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Presario 1800 Series
Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
and XL190, XL191, XL192
Specifications
Physical and Environmental
Specification U.S. Metric
Height
Depth
Width
Weight:
with 14.1" TFT Display
with 15.0" Display
Battery Power Requirements:
Nominal Operating
Maximum Average
Peak Operating
AC Power Requirements:
Operating Voltage
Operating Current
Operating Frequency
Maximum Transient
Operating Temperature*
Non-Operating Temperature*
Relative Humidity (noncondens.):
Operating
Non-Operating (tw = 38.7°C max)
Operating Altitude
Non-Operating Altitude
Operating Shock
Non-Operating Shock
Operating Vibration
Non-Operating Vibration
1.63 in
12.99 in
11.02 in
4.14 cm
33.00 cm
28.00 cm
7.8 lbs 3.54 kg
Li-ion 3.2 AHr
W @ 14.8 V
W @ 14.8 V
W @ 14.8 V
100-240 V
0.8/0.4 A RMS
47-63 Hz (meets IEC801-4 & 5)
1kV for 50 ns
50° to 95°F
-4° to 140°F
10 to 90%
5 to 95%
0 to 10,000 ft
0 to 30,000 ft
10° to 35°C
-20° to 60°C
35 to 90%
60 to 95%
0 to 3.05 km
0 to 9.14 km
10 G, 11 ms, half sine
240 G, 2 ms, half sine
0.5 G
1.5 G
*Applicable safety standards specify thermal limits for plastic surfaces.
Presario 1800XL Notebooks operate well within this temperature range.
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Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
System Interrupts
Presario 1800 Series
and XL190, XL191, XL192
Hardware
IRQ
System Function
Hardware
IRQ
System Function
IRQ0 System Timer IRQ10 Available
IRQ1 Standard 101/102-Key or
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
IRQ2 Programmable Interrupt
Controller
IRQ11 Intel® Pro/100S Mobile LAN on
Motherboard
IRQ11 Texas Instruments PCI-1410
CardBus Controller
IRQ3 Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF Modem IRQ11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ
Steering
®
IRQ3 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ
Steering
IRQ11 Intel
Universal Host Controller
82371AB/EB PCI to USB
IRQ4 Communications Port (COM1) IRQ11 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ
Steering
IRQ5 ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive IRQ12 Synaptics PS/2 TouchPad
IRQ5 ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ
IRQ13 Numeric Data Processor
Steering
IRQ5 RAGE Mobility AGP (English) IRQ14 Intel
®
82371AB/EB PCI Bus
Master IDE Controller
IRQ6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller IRQ14 Primary IDE Controller (Dual
FIFO)
IRQ7 Printer Port (LPT1) IRQ15 Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus
Master IDE Controller
IRQ8 System CMOS/Real Time Clock IRQ15 Secondary IDE Controller (Dual
FIFO)
IRQ9 SCI IRQ used by ACPI Bus
System DMA
Hardware
DMA
DMA1 ESS SOLO-1 DOS Emulation
DMA2 Standard Floppy Disk Controller
DMA3 ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
DMA4 Direct Memory Access Controller
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Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
System I/O Address
I/O Address System Function (Shipping Configuration)
0000h - 000Fh Direct Memory Access Controller
0020h - 0021h Programmable Interrupt Controller
0040h - 0043h System Timer
0060h - 0060h Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0061h - 0061h System Speaker
0062h - 0062h ACPI Embedded Controller
0064h - 0064h Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0066h - 0066h ACPI Embedded Controller
0070h - 0071h System CMOS/Real Time Clock
0081h - 008Fh Direct Memory Controller
00A0h - 00A1h Programmable Interrupt Controller
00C0h - 00DFh Direct Memory Access Controller
00F0h - 00FEh Numeric Data Processor
0170h - 0177h Intel® 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0170h - 0177h Secondary IDE Controller (Dual Fifo)
01F0h - 01F7h Intel® 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
01F0h - 01F7h Primary IDE Controller (dual fifo)
0200h - 0203h Gameport Joystick
0220h - 022Fh ESS SOLO-1 DOS Emulation
0330h - 0331h ESS SOLO-1 DOS Emulation
0376h - 0376h Secondary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO)
0376h - 0376h Intel® 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0378h - 037Fh Printer Port (LPT1)
0388h - 038Bh ESS SOLO-1 DOS Emulation
03B0h - 03BBh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
03C0h - 03DFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
03F0h - 03F5h Standard Floppy Disk Controller
03F6h - 03F6h Intel® 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
03F6h - 03F6h Primary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO)
03F7h - 03F7h Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Presario 1800 Series
and XL190, XL191, XL192
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Presario 1800 Series
Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
and XL190, XL191, XL192
I/O Address System Function (Shipping Configuration)
03F8h - 03FFh Communications Port (COM1)
04D0h -04D1h Motherboard Resources
0CF8h - 0CFFh PCI Bus
1000h - 10FFh Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF Modem
1400h - 143Fh ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive
1440h - 147Fh Intel® PRO/100 S Mobile LAN on Motherboard
1480h - 149Fh Intel
14A0h - 14A7h Primary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO)
