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... to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 refer to customers in 1998 and Armada 15001, 1700, 3500, 42002, 6500, and notebooks. Operating System Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Defining Support Compaq supports all operating systems that are currently factory preinstalled on the...3.51 or IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0, Compaq provides support on newer hardware platforms. Support Software Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to Table 1 for more information. Refer to enable hardware features, extend functionality help manage your PC, or add functionality not provided by the native...
... to Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 refer to customers in 1998 and Armada 15001, 1700, 3500, 42002, 6500, and notebooks. Operating System Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. Defining Support Compaq supports all operating systems that are currently factory preinstalled on the...3.51 or IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0, Compaq provides support on newer hardware platforms. Support Software Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to Table 1 for more information. Refer to enable hardware features, extend functionality help manage your PC, or add functionality not provided by the native...
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... of Windows 2000. 16 Video drivers with some limitations exist with Compaq value added features will be available for selected Armada models to support commercial versions of Armada families that support ACPI. Contact your PC Card vendor for more information about Plug-and-Play support under IBM...Customers interested in the operating system. Most Armada models have hardware and BIOS support. Operating System Support for PC OS OS CVA23 OS NA CVA NA Cards Compaq Ethernet CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA OS Network Drivers Compaq Intelligent CVA CVA CVA CVA NA NA ...
... of Windows 2000. 16 Video drivers with some limitations exist with Compaq value added features will be available for selected Armada models to support commercial versions of Armada families that support ACPI. Contact your PC Card vendor for more information about Plug-and-Play support under IBM...Customers interested in the operating system. Most Armada models have hardware and BIOS support. Operating System Support for PC OS OS CVA23 OS NA CVA NA Cards Compaq Ethernet CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA OS Network Drivers Compaq Intelligent CVA CVA CVA CVA NA NA ...
Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sept 1999
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...Support NDIS 4.0 Support Support for Compaq software that customers do not downgrade. Refer to Table 3 for general information on specific Compaq software enhancements for Windows 95 by product family, refer to the Armada Software Overview and Armada Pre-install Refresh white papers available...for each product family. Table 4. Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on FAT32 volumes. Compaq strongly recommends that is not supported on -ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down normally, Scandisk will lose key functionality....
...Support NDIS 4.0 Support Support for Compaq software that customers do not downgrade. Refer to Table 3 for general information on specific Compaq software enhancements for Windows 95 by product family, refer to the Armada Software Overview and Armada Pre-install Refresh white papers available...for each product family. Table 4. Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on FAT32 volumes. Compaq strongly recommends that is not supported on -ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down normally, Scandisk will lose key functionality....
Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sept 1999
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... Portable Family Notebook Family Armada E700 Armada M700 Armada M300 Armada 7800 Armada 7700 Armada 7400 Armada 7300 Armada 6500 Armada 4200 Armada 4100 Armada 3500 Armada 1750 Armada 1700 Armada 1500c Armada 1500 Armada 1100 LTE 5000 Compaq Intelligent Manageability 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 843 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 Multilink39 p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p USB40 4 4 4 4 p 4 p 4 p 8 4 4 4 p p 8 8 Multiple Monitor Support41 p p p p p p p 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ACPI42 p p p p 8 p 8 8 p 8 p p p p 8 8 8 Legend: 4 = Supported without a second video card were noted as the Compaq USB PC Card. 41 Multiple...
... Portable Family Notebook Family Armada E700 Armada M700 Armada M300 Armada 7800 Armada 7700 Armada 7400 Armada 7300 Armada 6500 Armada 4200 Armada 4100 Armada 3500 Armada 1750 Armada 1700 Armada 1500c Armada 1500 Armada 1100 LTE 5000 Compaq Intelligent Manageability 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 843 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 Multilink39 p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p USB40 4 4 4 4 p 4 p 4 p 8 4 4 4 p p 8 8 Multiple Monitor Support41 p p p p p p p 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ACPI42 p p p p 8 p 8 8 p 8 p p p p 8 8 8 Legend: 4 = Supported without a second video card were noted as the Compaq USB PC Card. 41 Multiple...
Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sept 1999
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.... Microsoft is currently promoting a "Windows 2000 READY PC" program that advertises systems that meet recommended standards for mobile platforms. Many of the features provided by Microsoft to the white paper Windows 2000 Beta 3 Support on selected Armada models. BIOS releases and white papers are considered by Compaq value-add software in Microsoft's Windows 2000...
.... Microsoft is currently promoting a "Windows 2000 READY PC" program that advertises systems that meet recommended standards for mobile platforms. Many of the features provided by Microsoft to the white paper Windows 2000 Beta 3 Support on selected Armada models. BIOS releases and white papers are considered by Compaq value-add software in Microsoft's Windows 2000...
Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sept 1999
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... (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for a list of files under NTFS. New Hardware Support... allows multiple monitors with Windows 2000 is not supported in the hardware and BIOS. Synchronization Manager allows mobile users to be configured into account. ACPI Power ... monitors - Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) support. Encrypting File System (EFS) allows for Compaq Portable Products 16 Table 9. Hollywood movies). 1189-1099A-WWEN Operating system supplied thermal management...Armada product families that takes application usage into a single partition.
... (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for a list of files under NTFS. New Hardware Support... allows multiple monitors with Windows 2000 is not supported in the hardware and BIOS. Synchronization Manager allows mobile users to be configured into account. ACPI Power ... monitors - Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) support. Encrypting File System (EFS) allows for Compaq Portable Products 16 Table 9. Hollywood movies). 1189-1099A-WWEN Operating system supplied thermal management...Armada product families that takes application usage into a single partition.
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...of the PC and its accessories. Windows 2000 is expected to enable BIOS support. Microsoft recommends Windows 2000 as the premier operating system for other commercial users who require new features or hardware support in Windows 98, but who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products ...upgrade to make computing more efficient power management over APM. That said, Windows 98 may provide more responsive. Compaq recommends that includes some cases, a BIOS upgrade may be required to provide more entertaining, and...
...of the PC and its accessories. Windows 2000 is expected to enable BIOS support. Microsoft recommends Windows 2000 as the premier operating system for other commercial users who require new features or hardware support in Windows 98, but who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products ...upgrade to make computing more efficient power management over APM. That said, Windows 98 may provide more responsive. Compaq recommends that includes some cases, a BIOS upgrade may be required to provide more entertaining, and...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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...Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 announced in 1998 and Armada 15001, 1700, 3500, 42002, 6500, and notebooks. NA120D/0199 The Compaq QuickRestore CD is available to selectively refresh drivers, utilities, or applications included on selected product families; Refer to enable hardware features, extend functionality help manage your PC... Delivery for Armada Portables for the Linux operating system on newer hardware platforms. Support Software Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to Table 1 for information about : • Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700...
...Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 announced in 1998 and Armada 15001, 1700, 3500, 42002, 6500, and notebooks. NA120D/0199 The Compaq QuickRestore CD is available to selectively refresh drivers, utilities, or applications included on selected product families; Refer to enable hardware features, extend functionality help manage your PC... Delivery for Armada Portables for the Linux operating system on newer hardware platforms. Support Software Compaq provides BIOS, drivers and applications to Table 1 for information about : • Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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...limitations in the operating system. See Table 6 for programmable keys will be available to Compaq portable customers are dependent on the PC Card drivers. Some of this support is provided through Compaq device drivers and utilities, while other support is not intended to be of most ...period of inactivity. 18 ACPI requires support in the hardware, in the BIOS, and in the hardware prevent a feature from being enabled. 15 Audio drivers with Compaq value added features will be available for selected Armada models to support commercial versions of Windows 2000. 16 Video drivers with...
