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AMD Turion 64 X2 & Intel Centrino Duo Version 2 RoHs 
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HP Technical Support: 
Malaysia phone numbers for: 
Questions before you buy: 1-800-88-4848 
Technical support after you buy: 1-800-88-8588 
Note: 1-800 local toll-free numbers not applicable outside Malaysia 
 
High Res photos of hp-compaq Presario V3125AU notebook 
<a href="http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=309004&view=findpost&p=9356943" target="_blank">http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=9356943</a> 
 
DRIVERS Complete Drivers Listed Download Here 
 
AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology (V3XXXAU) 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3180330&lang=en" target="_blank"> All Compaq Presario V3000AU CTO Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3331666&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3164AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3331669&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3165AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3331672&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3166AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=3350133" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3222AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows Vista</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3554101&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3616AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows Vista</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3636453&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3716AU Notebook PC drivers for Windows Vista</a> 
 
Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology (V3XXXTU) 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3180329&lang=en" target="_blank"> All Compaq Presario V3000TU CTO Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3246188&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3106TU Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3246206&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3109TU Notebook PC drivers for Windows XP</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=3331697" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3204TU Notebook PC drivers for Windows Vista</a> 
LINK <a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3641301&lang=en" target="_blank">Compaq Presario V3719TU Notebook PC drivers for Windows Vista</a> 
 
All Windows(x86 & x64) Drivers (AMD) (including Windows Vista x86 & x64) 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3180330&os=228&lang=en&" target="_blank">Windows Drivers for V3000 series</a> 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=1844469&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=0&submit.x=0&lang=en&cc=us" target="_blank">Windows Drivers for V3100 series</a> 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=3195498&os=2093&" target="_blank">Windows Drivers for V3200 series</a> 
 
All Windows(x86 & x64) Drivers (intel) (including Windows Vista x86 & x64) 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3180329&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=13&submit.x=12&lang=en&cc=us" target="_blank">Windows Drivers for V3000 series</a> 
 
hp-compaq Presario V3614AU (AMD series) XP Drivercourtesy of BOTAK_WAI 
 
Bluetooth 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32883.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32883.exe</a> 
 
Card Reader 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36612.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36612.exe</a> 
 
Modem 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36610.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36610.exe</a> 
 
QLB 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36708.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36708.exe</a> 
 
WLAN 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp36501-37000/sp36684.exe</a> 
 
UAA(must install b4 install modem and sound right?) 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33566.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33566.exe</a> 
 
Win XP Dual Core patch 
<a href="http://www.badongo.com/file/5345032" target="_blank">http://www.badongo.com/file/5345032</a> 
<a href="http://www.badongo.com/file/2839430" target="_blank">http://www.badongo.com/file/2839430</a> 
password: 下載前先回覆 
 
AMD patch 
<a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techni...1_14098,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/Techni...1_14098,00.html</a> 
 
Compaq Quick Play DVD player 
<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/71665612/QuickPlay.zip.html" target="_blank">http://rapidshare.com/files/71665612/QuickPlay.zip.html</a> 
 
for the chipset, sound, and video driver i'm not sure these can use anot. i'm using other 1. 
 
Chipset 
<a href="http://www.badongo.com/file/4477175" target="_blank">http://www.badongo.com/file/4477175</a> 
 
Sound 
<a href="http://www.badongo.com/file/4477198" target="_blank">http://www.badongo.com/file/4477198</a> 
 
Video 
<a href="http://www.badongo.com/file/4477692" target="_blank">http://www.badongo.com/file/4477692</a> 
 
Audio drivers Tutorial for V3000 series Intelcourtesy of mindkiller6610 
 
Ok..here is the tutorial to install sound driver on V3218TU with headphone jack working and no speaker sound when using headphone. 
 
NOTE : if u have previously installed a working sound driver but the speaker is not mute when u r using headphone,u need to uninstall the previous driver. On Device Manager choose Conexant High Definition Audio and click uninstall. 
 
download this softpaq(driver files) 
 
<a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33470.exe" target="_blank">ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33470.exe</a> 
 
double click the exe and let it extracts the files to 
 
C:\swsetup\SP33470 (u can choose other path, but i will use the default path here). 
 
after it extracts the files..it will try to detect the hardware or media and it will eventually gives u an error in detecting media or so..that is normal. Just click OK. 
 
after that, go to Device Manager, highlight High Definition Audio Bus or sumthing like that, right click, choose install driver/update driver.. 
 
then follow as in the screenshots.. 
 
Click YES/OK when the windows message pop out, and let it install the driver. 
 
Restart ur laptop and try out the speaker and headphone. It should work now. 
 
