Compaq N150 Series Laptop User Manual


 
iv Hardware Guide
Contents
4 Battery Packs
Charging Battery Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
Using a New Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Replacing the Primary Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Installing or Removing the Optional
Media Bay Battery Pack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Using the Battery Quick Charge Check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Calibrating the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Storing a Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Recycling a Used Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
5Drives
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
Removing and Inserting the Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Inserting or Removing a Media
Bay Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
Connecting the Optional
External Diskette Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Removing and Inserting Storage Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Inserting and Removing a Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Inserting a Disc into the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . . . 5–6
Viewing the CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
Removing a Disc from the CD or DVD Drive . . . . . 5–7
Changing the Startup Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–8
6 Audio
Using Audio Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–1
Connecting to the Stereo Line-Out/Headphone Jack 6–2
Connecting to the Stereo Line-In Jack . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
7 External Device Connections
Connecting an External Keyboard or Pointing Device . . 7–1
Connecting an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Connecting a Serial Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2