Gateway E-1200 manuel d'utilisation

E-1200 User's Guide MAN US E1200 USR GDE R0 9/98 8503412[...]

E-1200 User’ s Guide Par t #8503 41 2 MAN US E1 200 USR GDE R 0 9/98 Pr in te d in I r e lan d[...]

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Con t ents i Contents Pref ace ............. ................... .................. ................... ................ iii Convent ions Used in This Guide .... ..... .... ...... .... ..... .... ...... .... ..... .... ...... .. iv Importa nt Safe ty Inst ructions.... .... .... ....... .... .... ..... .... ...... .... ..... .... .... .... ... v Get[...]

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Pr ef ace Contents Convent ions Used in This Guide ... .... ...... ....... ...... . iv Importa nt Safety Instructions .. ..... .... .... .... ..... .... .... .. v[...]

i v E -12 00 Us er’ s G uide Con v entions Used in This Gu ide Throughout this guide, you wil l see the f ollo wing c on venti ons: Con venti on Description E NT ER K e yboar d key nam es ar e print ed i n s mall capit al s . C TRL +A LT +D EL A pl us sig n indi cates t hat the k e ys m ust be pressed si mult aneou sly . Setu p Comm ands to be en[...]

Pre f ace v Impor tan t Safety Instructions Observe t he f ol lo wing safety inst r uctions w hen using your system: • F ollo w all instructions mark e d on this produc t and in the documentation. • When the s ystem is turned of f, a small a mount of electr ical cur r ent still r uns thr ough the syste m. Al wa ys unplug the system from the ele[...]

vi E -12 00 Us er’ s G uide • There is a danger of explosion if the CMOS (com pl e mentary metal-o xide semiconduc tor) bat te ry is r eplaced incorrectl y . Replace the battery w i th the same or equiv alent type recommended by the manufactur er . Dispose of used batter ies accor ding to the manufacturer’ s instructions. • Unplug the syste[...]

Getting St ar ted Contents Sett ing Up Your System.. ...... ..... ...... .... ....... .... .... .... 2 Star ting Your S ystem .... .... .... ..... ...... .... .... ..... .... ...... 3 Turning Off Your System ... .... ..... .... .... ....... .... .... .... 6 Rese tting Your Computer ... .... ..... ...... .... ..... .... .... .... 7[...]

2 E-1 20 0 U ser’s Gu ide Setting U p Y our S ystem F ollo w the i nstr uctions on the post er that c ame wit h your syste m for assemb ling your system. Before y ou assembl e y our system, prepare a safe w orking en vironment for it. • Pro vide a clean, fla t, and stable surface for your syste m . Allo w at least 30cm at the rear of the comput[...]

Ge tting Starte d 3 Star ting Y our S ystem Before y ou st ar t y our syste m f or the f irst time: • Check t ha t the volt age select or s witch on the ba ck of the c om puter is sti ll set to the cor rect v oltage for your area. This switc h is se t at the f actory to the cor rect voltage (see “Rea r Panel” o n page 12 for volt age select o[...]

4 E-1 20 0 U ser’s Gu ide W ait until the startup procedure is f inishe d be fore loading a diskette in the diske tte dri ve , or the c om puter m a y search t he diskette for startup information. F or more troub leshooting inf o rmat ion, see t he “ T roub le s hooting” chapter in Maintaining and T r ouble shooting Y our E- 1200 Sys tem. Und[...]

Ge tting Starte d 5 Compl eting th e Operat ing Sys tem Setup The f irst tim e y ou start y our computer , the oper a ti ng system take s a f e w minutes to set up. Refer to your sof tware documentation for specif ic instructions on w hat to do afte r the comput er starts. 1. After the computer sta rts, start-up wiz a rd ope ns. Click Nex t to cont[...]

6 E-1 20 0 U ser’s Gu ide T u rning Off Y o ur System Eve r y time you turn off your system, shut do wn the operating system f irst. Y ou ma y lose data if you do not follo w the prope r procedur e . 1. On the T askbar , click Star t . 2. Click Shut Down . 3. Sel ect S hut d own th e comput er? 4. Click Ye s . The computer tur ns of f. 5. T urn o[...]

