge protector
with a telephone jack.
After your Notebook is
safely disconnected from
AC power and the phone line,
you can run your Notebook
on battery power.
Disconnecting Your Notebook
from the Power Source
To shut down
y
our Notebook properl
y
, complete the
followin
g
steps:
1. Close all open pro
g
rams.
2. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, then click
Shut Down. The Shut Down Windows dialo
g
box is displa
y
ed.
3. Select the Shut Down option.
Note:
If the Notebook does not turn off automatically, then press and hold
the
Power
button until it shuts down.
4. Unplu
g
the power cord from the wall outlet and unplu
g
the
modem line from the wall
j
ack.
Protecting Your Notebook During an Electrical
Storm
Durin
g
an electrical storm, take the followin
g
precautions to
protect
y
our Notebook from dama
g
e:
Immediatel
y
disconnect
y
our Notebook from the power
source.
If
y
ou are not usin
g
a sur
g
e protector, unplu
g
all power
cords from the wall outlets.
Disconnect
y
our Notebook from the wall outlets.
Turn off the power button on all sur
g
e protectors.
If a telephone line from
y
our Notebook is plu
gg
ed directl
y
into the wall
j
ack (without
g
oin
g
throu
g
h a sur
g
e
protector), unplu
g
the line from the wall
j
ack.