File, Drive, And Pc Card Problems; Serial And Infrared Communications Problems - HP OmniBook 5500 - Notebook PC User Manual

Check whether the serial mouse is compatible with the OmniBook—the mouse
must be compatible with the 9-pin serial Microsoft Mouse.

File, Drive, and PC Card Problems

For information about maintaining your disk drives, see
If a PC card doesn't work properly in a card slot
Try removing and reinserting the card.
Try inserting the card in the other card slot to check the connector.
Try removing a PC card from the other card slot, if another card is present.
For a data storage card, check that you're using the correct drive letter.
If a data storage card doesn't work properly, check if it has a write-protect switch
and that it is set properly.
If a floppy drive doesn't work
Check to see that the floppy disk drive configuration is correct. Note that the
floppy drive will not work on the dock parallel port—only on the OmniBook
parallel port.
1. Press FN+F2 to start the Software Configuration utility.
2. From the Disks menu, click Floppy Disk Drive.
3. Select 1.44 Mb and click OK.
4. From the Exit menu, click Save and Exit.
5. Click OK.

Serial and Infrared Communications Problems

For serial and infrared problems
If an infrared data connection doesn't work, make sure you're using the COM4
port (not COM2). (For printing, use the LPT3 port instead.)
1. From Program Manager, double-click OmniBook Tools (in the Main group).
2. Click Connections, then click COM Ports. The serial port must be assigned
to COM1.
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