Hope this helps and Good Luck <img alt="smile.gif" border="0" src="http://s.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> 
 
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Drivers (for Windows XP) 
 
1) install Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (no link here), 
2) install the <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/7/e/f7e5675e-faa7-4a52-bb0c-5a8ba4c2cf02/WindowsXP-KB896256-v4-x86-ENU.exe" target="_blank">Microsoft Dual Core hotfix KB896256</a>, 
3) install the <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/amdcpusetup.exe" target="_blank">AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Driver for Windows XP</a> 
4) install the <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/Setup.exe" target="_blank">AMD Dual Core Optimizer for Windows XP</a> 
 
Optional: 
install <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/powersetup.exe" target="_blank">AMD Power Monitor Version 1.0.2 for Windows XP & Windows Vista</a> 
This application is used to monitor the current frequency, voltage, utilization, and power savings of each core of each processor in a system. This application also has a system tray icon that can be used to view and select power schemes on the system. The system tray icon will show the average utilization of every core on the system. 
 
<img alt="user posted image" border="0" src="http://www.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/3.0/images/banners/WindVistaTemp_ltr.jpg" /> 
 
Windows Vista x86 RTM Installationbeta 
 
Check if you have at least 1GB of RAM (dual channel mode) 
 
1) Insert the installation DVD 
2) Follow thru the menus and select the version that you purchased 
 
Display would look horrible without Aero at first but you have to get the driver from Windows Update. 
 
3) After completing installation, run windows update. 
4) Select every Optional & Recommended driver updates. eg, synaptics, hp quick launch, nvidia geforce go, hypertransport, ricoh card reader drivers. 
5) Go to Control Panel > Personalization > Windows Color and Appearance, choose the Windows Aero Colour Scheme and click Apply. 
6) The End. 
 
Hardware that will work out of the box with Windows Vista 
- Wireless, Bluetooth, Ethernet 
 
<img alt="user posted image" border="0" src="http://www.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/3.0/images/banners/windowsXP_masthead_ltr.gif" /> 
 
GRAPHICS: Updating to the latest NVIDIA FORCEWARE (alexus) 
 
"the latest forceware is version 93.71, you'll have to edit the nv4_disp.inf file to make it to install on geforce go 6150." 
 
just add the two line below into the inf file: 
 
%NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0244.1% = nv4_NV3x,PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0244 
NVIDIA_C51.DEV_0244.1 = "NVIDIA Geforce Go 6150" 
 
Windows XP SP2 Setup & Installation Guide for V3119AU/V3009AU courtesy of shinjin (only for Windows XP SP2) 
 
1. Install the OS. 
2. Install the NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33031.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
3. Install the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 Graphics Driver, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33549.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
4. Install the AMD Processor Update for Microsoft Windows XP to optimized the processor for the system, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33499.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
5. Install Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32646.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
6. Install Conexant High Definition Audio (for AMD), <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33470.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
7. Install Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33030.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
8. Install Ricoh 5-in-1 Card Reader Host Controller and Driver, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33020.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
9. Install Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
10. Install Software and Drivers for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless (For V3119AU), <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32883.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
11. Install HP Wireless Assistant, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32768.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
12. Install System Default Settings, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32784.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
 
Done, now your notebook ready to use! Below is the optional installation:- 
 
Optional 
1. Install WinFlash Utility for HP Notebook System BIOS Ver. F11- Windows-Based, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33790.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
- Adds an option to the Setup menu (F10) to Enable or Disable key click sounds. 
- Changes the function of the Fn + Multimedia keys to control the fast forward and rewind functions. 
- Improves the key click sound to make it more pleasing to the ear. 
2. Install Help and Support Center, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33649.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
- This package updates the Help and Support Center for the listed operating systems. The Help and Support Center is an integrated help and assistance tool from Microsoft and HP that provides simple click access to built-in product information, preventative care and maintenance assistance, and web links to online support and technical assistance. 
3. Install Wireless Home Network Setup, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33139.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
- The Wireless Home Network Setup utility assists in the initial setup of wireless home networks and enables a computer to be added to an existing wireless home network simply and securely. 
4. Install HP Battery Check, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32001-32500/sp32299.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
-This package contains the HP Battery Check tool for the listed operating systems. The HP Battery Check tool helps to check the state of the battery. This tool also provides warranty information if the battery test fails. 
5. Install AMD Dual-Core Optimizer, <a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/Setup.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
- The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp Counter) instruction. 
6. Install Synaptics Touchpad, <a href="ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32647.exe" target="_blank">Click here!</a> 
- This package contains the Synaptics Touchpad driver for the listed operating systems. The driver provides advanced features such as PalmCheck, EdgeMotion, tap zones, double-tap, and tap-to-select. 
 