14A0h - 14AFh Intel
14A8h - 14AFh Secondary IDE Controller (Dual FIFO)
14B0h - 14BFh ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive
14C0h - 14CFh ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive
14D0h -14D7h Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF Modem
14D8h -14DBh ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive
14DCh -14DFh ESS SOLO-1 PCI AudioDrive
2180h - 218Fh Motherboard Resources
8000h - 803Fh Motherboard Resources
9000h - 9FFFh Intel® 82443BX Pentium® III Processor to AGP Controller
9000h - 90FFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
®
82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
®
82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
System Memory Catalog
Memory Address System Function
00000000h - 0009FFFFh Not Available For Use By Devices
000A0000h - 000AFFFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
000B0000h - 000BFFFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
000C0000h - 000CBFFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
000E0000h-000E7FFFh Not Available For Use By Devices
000E9000h-03FFFFFFh Not Available For Use By Devices
04000000h - 04000FFFh Texas Instruments PCI-1410 CardBus Controller
F4000000h - F40000FFh Intel® PRO/100 S Mobile LAN on Motherboard
F4100000h-F4100FFFh Intel
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PRO/100 S Mobile LAN on Motherboard
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Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
Memory Address System Function
F4101000h-F41010FFh Lucent 56K V.90 PCI DF Modem
F4200000h-F4200FFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
F4200000h-F5FFFFFFh Intel® 82443BX Pentium® III Processor to AGP Controller
F4220000h-F423FFFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
F5000000h-F5FFFFFFh RAGE Mobility AGP (English)
F8000000h - FBFFFFFFh Intel
FFF80000h - FFFFFFFFh Motherboard Resources
Display Information
Presario 1800 Series
and XL190, XL191, XL192
®
82443BX Pentium® III Processor to PCI Bridge
Specifications
Unit Height
Unit Width
Display Height
Display Width
15.0-in. (Diagonal)
TFT with LVDS
9.48 in. (24.05 cm)
12.43 in. (31.55 cm)
8.99 in. (22.81 cm)
11.98 in. (30.41 cm)
14.1-in. (Diagonal)
TFT with LVDS
8.92 in. (22.65 cm)
11.76 in. (29.85 cm)
8.44 in. (21.43 cm)
11.26 in. (28.57 cm)
Weight 24.36 oz (690 g) 19.94 oz (565 g)
Contrast Ratio 150:1 mini 150:1 mini
Brightness 120 cd/mm
3
120 cd/mm
3
Response Time 50 ms 50 ms
Refresh Rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
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Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
Memory Expansion
Memory Expansion
Presario 1800 Series
and XL190, XL191, XL192
System
Memory
Expansion
Board Memory
64 MB none 64 MB
64 MB 32 MB 96 MB
64 MB 64 MB 128 MB
64 MB 128 MB 192 MB
64 MB 256 MB 320 MB
Diskette Drive
Capacity per Diskette (High/Low) 1.44Mb/720 Kb
Diskette Size 3.5 in
Number of LED Indicators 0
Number of Drives Supported 1
Drive Rotation (rpm) 300
Transfer Rate (Kbps) 500
Bytes per Sector 512
Sectors per Track (High/Low) 18/9
Tracks per Side (High/Low) 80
Access Times
Track-to-Track (ms)
Average (ms)
Setting Time (ms)
Latency Average (ms)
Cylinders (High/Low) 80
Number of Read/Write Heads 2
Total
Memory
Diskette Drive
3
94
15
100
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Hard Drive
Specification 6.0 GB 12.0 GB 18.0 GB
Drive Type Ultra DMA 66.7 Ultra DMA 66.7 Ultra DMA 66.7
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors per Track
Bytes per Sector
Seek Times (typical)
Read/Write (incl. settling)
Single track
Full stroke
Transfer Rate at Interface
Ultra DMA mode (max)
PIO mode
Presario 1800 Series
Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
and XL190, XL191, XL192
Hard Drives
15200
2
63
512
13 ms
3 ms
24 ms
66.7 Mb/s
16.6 Mb/s
15200
4
63
512
13 ms
3 ms
24 ms
66.7 Mb/s
16.6 Mb/s
15200
6
63
512
13 ms
3 ms
24 ms
66.7 Mb/s
16.6 Mb/s
CD or DVD Drive
Specification 6x DVD 8x DVD CD-RW 24x CD
Width
Height
Depth
Weight 280 g 270 g 300 g <270 g
Rotational Speed Approx. 3450 rpm 2300 rpm 4200 rpm (CD) 4225 rpm
Sustained Data Transfer Rate
(typical)
Random Access Time (Avg.) 140 ms 140 ms 150 ms (Typ.) 120 ms
Spin Up Time <15 s 3.8 s <10 s 2.7 s
Data Buffer Capacity 512 Kb 128 Kb 2Mb 128 Kb
CD or DVD Drive
128 mm
12.7 mm
129 mm
128 mm
12.7 mm
129 mm
128 mm
12.7 mm
129 mm
8100 Kb/s 5400Kb/s Reading:
3000 Kb/s (20x CD)
2100 Kb/s (14x CD-RW)
Writing:600 Kb/s (4x)
128 mm
12.7 mm
129 mm
3600 Kb/s
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Battery Pack
Type Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)
Height
Length
Width
Weight 0.90 lb (408.2 g)
Discharge/Use Limit* 2 hr 30 min*
Energy
Circuit Voltage
Capacity
Power
Temperature Requirements
Operating
Non-Operating
Charging
Presario 1800 Series
Models: XL180, XL181, XL182, XL183, XL185,
and XL190, XL191, XL192
Battery Pack
0.8 in (20.3 mm)
5.7 in (145 mm)
3.1 in (78.7 mm)
14.4 V
3000 mAH
43.2 WH
32°F (0-50° C)
-20°C - 60° C
5°C - 45° C
*The battery discharge/use limit changes depending
on the power management settings, system
components such as installed PC cards, and the
applications in use.
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