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Samsung M6000 manual

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    Firstedition(January1999) C opyrig ht 19 99 Samsung Electroni csC o.Ltd. All rights are reserved, inclu ding thosetoreproduceth isbookorparts thereofinanyformwith outpermissio nin writingfromSam sungElectroni csCo.Ltd. SamsungElectro nicsperiodi[...]

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    FederalCommu nicationsComm ission(FCC) Thisdeviceco mplieswithPart15 oftheFCCRules. Operationiss ubjecttothe followingtwoconditions:(1) thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinter ference,and (2)thisdevicemustacceptanyin terferencereceived,including[...]

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    DescriptionofEUT Sams ung M6000 SeriesC omput ers ModelNu mbers Sams ung M6000 SeriesC omput ers International IfyourequipmenthasaCEMark,pleasenotethefollowingIn ternationalCEMark information below . CEMark Samsung Computers soldinE uropecomp lywith the?[...]

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    CLASS1LASERPR ODUCT . CAUTION The laserbeam usedby thi sCD-ROM driveun itc anb eha rmfulto th eeyes. Do notatte mpt toopen theunit. Allserviceproced uresshou ldbepe rformedby anauthori z eddea leror distri buto r. WARNING Neveruse ?[...]

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    ImportantSafetyInstruction Readalloftheseinstructions,andsavetheseinstructionsforlateruse. • Follo wallwarnings andinstruct ionsmarked ontheproduc t.Unplug this productfromthe walloutletbeforecleaning.Dono tuseliquidclean ersor aeroso[...]

