Compaq Armada E700 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products - Page 7

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 7 Compaq Value-Added Features Table 3 summarizes major software functionality and hardware supported on Compaq portable computers for each operating system. Some of this support is provided through Compaq device drivers and utilities, while other support is inherent to the operating system. Refer to the legend at the end of the table for a description of the entries. The list is not intended to be exhaustive; only a high level review of functional areas found to be of most interest to Compaq portable customers are noted. Table 3. Compaq Value-Added Features 14 Windows 2000 Beta 3 Windows 98 Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 Windows NT DOS & OS/2 Warp 3.51 Windows 3.1x 3.0 & 4.0 Audio Drivers OS15 CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA Video Drivers OS16 CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA Power Management Standby OS CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA Hibernation OS CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA Power conservation OS timers17 CVA/OS CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA ACPI Support18 CVA/OS CVA/OS NA NA NA NA NA APM Support CVA/OS CVA/OS CVA/OS OS NA OS19 NA20 Programmable Keys NA21 CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA PC Card 16 Support OS OS CVA/OS OS OS CVA OS PC Card CardBus OS OS CVA OS NA CVA22 NA (32-bit) Support Plug-and-Play Support for PC OS OS CVA23 OS NA CVA NA Cards Compaq Ethernet CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA OS Network Drivers 14 Some features are not supported on all platforms where limitations 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 Compaq value added features will be available for selected Armada models to support commercial versions of Windows 2000. 17 Includes all activity-based timers that power down used components after a user-defined period of inactivity. 18 ACPI requires support in the hardware, in the BIOS, and in the operating system. Most Armada models have hardware and BIOS support. See Table 6 for a list of Armada families that support ACPI. Windows 2000 and Windows 98 Second Edition offer ACPI support in the operating system. 19 Microsoft Windows 3.1x does support APM version 1.1. 20 Customers interested in power management support under IBM OS/2 Warp should contact IBM directly for more information. 21 CVA support for programmable keys will be available to support commercial versions of Windows 2000. 22 Armada 1500 and Armada 7000 families only. 23 For Plug-and-Play support, some limitations exist with some PC Cards and are dependent on the PC Card drivers. Contact your PC Card vendor for more information about Plug-and-Play support under Windows NT 4.0. NA120D/0199