Asus N56VM User Manual

2 Notebook PC User Manual
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introducing the Notebook PC
About This User’s Manual ................................................................................ 6
Notes for This Manual ....................................................................................... 6
Safety Precautions ............................................................................................. 7
Preparing your Notebook PC .......................................................................11
Chapter 2: Knowing the parts
Top Side ...............................................................................................................14
Bottom Side ........................................................................................................17
Right Side ............................................................................................................19
Left Side ...............................................................................................................21
Rear Side ..............................................................................................................23
Front Side ............................................................................................................23
Connecting Subwoofer ..................................................................................24
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Power System ....................................................................................................26
Using AC Power ...............................................................................................26
Using Battery Power ......................................................................................28
Battery Care ......................................................................................................29
Powering ON the Notebook PC .................................................................30
The Power-On Self Test (POST) ..................................................................30
Checking Battery Power ...............................................................................32
Charging the Battery Pack ...........................................................................33
Power Options .................................................................................................34
Power Management Modes .......................................................................36
Sleep and Hibernate ......................................................................................36
Thermal Power Control .................................................................................38
Special Keyboard Functions .........................................................................39
Colored Hot Keys (on selected models) .................................................39
Microsoft Windows Keys ..............................................................................42
Multimedia Control Keys .............................................................................43
Switches and Status Indicators ...................................................................44
Switches .............................................................................................................44

Asus N56VM Specifications

General

Bus type	DMI
Tjunction	105 C °C
Processor cache	6 MB
Processor cores	4
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-3600 Mobile series
Processor socket	Socket G2
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Ivy Bridge
Processor frequency	2.3 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Processor lithography	22 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.3 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 W
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)	23
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
On-board graphics card	Yes
On-board graphics card ID	0x166
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630M
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Discrete graphics card memory	2 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR3
On-board graphics card base frequency	650 MHz
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1100 MHz
Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Black, Stainless steel
Motherboard chipset	Intel HM76 Express
Memory slots	2x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	6 GB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz
Memory form factor	SO-DIMM
Internal memory type	DDR3L-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
HDD size	2.5 \
Storage media	HDD
Optical drive type	Blu-Ray DVD Combo
Total storage capacity	750 GB
Compatible memory cards	SD, Memory Stick (MS), MMC, MS PRO
Display diagonal	15.6 \
Native aspect ratio	16:9
Speakers manufacturer	Bang & Olufsen
Wi-Fi standards	802.11g, 802.11b, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	4.0
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 1000, 100 Mbit/s
Charging port type	DC-in jack
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
Pointing device	Touchpad
Operating system installed	Windows 7 Home Premium
Battery capacity	5200 mAh
Battery technology	-
Number of battery cells	6
AC adapter power	120 W
AC adapter frequency	50 - 60 Hz
AC adapter input voltage	100 - 240 V
AC adapter output current	6.3 A
AC adapter output voltage	19 V
Cable lock slot type	Kensington
Password protection type	HDD, User, BIOS
Processor ARK ID	64899
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 (rPGA988B) mm
Supported instruction sets	AVX
Intel Identity Protection Technology version	1.00

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	255 mm
Width	380 mm
Weight	2700 g
Height (rear)	34 mm
Height (front)	27.3 mm