Windows XP Audio driver Installation Guide for AMD courtesy of frequency (only for Windows XP SP2) 
 
the steps will be 
1. Install the Microsoft UAA Bus driver For HD audio (From HP) 
2. Install the Conexant (From HP) 
3. Restart 
4. Prompts u PCI device found...browse to the modem driver directory(Dont install from clicking the exe), just let the windows find the driver 
5. The rest just let windows find the best suitable driver 
 
From HP website 
Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-41508-1&lc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=228&product=3195393&dlc=en" target="_blank">http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...=3195393&dlc=en</a> 
or 
<a href="http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqnk/us/download/23553.html" target="_blank">http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hp...load/23553.html</a> 
 
From Microsoft KB 
Details about Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver version 1.0a 
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111</a> 
Link to Driver Download <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=47079" target="_blank">http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=47079</a> 
Direct Driver download <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=2389" target="_blank">http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....pe=post&id=2389</a> 
 
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Benchmarks 
 
pictures of jooku1's brand spankin NEW hp-compaq Presario V3011 by jooku1 
<a href="http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=309004&view=findpost&p=7677465" target="_blank">http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=7677465</a> 
 
exclusive benchmark scores using Sisoft Sandra 2007 Lite by jooku1 
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Apple Quicktime 1080P H.264 decoding (notice the excess framerates) by jooku1 
<a href="http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=309004&view=findpost&p=7716872" target="_blank">http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=7716872</a> 
 
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Compaq Presario V3000 Notebook PC: Documentation 
 
Maintenance and Service Guide 
Compaq Presario V3000 Notebook PC 
Document Part Number: 418333-001 
June 2006 
 
<a href="http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00743783.pdf" target="_blank">Download Here</a> 
 
This guide is a troubleshooting reference used for maintaining 
and servicing the computer. It provides comprehensive 
information on identifying computer features, components, and 
spare parts; troubleshooting computer problems; and performing 
computer disassembly procedures. 
 
<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3180330&os=2093&lang=en&" target="_blank">Link to other Documentation</a>

hp-compaq Presario V3000 series

AMD Turion 64 X2 & Intel Centrino Duo Version 2 RoHs HP Technical Support: Malaysia phone numbers for: Questions before you bu...

<h3 class="byline"> by <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/authors/g/patrickgriffiths"> Patrick Griffiths</a>, <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/authors/w/danwebb">Dan Webb</a> </h3><div id="articletext"> “DHTML” dropdown menus have notoriously involved nasty big chunks of JavaScript with numerous browser-specific hacks that render any otherwise neat, semantic HTML quite inaccessible. Oh, the dream of a lightweight, accessible, standards-compliant, cross-browser-compatible method! Enter Suckerfish Dropdowns. 
<h2>Meet the markup</h2>To start, we should use the best method for defining a navigation menu — a list. For this example, we will work on a simple HTML unordered list. {Line wraps are marked ». –Ed.} 
<pre><ul>
 <li>Sunfishes
 <ul>
 <li><a href="">Blackbanded»
 sunfish</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Shadow bass</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Ozark bass</a></li>
 <li><a href="">White crappie</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>

<li>Grunts
 <ul>
 <li><a href="">Smallmouth grunt
 </a></li>
 <li><a href="">Burrito</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Pigfish</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>