Ge tting Starte d 7 Resetting Y o ur Comput er If y our comput er does not respond t o ke yboard or mous e input, you may ha ve t o close a pr ogram or pro g rams that m ay not be responding. If closing nonresponsi ve pro g rams does not restor e y our computer to nor mal operati on, you m a y ha ve to re se t the system. 1. Press C TR L +A LT +D E[...]

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System F eatures Contents Stan dard Fea tures .... .... .... ...... ..... .... .... .... ....... .... .... 10 Front Panel .... ...... ..... .... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ..... ...... .... 11 Rea r Panel ... .... .... ..... .... .... ...... ..... .... ...... .... ..... .... .... 12 Vert ic a l Desktop Featur e ... .... ..... ...... .... ....[...]

1 0 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Standard Features The follo wing featur e s are standar d in the E-1200 syste m: • Intel ® Celeron™ processor operating at 333 MHz with a 66 MHz front si de bus spee d. • T wo DIMM sockets that support up t o 256 megab ytes (MB) of Synchronous Dynamic Random Access M emory ( SDRAM). • 128K of L2 ca c he • I[...]

Sy stem Fea tur es 11 Fr ont P an el The desktop case fr ont panel i ncludes the follo wing features: A u dio -out ja ck: Connects headphone s or po w ered speake rs that enable you to liste n to an audio CD (dir ectl y f rom the C D- ROM dri ve). CD-R O M driv e (optional ) : Pla ys data or a udio CDs. Rese t B utton : Restarts a system that becom[...]

1 2 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Rear P anel The desktop case rear panel includes the follo wing I nput /Output ( I/O) ports, conne c tors, and swit ches: K e yboar d port: Connects a Pe r son a l S yst e m/2 ( P S/2) compatible ke yboard. Mous e port : C on ne c ts a PS/2-compatibl e mouse. P ower conne ctor : Connects the computer po wer cord. The [...]

Sy stem Fea tur es 13 V er tical De sktop Feature Y ou can position y our desktop verticall y b y using a stand incl ude d with your a ccessory kit. This setup sa ves space and transforms your desktop into a minito w e r computer . S e e the i llustrated instructions included with your accessory kit or the illustration belo w for more infor m ation[...]

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Maintaining and Cleaning Y our System Contents Maintaining Your Syste m ... .... ..... .... ...... ..... .... .... .. 16 Clea ning Your Sys tem .... .... .... ..... .... .... .... ....... .... .. 20[...]

1 6 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Maintaining Y our System Y our system and its components nee d regula r maint e nance. Som e pro g rams that help maintain the inte g rity of the hard disks in your system come as part of y our operating system. The follo wing sections contain information about maintaining y our system. Main tainin g the hard disk Har[...]

Ma inta ining and C lea ning Your Syst em 17 Insta lling L ANDesk Clie nt Manager Intel’ s LANDe sk C l ie nt M ana ge r i s the Desktop M a nagement Inter f ace (DMI) solution that is already loaded on your syste m . LANDesk Client Manager lets you monitor y our system f or criti cal s ituations that m a y need your attention. It also l ets y ou[...]

1 8 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide 1. Sa ve and close any o pe n f iles to pr e ve nt data los s in the e vent of a po w e r failure. 2. Click Star t , and t he n c l ic k Suspend on the Star t m enu. 3. The po w er LED tur ns amber and t he monit or becomes dark, indicating tha t t he c om puter has e nt ered Suspend m ode. 1. Press a n y key on the k[...]

Ma inta ining and C lea ning Your Syst em 19 Protec ting Agai nst Vir us es A virus is a pro g ram written with malicious intent for the pur pose of creating ha voc in a c omputer system. It a tt a ches itself to e xecut able f il es or boot sect ors, so it c an replic a t e and spread. Some viruses m a y onl y c ause your system to beep or displa [...]

