Connecting External Devices....................................................................................78 To identify connectors for external devices .........................................................78 To connect a printer or other parallel device........................................................80 To connect an external keyboard or mouse..........................................................80 To connect a USB device....................................................................................80 To connect a USB floppy disk drive...................................................................81 To connect an audio device.................................................................................81 To use an external monitor..................................................................................82 To use a TV set as a monitor (selected models)...................................................83 To connect an infrared device (selected models).................................................84 To use the port replicator ....................................................................................85 To connect an IEEE 1394 device (selected models)............................................86 Installing Additional RAM .......................................................................................87 To install a RAM expansion module ..................................................................87 To remove a RAM expansion module ................................................................
88 To replace the system RAM module...................................................................89 Replacing the Hard Disk Drive.................................................................................92 To replace the hard disk drive.............................................................................92 To replace the hard disk drive holder..................................................................93 To prepare a new hard disk drive........................................................................94 Troubleshooting and Maintenance ...............................................................................
95 Troubleshooting Techniques.....................................................................................96 Audio problems..................................................................................................96 CD and DVD problems.......................................................................................97 Display problems ...............................................................................................
99 Floppy disk drive problems...............................................................................100 Hard disk drive problems..................................................................................100 Heat problems ..................................................................................................101 Infrared Problems..............................................................................................102 Keyboard and pointing device problems............................................................102 LAN problems .................................................................................................103 Memory problems.............................................................................................104 Modem problems ..............................................................................................104 One-Touch button problems .............................................................................108 Parallel and USB problems...............................................................................108 PC card (PCMCIA) problems...........................................................................109 Performance problems ......................................................................................110 Power and battery problems..............................................................................111 Printing problems..............................................................................................113 Startup Problems..............................................................................................
113 Standby and resume problems ..........................................................................114 Wireless Problems ............................................................................................115 Testing the Hardware..............................................................................................116 To run the e-Diagtools diagnostic test............................................................... 116 Configuring the Notebook ......................................................................................118 To run the BIOS configuration utility............................................................... 118 Reference Guide 9