User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Section 1 Getting Started
- Introduction
- Unpacking Your System
- Precautions
- Checklists
- Features
- The First Time. . .
- Installing the Battery
- Connecting the AC Adapter
- Turning the Computer On and Off
- Adjusting the Volume
- Calibrating the Touch Screen
- Startup Problems?
- Section 2 Getting Familiar with Your Computer
- Introduction
- Individual Parts
- LED Activity Indicators
- LED Power / Wireless Modem Indicators
- Keyboard Basics
- Restarting the Computer
- Primary Keys
- Arrow Keys
- Function Keys
- Numeric Keypad
- Touchpad
- General Guidelines
- Scrolling Buttons
- Connecting an External Keyboard or Mouse
- Disk Drives
- The PC Card Slot
- Connecting to an External Monitor
- Section 3 Making Connections
- Introduction
- Rear Connectors
- Left Side Connectors
- Right Side Connectors
- Section 4 If You Have a Wireless Modem
- Introduction
- Before You Start: Register!
- Registering Your Wireless Modem
- Wireless Modem LED Status
- Installing Your Wireless Modem Software
- Using Your Wireless Modem
- Section 5 Power Management
- Power Management
- Battery Calibration
- Monitoring Battery Power
- Low Battery Alarms
- Battery Charging
- Power Saving Modes
- Suspend Mode
- Initiating Suspend Mode
- Power Button Settings
- When to Replace the Battery
- Heat Considerations
- Section 6 Customizing Your Bios Settings
- Using the BIOS Setup Utility
- BIOS Setup Menu
- Starting the BIOS Setup Utility
- The Main Menu
- Navigating and Entering Information in BIOS
- Standard CMOS Setup
- Standard Feature Description
- Advanced CMOS Setup
- Power Management
- Peripheral Setup
- Auto-Detect Hard Disk
- Change Supervisor Password
- Change User Password
- Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings
- Exiting and Saving
- Section 7 Optional Equipment and Accessories
- Vehicle Adapter
- Vehicle Cradle
- PRECAUTIONS
- Charging Batteries
- Communicating with Other Devices
- Surge Protection
- Selecting the Right Surge Protection
- Selecting the Right Equipment
- Section 8 Maintenance and Storage
- Introduction
- Touch Screen Care
- Hard Drive Care and Handling
- Internal Hard Drives
- External PC Card Hard Drives
- Battery Maintenance and Storage
- Maintaining Batteries
- Storing Batteries
- Computer Maintenance and Storage
- Maintaining Your Computer
- Storing Your Computer
- Appendix A Error Messages
- Introduction
- POST Messages
- MS-DOS Messages
- Application Messages
- Appendix B Troubleshooting
- What to Try First
- For More Help
- Common Solutions to Common Problems
- Applications
- Batteries
- Display
- Hard Disk
- I/O Ports
- Keyboard
- Landline Modems
- Miscellaneous
- Mouse
- PC Cards
- Pen/Touch Screen
- Wireless Modems
- Appendix C Glossary
- Index
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Section 4. If You Have a Radio Modem
77-0100-003 19 January 2001
Nokia Card Phone 2.0 (GSM)
The wireless modem is powered on when the modem card is inserted (after the SIM card has been inserted). The
GSM application automatically starts when the modem card is inserted. To stop the application you must manually
stop the card in the system tray using the PC Card icon (or applicable Windows 2000 icon). The GSM application
will close when stopped. Otherwise, just minimize the application when not in use.
RIM 802D (DataTac) for Motient
The wireless modem LED has three states when a DataTac wireless modem is installed. They are:
• Solid Green LED – Wireless modem is ON, regardless of the state of the computer
• Flashing Green LED – Wireless modem is ON, and has a Message Waiting from the network
• LED Off – Wireless Modem is OFF. No power is supplied to the wireless modem
RIM 902M (Mobitex) for Cingular
The wireless modem LED has three states when a DataTac wireless modem is installed. They are:
• Solid Green LED – Wireless modem is ON, regardless of the state of the computer
• Flashing Green LED – Wireless modem is ON, and has a Message Waiting from the network
• LED Off – Wireless Modem is OFF. No power is supplied to the wireless modem
Lucent Wireless LAN
The wireless modem is powered ON after initial boot, reboot, or resume as indicated by the wireless modem LED
being solid green. It can be turned off by right clicking the PC Card icon in the system task tray, then selecting “Stop
Orinoco PC Card (3.3 and 5 volt)”. It can be repowered by doing a suspend/resume, or by rebooting the computer.