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    • Donotattemptto disassembleth ebattery .Ifthebatteryis disassembled and theelectrodesaree xposedtooutside,thebatterymaygen erateheatand smokeb ychemicalreaction. • Donotexp osethebatterytomoistureorchemicals. • Cha[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Contentsi Contents UsingYourDocumentation .............. ............. ............. ................... 1 Openingthe Online Manual ....... ................... ............. ............. ............. 1 GettingAr oundinth eOnlineMa nual .................. .........[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Contentsii ConnectingPeripheralDevices ...... ................... ............. ........... 22 Connectin gtheFloppyDr ivetoth eFloppyC onnector ..... ............. .... 24 Usingthe SmartBay ............................. ............. ............. ...............[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Contentsiii UsingSyst emSecurit y .......... ............. ............. ................... ........... 5 7 System Passwords . ................... ............. ............. ................... ........... 5 7 CreatingaP assword .......... ............. .................... ....[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Contentsiv AboutDriversandSystemResources ........................ ........... 8 0 Drivers ....... ................... ............. ................... ............. ............. ........... 80 IRQs ................ ................... ............. .................... ...........[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYour Documentation1 UsingYourDocumentation Congrat ulationso nyourpurchase ofanSams ungM6000co mputer! Whetheryouaren ewtousingaportablecomputeror arean experienced user,your SamsungM60 00document ationcan?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYour Documentation2 UsingHypertextLin ksintheOnlineManual Hypertextlinks arebuilt intotheon linemanual totakeyouqu ickly fromonep ageofthe manualtoano ther.Youcan clickona hypertext linktogo ?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYour Documentation3 Ifyoun eedtopresstwokeysatthesame time,thekeynames are shownjoinedby aplussign.Forexample, <Fn+F11> meansth atyoushouldpr esstheFnkey andholdit andthenp ressthe[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual IntroducingYourComputer4 IntroducingYourComputer YourSams ungM6000 computeris alightweight portabl ecomputer thatinclu d esfeatures tomeet yourcomputing needsat homeor onthe road. Figur es1thr ough3sh owyou[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual IntroducingYourComputer5 Figure2.B ackVi ewofCompute r Figure3. Bottom Viewof Computer Infrared port Parallelp o rt Docking conn ector PS/2™ mouse and keyboard port Micr ophoneja ck Video port Serialpo rt ExternalFl oppycon nector USB[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime6 UsingYourComputerforthe FirstTime This section gives you detailed informat ion on using your computer for thefirsttim e. AttachingtheACAdap ter Yourcompu terrunsonpowerf ro[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime7 Figure 4.Conne ctingthe ACAda pter Theb attery startscharging as s oon asyo uplug the AC adap t erinto an electrical outlet. The battery charges faster if the computer?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime8 Thepower lightison whenthecomputer’ spowerison . Figure5.Tu rningO ntheCompu ter’sPower UnderstandingPOST When you turn on your computer, a routine call ed POST auto[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime9 Toad justth ebrig htnes sof theLC D: Press<Fn+RightArrow>to increasethedisplaybrightne s s. Press<Fn+LeftArrow>todecreasethedisplaybrig htness. Turning OffYo urComputer [...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime10 Donotperforma coldbootun lessyour keyboarda ndtouchpad havenoeffectandyo u cannotperfo rmawarmbo ot. Whenyou performacoldboot,you losedata unlessit wassaved[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime11 Becauseaportablecompu terissmallandhasrestrictedair flowarou ndcomponen ts,itis morelikelyt ooverheatt hana deskto pcomputer.Afan insideyo urcomput erhelps to eli[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime12 Allowthecomp uteranddisk stogo throughthe X-raysecuri tydevices.Do nothand-carrydi sksthrough the walk-throu ghmetaldet ectors,which cancausel ossofdata. Makesurethat?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime13 authoriz edSamsung service centerfor a replac ement. StoringtheCo mput erforLong Periods Ifpossible,leave theAC adapterconn ectedtothecomputerwh enthe computeris notinus e[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theKeyboard14 UsingtheKeyb oard Yourcompu terhasan 87/88-keykey board(Figu re6).Bypr essing designatedk eycombinations,you canhaveaccesstoallthekey functionso fafull-sizedkeyboar d. Figu re 6. Keybo ard [...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theKeyboard15 Funct ionke ys,w hen press edtoge ther with the<F n>ke y, enablespecialfunctions. Cursor controlkey smovethecur sor.Theymay performot her function s,depending onyours oftware. Windowske ysopen[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theKeyboard16 UsingSpecialFu nctionKeys The<Fn>keyactivatesspecialfunctionswhenitispr essedin combinationwithano therkey.Table1 s howsthespecialkey combinatio ns. Table1.De scrip tionof Special Fun[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theKeyboard17 <Fn+F 7> KeyLock: Lock sthek eyboard andacti vatesp asswordp rotection. Typeyo urpasswordan dpres s<Ente r>tounl ockthe keyboard. The <Fn+F7> key combination  has no effect unless a?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheTouchpad18 UsingtheTouchpad Your computer isequi ppedwi thth eSmartPoint™ touchpad, whichi s anintegrated-po intingdevicethatisusedtoper formstandardmouse functions (Figure 8). The touchpad is an advanc[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheTouchpad19 Fori nformation onattach ingandu singano therpoint ingdevice or keyboard with your computer, see “Connecting Peripheral Devices” on page 22.[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ReadingtheSystemStatusLights20 Readingth eSyst emStatusL ights SystemStatus lightsshowthe statusof computerfun ctions.The lights appearontheleftedg eofthecomputer(Figure9). Table2describes themeaningo f?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ReadingtheSystemStatusLights21 Tabl e2. Sy stemSta tus Ligh ts Icon Function ofLight Powerlight:  Light isonwhenthe computer’s poweris  on.Th elightbl inksonc eever ysecon dwhent he batteryi slow.T hel[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices22 ConnectingPeripheralDevices Theconnectorsonyo urcomputeren ableyoutoattachper ipheral devicestotheco mputer(Figure10 ). Turnoffyourc omputerbefore youconnecta peripheralde vice.Connec t[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices23 Table3. Connectin gPerip heralDev ices Icon Connector Audi o-li ne- out jac k: Connec tster eoheadph oneso rspeaker sto thisjac k.Speake rsconnecte dtothisjacko verridetheon board speakers . Micropho [...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices24 Connectingth eFloppy Drivetoth eFloppy  Connector Some M6000 computers ship from the factory with both a floppy drive and aCD-ROMdrive included.These s ystems al soship withaflop [...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices25 Thecablebeadisclosetothe computer,notthe floppydrive. Ifthecabl edoesnotfit easily,donotforceit.  Make sureyou have thecorre ct end ofthe cable goingtothe computer?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theSmartBay26 Usingthe SmartBay Yourcomputerinclud estheSmartBay™,aperipheralbaythatcan holdone ofthefollowin gdevices: Floppy drive:s hippedins talledi nyourcom puter. CD-ROMdri ve:shippedwi thsomeM600 0[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theSmartBay27 1. Turnthecomp uter’spoweroff. 2. Placethedeviceintothebay. 3. Pushthede viceinuntilitis flushwiththechassi s. 4. Pushdown ontheS martBaylatchu ntilthelatch snapsinto place. Y[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheFloppyDrive28 UsingtheFlopp yDrive Thecomputerco meswitharemovable1.4 4-MB,3.5-inch,hig h- density floppy drive, which can read, write to, and format the following disks: Ahigh-d ensity,3 .5-inchdisk,wh ich?[...]

