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Introduces you to the features of your notebook.
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Gives you the useful details on using your notebook.
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Tells you how to look after your notebook, whether at home or traveling.
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Introduces you to BIOS, the nervous system of your notebook, and how to change its
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Page 1: About This User's Manual
Points out possible damage to property, personal injury or death Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © Compal Electronics, Inc. 2011. All rights reserved. Trademarks used in this document: Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
About this User's Manual ......................1 Safety Instructions ........................5 Specifications ........................... 13 Chapter 1 Introducing Your Notebook..................17 Front and Rear Side ......................18 1.1.1 Power Key Buttons................19 1.1.2 Wireless Switch ..................19 1.1.3 Power LED (Blue) ( ).............. - Page 3 4.1 Introduction........................ 36 4.2 Navigating through the BIOS Setup Program ............37 4.3 System Controls ......................38 4.3.1Buttons......................38 4.4 Core BIOS Features....................39 4.4.1Multi Boot......................39 4.4.2 Quiet Boot...................... 39 4.4. 3 Boot Block ....................39 4.5 Thermal management ....................40 4.6 Power Management for ACPI mode................
- Page 4 4.10.2 CMOS RAM management................50 4.10.2.1 CMOS Requirement for Debug Purpose..........50 4.10.3 System Management BIOS(SM BIOS) version 2.4 (DMI 2.0)..... 50 4.10.3.1Default SMBIOS Value ................51 4.10.5 OEM Active 1.0/2.0/2.1 and KMS activation Support........52 4.10.6 Multi Customer Logo Support..............52 4.11 System Setup ......................
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Page 5: Safety Instructions
Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to help protect yourself and your notebook. General Warnings Do not operate your portable computer for an extended period of time with the base • resting directly on your body. With extended operation, heat can potentially build up in the base. - Page 6 If the battery pack leaks and the fluid get in your eyes, do not rub them. Instead, rinse your • eyes with clean running water and immediately seek medical attention. Otherwise, eye injury may be resulted. If acid leaking from the battery pack contacts your skin or clothing, immediately wash it •...
- Page 7 If you use an extension cable with your AC adapter, ensure that the total ampere rating of the products plugged in to the extension cable does not exceed the ampere rating of the extension cable. Place the AC adapter in a ventilated area, such as a desktop or on the floor, when you use •...
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Page 8: Important Safety Instructions
Do not carry a battery in your pocket, purse, or other container where metal objects (such as car keys) could short-circuit the battery terminals. The resulting excessive current flow can cause extremely high temperatures and may result in damage from burns. Danger of explosion may occur if battery is incorrectly replaced. -
Page 9: Fcc Notice
Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, or table. It may be broken to cause some serious damage of itself. Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, and also do not block or cover these openings. - Page 10 “Declaration of Conformity Information” This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy .If the equipment is not installed or used in accordance with the instructions;...
- Page 11 Canadian Notice (Canada Only) Norwegian Notice (Norway Only) For Class I equipment: In Norway, it intend to be connected to CABLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, the screen of a coax cable is required to be galvanic isolated from the protective earth. The Norwegian text is that “Må kun tilkoples kabel-TV nett via galvanisk isolator.” CE Notice (European Union) EU Declaration of Conformity...
- Page 12 BSMI Notice (Taiwan Only) Most Compal computer products are classified by the Bureau of Standards, Meteorology and Inspection (BSMI) as Class B information technology equipment (ITE). This (marked on the product) indicates the product complies with the BSMI standard. BSMI 通告...
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Page 13: Specifications
Specifications Intel Sandy Bridge • Dual Core 2.1G/2.3G/2.5G/2.6G/2.7G Chipset HM65 • Memory Support DDR3-1066MHz/1333MHz 1G/2G/4G • Support 2 So-DIMMS, up to Max. 8GB • Display 13.3”, 5.2mm, 16:9 LED backlight LCD • HD 1366 x 768 • Graphics Chip(Option) No(PBL00) •... -
Page 14: System Status Indicators
WLAN only or W/L+BT 2.1 Combo (WLAN-AMP enabled for BT3.0 compatible) • (Option) Note: For Motorola Bluetooth, please experience the BT function by Motorola's user friendly GUI, you can refer to Motorola BT help file from Taskbar --> Bluetooth icon --> Right Click on BT icon --> My Bluetooth Settings --> Help Touchpad Normal Track Pad with up/down scroll zone and two buttons •... -
Page 15: Mini Card
Battery Leverage NTUC0, 4 cell (2.25 mAH for PBL00 only) / 8 cell • Life Cycle: 70% Design Capacity after 300 Cycles in 25degreeC • Software Insyde BIOS • Suspend to DRAM/HDD • Security: Power-On Password, Supervisor Password, HDD password •... - Page 16 Logic lower < △T= 28 deg. C Touch pad < △T=13 deg. C Palm rest & Keyboard < △T=15 deg. C Strip cover < △T=25 deg. C LCD bezel < △T=25 deg. C Application Driver CD W/User Manual •...
