Asus L5500, Hardware User Manual

Page 1: ...Product Name L5500 L5800 L5900 Manual Revision 1 E1281 Release Date May 2003 Notebook PC Hardware User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ent and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations 47 part 15 193 1993 Washington DC Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration U S Government Printing Office Power Safety Requirement...

Page 3: ...ngaben des Herstellers German ADVARSELI Lithiumbatteri Eksplosionsfare ved fejlagtig håndtering Udskiftning må kun ske med batteri af samme fabrikat og type Levér det brugte batteri tilbage til leverandøren Danish VARNING Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte Använd samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent typ som rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren Kassera använt batteri enligt fabrikantens instr...

Page 4: ... pool DO NOT expose to dirty or dusty en vironments DO NOT operate during a gas leak DO NOT expose to strong magnetic or electrical fields DONOTexposetoextremetemperatures above 50 C 122 F or to direct sunlight Do not block the fan vents DO NOT place on uneven or unstable work surfaces Seek servicing if the casing has been damaged DO NOT place or drop objects on top and do not shove any foreign ob...

Page 5: ...ches Safety Statements Charge Your Batteries If you intend to use battery power be sure to fully charge your battery pack and any optional battery packs before going on long trips Remember that the power adapter charges the battery pack as long as it is plugged into the computer and an AC power source Be aware that it takes much longer to charge the battery pack when the Notebook PC is in use Airp...

Page 6: ...6 Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Italian Portuguese Spanish Swedish CTR 21 Approval for Notebook PC with built in Modem Safety Statements ...

Page 7: ...shock from lightning Do not use the Notebook PC in the vicinity of a gas leak Required for UL 1642 covering primary nonrechargeable and secondary rechargeable lithium bat teries for use as power sources in products These batteries contain metallic lithium or a lithium alloy or a lithium ion and may consist of a single electrochemical cell or two or more cells connected in series parallel or both t...

Page 8: ... Support Software 25 Power Connection 26 Powering ON The Notebook PC 27 The Power On Self Test POST 27 Power Management Stand By Hibernate 28 Restarting or Rebooting 28 Powering OFF the Notebook PC 28 Power Management Stand By Hibernate 28 Power Management Stand By Hibernate 28 Restarting or Rebooting 29 Powering OFF the Notebook PC 29 Restarting or Rebooting 29 Powering OFF the Notebook PC 29 Usi...

Page 9: ...serting a PC Card PCMCIA 45 Modem and Network Connections 46 Modem Connection 46 Modem Connection Example 47 Network Connection 48 Network Connection Example 48 IR Wireless Communication 49 Guidelines for using IR communication 49 Enabling Infrared 49 AC Power System 50 AC Power System 50 Battery Power System 50 Charging the Battery Pack 50 Battery Power System 50 Charging the Battery Pack 50 Usin...

Page 10: ...AN Cardbus Card or USB Optional 57 USB Flash Memory Optional 57 USB Communication Cable Optional 57 USB Keyboard Mouse Optional 58 Optional Connections 59 Monitor Out Connection 59 External Audio Connections 59 IEEE1394 Connection 60 Printer Connection 60 Securing Your Notebook PC Optional 60 Internal Modem Compliancy 61 Glossary 63 Notebook PC Information 68 Contents ...

Page 11: ...11 1 Introducing the Notebook PC About This User s Manual Notes For This Manual ...

Page 12: ...ual was created using Macintosh versions of Adobe PageMaker 6 52 Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Adobe Illustrator 8 0 and Macromedia Freehand 8 0 1 The body text type used in this manual is Times MAC or Times New Roman Windows and headings are Helvetica MAC or Arial Windows A few notes and warnings in bold are used throughout this guide that you should be aware of in order to complete certain tasks safely an...

Page 13: ...13 2 Knowing the Parts Top Side Bottom Side Left Side Right Side Rear Side Front Side ...

Page 14: ...pening do not force the display panel down to the table or else the hinges may break Never lift the Notebook PC by the display panel Display Panel Touchpad Buttons Keyboard Touchpad Power Switch Instant Keys Status Indicators CD Control Buttons see section 3 Touchpad Lock LED NOTE See Front Side for information on opening the LCD panel ...