<li>Remoras
 <ul>
 <li><a href="">Whalesucker</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Marlinsucker</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Ceylonese remora</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Spearfish remora</a></li>
 <li><a href="">Slender suckerfish</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
</ul></pre>Quite straightforward really — nice and neat HTML that, as a result, is highly accessible. But now we want to transform this into a dynamic list — the first level of list items will make up a horizontal menu bar from which the second level lists will drop down. 
<h2>Styling it</h2>To get started, all of the lists need to be jigged around a bit — namely, the padding and margin set to zero and the list-style set to none: 
<pre>ul {
 padding: 0;
 margin: 0;
 list-style: none;
 }</pre>Now we need to transform the first-level list into a horizontal menu bar. There are a number of methods to do this, discussed in detail <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/taminglists/">elsewhere</a>. We could display the list-items inline (<code>display: inline</code>), but for this example, we are going to float them to the left. 
<pre>li {
 float: left;
 position: relative;
 width: 10em;
 }</pre>The position has been set to <code>relative</code> because we want the position of the second-level, nested lists to be relative to the first-level list items and the width has been set to space it out a bit. The dropdown menu is coming together. 
The next step is to tackle the second-level lists that will be the dropdowns themselves: 
<pre>li ul {
 display: none;
 position: absolute; 
 top: 1em;
 left: 0;
 }</pre><div id="resettop">This positions the second-level lists absolutely (pulling them out of the flow of HTML into a world all of their own) and sets their initial state to not be displayed. If you substitute <code>display: none</code> with <code>display: block</code>, you will see the need for the top and left properties in Internet Explorer, because without them, IE will align the second-level lists to the top right of their relative parent rather than the bottom left. Unfortunately, this IE fix will mess things up in browsers like Opera, so add the following CSS to reset the top and left properties on all but IE browsers:</div><pre>li > ul {
 top: auto;
 left: auto;
 }</pre>And now, making the sucker work. To make a second-level list appear when its parent list item is “rolled over,” we simply need to add the following: 
<pre>li:hover ul { display: block; }</pre>Which says that any list that is nested in a list item that has the cursor hovering over it should be displayed. 
Finally, because the lists are floated left, the content underneath it needs to be set free of the floating by applying <code>clear: left</code> to it. 
<h2>Hold on a minute!</h2>“This dropdown malarkey doesn't work!” I hear 102.6% (or the latest percentage being thrown about) of you cry. I am, as some might have guessed, talking about Internet Explorer users. The more you use and develop with browsers such as Mozilla the more you realize how pathetic Internet Explorer can be when it comes to web standards. The <code>:hover</code> pseudo class should work with any element, but in Internet Explorer it only works with links. So. What’s the use in a dropdown menu when it only works on -2.6% of browsers? Not much, to be honest. We need to apply a little bit more magic. 
<h2>DOM-based scripting to the rescue</h2>We’ve established IE’s lack of support for the <code>:hover</code> pseudo class, but by using the Document Object Model, we can attach mouseover and mouseout events to any element. This is good news for us because it means that with a simple snippet of JavaScript we can effectively patch IE’s <code>:hover</code> problems. 
Because IE is blind we need to find another way to identify the properties of the <code>:hover</code> pseudo class. With JavaScript, we know that we can manipulate the className property of an element so what we are going to do first is alter the CSS: 
<pre>li:hover ul{ display: block; }</pre>becomes: 
<pre>li:hover ul, li.over ul{ display: block; }</pre>Now we can invoke the <code>:hover</code> CSS rules by adding the class <code>over</code> to the desired element. We also need a way to tell IE which of the UL elements on the page we actually want to be our dropdown menus. We can do this by giving an <code>id</code> to our root <code>ul</code> element: 
<pre><ul></pre>becomes: 
<pre><ul id="nav"></pre>Now that we have a means of identifying the root <code>ul</code> element of our dropdown list, we can grab this element and loop through all of its child elements, attaching mouseover and mouseout events to all the <code>li</code> elements nested within it. And this is how it’s done: 
<pre>startList = function() {
if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");
for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
node.onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" over";
 }
 node.onmouseout=function() {
 this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
 }
 }
 }
 }
}
window.onload=startList;</pre>On page load, the <code>startList</code> function is invoked. The function determines if the browser is actually IE 5 or greater by checking for the existence of the <code>document.all</code> object and <code>document.getElementById</code> function. This is a bit of a crude way of doing it but it’s short and sweet — and since we are trying to make a compact solution, this will do. It then loops through, enabling mouseover and mouseout events which add and remove the <code>over</code> class from the <code>className</code> property of the element. 
There you have it. If you got lost anywhere, have a look at a commented, <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/bones/">bare-bones example</a> in action. 
<h3>Gills, fins, scales...</h3>So far things are a little bare. The idea has been to show the basic workings of the Suckerfish Dropdown, but CSS can make things look <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/example/">a lot prettier</a>. An obvious starting point would be to apply a background color to the second-level lists. 
After resetting the top and left properties as described <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/#resettop">earlier</a>, dropdowns in the <a href="http://www.htmldog.com/articles/suckerfish/example/">pretty</a> example appear directly below menu labels in most modern browsers, but unfortunately not in all. In Safari 1.0, they still drop down from the top left edge of the screen. {Check the <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/discuss/dropdowns/">discussion forum</a> for workarounds. –Ed.} 
<h3>Further usability and accessibility</h3>Making links out of the first-level list items will allow tab-stopping for readers who don’t use pointing devices. Pointing those links to higher-level pages than the links in the dropdowns would be even better. 
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Suckerfish Dropdowns

by Patrick Griffiths , Dan Webb “DHTML” dropdown menus have notoriously involved nasty big chunks of JavaScript with numer...