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    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheFloppyDrive29 Toprot ecttheda taonyou rfloppydisk s,follow thesegui delines: Keepdisksawayfr omexcessiveheat,directsunlig ht,and liquids . Keepmagnetsandany devicethatcont ainsamagnet(likethe teleph[...]

  • Page 41

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive30 UsingtheCD-ROMDrive SomeM6000Seriescomp utersshipfromthefacto rywitha CD-ROM drive included. TheCD- ROM drive fitsinto the computer’s SmartBay.Forin formationon installingth e CD-ROM[...]

  • Page 42

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive31 ThenameoftheC D-ROMdriveis theletterfollow ingthele tter assigned toyourlasthar ddrive.For instance,ify ouhaveone hard drivewithonly oneharddriv epartition,thehardd rive[...]

  • Page 43

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive32 Figure15 .CDPl ayerWindo w 2. Clickth eStopbutto nintheC DPlayerWindow. 3. ClicktheEjectbuttononth eCDPlayerwindoworpressthe buttono nyourCD-ROMdr ive.Thedri vetrayo pensan[...]

  • Page 44

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theHardDrive33 UsingtheHardDrive Yourcompu terincludesaremovableIDE harddrive.TheIDEhard drivecanstorethed ataandprogram syourcomputeru ses.Thedrive plugsintoaconn ectoronthesystem board. Alt[...]

  • Page 45

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theHardDrive34 Removingth eHardDrive Topre ventlossof dataanddama getothedisk, donotre movetheharddriv ewhilethe computer’s powerisonanddon otdroporjar thehard drive. Toremovethe h[...]

  • Page 46

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using theHardDrive35 2. Slide the new drive into the hard drive compartment. Make sure thedriveispush edbackasfarasit willgo. 3. Installthescrewthatholdsthehard driveinplace. 4. Ifyouinten dtous[...]

  • Page 47

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery36 UsingtheBattery Yourcomp uterusesa smartrechargeable lithium-ionbattery packfor powerwhentheACadapteris notattachedtoanelectricaloutlet. Chargingth eBattery Yourcompu ter’sbatterystartscha[...]

  • Page 48

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery37 Allbatteries eventuallywearoutand losethe ability to hold a charge. You may need to replace yourba tterypackaft erayearofaver ageusage . SafelyUsingthe ACAdapterandBatteries Followt[...]

  • Page 49

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery38 3. Slidethebatterycompar tmentcoverstraight upandoffthe computer (Figure17) . Figure17. Remov ingtheBa tteryPa ck 4. Graspth eplastic tabont hebatter yandpul lthebat teryou tof thecomp[...]