Page 15: ...e g paper clips or staples that may enter the Notebook PC and scratch the display panel Power Switch The power switch allows powering ON and OFF the Notebook PC and recovering from STD Push the switch once to turn ON and once to turn OFF the Notebook PC Instant Launch Keys Instant launch keys allow you to launch frequently used applications with one push of a button Details provided later in this ...

Page 16: ...eful when han dling the Notebook PC while it is in operation or recently been in operation High temperatures are normal during charging or operation DO NOT PUT THE NOTEBOOK PC ON THE LAP OR OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY TO AVOID INJURY FROM THE HEAT Name Card Holder Battery Pack Compartment Battery Compartment Lock Hard Disk Drive Compartment Battery Compartment Lock Speaker Left Speaker Right ...

Page 17: ...k drive is secured in a compartment under a metal plate Hard disk drive upgrades are to be done by authorized service centers or dealers only Battery Pack The battery pack is contained in a compartment covered by a door and locked by two tabs Usage details are described in the battery section later in this manual Audio Speaker Left Right The built in speakers allow you to hear audio without additi...

Page 18: ... Power supplied through this jack supplies power to the Notebook PC and charges the internal battery pack To prevent damage to the Notebook PC and battery pack always use the supplied power adapter Floppy Disk Drive and Floppy Eject This is a standard 1 44MB floppy disk drive with Japanese 3 mode floppy support Floppy disk activity can be seen through the drive activity LED Unlike desktop PC flopp...

Page 19: ... Mbits sec and can handle up to 63 units on the same bus IEEE1394 is also used in high end digital equipment and should be marked DV for Digital Video port Optical Drive Eject and Emergency Eject The optical drive eject is an electronic eject button for opening the tray You can also eject the optical drive tray through any CD VCD DVD software player or by right clicking the optical drive in Win do...

Page 20: ...g as additional plug in sites or hubs USB supports hot swapping of devices so that peripherals can be connected or disconnected while the Notebook PC is turned ON Parallel Port The 25 pin D sub parallel printer port supports parallel devices such as printers hard drives removable drives or scanners LAN Port 1000 100 10 The RJ 45 LAN port supports an RJ 45 Ethernet cable The internal LAN supports 1...

Page 21: ... the TV Out function TV Out allows a high definition connection to a television or video projection device using a Super VHS S Video cable not pro vided An adapter is provided for use with RCA inputs available on all standard video devices This port support NTSC or PAL formats TV Serial Port The 9 pin D sub serial port supports serial devices such as a drawing tablet serial mouse PDA cradle cellul...

Page 22: ...nel forward or backward to a comfortable viewing angle CD Control Buttons described in section 3 Infrared Port Infrared Port IrDA The infrared IrDA communication port allows convenient wireless data communication with infra red equipped devices or computers This allows easy wireless synchronization with PDAs or mobile phones and even wireless printing to printers If your office supports IrDA netwo...

Page 23: ...e Battery Pack Operating Systems Power Connection Powering ON The Notebook PC Power Management Stand By and Hibernate Restarting or Rebooting Powering OFF The Notebook PC Using the Keyboard Instant Launch Keys and Status Indicators ...

Page 24: ...ttempt to remove the battery pack while the Notebook PC is turned ON as this may result in the loss of working data To install the battery pack 1 Open the battery compartment door by prying both tabs with your finger nails 2 Lift the battery compartment door using the tabs 3 Insert the battery pack at an angle as shown in the illustration 4 Push the battery pack down lightly until it clicks into p...

Page 25: ...ve a shelf life it is not recommended to buy extras for storing Operating Systems This Notebook PC may offer depending on territory its customers the choice of a pre installed operating system such as Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP The choices and languages will depend on the territory The levels of hardware and software support may vary depending on the installed operating system The stabil...

