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Maintenance, Shipping and Travel

Compaq Notebook Series

Document Part Number: 267637-001

April 2002

This guide explains how to maintain your notebook, provides steps for routine care, and includes guidelines to prepare the notebook for shipping or traveling.

Compaq, the Compaq logo, Evo, and Presario are trademarks of Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. The warranties for Compaq products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.

Maintenance, Shipping and Travel First Edition April 2002 Document Part Number: 267637-001

Contents

Maintenance, Shipping and Travel

Maintaining Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing a Retail Version of an Operating System . . . 1

Virus Protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Backup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Maintaining Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Monitoring Notebook Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cleaning Your Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cleaning the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Cleaning the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cleaning the TouchPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cleaning an External Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Preparing the Notebook for Shipping or Travel. . . . . . . . . 10

Traveling with the Notebook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Maintenance, Shipping and Travel

Maintaining Your Software

Compaq recommends that you install all software updates as they become available. However, if your system is connected to a network, you may need to confer with your Information Services department before updating system ROM.

For details on maintaining or restoring your software and instructions on downloading updates, refer to the Software Guide on this CD.

Installing a Retail Version of an Operating System

The Windows operating system included in the Restore CD is enhanced by Compaq. The enhancements provide added functionality for power management, security, the use of drives and PC Cards.

CAUTION: Replacing a Compaq enhanced operating system with

a retail version will result in the loss of enhancements added by Compaq. In some cases, it may result in system lockups and loss of unsaved information. In other cases, complete USB support will become unavailable.

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Virus Protection

If you use the notebook for email or to access the World Wide Web, you risk infecting the system with a computer virus. You can protect the notebook from infection by installing antivirus software.

Several products available on the market will detect the virus, destroy it, and repair any damage it causes. Contact your authorized Compaq retailer for details.

Backup Utilities

To protect the information on your notebook and retrieve lost or damaged files, you should back up your files regularly to diskettes or other backup media.

To do a partial backup of selected files or folders, use backup devices such as diskettes. To do a complete hard drive backup, use tape drives or other high-capacity backup devices. Contact your authorized Compaq retailer for details.

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