  • Page 50

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery39 Batteryl ifeestimatesare subject tovariation. Theactua llifeofyourba tterymaybe lessthan theestima tesgivenin thedocume ntation. Youcanmonitor thechargeofth ebatterypackinstalledin [...]

  • Page 51

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery40 batteryfor10 minutesbe foreyouchec kthe batterygau ge. UsingtheMainBatteryLights Therearefou rbatterystatuslightsonthemainbatterythatindicateif themainbatter yischargingandth eamoun[...]

  • Page 52

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Us ingtheBattery41 BatteryWarnings Yourcompu tergivesy outhefollowi nglow-bat terywarnings(Tab le 4). Table4.B atteryWarni ngs Ifyoucannotrunyo urcomputerfromthebat teryandthebatt erywill notchargewhen youa[...]

  • Page 53

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup42 UsingSystemSet up TheSystemSetupprog ramenablesyoutoco nfigureyourcomputer hardware an d se t security  andpower-savingsoptions. The settingsyou choose are s tored in battery-maintained memory (C[...]

  • Page 54

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup43 StartingSystemSetup TostartSystemSetup ,turnonyo urcomputerand thenpress<F2> whenpromp ted.TheSystemSetupscreen appears. The topof the SystemSetup screen hasa menu bar withth[...]

  • Page 55

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup44 Apoin tersymbol appearingto theleft ofa fieldindicates thatyou can open a s ubmenu from this field. A submenu contains additional options forafield.To openasubmenu,highlightthef[...]

  • Page 56

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup45 Ifyourcomputerwill notbootafteryou havechanged settings in System Setup and exited the program, reboot and press <F2> t o reenter System S etup. O nce in SystemSetup ,y ou can t[...]

  • Page 57

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup46 Afteryou makeyourselect ionsfro mthiss ubmenu,pres sthe <Esc> keytoexitback totheMainmenu. Youdono tneedtoconfigur ethedrivethatcamewithyo urcomputer. Beforeattemp tingtoconf[...]

  • Page 58

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup47 Multi-SectorTransfers:  Setsthenumb erofse ctorsper block toth ehighest numbersuppor tedbyt hedrive.C onfigur ation optionsare Dis abled (default) ,2Sectors,4Sectors,8Sectors, and 16Sect or[...]

  • Page 59

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup48 Plug&PlayO/S: Enablesyo utosettheparame tersforperipheral ports.Setthis fieldto No ifyourco mputerus esanop eratingsy stem thatisnotplugandplay compliant,suchasWindowsNT.[...]

  • Page 60

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup49 SerialportA: Confi guress erialpor tA.Theopt ionsfor this fielda re Enabled  (default)an d Disabled . Ifyou setthisfield to  Enabled, yo ucansetthe BaseI/OAddr ess fieldto 3F8 I[...]

  • Page 61

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup50 Thesubmenuf ieldsare: Memory Cache :  Enables  (default)o r di sables  your computer’s (level2)cachemem ory.Normally,do notdisablethecache memoryunlessapr ogram’sdocumentation specifiesthatth[...]

  • Page 62

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup51 SetSupervis orPassword : . * Enablesyoutosetth esupervisor password tocontrol acces s tothe System Setup u tility. See“Creating a Passwo rd” onp age5 7for instru ctions onse tting apas [...]

  • Page 63

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup52 Weekly: Whenyoustartyourcomputer forthefirsttimeeach week(afterSunday ),thepromptappears. Monthly :Whenyoustartyourcomput erforthefirsttime each month, thesystemback uppromptapp ears.[...]

  • Page 64

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup53 specifya Standb yTimeout delaytimeof from1to16minutes .The defaultis 1Minute . SuspendMo de: Specifiesthetypeofsuspend modeyour computer enters: Suspe nd (default) : Sa ves powe rby turn[...]

  • Page 65

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup54 cells.Usethehyphenkey<->o r<Space>bartodecreaseorincrease thenum bers. Youmust setthisoptio nifyou enable ResumeOnTime . Boot Menu The Boot menu enables you to select a[...]

