Clevo 9800 User Manual

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Page 1 ULTIMEDIA OTEBOOK OMPUTER ’ ANUAL...
Page 2 OTICE Intel Pentium OS/2 MS-DOS Windows Windows 95, Windows 98 Windows NT SystemSoft CardWizard...
Page 3 EDERAL OMMUNICATIONS OMMISSION (FCC) S TATEMENT...
Page 4 MPORTANT AFETY NSTRUCTIONS...
Page 5: Battery Precautions
ATTERY RECAUTIONS Warning The product that you have purchased con- tains a rechargeable battery. The battery is recyclable. At the end of its useful life, under various state and local laws, it may be illegal to dispose of this battery into the municipal waste stream.
Page 6 LEANING ERVICING...
Page 7 ONVENTIONS Y N Enter Setup Windows 95 Control Panel My Computer > Control Panel Continue Yes setup Enter format /s...
Page 18 OTES...
Page 19 This manual is an introduction to your notebook computer system, its main features, and how to get it working. In this chapter we cover: • How to use this manual. • A system map • A Quick Start Guide for “advanced users”.
Page 20: Using This Manual
SING THIS ANUAL Depending on how your system is con- figured, some or all of its features may already be set up. If they aren’t, or if you need to re-configure (or re-install) portions of the system, refer to this manual.
Page 21 HAPTERS Each chapter highlights one of the computer’s main sub-systems, what it does, and how to get it working. Warning Pay careful attention to warning and safety in- POST formation indicated by Setup the “M” symbol and in Improper usage or maintenance of the the computer and/or its power system could...
Page 22 Operating systems (i.e. Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 , OS/2 Warp, UNIX, etc.) have their own manuals as do application software (e.g. word processing and database programs). If you have questions about those programs, you should consult those manuals.
Page 23: System Map
YSTEM The following graphics are a general map of the notebook com- puter. Explanations of the various subsystems are covered in the chapters indicated. : LCD, W & T RONT ANEL OUCH Chapter 2: System Chapter 6: Enhancements Chapter 2: System...
Page 24 : CD-ROM B OWER Chapter 2: System Chaprer 6: Enhancements Chapter 5: Power Appendix A: Specifi- cations...
Page 25 & PC C IGHT RIVES UDIO Chapter 3: Modules Chapter 3: Modules Chap- Warning ter 2: System Don’t block the fan. Overheating may cause system instablility. Windows 95. Chapter 2: System Chapter 6: Extras, Chapter 2: System...
Page 26 ORTS The principal peripherals plug in on this panel. To be safe, turn off both the system and peripherals before connecting them. Turn the peripherals on first, before you turn on the system. Chapter 6: Extras Windows 95...
Page 27 ¯ PS/2 Note Chap- ter 2: System Warning The default settings in Chapter 2: System makes all ports “hot”. Depending on the peripheral, this could Chapter 2: System cause a problem when you attach it. Check your peripheral’s manual be- fore you make a connec- tion.
Page 28 Chap- ter 2: System. ¯ Printer Note Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 3: Modules...
Page 29 OTTOM OMPARTMENTS The Drive bay is covered in Chapter 3: Modules. Warning Don’t block the cooling vents. Overheating may cause system instablility. Warning Follow the safety in- structions for using bat- teries.
Page 30: Key Combinations
ONTROLS Some of the features are managed by Fn+key combinations: þ Key Combinations Setup...
Page 31 TATUS CREEN NDICATORS Your notebook lets you know what it’s doing with the following status screen indicators:...
Page 32 ACKING ONTENTS Keep the packing materials in a safe place in case you need them for shipping or long-term storage.
Page 33: Quick Start
UICK TART If you're already familiar with notebook computers, the steps listed below tell you how to start up the notebook for the first time. They assume that you know where all of the parts of the computer are. þ You should review these steps, before you take any action.
Page 34 OTES...
Page 36 þ Other Systems < Chapter 6: Extras...
Page 37 þ Function Keys ¯ Special Characters...
Page 38 ñ...
Page 39: Configuring The Touchpad
¯ Configuring the TouchPad Windows OS/2 Software & Utilites Chapter 6: Extras. ¯ Chapter 6: Extras Using TouchPad & Serial Device Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 95...
Page 40 ¯ Using TouchPad & Serial Device (cont.) Windows NT 4.0 same...
Page 41: Video Setup
¯ Appendix A: Specifications < Video Setup Windows 95 > > > > Software & Utilities Windows 95 Windows 95...
Page 42 < Video Setup (cont.) Software & Utilities Warning...