Page 26: ...nnect theAC power cord to anAC outlet preferably with surge protection and then connect the DC plug to the Notebook PC Connecting the AC DC adapter to the AC outlet first allows you to test the AC outlet s power and the AC DC converter itself for compatibility problems before connecting the DC power to the Notebook PC The green power LED on the adapter lights up if the power is within accepted ran...

Page 27: ...g program 1 right click any hard disk drive icon in My Computer 2 choose Properties 3 click the Tools tab 4 click Check Now 5 select a hard disk drive 6 select Thorough to also check for physical damages and 7 click Start Third party disk utilities such as Symantec s Norton Disk Doctor can also perform the same functions but with greater ease and more features Powering ON The Notebook PC The Noteb...

Page 28: ...pplications and ask if you want to save your work if any are not saved Stand by is the same as Suspend to RAM STR This function stores your current data and status in RAM while many components are turned OFF Because RAM is vola tile it requires power to keep refresh the data To operate select Start Shut down and Stand by Hibernate is the same as Suspend to Disk STD and stores your current data and...

Page 29: ...to work you can press the reset button located in a small hole on the bottom of the Notebook PC with a pen mechanical pencil or paper clip Do not use a standard pencil because the tip may break off in the hole Powering OFF the Notebook PC For operating systems equipped with ACPI Win dows ME 2000 XP the Notebook PC can be pow ered OFF by using Start Shut Down Shut down For operating systems without...

Page 30: ...creases the display brightness Open Sun Icon F6 Increases the display brightness LCD Icon F7 Toggles the display panel ON and OFF This also stretches your screen area on certain models to fill the entire display when using low resolution modes LCD Monitor Icons F8 Toggles between the Notebook PC s LCD display and an external monitor in this series Notebook PC LCD External Monitor Both TV Out This ...

Page 31: ... only in battery mode and Intel SpeedStep will work in battery or AC mode but requires manual configuration to work in AC mode Email Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Email application while Windows is running Internet Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your Internet browser application while Windows is running Programmable Launch Key Pressing this button will launch your p...

Page 32: ...not work with email software from other companies Wireless LAN Indicator Depending on Model Lights when the internal wireless LAN is enabled This indicator only functions on Notebook PC mod els equipped with an internal wireless LAN Drive Activity Indicator Indicates that the Notebook PC is accessing one or more storage device s such as the hard disk The light flashes proportional to the access ti...

Page 33: ...enables disables the NumLock on both key boards simultaneously To disable the numeric keypad while keeping the keypad on an external key board activated press the keys on the Notebook PC NOTE The large bold characters and symbols are printed here for your reference They are not labeled on the keyboard as shown here Microsoft Windows Keys There are two special Windows keys on the keyboard as descri...

Page 34: ...th Number Lock OFF press and one of the cursor keys shown below For example Fn 8 for up Fn K for down Fn U for left and Fn O for right With Number Lock ON use Shift and one of the cursor keys shown below For example Shift 8 for up Shift K for down Shift U for left and Shift O for right NOTE The large bold characters and symbols are printed here for your reference They are not labeled on the keyboa...

Page 35: ...er Indicator When the Notebook PC is OFF an LED shows when the CD player is turned ON by using the CD Power switch 2 CD Player Power Switch Turns ON or OFF the Audio DJ CD player while the Notebook PC is OFF 3 CD Skip to Previous Track Rewind Audio Volume Down CD The first push will restart current track The second push will skip to the previous track Audio Hold down to decrease audio volume Works...

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Page 37: ...Optical Drive PC Card PCMCIA Socket Flash Memory Card Reader Modem and Network Connections IR Wireless Communication AC Power System Battery Power System Power Management Modes System Memory Expansion Hard Disk Drive Upgrades Processor Upgrades ...

Page 38: ...ms displayed on the screen with the use of your fingertip The following illustrations demonstrate proper use of the touchpad Moving the cursor Place your finger in the center of the touchpad and do the following to move the cursor Up Slide your finger forward Left Slide you finger to the left Down Slide your finger backward Right Slide your finger to the right Touchpad Usage Illustrations press an...