  • Page 66

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup55 inserted inthe CD-ROMdrive, the computer willattempt toboot from thefloppyd riveandthentheha rddrive. ExitMenu Select Exit from themenubartod isplaytheExitm enu. Pressing<Es c>d[...]

  • Page 67

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingS ystemSetup56 <Enter>tosave changesandremain inSystemSetup.Choose No and  press<Enter>todiscardchan gesandremaininSystemSetup. BatteryCalibration: Enab lesyouto discharget hesystembatt ery co[...]

  • Page 68

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using SystemSecurity57 UsingSystemSecurity Thissection describesthe securityoptions provided withyo ur computer. SystemPasswords Thecomput erprovides twolevelsof passwordsecurity: administrative-level(sup ervisor)anduser-level([...]

  • Page 69

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using SystemSecurity58 capitalized and lowercase letters in your password. As you type thepas sword,thecurs ormovesbut yourpas sworddoes not appearonthescreen. 6. Press <Enter>afteryo uhavetyp edyourp[...]

  • Page 70

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Using SystemSecurity59 Requiring aBootPass word Afteryoucreateasup ervisororuser password,youcanen ablethe computertopromp tforapasswordeachtimeitstarts. Toenablethepr ompt,selecttheoption Enabled  in[...]

  • Page 71

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPower ManagementOptions60 UsingPowerManagementOptions Yourcomp uterincludespower- managementoption sthatcanhelpth e battery charge last long er and extend the life of th e battery, LCD pa nel, and other compone[...]

  • Page 72

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPower ManagementOptions61 Standby Mode The St andby Timeout field inSystemSetup enablesyouto s pecifythe timeperiodthattheco mputercanremainid l e(nouserinp utordisk activity)beforethe computerenters?[...]

  • Page 73

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPower ManagementOptions62 inth ismode. Ifyou leaveyour computerinpower onsuspen d forseveraldayswithou ttheACadapterattached,the computer’sbatterywilldischarge. SaveToDisk :Thismod eprovides thegr[...]

  • Page 74

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPower ManagementOptions63 ifyou rcomputer cannotr esumenormal operationbecauseo fa lowbatterycharge. Wheny ourcomputeris in poweronsus pendor savetod iskmode,do notconnectorremove anydevic es(inc[...]

  • Page 75

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingPower ManagementOptions64 easy wayto workwith thesetwo fields is to set  theresume time to0inSys temSetupan dsetthe actualresume timethatyou desireinPowerP rofiler. Toenab leyourcompu terto[...]

  • Page 76

    SamsungM6000User’sManual CreatingaSavetoDiskPartition65 Creatinga Saveto DiskPartition The harddrive sh ippedin your  computerhasa saveto diskpartitionin which data from system and vid eo memory is stored during save to  d[...]

  • Page 77

    SamsungM6000User’sManual CreatingaSavetoDiskPartition66 2. Turnoff thecomputer, removeyour oldharddrive, andinser t thenewoneinto yourcomputer.(See“UsingtheHardDriv e” onpage33fo rinstructions.) 3. If youhave aCD-ROMdr[...]

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  • Page 79

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  • Page 80

    SamsungM6000User’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration69 Table 7.Video Driver Capabili ties Allthesevideomodescanb edisplayedonanexter nalmonitor. However,ifyou disconnectanexternalmo nitorthatwasattachedto yourcomp uterandthens[...]

  • Page 81

    SamsungM6000User’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration70 inWind owsNT).Ifyo uwish,yo ucanadjus tthedi splays ettings by selectin gamonitortype: 1. Click theStartbu ttonontheWi ndows98 taskbar. 2. Select Settings . 3. Click Contro lPan[...]

  • Page 82

    SamsungM6000User’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration71 2. Select Settings . 3. Click Contro lPanel .TheCon trolPanelwi ndowappears. 4. Double-clickthe Display  ico n. Th e Dis playProperties wi ndow appears. 5. ClicktheSettingstab.TheSettingsscreen?[...]

