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Compal PCM10 User Manual

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This user's manual is designed to let you easily find the information you need to get the most from
your notebook.
Introduces you to the features of your notebook.
Gives you the useful details on using your notebook.
Tells you how to look after your notebook, whether at home or traveling.
Introduces you to BIOS, the nervous system of your notebook, and how to change its
fundamental settings.
There is no need to read the manual from the beginning to end. Simply find your way to the section
that interests you using the table of contents, or browse through the manual.
You will come across the following icons in this manual:
Helpful pointers and tricks to get more from your notebook
To help you note and avoid possible damage to your notebook's hardware or software,
or loss of your work
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.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities
claiming the marks and names or their products.
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  • Page 1 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

    Specifications ........................... 10 Chapter 1 Introducing Your Notebook ..................13 Front and Rear Side ......................14 1.1.1 Power Key Buttons.................. 15 1.1.2 Power LED (Blue)( ) ................ 15 1.1.3 Battery LED (Blue/Amber) ( ) ............... 15 1.1.4 HDD accessing state Blue LED ( ) .............
  • Page 3 4.7.3 Fast Resume....................40 4.7.4 Power State Transition Diagram ..............40 4.7.5 Storage Devices and Batteries................. 41 4.7.6 Bootable Device ....................41 4.7.7 Embedded controller ..................41 4.8 PC2001 ........................42 4.9 Miscellaneous Features....................43 4.9.1BIOS ROM....................... 43 4.9.2 USB Support ....................43 4.9.3 Flash utility –...

  • Page 4: 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. Allowing sustained contact with the skin could cause discomfort or, eventually, a burn.
  • Page 5 may be resulted. If acid leaking from the battery pack contacts your skin or clothing, immediately wash it away with the running water. Otherwise, the skin inflammation may occur. Operate the computer at the recommended temperature range of 5 ℃ to +35℃ (+41℉ to +95℉).
  • Page 6 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 it to run the computer or to charge the battery. Do not cover the AC adapter with papers or other items that will be reduced to cool;...

  • Page 7: Important Safety Instructions

    cause extremely high temperatures and may result in damage from burns. Danger of explosion may occur if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. Do not dispose of batteries in a fire. They may explode. Check with local authorities for disposal instructions.

  • Page 8: Fcc Notice

    some serious damage of itself. 5. 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. Avoid placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug, or similar surface to prevent from blocking these openings.
  • Page 9 “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 10 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...

  • Page 11: Specifications

    Specifications AMD ZACATE (1.6G /dual core, 1.5G/Single core,40nm /18W APU/FT1 BGA) AMD ONTARIO(1.2G / Single core, 1.0G/dua core,40nm /9W APU/FT1 BGA) Chipset Hudson M1(A13) Memory Support 2 SODIMMS DDR3 800Mhz/1066MHz 1G/2G module Max4G Display 13.3”16:9 W W/LED HD Glare 1366*768 Audio HD Audio, 2 x Speakers, Microphone-in and headphone-out 1 x Internal Microphone support...

  • Page 12: System Status Indicators

    I/O Ports USB 2.0 x 3 (No Power USB feature), HDMI x 1 , RGB: VGA port x 1 Microphone-in x 1, Headphone-out × 1, DC-in jack , Kensington lock x 1 3-in-1 Flash Card Reader(SD/MMC/MS) x 1 Internal microphone x 1 RJ45 x 1 System Status Indicators 1 K/B indicators: Caps Lock (White)

  • Page 13: Mini Card

    Mini Card One mini-card (WLAN x1) (Option) Security BIOS Password / Kensington lock Regulatory EMI: FCC-B, CE,VCCI, BSMI Safety: Compliant to UL, CB, BSMI Energy Star /WHQL LOGO Environment Temperature: Operating: 5 - 35°C / Storage: -20 - 65°C Humidity: 10 - 90% without condensation.

  • Page 14: Chapter 1 Introducing Your Notebook

    Chapter 1 Introducing Your Notebook...

  • Page 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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)

  • Page 18: Ac Adapter Connector

    1.1.6 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 19: Right Side

    Right Side The following picture shows the right side of your notebook. Kingston Lock RJ-45 D-Sub HDMI USB 2.0 3 in 1 Card Reader...

  • Page 20: Usb Ports

    1.1.8 USB Ports Use this port to connect a USB device, such as a mouse, external keyboard, or printer to the computer. USB is a peripheral expansion standard that supports data-transfer rates up to 480 Mbps. USB peripherals has a single standard for cables and connectors. You can install and remove USB devices while the computer is on.

  • Page 21: Back Side

    Back Side The following picture shows the back side of your notebook. Battery latch Knob Battery Lock Knob 1.1.14 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 22: Chapter 2 Caring For Your Notebook

    Chapter 2 Caring for Your Notebook...