Page 39: ... You can set the double click speed using the Windows Control Panel Mouse The following 2 examples produce the same results press the left button twice and release lightly but rapidly strike the touchpad twice press the left cursor button and release lightly but rapidly strike the touchpad Clicking Tapping With the cursor over an item press the left button or use your fingertip to touch the touchp...

Page 40: ...oving the cursor to the desired location then release the button Or you can simply double tap on the item and hold while dragging the item with your fingertip The following 2 examples produce the same results hold left button and slide finger on touchpad lightly strike the touchpad twice sliding finger on touchpad during second strike Dragging Clicking Dragging Tapping NOTE Asoftware controlled sc...

Page 41: ...no obstructions that may get jammed un der the drive s tray 3 Hold the disc by the edge and face the disc s printed side up Push down on both sides of the disc s center until the disc snaps onto the hub The hub should be higher than the disc when correctly mounted 4 Slowly push the drive s tray back in The drive will begin reading the table of contents TOC on the disc When the drive stops the disc...

Page 42: ...neration of optical disc storage technology The DVD specification supports discs with capacities from 4 7GB to 17GB and access rates up to 22 16MBytes s The Notebook PC s DVD ROM drive is only single sided double sided DVD 8 5GB and higher requires manually reversing the disc in order to access the reverse side DVD is essentially a bigger faster CD that can hold video as well as audio and computer...

Page 43: ...ted by the motion picture industry to satisfy a need to protect against unlawful content duplication Although the design rules imposed on CSS licensors are many one rule that is most relevant is play back restrictions on regionalized content In order to facilitate geographically staggered movie re leases DVD video titles are released for specific geographic regions as defined in Region Defini tion...

Page 44: ...ardBus Support 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...

Page 45: ...a PC Card PCMCIA To remove the PC card first remove all cables or adapters attached to the PC card then double click the PC card icon on the Windows taskbar and stop the PC card you want to remove 1 Insert the PC card with the connector side first and label side up Standard PC cards will be flush with the Notebook PC when fully in serted Be sure the PC card is level when inserting 2 Carefully conn...

Page 46: ... two or four wires only two wires telephone line 1 is used by the modem and should have an RJ 11 connector on both ends Connect one end to the modem port and the other end to an analog telephone wall socket the ones found in residential buildings Once the driver is setup the modem is ready to use Modem and Network Connections The built in modem and network model comes with both an RJ 11 and an RJ ...

Page 47: ...ny commercial buildings or else damage will occur Modem Connection Example This is an example of the Notebook PC connected to a telephone jack for use with the built in modem CAUTION For electrical safety concerns only use telephone cables rated 26AWG or higher see Glossary for more information Telephone cable with RJ 11 connectors Telephone Wall Jack CAUTION DO NOT use the modem during an electri...

Page 48: ...tware default is to use the fastest setting so no user intervention is required Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a host generally a Hub or Switch is called a straight through Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE The end connectors are called RJ 45 connectors which are not compatible with RJ 11 telephone connectors If connecting two computers together without a hub in between ...

Page 49: ...rared communication ports should not exceed 15 The distance between the Notebook PC s IR and target device IR should not exceed 12 inches 30 cm Do not move either the Notebook PC or the other device during transmission of data An error may occur if IR transmission is conducted with high levels of noise or vibration Avoid direct sunlight flashing incandescent light florescent light and other infrar...

Page 50: ...hich allows the battery to accu rately report the amount of charge percentage left in the battery Additional battery packs are optional and can be purchased separately through a Notebook PC retailer Before using the Notebook PC on battery power for the first time check the battery icon in the Windows task bar to make sure that the battery is fully charged Charging the battery takes a few hours whe...

Page 51: ... when the battery power is de pleted Suspend to Disk STD is not the same as power OFF STD requires a small amount of power and will fail if no power is available due to complete battery deple tion or no power supply e g removing both the power adapter and battery pack NOTE If you ignore the low battery warning eventually the Notebook PC enters sus pend mode Windows default uses STR WARNING Never a...

Page 52: ...Power Mode the Power LED remains ON If you are conscious of both system performance and power consumption select Maximum Performance instead of disabling all power management features ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI was developed by Intel Microsoft and Toshiba especially for Windows and later to control power management and Plug and Play features ACPI is the new standard in p...

