Asus L7 - Manual (Page 14)

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1. Introduction • All-In-One Design: Hard Drive, Floppy, CD
The Notebook PC is an all-in-one design with a hard disk drive, a 3.5” floppy disk drive, and a 24X
CD-ROM drive built in.
• Hard Drive: 4/6/10GB
The Notebook PC comes with a removable 2.5” (6.35cm) wide and .374” (.95cm) high UltraDMA/
33 IDE hard disk drive with capacities from 4, 6, and 10GB, and supports S.M.A.R.T. (Self Moni-
toring and Reporting Technology) to prevent hard disk failure and errors in advance.
• Status LEDs:
The Notebook PC has status LEDs to display power ON/suspend, battery charging, disk access,
capital lock, and number lock statuses.
• Keyboard: 85 keys (89 keys for Japanese)
The Notebook PC provides desktop-like keys spaced 19mm apart with 2.5mm travel and Microsoft
Windows function keys. A palm rest provides comfort while typing.
• Interface: Serial, Parallel, Infrared, USB, Modem, PS/2
The Notebook PC provides one 9-pin D-sub serial port that supports RS-232 and 16550 serial
devices (e.g. mouse or modem); one 25-pin D-sub ECP/EPP parallel port that supports a parallel
printer, scanner, zip drive, or other third-party parallel port devices; IrDA 1.1 compliant infrared
port that supports 115.2Kb/s SIR (serial infrared) or 4Mb/s FIR (fast infrared) speeds for wireless
file transfers or networking; three audio jacks for Speaker Out, Mic-In, and Line-In; mini D-sub
VGA port for external monitor; USB port, modem jack (optional); and one mini-DIN for PS/2
keyboard or PS/2 mouse (simultaneous use with Y-adapter).
• Audio - 32-bit PCI Sound Blaster Pro compatible
The Notebook PC provides PCI AC’97 stereo that is 32-bit PCI Sound Blaster Pro compatible with
full duplex stereo audio and 3D sound. Three audio jacks are used for stereo line-in, mono micro-
phone-in, and stereo headphone-out. Integrated microphone and stereo speakers provide quality
audio with convenient access.
• Power Management: APM 1.2 and ACPI 1.0
The Notebook PC features APM 1.2 power management built into the BIOS. These features are
designed to conserve power and extend working time. SMI power management, standby, suspend
to disk, suspend to RAM, and ACPI 1.0 supported.
• Battery: 9-cell Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)
The Notebook PC supports Lithium-Ion battery pack, which provides 4.5Ah (48W). The battery
should last approximately 3 hours under normal conditions and charging takes between 3 to 5 hours
depending on whether the Notebook PC is powered OFF, powered ON, or in use during charging.
When battery power is 10% or less, there are warning beeps from the speakers and warning mes-
sages through the Windows operating system.