Page 43 < Video Setup (cont.) Windows NT > > Software & Utilities Windows NT ñ...
Page 44 before Warning ñ...
Page 46: Audio Setup
< Audio Setup Yamaha Sound System Windows 95 Warning Update Device Driver Wizard Software & Utilities Windows...
Page 47 < Audio Setup (cont.) Windows 95 Win- dows 3.1/DOS Chapter 6: Ex- Software & Utilities tras OPL...Sound System...
Page 48 socket 0 socket 1...
Page 49 < PC Card Setup for Windows 95 INDOWS Windows 95 Windows Window Explorer Software & Utilities Windows 95 Chapter 6: Extras Windows 95...
Page 50: Windows Nt
NT 4.0 INDOWS Warning Chapter 6: Extras Warning Windows 95 Windows 95 Note: does not have this limitation.
Page 51 < Setting up the Fax/Modem Windows 95 NT 4.0 Update Device Driver Wizard Soft- ware & Utilities Windows 95 Win- dows 95 Modem Driver Setup Pro- gram: ñ Software & Utilities...
Page 52 < Setting up the Fax/Modem (cont.) Modem Driver Setup Program: Software & Utilities Internal Fax/Modem Drivers...
Page 53 Media drives 3 – 1...
Page 54 M e d i a NDICATORS RIVES TATUS CREEN RIVE NDICATORS . 3 – 2 3 – 2 icons...
Page 55: Hdd Module
HDD M Warning EMOVING THE ODULE Don’t try to remove the hard disk (HDD) while the system is on, or a floppy disk while the pull system is accessing it. These actions may cause the system to “crash”, result in data loss or Ê...
Page 56 M e d i a ¯ EPLACING PGRADING ARTRIDGE Replacing a HDD Warning Some (usually older) HDDs have a small jumper switch. It must be set to “master” or the system may not cor- rectly recognize the drive. Check your drive’s documentation.
Page 57: Setting U P A New Hdd
ETTING ¯ FOR THE IRST Formatting the HDD Warning MS-DOS fdisk Whenever you install a Chapter 4: Firmware different hard disk that MS-DOS format has a Save-to-Disk par- format/s tition on it, make sure you follow the proce- Note: Save to Disk dures detailed in Chap- Chapter 5: Power ter 4: Firmware and...
Page 58 M e d i a CD-ROM D ¯ RIVE CD-ROM Drivers INDOWS NT 4.0 INDOWS UDIO NT 3.51 INDOWS OS/2 W Chapter 6: Enhancements THER PERATING YSTEMS CD-ROM SING A Ê CD-ROM INSTALL.EXE 3 – 6 CD-ROM...
Page 59 ¯ NSERTING & R CD-ROM EMOVING A CD-ROM Drivers (cont.) Enter Backspace ( )/D [CDROM001] Enter CD-ROM 3 – 7...
Page 60 M e d i a ULTIMEDIA PPLICATIONS MPEG Software ZV-Port • Chapter 2: System *As of this publication, this feature is pending, check with your system vendor for the latest informatiion. UDIO 3 – 8...
Page 61: Inserting /Removing Floppy Disks
NSERTING EMOVING LOPPY ISKS FDD Care Warning Do not remove a floppy disk while the drive is active. Doing so may damage the medium or cause a generaol protec- tion fault, result in data loss and/or corruption. 3 – 9...
Page 62 M e d i a OTES 3 – 10 notes...
Page 63 POST Setup Setup Don’t make any changes unless you are sure of what you are doing...
Page 64: The Power-On Self Test (Post)
(POST) OWER POST Setup Setup P h o e n i x B I O S 4 . Ø R e l e a s e 6 . Ø C o p y r i g h t 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 9 7 P h o e n i x T e c h n o l o g i e s L t d . A l l R i g h t s R e s e r v e d .
Page 65: Failing The Post
POST AILING THE POST Press <F1> to resume, Press <F1> to resume, Press <F1> to resume, Press <F1> to resume, Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to enter Setup <F2> to enter Setup <F2> to enter Setup <F2> to enter Setup <F2>...
Page 66 ETUP ROGRAM Setup NTERING ETUP Setup POST Ctrl Delete F2 Setup’s ETUP CREENS Setup Setup General Help...
Page 67 PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y Power Power...
Page 68: More On Setup
ORE ON ETUP Setup IME AND ISKETTE IDE A DAPTER ASTER Enter Chapter 3: Modules...