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Page 17: Chapter 1 Introducing Your Notebook
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Page 18: Front And Rear Side
Front and Rear Side The following picture shows the front side of your notebook. Web Camera Battery(Blue/Amber) Caps Lock(White) HDD(Blue) Microphone Wireless Status(Blue) Power(Blue) Power Button(White) -
Page 19: Power Key Buttons
1.1.1 Power Key Buttons Press to turn your notebook on. Windows 7, which comes preinstalled, goes into the shutdown sequence automatically if you press the power button while on. In Windows 7, you can configure this in Control Panel > System and Maintenance or Hardware and Sound >... -
Page 20: Left Side
Left Side The following picture shows the left side of your notebook. DC-IN USB 2.0 USB 2.0 Microphone(Black) Headphone(Black) 1.1.7 AC Adapter Connector Use this connector to attach the AC adapter to your notebook. You can connect an AC adapter when your notebook is switched on or off. While the AC adapter works with electrical outlets worldwide, power connectors and power strips vary by country. - Page 21 install and remove USB devices while the computer is on. This is called “hot swapping”.
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Page 22: Right Side
Right Side The following picture shows the right side of your notebook. Kingston Lock RJ-45 D-Sub HDMI USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 (Blue) 3 in 1 Card Reader 1.1.9 USB Ports Use this port to connect a USB device, such as a mouse, external USB 3.0 keyboard, or printer to the computer. -
Page 23: Lan (Rj-45)
video projectors. It is used for attaching a lock-and-cable apparatus, in particular those from Kensington. 1.1.11 LAN (RJ-45) The LAN allows you to connect your notebook to an internet line with a standard RJ-45 connector. 1.1.12 VGA Port Use this port to connect an external monitor to your computer. -
Page 24: Back Side
Back Side The following picture shows the back side of your notebook. Battery latch Knob Battery Lock Knob 1.1.13 Battery latch Knob The Battery Latch Knob secures the battery pack. To release, slide the latch and then remove the battery pack from the bay. -
Page 25: Chapter 2 Caring For Your Notebook
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Page 26: Caring For Your Notebook
2.1 Caring for Your Notebook Cleaning Your Notebook and Keyboard Cleaning the Display Cleaning the Touch Pad Cleaning the CD/DVD Drive Precautions... -
Page 27: Cleaning Your Notebook And Keyboard
Never spray cleaning products directly onto your notebook’s case or display. Only use products designed for cleaning computer displays. 2.1.1 Cleaning Your Notebook and Keyboard Shut your notebook down, turn it off and disconnect it from the electrical outlet and any external devices, such as the printer. - Page 28 Do not turn off your notebook if the drive light indicates the drive is active. • Turning off your notebook while it is reading from or writing to a disk may damage the disk, the drive, or both. Keep your notebook and disks away from the objects that generate the strong •...
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Page 29: Traveling
2.2 Traveling Identifying Your Notebook Packing Your Notebook Traveling Tips If Your Notebook is Lost or Stolen... -
Page 30: Identifying Your Notebook
2.2.1 Identifying Your Notebook Attach a nametag or business card to your notebook, or use the permanent marker or stencil to write a unique identifying mark (such as your driver’s license number) on the case. Create a file on the Desktop called if found. Place information such as your name, address, and telephone number in this file. -
Page 31: If Your Notebook Is Lost Or Stolen
Ensure that you know which electrical outlets are used in the countries you will • visit, and prepare the appropriate power adapters. Check with your credit card company for information about any kinds of • emergency travel assistance it offers to the users of the portable computers. When traveling in the air, please ensure that you have a charged battery •... -
Page 32: Chapter 3 Peripherals
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Page 33: Sd/Mmc/Ms Cards
3.1 SD/MMC/MS Cards Installing a SD/MMC/MS Card Removing a SD/MMC/MS Card... -
Page 34: Installing A Sd/Mmc/Ms Card
Before removing an SD/MMC/MS card, stop it running from the configuration utility on the taskbar. Failure to do so could result in the data loss. 3.1.1 Installing a SD/MMC/MS Card SD/MMC/MS card, with hot-plug feature, allow you to install and remove cards when your notebook is running. -
Page 35: Chapter 4 The Bios Setup Program
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Page 36: Introduction
4.1 Introduction The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup program is a menu driven utility that enables you to make changes to the system configuration and tailor the operation of your notebook to your individual work needs. A ROM-based configuration utility displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters. -
Page 37: Navigating Through The Bios Setup Program
4.2 Navigating through the BIOS Setup Program Accessing the BIOS Setup Program Launching Submenus Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible. It is a menu driven program, which means you can scroll through the various directories and make your selections among the various predetermined choices. -
