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- Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 1
3 Compaq Software CD 4 Compaq Support Software CD 4 System Enhancement Diskette 4 Preinstalled Operating Systems 4 Supported Operating Systems 5 Compaq Value-Added Features 6 Windows 95 8 Windows 98 10 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 12 Windows 2000 Professional ....14 Linux 17 - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 2
Patent and Trademark Office. Netelligent, Armada, LTE Elite, SoftPaq, MultiLock, QuickBlank, QuickLock, UltraView, and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Server and Workstation, Microsoft SQL - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 3
on the Armada 7400 and 7800 families. Defining Support Compaq supports all operating systems that are currently factory preinstalled on its portable computers. Today, the preinstalled operating systems are Windows 98, Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. Refer to Table 1 for information about the specific - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 4
hard drive image as well as the operating system itself. Together these two aspects provide a more comprehensive recovery solution than was previously provided by the Compaq Software CD. The Armada 6500 ships with the Compaq Software CD. This CD provides additional software not included as part - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 5
and Power Management (ACPI). 5 Windows 98 is available on selected models in selected regions. 6 Compaq preinstalls Windows 95 OSR 2.5 on the Armada 7400 and 7800. Compaq preinstalls Windows 95 OSR 2.1 plus IE4.01 on all other platforms. The latest 0FEs from Microsoft are always included as part of - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 6
for Compaq Portable Products 6 Table 2. Supported Operating Systems Armada Product Families Windows 2000 Beta 3 Windows NT 4.0 with SP5 Windows NT 4.0 with SP4 Windows NT 4.0 with SP3 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 Retail Windows 95 OSR 2.1 or OSR 2.511 Windows 95 OSR 1 Windows NT - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 7
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 - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 8
most product families and OSR2.x on the Armada 1500 and later. 26 MultiBay hot swapping support refers to hot or warm swapping support for CDROM, DVD, floppy drive, LS-120, and batteries in the Compaq MultiBay. 27 Windows 2000 supports MultiBay hot swapping support on ACPI systems only. 28 MultiBay - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 9
BIOS, wake-on-ring for modems, multibattery PC's, drive spin down, and powering down of inactive PCMCIA modems. Support for IDE Bus Mastering, 120M Floptical disk drives, removable IDE media, Zip drives, and CD Changers. Also adds the SMART predictive disk failure API's. Adds support for new PC Card - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 10
information about Windows 98 and Windows 98 Second Edition. Table 5. New Feature & Hardware Support under Windows 98 Feature Description Windows Update Includes the Update Manager. This feature keeps users'systems up-to-date by providing easy access to the latest drivers and operating - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 11
Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 11 Feature FAT32 Conversion Utility Description A graphical utility which can quickly and safely convert a hard drive from the FAT16 to FAT32. Power Management Win32® Driver Model (WDM) Windows Maintenance Wizard Windows 98 is the first - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 12
notebooks capable of supporting the feature without a second video card were noted as such. 42 ACPI is supported under Windows 98 on selected Armada portable families but requires an ACPI-enabled BIOS. Check www.compaq.com/support to determine if the BIOS installed on your Armada model supports - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 13
users with critical functionality such as power management and PC Card support. Refer to Table 7 for general information on Compaq software enhancements provided for Windows NT 4.0. For information on specific Compaq software enhancements for Windows NT 4.0 by product family, refer to the Armada - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 14
-aware drivers offer hot swapping capabilities. Cards known to offer this support include: Adaptec 1480 SCSI CardBus, TDK Network Flyer 100 CardBus, Madge Token Ring CardBus, Madge TR MK2 (non-CardBus) 47 Limited to hot swapping of CD-ROM, DVD, floppy drives, and batteries in the Compaq MultiBay - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 15
for Portable PCs48 Category Processor Memory Hard Drive Operating System Power Management Ready PC Requirements for Portable PCs 233 Mhz 64 MB N/A Preinstalled with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 ACPI Ready and Enabled Windows 2000 Beta Support As discussed above, Compaq is actively participating - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 16
under Windows 200049 Feature Description Premier Mobile Support Hot and warm docking and undocking for ACPI platforms. Hot swapping of MultiBay devices (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for ACPI platforms. Offline files, folders, network drives and web pages, allowing users - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 17
processor 16MB memory 120MB Hard Disk Drive for a minimal custom Most video cards supported53 CD-ROM drive 3.5" floppy disk drive Linux Feature Considerations Linux has most major features and subsystems of a modern-day Unix operating system, including (but not limited to) NFS, TCP/IP, X-Windows - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 18
as Hard Disk Drives, Floppy Disk Drives, CD-ROM, DVD, LS120 or ZIP drives). Hot-docking into Armada Station docking stations. Compaq Unique Features Enhanced audio features. Use of Compaq programmable keys. Movie Playback Multi-media support of MPEG-2 Hollywood Encrypted video content designed - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 19
share of the installed user base. Some corporate customers have opted to stay with Windows 3.1x until they are ready to deploy Windows 98 or Windows 2000. For this reason Compaq will continue to provide support for DOS 6.2x and Windows 3.1x on the LTE 5000 and older Armada product families. Refer to - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 20
for OS/2 Warp is provided for the LTE 5000, Armada 4100, 7300, and 7700 families. Compaq supports basic audio, video and networking functionality. In addition, Compaq provides software to enable Programmable Keys and power management functionality such as standby and hibernation. Customers who - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 21
Compaq recommends that Windows 98 customers who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. Most Armada platforms have ACPI hardware support and BIOS support, although in some cases, a BIOS upgrade may be required to enable BIOS support. With Windows 98 - Compaq Armada 7400 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 22
as 32-bit CardBus PC Cards, cannot be supported under Windows 95 OSR1. For customers who require access to the latest hardware functionality it is recommended that they keep the version of Windows 95 OSR2 preinstalled by Compaq. Why isn't OS/2 Warp supported on the Armada 1500 family? OS/2 Warp is
White Paper
September 1999
1189-1099A-WWEN
Prepared by Portables Software
Marketing
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Highlights
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Defining Support
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Support Software
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Compaq QuickRestore
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3
Compaq Software CD
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4
Compaq Support Software
CD
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4
System Enhancement
Diskette
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4
Preinstalled Operating
Systems
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4
Supported Operating
Systems
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Compaq Value-Added
Features
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Windows 95
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Windows 98
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Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation 4.0
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Windows 2000 Professional
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Linux
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DOS 6.2x & Windows 3.1x
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Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
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IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0
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Frequently Asked Questions
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List of Tables
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Operating System Support for
Compaq Portable Products –
September 1999
Abstract:
The purpose of this White Paper is to present operating
system features supported on Compaq portable computers. Compaq
supports Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95,
across all products and Windows 2000 Beta 3, Windows for
Workgroups 3.1x, Windows 3.1x, DOS 6.2x, and IBM OS/2 Warp
across selected platforms.
In addition to features inherently supported in the operating system
itself, Compaq also provides software to enhance the user experience
and usability of the mobile PC. Features supported through Compaq
software are described in this paper.
This is the eighth edition of the document. This edition includes
information about:
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Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700, and
M300, as well as newer models of the Armada 1500c, Armada
1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families.
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Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition and
Windows 2000 Beta 3.
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Support for the Linux operating system on the Armada 7400 and
7800 families.