2 0 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Cleaning Y our Sys tem Y our system needs to be cleaned occasionall y . The follo wing se ctions contain i nfor mation a bout caring f or the par t s of your system. Cle aning t he mous e If the mouse pointer on the screen mo ves erra tic all y wh en y ou mo v e the mouse, dirt is pr oba bl y on the rollers inside the[...]

Ma inta ining and C lea ning Your Syst em 21 If y ou spill liquid on the ke yboard , turn of f the c om puter and disconnect the ke yboard. T ur n the keyboard upside do w n to let the liquid drain out o vernight before tr ying to use it a gain. I f it fails t o w ork after dr aining, contact T echnica l Suppor t. Cle aning t he moni tor scre en Us[...]

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Appendix Contents Acronyms a nd Abbrevia tions .... .... .... .... ..... ...... .... 24 Terms a nd Definition s ... .... .... ..... ...... .... .... ..... .... .... 25 Regulator y Complianc e S t atements .... ....... .... ...... 27[...]

2 4 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Acr on yms and Abbreviations ASIC - Appli cation specif ic int eg r ated circ uit BI OS - Basic input/output syst e m DMI - Desktop management interface DRAM - Dynamic r andom access memor y D VD - D i gital Vide o D isc FAT - File allocation tab le IDE - I ntegrated dri ve e le ctr onics LA N - Local area netw or k L[...]

Ap pend ix 25 T erms and Definitions This lis t of t erms should hel p you get acquainte d wi th terms used in your computer’ s documentation and i n your s ystem softw are. Ap p l ic at ions - S oftwa re instal le d on y our system. Sometimes ca lled pr ogr ams . BI OS - Basic input/output system. The BIOS is s of tw are that is independent of a[...]

2 6 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide Hard drive - T he dri ve installed inside y our system that stores all your system a nd data f iles. Depending on its c onf iguration, the computer ma y ha ve m ore than one hard dr iv e. Each dr iv e is assigned its o wn dri ve le t te r . I f you ha v e onl y one driv e, its dri ve letter is C, and it is often c all[...]

Ap pend ix 27 Regulator y Complianc e Stateme nts This de vice has been tested and f ound to c om pl y with the li m its for a Cl ass B digi ta l devic e , pursuant to Part 15 of the FC C rules. These limi ts are designed t o pro vide re a sonab le prote ction aga inst harm ful interfer ence in a resident ia l installati on. This equipm ent generat[...]

2 8 E -12 00 U ser’ s G uide This Information T e c hnolo gy Equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the follo wing European di r ec tiv es: [i] EMC Dir ec tiv e 89/336/ EEC a mending Direc tive s 92/31/EEC & 93/68/EEC as per: - EN 50081-1: 1992 according t o EN 55022:1995 Class B EN 61000-3-2:1995 or EN 60 555- 2:1 986 EN 61000-3[...]

Ap pend ix 29 ENER GY S T A R Co mplia nce Y our system meets E NERGY ST AR compliant r equirements. Thi s requirement is met w hen your system uses le ss than 30 w atts on or before 30 minutes of inacti vity . Y our computer achie ves this le vel w hen the hard dri ves a re set to spin do wn within thi s time peri od.[...]

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Index 31 Index A Acronyms and Abbr eviations 24 C CD-ROM drive 11 Check Disk 16 D definitions of terms 25 Disk Defragmenter 16 diskett e dri ve 3.5-i nc h 11 F front pa nel desktop case 11 feat ures 11 H har d disk LED (li ght- emi tting diode) 11 maintaini ng 16 partitioni ng 16 I Installing 17 K keyboard cleaning 20 port 12 L LANDesk clie nt mana[...]

3 2 E -1 2 0 0 U se r ’s G u i d e starting 3 turning off 6 virus informati on 19 T turning off your system Windows 95 6 Windows 98 6 Windows NT 6 U USB ports 12 V Vertical deskt op featur e 13 video port 12 voltage se lector switc h 13 W Windows 95 setup 5 shut-down procedures 6 Windows 98 setup 5 shut-down procedures 6 Windows NT setup 5 shut-d[...]

E-1200 User's Guide MAN US E1200 USR GDE R0 9/98 8503412[...]