Page 38: System Controls
4.3 System Controls 4.3.1Buttons 4.3.1.1 Power Button The activity of the power button is as follows: If system is Off/Hibernate: System will be turned on while Power switch is • depressed by more than 100 ms If system is in Standby state: System will resume while Power switch is •... -
Page 39: Core Bios Features
4.4 Core BIOS Features 4.4.1Multi Boot The notebook can support Multi-Boot for selecting the boot sequence of Hard Drive, Removable Devices, CD-ROM/DVD Drive and Network in Setup. 4.4.2 Quiet Boot Quiet Boot replaces the customary technical messages during POST with a more visually pleasing and comfortable display (OEM screen). -
Page 40: Thermal Management
4.5 Thermal management Please refer to Keyboard BIOS specification. -
Page 41: Power Management For Acpi Mode
4.6 Power Management for ACPI mode 4.6.1Introduction The notebook supports ACPI. The system will dynamically switch to ACPI mode for configuration and power management when an ACPI OS is loaded. When ACPI is not loaded and enabled, the power management function will be disabled. -
Page 42: Device Power Management
disk prior to power off the whole system. 4.6.4 Device Power Management Under ACPI mode, the device specific power management supported by this notebook includes the CPU throttling, monitor power management and the hard disk. 4.6.4.1 CPU power management ACPI mode •... -
Page 43: Hibernation
LAN (On board) Yes(AC mode only) Yes(AC mode only) Yes(AC mode only) Yes(AC mode only) Critical low battery Field ‘Process required’ identifies that further process for the occurred events must be processed during wake up or resumes procedure. 4.6.4.4.1 LAN LAN (On board) S3(Standby): LAN is supported wake-up from S3 w/ AC/DC mode S4(Hibernation)/S5: LAN just only support wake-up from S4/S5 w/ AC only... -
Page 44: Acpi (Advanced Configuration And Power Interface)
4.7 ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 4.7.1Introduction The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is a well-specified power management and configuration mechanism. It evolves the existing collection of power management codes, APM, PnP BIOS, and Etc. 4.7.2 ACPI Sleep Status BIOS must support the following sleep states –... -
Page 45: Storage Devices And Batteries
If close lid, WOL can not wake. System will wake up after open lid Power Button On board LAN (Only in AC mode) RTC Alarm(Only in AC mode) Press Lid switch / Sleep Button (Fn+F2) / Power Button (depends on ACPI OS setting) User selects the Standby Option in the Windows Shut Down menu ACPI OS timer expired... -
Page 46: Bootable Device
The BIOS must report the correct types of these devices if the drive is installed in the system during POST. Two devices, which belong to the same category, are not supported in this notebook. Batteries • The BIOS must follow ACPI specification and report the correct number of the installed battery and status. -
Page 47: Miscellaneous Features
4.9 Miscellaneous Features 4.9.1BIOS ROM It depends on the platform design architecture (sharer ROM or Non-Sharer ROM, Intel ME SKU and so on). Non-Sharer ROM: SBIOS and EC BIOS have each SPI ROM chip separately, the EEPROM is inside EC BIOS area, BIOS will copy a full set of EEPROM data to SBIOS ROM at the first POST or EEPROM data is updated to speed up the EEPROM access. -
Page 48: Vga Support
After POST, release <Fn+B> key. The system should boot from floppy and perform crisis recovery action. 4.9.5 VGA Support This section describes the expected behavior when a video monitor is connected to the VGA port on the notebook .The feature needs VGA driver support. The BIOS will use both the RGB and pin 11 methods to determine the presence of an external VGA monitor. -
Page 49: Wireless Control
The POST time testing environment does not include attachable devices such as USB keyboards, external monitors, printers, PC Cards, Port Replicators and etc. 4.9.7 Wireless Control BIOS should report the wireless device (include WLAN and BT) exist and enable status to the EC name space. -
Page 50: Customer Specific Features
4.10 Customer Specific Features 4.10.1Display of System Type and BIOS Version Number on Boot The development BIOS Version should start from 0.01 and the formal BIOS for MP should start from 1.00. 4.10.2 CMOS RAM management For UEFI Code, CMOS just reserve for kernel code/Chipset code, the variable storage had been replaced by flash part. -
Page 51: 1Default Smbios Value
Asset tag number – 128 alphanumeric characters 4.10.3.1Default SMBIOS Value Name Default Value System Serial Number 123456789 Manufacturer name Compal System version X.XX System product name %project code% 4.10.4 EEPROM There is one EEPROM that is used to store many important system and user data in the notebook (some data are reserved for future to use)). -
Page 52: Oem Active 1.0/2.0/2.1 And Kms Activation Support
Process ID for factory F3h – F4h Identification ID for test process control Reserved for keyboard F5h – F6h Reserved 2 bytes for keyboard used Unused F7h – FDh Unused EEPROM initialized flag Set to AAh when the EEPROM get initialized. - Page 53 To support Multi customer Logo, BIOS will merge dummy OEM logo in BIOS as default, and customer should create customized BIOS with OEM Logo. Please refer to the “How to update OEM Logo” for the detail instruction of customized BIOS creation.
