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Gateway 3100 manual

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    SPECIFIC A TIONS 1 www .gate wa y .co m Ga teway 3100/36 00 Ser ies Note book Specifications are subject to c hange without no tice or obligation. Proc essor and Core Logi c Proc essor opti ons ■ One Intel ® Cele ron™ M CPU -OR- ■ One Mobi le Intel ® P enti um ® M CP U T o determine y our noteboo k’s processor , cli ck Start , My Compute[...]

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    2 ww w . g at eway .co m System memory Memor y type 400/533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Memory e xpansion o ptions ■ T wo 200-pin industr y standard DDR-SODIM M sock ets ■ Accepts two 400/5 33 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memor y modules i n memo r y ba y ■ 2 GB maximum system me mor y ■ Dual ch annel T o determine y our noteboo k’ s memory , click Start , My Compu[...]

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    3 www .gate wa y .com Audio Sound su ppor t ■ Cone xant SmartAMCi A udio Modem Codec (AMC) CX20468-3 1 ■ A C ’97 Rev ision 2.3 Com pliant NO TE: This note book does not sup por t S/PDIF . NO TE: This note book does not hav e an internal micro phone . Vo l u m e c o n t r o l s ■ Digital vol ume control toggl e (press toggle in to mute the s[...]

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    4 ww w . g at eway . co m Input/Output (I/O) K eyboa rd ■ U.S . Engl ish ke yboard ■ Full-siz ed 86-ke ys ■ 19 mm × 19 mm k ey pitch ■ 3.0 mm k ey tra v el P oin ting device ■ Gate way EZ-Pa d™ touchpad with ve r tical scroll ■ 2-butt on design Status in dicators F N +F1 k eyboa rd combinatio n tur ns status indicators o n and off . [...]

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    5 www .gate wa y .com Docking solution T ype Cab led por t replicato r Doc king supported ■ Hot dock ■ Wa r m d oc k ■ Cold doc k Input/O utput (I/O por ts) ■ Three USB 2. 0 (4-pin) ■ Stereo headp hone output ■ IEEE 1394 (4-pi n) ■ P arallel (printer) ■ High-sp eed serial ■ External monitor (V GA) ■ Eth er net ( RJ-45 ) ■ DC i[...]

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    6 ww w . g at eway . co m Power A C adapter ■ 19 VDC , 3.42A, 65 W outpu t ■ A utomatically adjusts f or 100 to 240 V A C, 50 to 60 Hz power sourc es ■ T wo-pro ng design Battery type ■ Remov ab le Lithium Ion ba tter y pack ■ Embedded c ontroller inside to suppor t SBS 1.1 Battery capacity 4-cell Li- Ion ■ 2.0 Ah ■ 14.8 V nomi nal ?[...]

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    7 www .gate wa y .com Security Pa s sw o r d s ■ P ow er-on pass word (use r/super visor pa ssw ord set in BIOS) ■ Hard driv e pass word Ph ysical ■ Main system memor y compar tmen t screw ■ Har d dr ive kit s crews ■ Min i PCI bay screw ■ K ensington ® security slot on notebo ok bac k System software Operat ing syst em ■ Mic rosof t[...]