Compaq 383161-001 Laptop User Manual


 
Contents
Hardware and Software Guide vii
7 Hardware Upgrades and Replacements
Device Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Connecting a Powered Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Connecting a USB Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Connecting a 1394 Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Connecting a Communication Device. . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Digital Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Using the Memory Reader Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Inserting a Digital Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Removing a Digital Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
PC Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Inserting a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Stopping or Removing a PC Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–11
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Adding a Drive to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Using the IDE Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14
Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19
Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19
Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 7–20
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9
Using System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9