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Page 54: System Setup
4.11 System Setup 4.11.1Invoking setup The setup function can be invoked by pressing F2 when “Press <F2> to enter Setup” message is prompted on the bottom of screen during POST. During setup, all Fn function keys and power saving functions are disabled. 4.11.2 Main Menu InsydeH20 Setup Utility Main... - Page 55 The hour is displayed with 24-hour format. The values set in these two fields take effect immediately. Processor Type This field shows CPU type and speed. System Memory Speed This field reports the memory speed of the extended memory with an integer in the system Total Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory with an integer in the...
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Page 56: Advanced
checking will be done against month/day/year combinations that are not supported.) INCREASE/REDUCE:+/-. [mm:dd:yy]This is the help for the day field. Vaild range is from 1 to 31.(Error checking will be done against month/day/year combinations that are not supported.) INCREASE/REDUCE:+/-. [mm:dd:yy]This is the help for the year field. Vaild range is from 2000 to 2009.( Error checking will be done against month/day/year combinations that are not supported.) INCREASE/REDUCE:+/-. - Page 57 Enter this menu, it can display the submenu: “Bluetooth <Enable>” “Wlan <Enable>” “Camera <Enable>” “Card Read <Enable>” “Azalia <Auto>” You can select Enabled or Disabled in the above submenu, and in the submenu “Azalia <Auto>” you also can select Auto, Enable or Disable. Configuration SATA as Choose HDD mode through selecting the IDE mode or AHCI mode.
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Page 58: Security Menu
Configures the peripheral devices. Bluetooth/Wlan/Camera/Card Read/Azalia Enable or Disable this device, and in the submenu [Azalia <Auto>] you also can select Auto, Enable or Disable. Virtualization Technology Enable/Disable. Configure SATA As Set Harddisk Controller Configure Type. POST HotKey Delay Customizable amount of time for the user to press HotKey at POST. UMA Share Memory Size Select DVMT5.0 Pre-Allocated(Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. - Page 59 Help ↑↓Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Enter Select ▶SubMenu Esc Exit ← → Select F10 Save and Exit Screen Supervisor Password Show the Password status: Clear or Set User Password Show the User Password status: Clear or Set Set Supervisor/ HDD Password Install or Change the password.
- Page 60 word when go to Setup Utility Set HDD Password Lock Harddisk and the length of password must be greater than one word and less then ten words. Password behavior Supervisor Password and Power on Password After set the supervisor password , power on password can enable or disable. If only set the supervisor password, system will request supervisor password before entering setup menu (F2).
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Page 61: Boot Menu
4.11.4 Boot Menu This menu allows the user to decide the order of boot devices to load the operating system. Bootable devices include the diskette drive in module bay, the onboard hard disk drive in module bay. InsydeH20 Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit... -
Page 62: Exit Menu
4.11.5 Exit Menu InsydeH20 Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Details see the following Help Information Help ↑↓Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit ← → Select Enter Select▶SubMenu F10 Save and Exit Screen... - Page 63 Allows the user to discard changes and continue the boot operation. The following message is prompted when user press “Enter” on the item. Exit Discarding Changes? [Yes] [No] Yes: Discard Changes and Continue the boot operation. No: Back to previous screen Load Optimal Defaults Allows the user loads default value in CMOS Setup.
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Page 64: Hot Keys For System Control
4.12 Hot Keys For System Control Function Description Fn+ Esc None Fn+F1 Help Fn+F2 Enter S3 sleep state Fn+F3 LCD/CRT/LCD+CRT Switch Fn+F4 Decrease brightness Fn+F5 Increase brightness Fn+F6 Enable/Disable Touch pad Fn+F7 Mute Fn+F8 Volume Down Fn+F9 Volume Up Fn+F10 None Fn+F11 None... -
Page 65: Os Compatibility
4.13 OS Compatibility Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit / 64 bit Windows XP 32bit (Driver Ready)(No Logo Submission) -
Page 66: Ap Support
4.14 AP Support Wireless Select Enable/Disable Instant Message Num Lock...
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