Page 53: ... In addition to reducing the CPU clock this mode puts devices including the LCD backlight in their lower active state The Notebook PC enters Stand by mode low priority when the system remains idle for a specified amount of time The timeout can be set through BIOS setup lower priority and Windows power management higher priority To resume system operation press any key Power State Summary STATE ENT...

Page 54: ... or impact The hard disk drive is the most sensitive component of the Notebook PC and will likely be the first or only component that is damaged if the Notebook PC is dropped Processor Upgrades This Notebook PC features an upgradable processor for faster performance Visit an authorized service center or retailer for upgrades WARNING End user removal of the CPU or hard disk drive will void the warr...

Page 55: ...55 Appendix Optional Accessories Optional Connections Internal Modem Compliancy Glossary Notebook PC Information ...

Page 56: ...se items if desired come as optional items to complement your Notebook PC USB Hub Optional Attaching an optional USB hub will increase your USB ports and allow you to quickly connect or disconnect many USB peripherals through a single cable ...

Page 57: ...ut supports any computer Notebook or Desktop with a USB port Wireless LAN Cardbus Card Wireless LAN USB USB Flash Memory Optional A USB flash memory device can replace the slow 1 44MB floppy disk by with up to 128MB in high speed durable storage that is compatible with all computers using the USB port USB Communication Cable Optional Attaching optional USB communication cables be tween computers t...

Page 58: ...ortable Attaching an external USB mouse will allow Windows naviga tion to be more comfortable Both the external USB keyboard and mouse will work simultaneously with the Notebook PC s built in keyboard and touchpad Optional Accessories Cont These items if desired come as optional items to complement your Notebook PC ...

Page 59: ...simultaneously allowing others to view the external monitor For large audiences try you can connect a video projector to this port Optional Connections These items if desired may be purchased from third parties External Audio Connections The Notebook PC provides easy access for con necting a stereo headphone or multichannel am plifier mono microphone and a stereo audio source just like on many per...

Page 60: ...onnection This Notebook PC provides a parallel port that al lows you to connect inkjet laser dye printers and other parallel devices One or more USB printers can be simultaneously used on any USB port For system and hard disk drive security see BIOS setup Security Athird party lock such as the ones by Kensington can be used to secure your Note book PC physically to an unmovable object The cable wr...

Page 61: ...g if provided is by means of dual tone multifrequency signalling Network Compatibility Declaration Statement to be made by the manufacturer to the Notified Body and the vendor This declaration will indicate the networks with which the equipment is designed to work and any notified networks with which the equipment may have inter working difficulties Network Compatibility Declaration Statement to b...

Page 62: ...o Poland No Not Applicable Portugal No Not Applicable Spain No Not Applicable Sweden Yes No Switzerland Yes No United Kingdom Yes No This information was copied from CETECOM and is supplied without liability For updates to this table you may visit http www cetecom de technologies ctr_21 html 1 National requirements will apply only if the equipment may use pulse dialling manufacturers may state in ...

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Page 64: ...pting 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 Abyte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol Clock Throttling Chipset function which allows the processor s clock to be stopped and started at a known duty cycle Clock throttl...

Page 65: ...losely placed Notebook PCs and even send files to each other without a network Kensington Locks Kensington locks or compatible allow the Notebook PC to be secured usually using a metal cable and lock that prevent the Notebook PC to be removed from a fixed object Some security products may also include a motion detector to sound an alarm when moved LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device name res...

Page 66: ...sing the function keys The timeout setting of both Hard Disk and Video can be set by the BIOS Setup The Power LED blinks when the Notebook PC is in STR mode In STD mode the Notebook PC will appear to be powered OFF System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the operating system Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a h...

Page 67: ...67 Appendix A ...

Page 68: ...city ________________ 2nd Hard Disk Drive Manufacturer ___________________Capacity ________________ BIOS Version _______________________________________ Date ________________ Accessories _______________________________ Serial Number ________________ Accessories _______________________________ Serial Number ________________ Software Operating System ________________________________ Version ________...