Gateway E-5250 manual

E-5250 User's Guide MAN SYS US E5250 USR GDE R0 6/98 8502956[...]

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Notice s Copyright © 1998 G ateway 2000, Inc. All Rights Res erved 610 Gateway Drive N. Si o ux City , SD 5 7049 U SA All Righ ts Reser ved This publi c ation is prote cted by copyrig ht and al l right s are reser ved. No par t of it m a y be r eproduced or transm itted by any mea ns or in any form , without prior cons ent in w riting fr om G atew[...]

C o n te n ts i Contents Pref ace ............. ................... .................. ................... ................ iii Convent ions Used i n This Guide .. .... ... .... .... ...... ....... ...... .. .... ..... ...... ...... iv Saf ety Instr uctions .. .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .... ..... .... .. .... .. .... ... ...[...]

ii E-525 0 U ser ’s Guid e Maintaining and Clean ing Your S ystem ............. ................... 19 Maintaining the Hard Drive. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... ... .... .. . 20 Prot ecting Against Vir uses .... ..... ...... ...... ..... .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .... . 21 Clea ning Y[...]

Pr ef ace Contents Convent ions Used in This Guide ... .... .... ..... .. .... .... . iv Saf ety Instr uctions ..... .... .... .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... ... .... .. .... .. v[...]

iv E- 5 250 User’ s Gui de Con v entions Used in This Gu id e Throughout this guide, you wil l see the follo wi ng con ventions: Con vention Descri ption E NTER Ke yboard k e y nam es ar e printed in small capit als. C TRL +A LT +D EL A plus sig n indi cates t hat t he k e ys m ust be pressed si mul t aneou sl y . Setu p Commands to be entered, o[...]

P re f ac e v Safety Instructions Observe t he fol lo wing s afety inst r uctions when using your syst em: • F ollo w all instructions mark ed on the syste m and in t he documentation. • When the s yste m is tur ned of f, a small amount of electrical cur rent still r uns through t he system. Al w a ys unplug the system from the electric al outl[...]

vi E-525 0 Use r’s Guide • There is a danger of explosion if the CMOS (com pl ementary metal-o xide semiconductor ) battery is r eplaced inc or rectl y . Replace the battery w i th the same or equi vale nt type recommended by the manufacturer . Dispose of used b atterie s according t o the manufacturer’ s instructions. • Unplug the syst em [...]

Getting Star ted Contents Sett ing Up Your Sys tem.... .. .... ..... .... .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... 2 Star ti ng Your Syste m ...... .. .... .. ..... .... .... .... ... .... .. .... .. 3 Turning Off Your System ... .... ... .... .... ...... ....... ...... .. 7 Resettin g Your Syste m ...... .... ....... .. .... .... ....... ...... .... 8[...]

2 E- 52 50 Use r ’s Gu i de Setting U p Y our S ystem Before y ou set up y our system, prepare a safe w orking envir onment for it. • Pro vide a clean, flat, and stab le surface for your syste m. Allow at least 12 inc hes a t the rear of the computer for c abli ng and air circulation . • Obtain a gr oun ded ( t hree-prong) A C surge-pr otecte[...]

Gettin g Starte d 3 Star ting Y our S ystem Before y ou start your system for the f irst time: • Check t hat the volt a ge s e lect or s witch on the bac k of the computer is sti ll set to the c or rect v ol tage for y our area. This s witch is se t at the factory to the c or rect volta ge. (S ee the illustration on page 16 for the l ocation of t[...]

4 E- 52 50 Use r ’s Gu i de 3. Press the po w e r butt on on the c omputer to turn on the c omputer . The po w er light- emitting diode (LED) on the front pa nel is lit w hen the computer’ s po w e r is on. 4. T urn on an y other components connecte d to the computer , suc h as spea kers, a print er , or a scanner . 5. If nothi ng happens w hen[...]

Gettin g Starte d 5 F or more tr ouble shooting inf o rmat ion, see the “T roub leshooting” c hapter in the Maintaining and T r ouble shooti ng Y our E-5250 Syste m guide . Un der st an din g t he P ower- O n Se lf -T est When you turn on your computer , the po we r -on self-test (POST) routine checks the syste m memory and components. T o se e[...]

6 E- 52 50 Use r ’s Gu i de 3. Continue f ollo wing the in str uctions a nd select ing options i n the Start- up wizard di alo g bo xe s, clicking Nex t to mo ve through the dialo g box es until t he wiz ar d tells you to restart your computer . Most of the dialo g bo xe s that open in the Sta r t -up wizard ha ve a button that take s you back to[...]

Gettin g Starte d 7 T u rning Off Y our Sys t em Eve r y time y ou t ur n off y our system, shut do wn t he Wi ndo ws NT operating system f irst. Y ou ma y lose data if you do not follo w the proper procedure. 1. On the T askbar , c lick Start . 2. Click Shut Down. 3. Sel ect Shut d own th e comput er? 4. Click OK. 5. When you see a message sa ying[...]

