User manual GERICOM 2XXCS

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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 UNPACKING THE NOTEBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 FEATURES OF THE NOTEBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Your Notebook is equipped with two PC card sockets that accommodate one Type III card or two Type II cards. These sockets support both PCMCIA standard release 2. 0 cards and 32-bits Cardbus (PC card 95) cards, and so on. PC cards can be LAN, fax/modem, communication devices, or expanded memory ones. These PC card sockets can accept either 3. 3V or 5V PC cards. The lower socket named socket A is capable of ZV (Zoomed Video), which allows a direct connection between a PC card and video devices that enables high quality video playback (Figure 2-19). Inserting the PC Cards 1. Open the access door of the PC card sockets (Figure 2-17). Align the PC card with the appropriate socket and push it in firmly until it locks into place. Figure 2-17 2-20 User's Manual Figure 2-28 Removing the PC Cards Two eject buttons are located next to each socket. Press the appropriate eject button to remove the PC card from its socket. (Please refer to Figure 2-19) Eject button for Socket B Socket B Eject button for Socket A Socket A Figure 2-19 Chapter2--Operation 2-21 Using the Hot Keys Located on the bottom-left corner of the keyboard layout is a colored Fn key (Figure 2-20). It is a special feature designed only on the Notebook for an easy access to system features. Simultaneously press Fn key and one of the following keys to execute the specific functions: Hot Key Fn+F3 Fn+F6 Fn+F9 Fn+F10 Fn+F11 Fn+F12 Fn+Z Fn+Esc System Features Expand the display of LCD Toggle CRT/LCD/LCD+CRT/TV/CRT+TV Decrease the brightness of LCD Increase the brightness of LCD Decrease the audio volume Increase the audio volume Toggle audio mute on/off Suspend/resume 2-22 User's Manual Figure 2-20 Chapter2--Operation 2-23 Using the Numeric Keypad The Notebook features an 88-key keyboard with an embedded numeric keypad for numeric data input (Figure 2-21). The colored keys in the middle section of the keyboard will function as a Numeric Keypad. The numeric keypad is engaged when the NumLock LED indicator shines green light. Follow these steps to access the Numeric Keypad: r Press the NumLock Key to activate the Numeric Keypad. r Press the Fn key and any colored key together to activate the Numeric Keypad. Figure 2-21 2-24 User's Manual Using the Power Management The Notebook provides you with some built-in power management features to reduce the power consumption without affecting the performance of the system in most application. Advanced Power Management (APM 1. 2) The Notebook provides built-in Advanced Power Management (APM 1. 2) supporting to reduce power consumption. Some operating systems do not support APM, such as Windows NT, and therefore, cannot take advantage of the system's capabilities in this OS environment. Chapter2--Operation 2-25 Hard Disk Standby The system will turn off the Notebook's hard disk drive after a specified period of inactivity. The Hard disk drive will be turned back on once the system attempts to read data from it or write data to it. You can adjust the Standby timeout period in the power menu of BIOS utilities Global Standby In Global Standby mode, the CPU clock will be stopped and most of the controllable peripheral devices will be powered off. If the idle timer expires before any system activity is detected, the system will change from Standby mode into Suspend mode. Suspend and Resume Under the circumstance of extremely low power, the system will stop all tasks stored them in memory to save the power. The Suspend Mode features three levels: Powered-On-Suspend (POS) mode, Suspend-To-RAM (STR) mode and Suspend-To-Disk (STD) mode. Note: Be sure not to initiate the Suspend Mode when any of the disk drives is accessed such as HDD, FDD and CD-ROM drive. The system operation can be returned to exactly where it was suspended when the wake-up event occurs. This is called Resume. 2-26 User's Manual Powered On Suspend (POS) In these two suspend modes, Powered-On-Suspend (POS) saves the less amount of power than STD (Suspend to Disk) mode. However, it takes the least time to return to full operation. Resume from POS Mode The system may be resumed from the Powered-On-Suspend mode by: r Alarm resume (month/day/hour/minute): The system will resume at the specified time. [. . . ] Choose [PCI Multimedia Audio Device]. Chapter5--Installing Drivers 5-11 r Click "Next". r Click "Browse" to specify the location. r Open the path "D:\audio\Win95". r Click "Next", and then click "Finish" to set up the first audio driver. Step 3: Installing PCMCIA Driver r Click "Start"/"Settings"/"Control Panel"/"System". [. . . ]