Page 69: Switching Hard Disks
þ >P & S RIMARY ASTER RIMARY LAVE ECONDARY ASTER ECONDARY LAVE Setup Switching Hard Disks Default setting Setup BIOS þ Auto Limitations Most newer drives don’t use these settings...
Page 70: Ide Adapter
ULTI ECTOR RANSFERS >H Ø & H Warning If you enable LBA mode while setting the HDD parameters manually, be sure to enable it each LBA M ONTROL time you use the same >H Ø & H hard disk. If you don’t you may encounter read/write errors.
Page 71 NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS Enter PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Main Main Main Main Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y...
Page 72: Serial Resources
COM1 P >I NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS ¯ COM2 P Serial Resources >I NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS >I > S NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS ERIAL PORT...
Page 73: Parallel Modes
(LPT) > I > P NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS ARALLEL PORT ¯ Parallel Modes...
Page 74: Plug And Play
DVANCED ¯ & P Plug & Play OSs DVANCED Windows 95 PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Main Main Advanced Advanced Advanced S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y S e c u r i t y Power Power Power...
Page 75: Security Menu
ECURITY & S ASSWORD UPERVISOR ASSWORD ECURITY PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced S e c u r i t y Power E x i t Item Specific Help Set User Password E n t e r User Password controls Set Supervisor Password [ E n t e r ] access to the system at boot.
Page 76: User Password
UPERVISOR ASSWORD ECURITY ASSWORD ECURITY cannot change...
Page 77 ASSWORD ON ECURITY Enter...
Page 78 IXED DISK BOOT SECTOR ECURITY Hard drive installed operating system found, re-install hard drive. Hit any key to exit. OWER Chapter 5: Power Note: Save to Disk Suspend...
Page 81 Warning...
Page 82 strongly recommend...
Page 83 chgstus chgstus Warning...
Page 84 ñ ñ...
Page 85 save your work im- ¯ mediately Partial Charges Warning Appendix A: Specifications...
Page 86 < Save to Disk Setup save your work immediately Note...
Page 87 < Save to Disk Setup (cont.) Save to Disk Suspend Battery Low 4: Firmware Warning...
Page 88 < Setup Chapter 4: Save to Disk Setup (cont.) Firmware Save to Dis...
Page 89 < Save to Disk Setup (cont.) Warning...
Page 90 < Save to Disk Setup (cont.) Windows 3.1x, Windows 95 OS/2 Warp Power Profiler < Setup Installing SystemSoft PowerProfiler Windows Windows 95 PowerProfiler Windows NT 4.0 Note:...
Page 93 Warning Warning Make sure you put the correct type in each socket...
Page 94: Installing Dimms
¯ Installing DIMMs Warning ñ Setup ñ Chapter 4: Firmware...
Page 95: Touchpad Driver Installation
¯ TouchPad Driver Installation Software Utilities CD-ROM. Software Utilities MouseWare...
Page 96 USTOMIZING ESTURES 95 & W NT 4.0 INDOWS INDOWS Window 95 Buttons Mouse Properties Control Panel: > Mouse...
Page 97 Wordpad...
Page 98 ¯ CardWizard Win- Installing CardWizard dows 3.1x Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0 CardWizard Windows 95 after Windows 95 Software & Utilities CardWizard Windows 3.1x CardWizard Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0, Start > CardWizard Programs > CardWizard CardWizard CardWizard Help CardWizard.
Page 99 ¯ IZARD & W NT 4.0 Installing CardWizard cont. INDOWS Windows NT 4.0 CardWizard Stop CardWizard CardWizard Windows 95 after Windows CardWizard Help Software & Utilities Card Wizard Wizard CardWizard...
Page 100: Power Management
¯ OWER ANAGEMENT Windows 3.1x Installing CardWizard cont. ¯ Formatting in Windows NT 4.0 IZARD TILITIES Windows 3.1x Windows 95...
Page 101 ATAINIT.EXE CardWizard MCFORMAT.EXE...
Page 102: Supported Pc Cards
CardWizard PC C & ZV S UPPORTED ARDS OCKET Windows 3.1x Windows readme CardWizard CardWorks CardWizard utilities Note Windows 95 3.1x NT 4.0...
Page 104 Make sure the system is OFF before connecting or disconnecting the Port Replicator. open open NDOCKING ROCEDURE...
Page 105 Setup...
Page 107 The information listed in this section is for reference only. It is subject to change at the manufacturer’s discretion and without notice. Unless otherwise indicated, none of the components and/or subsystems can be modified or upgraded.