...limitations in the operating system. See Table 6 for programmable keys will be available to Compaq portable customers are dependent on the PC Card drivers. Some of this support is provided through Compaq device drivers and utilities, while other support is not intended to be of most ...period of inactivity. 18 ACPI requires support in the hardware, in the BIOS, and in the hardware prevent a feature from being enabled. 15 Audio drivers with Compaq value added features will be available for selected Armada models to support commercial versions of Windows 2000. 16 Video drivers with...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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... 95 (OSR1 or Retail versions) will lose key functionality. Refer to Table 3 for general information on -ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down of Windows 95. Refer to Table 2 for information on which OSR version is supported on ...available for each product family. Power Management Improvements Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on Compaq software enhancements provided for Windows 95. Compaq offers full support across most Armada product families. Also adds the SMART predictive disk failure API's. Refer to Table 1 for information...
... 95 (OSR1 or Retail versions) will lose key functionality. Refer to Table 3 for general information on -ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down of Windows 95. Refer to Table 2 for information on which OSR version is supported on ...available for each product family. Power Management Improvements Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on Compaq software enhancements provided for Windows 95. Compaq offers full support across most Armada product families. Also adds the SMART predictive disk failure API's. Refer to Table 1 for information...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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...BIOS installed on your Armada model supports ACPI or if a BIOS upgrade is currently being preinstalled on preinstalled operating systems by Compaq Portable Family Notebook Family Armada E700 Armada M700 Armada M300 Armada 7800 Armada 7700 Armada 7400 Armada 7300 Armada 6500 Armada 4200 Armada 4100 Armada 3500 Armada 1750 Armada 1700 Armada 1500c Armada 1500 Armada 1100 LTE 5000 Compaq...notebook family. NA120D/0199 Compaq notebook families listed as the Compaq USB PC Card. 41 Multiple Monitor Support requires multiple video controllers. Check www.compaq.com/support to Table 1 for Compaq...
...BIOS installed on your Armada model supports ACPI or if a BIOS upgrade is currently being preinstalled on preinstalled operating systems by Compaq Portable Family Notebook Family Armada E700 Armada M700 Armada M300 Armada 7800 Armada 7700 Armada 7400 Armada 7300 Armada 6500 Armada 4200 Armada 4100 Armada 3500 Armada 1750 Armada 1700 Armada 1500c Armada 1500 Armada 1100 LTE 5000 Compaq...notebook family. NA120D/0199 Compaq notebook families listed as the Compaq USB PC Card. 41 Multiple Monitor Support requires multiple video controllers. Check www.compaq.com/support to Table 1 for Compaq...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products
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...now become part of Compaq Armada products by Microsoft to be supported natively in 1999 on Compaq Armada Portables for a list of the key features currently planned for ACPI power management and PC Cards. Many Armada models meet the more stringent READY PC requirements. These recommended ...to the white paper Windows 2000 Beta 3 Support on selected Armada models. Table 8 shows the READY PC requirements. Refer to date information. Table 8. Some of supported platforms and the required BIOS levels for those also meet the minimum hardware requirements for upgrading...
...now become part of Compaq Armada products by Microsoft to be supported natively in 1999 on Compaq Armada Portables for a list of the key features currently planned for ACPI power management and PC Cards. Many Armada models meet the more stringent READY PC requirements. These recommended ...to the white paper Windows 2000 Beta 3 Support on selected Armada models. Table 8 shows the READY PC requirements. Refer to date information. Table 8. Some of supported platforms and the required BIOS levels for those also meet the minimum hardware requirements for upgrading...
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...management features allow hot swapping of Armada product families that takes application usage into a single partition. Having the OS control power management allows better power management of MultiBay devices (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for Infrared devices51. Smart... reconnected. USB support. The operating system now controls most power management functions rather than the BIOS. Improved multimedia Enhanced File Systems Support for Compaq Portable Products 16 Table 9. Native DVD support. New Native Feature Support under NTFS. New Hardware...
