User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE 2610 2650

[. . . ] 2610/2650 Series Portable Personal Computer User's Manual User's Manual i Copyright © 1999 by Toshiba Corporation. Under the copyright laws, this manual cannot be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of Toshiba. No patent liability is assumed, with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Toshiba Satellite 2610/2650 Series Portable Personal Computer User's Manual First edition September 1999 Disclaimer This manual has been validated and reviewed for accuracy. [. . . ] To charge the RTC battery, connect the AC adaptor and turn on the computer's power. The RTC battery does not charge when the computer is turned off. Hardware Setup Hardware Setup lets you configure settings for pointing devices, display, TV, CPU cache, boot priority, keyboard, USB, PC card, general, password, device config, parallel/printer and hardware alarm. To set the IRQ, I/O Address and DMA channel for communication ports use the Device Manager. If the supervisor password is set and you log onto the computer with the user password, you cannot access the Hardware Setup program. User's Manual Setup and Password Security 8-1 Accessing HW Setup To run Hardware Setup, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel and double-click Toshiba Hardware Setup. Hardware setup window The Hardware setup window contains the following tabs: Pointing Devices, Display, TV, CPU cache, Boot Priority, Keyboard, USB, PC card, General, Password, Device Config, Parallel/Printer and Hardware Alarm. Hardware setup window There are also four buttons: OK, Cancel, Apply and Help. OK Cancel Apply Help Accepts your changes and closes the Hardware Setup window. Closes the window without accepting your changes. Accepts all your changes without closing the Hardware Setup window. Available to provide information on the setting options. 8-2 Setup and Password Security User's Manual Pointing Devices This tab lets you select Auto-Selected and Simultaneous. Auto-Selected If a PS/2 mouse is connected to the computer when you turn on the power, the PS/2 mouse is enabled and the AccuPoint II is disabled. (Default) Enables both the AccuPoint II and PS/2 mouse. Simultaneous Display This tab lets you customize your computer's display settings for either the internal LCD screen or for an external monitor. Power On Display Lets you set the display to be used when the computer is booted. Auto-Selected Simultaneous Selects an external monitor if one is connected. (Default) Selects both the internal LCD and external monitor for simultaneous display. You cannot select TV display in Hardware Setup or TSETUP. To display on a TV screen use hot keys Fn + F5. The LCD Display Stretch feature cannot be set in the Display window of Hardware Setup. To set this function, follow the steps below. Click Start, point to Settings and click Control Panel. Double-click the Display icon to open the Display Properties window. Click the Settings tab and click the Advanced button. Click the Flat Panel tab and click the Display Stretch check box. User's Manual Setup and Password Security 8-3 TV This option allows you to select the type of TV. TV Type NTSC (National Television System Committee) (Default) PAL (Phase Alternation Line) TV Output Signal Composite (Default) CPU Cache Use this tab to enable or disable the CPU cache, Level 2 cache and to set the Write Policy. Enabling the caches allows much faster system performance. Level 2 Cache Options and Write Policy are activated only when the CPU cache is enabled. [. . . ] A new development in 1997, this offers significantly improved ease of use and reliability than earlier expansion methods. V VGA: Video Graphics Array is an industry standard video adaptor that lets you run any popular software. volatile memory: Random access memory (RAM) that stores information as long as power is supplied to the computer. W Warm dock/undock: Connecting or disconnecting a device to or from the computer while the computer is suspended. warm start: Restarting or resetting a computer without turning it off. window: A portion of the screen that can display its own application, document or dialog box. [. . . ]