Compaq Evo n400c Evo N400c Software Overview - Page 14

Evo N400c Software Overview-Second Edition 14 Video ! Windows 98 & Windows 95 ! Windows NT 4.0 & ! Compaq Support Windows 2000 Software CD ! Compaq ! Compaq Web Site QuickRestore CD Evo N400c computers feature the ATI Mobility-M video chipset. Software drivers enable all functionality of the chipset. Driver support is complemented by a display utility that provides easy access to video settings through the Windows Control Panel. Multimedia ! Windows 98 ! Windows NT 4.0 & ! Compaq Support Windows 2000 Software CD ! Compaq ! Compaq Web Site QuickRestore CD Software MPEG Support DirectX is a collection of application program interfaces (APIs) designed to create and play back multimedia content on personal computers. With these APIs, developers can easily create cuttingedge graphic media such as 3D VRML and support Web technologies like streaming, moving picture playback, and online gaming and modeling. Audio ! Windows 98 & Windows 95 ! Windows NT 4.0 & ! Compaq Support Windows 2000 Software CD ! Compaq ! Compaq Web Site QuickRestore CD Audio drivers on the Evo N400c enable the ESS Allegro audio chipset to run multimedia applications using Microsoft DirectSound audio capability. This PCI audio chipset accelerates Microsoft DirectSound applications. In addition to playing WAV and MIDI files, DirectSound provides a high-quality wave-mixing facility and an industry-standard MIDI playback system. DirectSound also provides added control over the memory utilization of the sound controller, allowing user selection of sounds to be cached. Security ! Windows 98 ! Windows NT 4.0 & ! Compaq Support Windows 2000 Software CD ! Compaq ! Compaq Web Site QuickRestore CD DriveLock DriveLock is a security feature that offers advanced protection against unauthorized access to valuable data on computer hard drives. Two passwords control access to the hard drives, which provide customers with a means to unlock a protected drive for which the day-to-day user password has been lost. Hard drives protected with DriveLock remain protected even if removed from the notebook. Features and settings are accessed through the Compaq F10 Setup Utility. For more information about DriveLock, refer to the Compaq white paper, DriveLock Hard Drive Protection for the Armada, 2nd ed., February 1998. 153Z-0601B-WWEN