8 E- 52 50 Use r ’s Gu i de Resetting Y o ur System If y our computer doe s not r espond t o ke yboard or mouse input, y ou ma y need to reset the system. 1. Pres s C TRL +A LT +D EL . A windo w opens that enabl e s y ou to c lose a pro gram th at is not re sponding. 2. Click T ask M anage r , se le ct the pro g ram that is not responding, and cl[...]

System F eatures Contents Compute r Featur es .... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... ... .... .. .... 10 Front Pane l .... .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. 14 Rea r Panel . .. .... .. .... ....... .... .... .. ..... ...... .... .... ....... .... .. 16[...]

1 0 E -5 2 5 0 U se r ’s G u i d e Comp uter Fea t u res The follo win g features are s tandard to the computer ’ s basic architect ure. A GP Video An accele rated graphics port (A GP) video connector on the system boa rd and an A GP e xpa nsio n card are standard fea tures. A GP is a bus architect ure that increas es video pe rform ance b y ro[...]

Syste m Feature s 1 1 • Par allel port • T w o univ e rsa l serial bus (USB) ports • Audio-out jack • A GP video port • Netw ork connector • External SCSI conne ctor . Dr iv es The st andard c onf iguration for your computer inc ludes a 1.44-MB 3.5-inch diske tte dri ve , a ha rd dri ve, and a C D-R OM driv e. Y ou c an install up to se[...]

1 2 E -5 2 5 0 U se r ’s G u i d e Expan si on Slots Expansion slots inside the computer enab le you to insta ll add-in cards, such as a S CSI (small computer syste m interface) c ontroller . Y our computer includes one A G P s lot, six 32-bit peripheral component inter connect (PCI) slots, and one 8/16-bit industr y standard archi tecture (ISA) [...]

Syste m Feature s 1 3 Ne twor king F or ea sy connecti on to a netw ork, a PCI- based 10/100 m ega bits pe r second (Mbps) n etw orking card is pro vided as a standard component of y our computer . Processor Y our computer i nc ludes suppor t for dual Inte l P entium I I Xeon pr ocessors. The P e nt ium II X eon proces sor is designed to suppor t t[...]

1 4 E -5 2 5 0 U se r ’s G u i d e Fr ont P an el The fr ont pane l of your computer inc ludes the f ollo wing featur es: A u dio- out jac k: Connects headphones or po w ered s peakers tha t enab le you to listen t o an a udio CD . CD-R OM driv e: Pla ys data or audio C Ds. CD-ROM drive Po w e r L E D CD-ROM st op/ ejec t b u tton Diske tte ejec [...]

Syste m Feature s 1 5 CD-R OM volu me c ontr ol: Cont rols the v olume of an a udio CD . CD-R OM pla y/fast for war d button: Sta rts t h e CD or fas t f orw ards through the CD . Hold the button do wn for f ast f orw ard. (Thi s button ma y not appear on your CD-R OM . ) CD-R OM stop/eject bu tton: Stops a CD and ejects it from the CD -R O M dri v[...]

1 6 E -5 2 5 0 U se r ’s G u i d e Rear P anel The rear panel includes the follo wing I/O por ts, c onnectors, and switc hes: Ex te rn al S CSI co nnec tor: Connects exte r nal SCSI de vices . K e yboa r d port: Connects a P ersonal Syst em/2 (PS/2) -compatibl e ke yboard. V olt age se lect or P o w er co nn ect o r K eyb oa rd po rt USB por ts S[...]

Syste m Feature s 1 7 Mouse port: C o nnects a P S /2-compatibl e mouse. P o wer con nector : Connects the com put e r po we r cord. The other end of the po w er cord plugs into an A C out let or po w er strip. P arallel (printer) p ort : C onnect s a pr inter or other pa rallel de vice. Ne tw or k j ack: C on nects a cable that connects the comput[...]

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Maintaining and Cleaning Y our System Contents Maintaining the Hard Drive .... ..... ...... ...... ... .... .... .. 20 Prot ecting Agains t Vir uses.... ..... .... ...... .. ..... .... ...... 21 Clea ning Your System .... .... .... ..... .... .. .... .. ..... .. .... .. 22[...]

20 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e Maintaining the Har d Drive Hard dr i ves need r egular maintenance be cause running the system sof tw are di vides f iles, creat es spa c es betw e en data, and otherwi se de c reases hard dri v e perform ance. W indo ws NT pro vides the Check Disk ut ility to maintain the hard dri v e. Check Disk ena bles y ou to c [...]

Mai ntain ing an d Cle aning You r Sys tem 21 P r ot ect i ng Ag ains t V iru ses A virus is a pro g r am wr itten with malicious intent for the pur pose of creating hav oc in a computer system. It attaches its e lf to ex ecut able f il es or boot sect ors, so it can replic ate and spread. Some vir uses ma y onl y c ause your system to beep or disp[...]