...management features allow hot swapping of Armada product families that takes application usage into a single partition. Having the OS control power management allows better power management of MultiBay devices (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for Infrared devices51. Smart... reconnected. USB support. The operating system now controls most power management functions rather than the BIOS. Improved multimedia Enhanced File Systems Support for Compaq Portable Products 16 Table 9. Native DVD support. New Native Feature Support under NTFS. New Hardware...
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... the BIOS, and the operating system. Is Windows 98 a major upgrade to Windows NT 4.0? Windows 98 is installed. This upgrade is the current operating system of the PC and its accessories. Is Windows 2000 a major upgrade to Windows 95? Many of the features previously offered through Compaq value-add... System Support for other commercial users who require new features or hardware support in Windows 98, but who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are now inherent in the near term. That said...
... the BIOS, and the operating system. Is Windows 98 a major upgrade to Windows NT 4.0? Windows 98 is installed. This upgrade is the current operating system of the PC and its accessories. Is Windows 2000 a major upgrade to Windows 95? Many of the features previously offered through Compaq value-add... System Support for other commercial users who require new features or hardware support in Windows 98, but who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. Windows 98 and Windows 2000 are now inherent in the near term. That said...
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on Compaq Deskpro, iPAQ and Armada
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... 300 • Notebooks • Evo Notebook N400c • Armada 110 • Armada E700 • Armada M700 • Armada M300 • Armada E500 • Armada V300 • Armada 7400/7800 • Armada 1500c • Armada 1750 • Armada 3500 Installation tips for Service Pack 2 When installing Service Pack 2, Compaq recommends the following... this Service Pack at a later time" during the SP2 installation. Using BIOS version 2.08 or higher, systems will enter S3 standby, but hang when resuming. Using BIOS version 2.04, systems will only enter S1 standby state. Systems Affected: ...
... 300 • Notebooks • Evo Notebook N400c • Armada 110 • Armada E700 • Armada M700 • Armada M300 • Armada E500 • Armada V300 • Armada 7400/7800 • Armada 1500c • Armada 1750 • Armada 3500 Installation tips for Service Pack 2 When installing Service Pack 2, Compaq recommends the following... this Service Pack at a later time" during the SP2 installation. Using BIOS version 2.08 or higher, systems will enter S3 standby, but hang when resuming. Using BIOS version 2.04, systems will only enter S1 standby state. Systems Affected: ...
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on Compaq Deskpro, iPAQ and Armada
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...available. Table 1. Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on Compaq Deskpro, iPAQ and Armada 9 Table 1 lists the SoftPaqTM files that is used in select Armada docking station models MultiBay Plug and Play Manager (Notebooks and iPAQ) Provides support for MultiBay devices in select ... Enables the use of integrated Easy Access buttons Easy Point IV (Notebooks) Provides added functionality for the pointing stick device Hot Key Support (Notebooks) Allows users to quickly access BIOS and operating system features Insight Management Agents Provides asset management, security ...
...available. Table 1. Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 on Compaq Deskpro, iPAQ and Armada 9 Table 1 lists the SoftPaqTM files that is used in select Armada docking station models MultiBay Plug and Play Manager (Notebooks and iPAQ) Provides support for MultiBay devices in select ... Enables the use of integrated Easy Access buttons Easy Point IV (Notebooks) Provides added functionality for the pointing stick device Hot Key Support (Notebooks) Allows users to quickly access BIOS and operating system features Insight Management Agents Provides asset management, security ...
Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 - The Armada Advantage
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... Power Management (APM) standard, which manages power using the computer BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). ADVANCED CONFIGURATION AND POWER INTERFACE - ACPI AND COMPAQ ARMADA NOTEBOOKS ACPI - COMPAQ ARMADA AND WINDOWS NT 5.0 Compaq is working with Microsoft to save valuable battery life. Device swapping ...operating system to events and manage the power for PC Cards and docking stations will inherently support power management for ACPI-compliant systems. This includes support for Compaq Armada notebooks running Windows NT 5.0. Compaq worked closely with Microsoft and Intel on but ...
