HP Compaq nx9600 - Page 7

Contents
Hardware and Software Guide vii
Removing Digital Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–17
Disabling or Restarting Digital Cards . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18
Increasing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–18
Displaying Memory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–19
Removing or Inserting a Memory Module . . . . . . . 6–20
7 Drives
About Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Caring for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Identifying the IDE Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Replacing the Internal Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Optical Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Inserting an Optical Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–10
Removing an Optical Disc (With Power) . . . . . . . . 7–11
Removing an Optical Disc (Without Power). . . . . . 7–12
Playing an Optical Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Boot Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15
HP USB Digital Drive (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . 7–16
Installing an Optional SD Memory Card. . . . . . . . . 7–17
Inserting an Optional Digital Drive into
the Digital Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–18
Removing an Optional Digital Drive from
the Digital Drive Bay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–19
Connecting a Digital Drive to a USB Port . . . . . . . 7–20
8 Communications
Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Connecting the Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Connecting a Network Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Turning a Network Connection Off and On . . . . . . . 8–3
Accessing the Network at Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4