  • Page 23: Caring For Your Notebook

    2.1 Caring for Your Notebook Cleaning Your Notebook and Keyboard Cleaning the Display Cleaning the Touch Pad Precautions...

  • Page 24: 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 25 Do not place any heavy objects on the LCD monitor. Use the AC adapter coming with the package instead of other adapters.

  • Page 26: Traveling

    2.2 Traveling Identifying Your Notebook Packing Your Notebook Traveling Tips If Your Notebook is Lost or Stolen...

  • Page 27: 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 28 If your notebook belongs to the company, notify its security office.

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Peripherals

    Chapter 3 Peripherals...

  • Page 30: Sd/Mmc/Ms Cards

    3.1 SD/MMC/MS Cards Installing a SD/MMC/MS Card Removing a SD/MMC/MS Card...

  • Page 31: 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 32: Chapter 4 The Bios Setup Program

    Chapter 4 The BIOS Setup Program...

  • Page 33: 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 34: 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 35: 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 depressed •...

  • Page 36: 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 37: Thermal Management

    4.5 Thermal management Please refer to Keyboard BIOS specification.

  • Page 38: 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. 4.6.2 System Time-outs If the system is running in ACPI mode, system Time-outs is handled by the operating system.
  • Page 39 The operating system detects when the system is idle and places the CPU in one of the 3 CPU low power states (C1, C2, C3 up to C6) depending on how much latency it believes the system can afford. The C1 state is simply the CPU halt instruction. The C2 state is the CPU stop grant state.

  • Page 40: Hibernation

    Hibernation (AC mode only) and S5 (AC mode only). 4.6.4.4.3 Critical Low Battery Critical low battery event can wake the system from Standby (DC mode) in ACPI mode. 4.6.5 Hibernation To support the hibernate state, the save to disk partition or file will be created by the operating system if the user select to enable the hibernation.

  • Page 41: 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 42: Storage Devices And Batteries

    Critical /Low battery (depends on ACPI OS setting) Press Lid switch/ Sleep Button (Fn+F2) / Power Button (depends on ACPI OS setting) User selects the Hibernate Option in the Windows Shut Down menu Critical /Low battery (depends on ACPI OS setting) Press Lid switch / Power Button (depends on ACPI OS setting)

  • Page 43: Pc2001

    4.8 PC2001 The notebook must meet Microsoft Logo requirements in accordance with the PC2001 Guide and the Microsoft Logo test programs.

  • Page 44: 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 45: Fast Boot

    4.9.5.1 Brightness table This section describes the LCD Brightness control. The keyboard Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 keys, the AC/DC state and the brightness slide bar in Windows Vista Mobility Center control the LCD brightness. There shall be 11 levels of distinct brightness. Level 11 = Maximum Brightness possible.

  • Page 46: 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 47: Eeprom

    Name Default Value System Serial Number 123456789 Manufacturer name Compal System version F.01 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)). The size of the EEPROM is 2K bytes.

  • Page 48: Oem Active 1.0/2.0/2.1 And Kms Activation Support

    EEPROM initialized flag Set to AAh when the EEPROM get initialized. Assettag number 200h – 23Fh 64 bytes for DMI Type 3 LAN MAC Address 240h – 245h 6 bytes for LAN without EEPROM Unused 246h – 25Fh Unused ACPI OEM ID 260h –...

  • Page 49: 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 Advanced...

  • Page 50: Advanced

    Serial Number This field displays the serial number, max size support to 32 bytes. UUID This field display the UUID, the length is 16 bytes. Help information System Time [hh:mm:ss]This is the help for the hour field. Valid range is from 0 to 23. INCREASE/REDUCE:+/-.

  • Page 51: Security Menu

    Help F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ↓Select Item Esc Exit SubMenu F10 Save and Exit ←→Select Screen Enter Select 4 Numlock Enter this menu, you can choose the ON or Off in this submenu. You can select the Disabled or Enabled in this menu. SATA Configure as Choose HDD mode through selecting the IDE, AHCI, and IDE ->...
  • Page 52 Set Supervisor Password Power on Password [Enabled] HDD Password Status No Accessed Set HDD Password F1 Help F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ↓Select Item Esc Exit F10 Save and Exit ←→Select Screen Enter Select SubMenu Supervisor Password Show the Password status: Clear or Set Set Supervisor/ HDD Password Install or Change the password.

  • Page 53: Boot Menu

    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). Users have 3 chances to input supervisor password, system will request shutdown if users input wrong password 3 times.

  • Page 54: Exit Menu

    Help F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ↓Select Item Esc Exit SubMenu F10 Save and Exit ←→Select Screen Enter Select Help information Use <>or <‾> to select a device, then press <F5> to move it down the list, or <F6> to Move it up the list.
  • Page 55 Yes: Save Changes, Exit SETUP and reboot No: Back to previous screen Exit Discarding Changes 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.

  • Page 56: Os Compatibility

    4.12 OS Compatibility Windows 7 (32bits and 64bits)

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