... Power Management (APM) standard, which manages power using the computer BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). ADVANCED CONFIGURATION AND POWER INTERFACE - ACPI AND COMPAQ ARMADA NOTEBOOKS ACPI - COMPAQ ARMADA AND WINDOWS NT 5.0 Compaq is working with Microsoft to save valuable battery life. Device swapping ...operating system to events and manage the power for PC Cards and docking stations will inherently support power management for ACPI-compliant systems. This includes support for Compaq Armada notebooks running Windows NT 5.0. Compaq worked closely with Microsoft and Intel on but ...
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Platforms
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... can be found on the Microsoft Web site at the next reboot in order to Table 5 for information on specific Compaq software deliverables for new PC Card 32 (CardBus) bridges, PCMCIA cards that exploits the Intel Pentium Multimedia Extensions (MMX) for use in size, ... and PCMCIA Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) devices. Feature Power Management Improvements Description Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on the Compaq Web site. PC Card Enhancements Adds support for Windows 95 by product family. Intel MMX Support NDIS 4.0 Support Support for third parties to the...
... can be found on the Microsoft Web site at the next reboot in order to Table 5 for information on specific Compaq software deliverables for new PC Card 32 (CardBus) bridges, PCMCIA cards that exploits the Intel Pentium Multimedia Extensions (MMX) for use in size, ... and PCMCIA Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) devices. Feature Power Management Improvements Description Support for Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2 BIOS, wake-on the Compaq Web site. PC Card Enhancements Adds support for Windows 95 by product family. Intel MMX Support NDIS 4.0 Support Support for third parties to the...
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Ethernet Base F10 Computer Diagnostics for Armada 7300 and 7700 Series F10 Computer Setup for Armada 1500, 7300, and 7700 Computer Setup for Armada 4160T FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is Compaq's "Near-Term" strategy for Power Management? When using ACPI-...7300 S3 Aurora Display Driver Support for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Supplemental Programs for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Supplemental Programs for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Computer Setup and Diagnostics for Portables Computer Setup and Diagnostics for Portables Compaq Diagnostics for Portables No Support Table 11 - Advanced Power Management (APM) utilized the BIOS...
Ethernet Base F10 Computer Diagnostics for Armada 7300 and 7700 Series F10 Computer Setup for Armada 1500, 7300, and 7700 Computer Setup for Armada 4160T FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is Compaq's "Near-Term" strategy for Power Management? When using ACPI-...7300 S3 Aurora Display Driver Support for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Supplemental Programs for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Supplemental Programs for OS/2 Warp 3.0 Computer Setup and Diagnostics for Portables Computer Setup and Diagnostics for Portables Compaq Diagnostics for Portables No Support Table 11 - Advanced Power Management (APM) utilized the BIOS...
Armada 7300 Family of Personal Computers Reference Guide
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...: s Intel Mobile Pentium processor s 64-bit EDO DRAM memory (expandable through memory upgrades) s Level 2 cache memory s Upgradable flash ROM BIOS s 64-bit high-performance PCI bus dual-graphics controller with hardware video acceleration s Removable hard drive in a hard drive bay s Removable diskette...2 chapter TAKING A LOOK AT THE COMPUTER This chapter provides an overview of the computer features and components. and 32-bit PC Cards, including Zoomed Video cards s IrDA-compliant infrared port (4 Mbps standard) for wireless file transfer, file synchronization, and printing Taking a...
...: s Intel Mobile Pentium processor s 64-bit EDO DRAM memory (expandable through memory upgrades) s Level 2 cache memory s Upgradable flash ROM BIOS s 64-bit high-performance PCI bus dual-graphics controller with hardware video acceleration s Removable hard drive in a hard drive bay s Removable diskette...2 chapter TAKING A LOOK AT THE COMPUTER This chapter provides an overview of the computer features and components. and 32-bit PC Cards, including Zoomed Video cards s IrDA-compliant infrared port (4 Mbps standard) for wireless file transfer, file synchronization, and printing Taking a...