Page 108 CPU & C HIPSET ¯ More on CPUs Warning The CPU is not user- upgradable. Do not try to upgrade the CPU yourself as doing so will violate the warranty. HIPSET Upgrading requires ad- ditional system adjust- ments. Any upgrade procedure must be per- formed by authorized service personnel only.
Page 109 EMORY...
Page 110 ¯ IDEO More on Video Standards S3 M5 Controller i l i ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü UDIO i t i ü ü ü ü ü ü i t i ü ü Windows NT 4.0 ü...
Page 111 RIVES...
Page 112 ¯ OWER MINIMUM EQUIREMENTS More on Charging þ Recharge timing very...
Page 113: Other Features
¯ THER EATURES More on Battery Life NVIRONMENT IMENSIONS...
Page 114 † CCESSORIES PTIONS...
Page 115: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting This section is about what you should do if something goes wrong with your system. This can’t anticipate every possible problem, but you should check here before you panic. If you don’t find the answer in these pages, make sure you have followed the instructions carefully and observed the safety precautions in the preface.
Page 116: Getting Started
T r o u b l e ETTING TARTED This first group of problems and solutions may seem obvious but you’d be surprised at how many “experienced” users have similar problems. OWER B – 2 power...
Page 117 Setup Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 5: Power power B – 3...
Page 118 T r o u b l e Preface Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 5: Power Suspend ISPLAY Chapter 1: Introduction B – 4 power/display...
Page 119 Chap- ter 1: Introduction Chapter 1: Introduction Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Chap- ter 1: Introduction display B – 5...
Page 120 T r o u b l e Preface Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 5: Power B – 6 display...
Page 121: Operation
PERATION Setup Setup Setup operation B – 7...
Page 122 T r o u b l e Save to Disk Save to Disk Save to Disk PhDisk Save to Disk Chapter 5: Power Save-to-Disk Save to Disk Suspend Save to Disk Save to Disk Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Save to Disk Chapter 5: Power B –...
Page 123 Save to Disk PhDisk Suspend Setup Chapter 5: Power Suspend Save to Disk Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 5: Power operation B – 9...
Page 124 T r o u b l e POST M ESSAGES Each time you boot up, the computer performs a self-diagnostic check. ARNING ESSAGES If there is an error during the self-diagnosis, a short message will display specifying the error. You can press F1 to try to continue the boot process, or press F2 to run Setup.
Page 125 Chapter 6: Extras Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 6: Extras Chapter 3: Media Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Chapter 3:Media Setup Chapter 4: Firmware post errors B – 11...
Page 126 T r o u b l e Chapter 2: System Chapter 2: System B – 12 post errors...
Page 127 Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Setup Chapter 4: Firmware Setup Setup Setup post errors B – 13...
Page 128 T r o u b l e Setup B – 14 post errors...
Page 129 THER ESSAGES If your hard disk is disconnected after the POST but before the operat- ing system starts to initialize, you may get the following message: Hard disk failed Press ‘H’ to retry Hard Disk, any other key for floppy You can press H to try again or press any other key to boot from a floppy.
Page 130 T r o u b l e OTES B – 16 notes...
Page 131 Glossary A - B Adapter Address Application G – 1...
Page 132: Cache Memory
G l o s s a r y ASCII Backlight BIOS Boot C - D Cache memory CD-ROM G – 2 ap – cd...
Page 133: Disk Drive
CMOS Setup Configure Configuration Crash Disk drive cm – di G – 3...
Page 134 G l o s s a r y DRAM Driver E - F External option G - H Hot Swap G – 4 do – ho...
Page 135: Internal Option
I - J Internal option Interrupt K - L LBA Mode id – lb G – 5...
Page 136 G l o s s a r y Load M - N Memory Microprocessor Mode G – 6 lc – mo...
Page 137: Non-Volatile Memory
Monitor Mouse MPEG NTSC Nonvolatile memory Notebook computer mo – no G – 7...
Page 138: Parallel Printer
G l o s s a r y O - P PAL/SECAM Parallel printer Parameter PC Card G – 8 pa – pc...
Page 139 PCMCIA pc – pn G – 9...
Page 140 G l o s s a r y POST Internet Explorer Mosaic Communicator Q - R Routine G – 10 po – ro...
Page 141 S - T SCSI Serial port Setup Stop clock Stop grant TCP/IP sc – tc G – 11...
Page 142: Volatile Memory
G l o s s a r y U - V Utility Volatile memory W - Z Zoomed Video (ZV) Port G – 12 ut – zo...
Page 143 Index The items in this section are for reference only. Appendicies are not listed here. Technical terms are defined in the Glossary. I – 1...
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