User manual ASUS S8

[. . . ] NOTEBOOK PC USER'S MANUAL Product Name: Notebook PC Manual Revision: 1. 04 E691 Release Date: June 2001 Safety Statements Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: · This device may not cause harmful interference, and · This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. [. . . ] The sockets can interface with two Type I or Type II PC cards or one Type III PC card. PC cards are about the size of a few stacked credit cards and have a 68-pin connector at one end. The PC Card standard accommodates a number of function, communication, and data storage expansion options. PC cards come in memory/flash cards, fax/modems, networking adapters, SCSI adapters, MPEG I/II decoder cards, and even wireless modem or LAN cards. The Notebook PC supports PCMCIA 2. 1, 32bit CardBus, and Zoomed Video (ZV) standards. The three different PC Cards actually have different thicknesses. Type I cards are 3. 3mm, Type II cards are 5mm, and Type III cards are 10. 5mm thick. Type I and Type II cards can be used in either the lower or upper socket. Type III cards take up both sockets and must be inserted from the lower socket. TIP: A PCMCIA MPEG I / II decoder card is recommended for slower Notebook PCs that experience frame skips during DVD playback. It is also great for the power user who wishes to work while watching a DVD movie. Eject Button Upper Socket Upper Socket Supports: Type I, Type II, CardBus, Zoomed Video Lower Socket Supports: Type I, Type II, Type III Lower Socket Eject Button NOTE: Use the upper socket first. Using the lower socket requires that you remove the PC card bay door when using a PC card with external cabling or extensions protruding out of the Notebook PC. 32-bit CardBus & Zoomed Video Port CardBus support allows PC Cards and their hosts to use 32-bit bus mastering and operate at speeds of up to 33MHz, transferring data in burst modes comparable with PCI's 132MB/sec. By comparison, the standard 16-bit PC Card bus can handle only 20MB/sec. Since the Notebook PC is equipped with CardBus broader and faster data pathway, it can handle bandwidth-hungry operations, such as 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, Fast SCSI peripherals, and ISDN-based video conference. The CardBus peripherals support plug and play. The CardBus socket is backward-compatible with 16-bit PC Cards serving at 5 volts operation while CardBus operates at 3. 3 volts to reduce power consumption. As part of the Notebook PC's advanced architecture, the Zoomed Video specification provides for full frame-rate video display channel for applications like MPEG decoders for movies and games, TV tuners, live video input, video capturing, and video conferencing. The Zoomed Video (ZV) Port allows video data on a PC Card to be transferred directly into the VGA frame buffer, bypassing the CPU and PCI system bus. It can promise a high quality real-time full-motion video playback without holding back the CPU and system bus performance. 44 4. Using the Notebook PC Inserting a PC Card (PCMCIA) 1. Insert the PC card with the connector side first. Be sure the PC card is level when inserting. 3. When the PC card is fully inserted, the PC card bay door can close normally without striking the PC card. 4. [. . . ] "Reboot" means to restart your computer. When using Windows 95 or later, selecting "Restart" from "Start | Shut Down. . . " will reboot your computer. Bus Master IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events. Bus master IDE transfers data to/from the memory without interrupting the CPU. Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode. Byte (Binary Term) One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits. [. . . ]