22 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e Cleaning Y our System The follo wing sections conta in infor mation a bout cleaning the parts of your system. Cle aning t he Mouse If the mouse pointer on the sc reen mo ves erra tic al ly w he n y ou mo v e th e mouse, the roller ball insi de the mouse ma y be dirty . 1. T urn off the system and then disconnect the m[...]

Mai ntain ing an d Cle aning You r Sys tem 23 If y ou spill liquid on the keyboa rd , turn of f the c omputer and di sc onnect the ke yboard. T ur n the keyboa rd upside d o w n to let the liquid drain out and the ke yboard dry for a f e w da ys be fore trying to use the k eyboard agai n. If t he ke yboard does not w ork a fter dra ining, c ontact [...]

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Appendix Contents Acronyms a nd A bbr evia tions .... ...... ...... .. ..... .... .... 26 Terms a nd Definition s . ...... ...... ..... .... .. .... .. ..... .... .... 28 Regulator y Compli a nc e St atements .... .. ..... .... ...... 31[...]

26 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e Acr o n yms and Abbreviations ASIC - Appli c a tion specif ic int egrated circ uit BI OS - Basic input/outp ut syst em CMOS - Complementary metal-o xide semiconductor DIMM - Dual inline mem ory module DMI - Desktop management interface DRAM - Dynamic random access memory EC C - Er r or correcting code FAT - F ile allo[...]

Ap pend ix A 27 RO M - Rea d- on l y memo ry SC SI - Small computer syst e m inte rface SDRAM - S ynchr onous dyna mic random a c cess memor y TCP/IP - T ransmission c ontrol protocol/Inte r net prot ocol V - V olt[...]

28 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e T erms and Definitions This lis t of t erms should help you get acquainted wit h terms used in your computer’ s doc umentation a nd in y our s ystem softwar e. Ap plication s - Sof twa re instal led on y our system. S ometimes ca lled pr o gr ams . BI OS - Basic input/outp ut syst em. The B IOS is softwa re that is [...]

Ap pend ix A 29 Disk - The de vic e used b y the computer to store and retrie ve information. Disk c an ref er to a diske tte or a hard di sk. Disket te - A remo v ab le disk, also called a flopp y . Hard drive - T he dri ve installe d ins ide y our computer that stores all your system a nd data f ile s. Depending on i ts conf iguration, the c ompu[...]

30 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e Ref r esh ra te - The refresh rate i s the rate at w hich the image on t he monitor screen is re wr it ten to the screen. A f ast refre sh rate helps keep the image from flic k ering. Resolution - T h e resoluti on is the sharpness or clarity of the i m age on the monitor sc reen. Resolution is measure d b y the numbe[...]

Ap pend ix A 31 Regulator y Complianc e Stateme nts This de vice has been te sted and f ound to c ompl y with the li mits for a Class B digi tal de vice, pursua nt to P art 15 of the FCC rules. These limits a re designed t o pro vide reasonab le prote ction a gainst har mful inter ference in a resident ial inst allati on. This e quipment ge nerates[...]

32 E -5 250 U ser’ s Gui d e Le pré sent a ppareil numérique n’émet pa s de br ui ts radioé lectriques dépassant les l imites applicab les aux a ppareils num ér iques de C lasse B prescrite s d ans le r èglement sur le brouil la ge r adioélectr ique édic té par Industrie Canada. Atten tion! Co up er le c ouran t a van t l ’entr e ti[...]

Ap pend ix A 33 This de vice has been te sted and f ound to c ompl y with the li mits for a Class B digi tal de vice, pursua nt to the Australia n/Ne w Zealand standard AS/NZS 3548 se t out by the S pectrum Management Agenc y . Austral ian and N ew Ze alan d U ser s:[...]

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Index 35 Index A abbrevia tions 26 add-in c ards 12 AGP (accele rated gr aphi cs por t) 10 B BIOS (basic input/output system) 10 C c ache memo ry 10 case s, cle aning 23 CD-ROM drive 14 Check Disk utility 20 cleaning your s yste m 22 closing program s with Ctrl+Atl+Del 8 CMOS (complementary m etal oxide semiconductor) memory 10 D definiti ons of te[...]

36 E -5 200 U ser’ s Gui d e P paralle l port 17 POST (power-on self-test) 5 power button 4 connector 17 LED (li ght-emitting diode ) 4 , 15 processor benefits of dual processors 13 standard 13 protecti ng against vi ruses 21 R rear pa nel 16 reset butt on 8 , 15 resetting your system 8 restoring LANDesk 6 RJ-45 c onnector 17 S safet y v serial p[...]

E-5250 User's Guide MAN SYS US E5250 USR GDE R0 6/98 8502956[...]