  • Page 83

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  • Page 84

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Wo rkingwithPCCards73 MaintainingPCCards TomaintainyourPC Cards,followth eseguidelines: Keepcardsawayfrom excess iveheat,di rectsunlight,and liquids . Dono tdr op,b end, flex ,or crus hca rds when hand ling. Keep[...]

  • Page 85

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  • Page 86

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Wo rkingwithPCCards75 successfully ass igns s ystem resources to your card, the computer beeps twice. IfCardWizardcann o tautomaticallyconfigur eyourPCCard,the computerbeep sonceandamessageap pearstellingyouthat?[...]

  • Page 87

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Wo rkingwithPCCards76 Formor einformation onusingtheCard Wizardprogram ,seethe CardWiza rdHelp .[...]

  • Page 88

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS77 UpdatingtheSystemBIOS Your computer uses flas h BIOS, which enables you to update the BIOS easily froma floppy disk.If Sams ung releasesa BIOSup date for your computer,cop ythedis[...]

  • Page 89

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS78 5. Typethepathto theextractutili ty.Theutilityis intheBIOS  updatefilesy oucopiedtoth eharddrive. 6. Clickth eOK button . 7. Follow the in structions on the screen to make your[...]

  • Page 90

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS79 Troubleshoo tingtheBIOSUp date Ifthef lashBIOSup datewasnot successful,makesur ethat Youhavet herightup dateBIOSfor yourmachi ne. Youhaveco mpletelyinsertedthed iskintotheflop pyd[...]

  • Page 91

    SamsungM6000User’sManual A boutDriversandSystemResour ces80 AboutDriver sandSystem  Resources Thissect iongives youbasi cinformati onabout drivers andsystem  IRQs. Drivers Ad river i sa program t hat enablesth eope rati ngsystem towork with[...]

  • Page 92

    SamsungM6000User’sManual A boutDriversandSystemResour ces81 Table8.Sam sungM60 00Serie sIRQs InWindows98 ,youcanconfigur eadevicesothatthe deviceis disabled whenyoucon nectyourcompu tertoadockingst ationbut enabledwhenthe?[...]

  • Page 93

    SamsungM6000User’sManual A boutDriversandSystemResour ces82 Make sure the Infrared port  fieldin System  Setu p isset to 2F 8, IRQ3 .Thefield isinthe AdvancedMen u under I/ODevice Config uration . Thereceivingdevicemustbe positi[...]

  • Page 94

    SamsungM6000User’sManual A boutDriversandSystemResour ces83 The versionof SP3 on yourco mputer’s harddrive includes thecorrect videodriverf oryour s ystem.If poss ible,always in stallthis versio non your computer. Toinstall SP3: 1. Run[...]

  • Page 95

    SamsungM6000User’sManual A boutDriversandSystemResour ces84 6. Clickth e Havedisk  button.Ifthedriv erisonaflopp ydisk insertitintoth efloppydriveo rifyouwanttouseth eorigianl factorydriverinserttheSamsungR estoreCD-ROM[...]

  • Page 96

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Troubleshooting85 Troubleshooting Ifyou everhavediff iculty runningy ourcomputer,f ollowthese steps: 1. Consult thefoll owingsecti onsfor adviceonhowto handle systemprob lems. 2. If you haveanin ternet connection,v isit?[...]

  • Page 97

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Troubleshooting86 OperatingProb lems Thissect iontell syouwhat todo ifyo uhavepr oblemsr unningy our computer.If anyproblemp ersistsafteryoutakecorr ectiveaction, contactyourresellerf orassistance. Thecomputerdoes?[...]

  • Page 98

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Troubleshooting87 Batterypowerseemstorunoutfasterthanexpected. Ifyouare runningthecom puterfromthebatter yratherthanthe ACadapter,makesurethatyo usetthe BatteryPowerSaving  Mode field in System Setup?[...]

  • Page 99

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Troubleshooting88 InfraredProblems Ifyourco mputer’soperatings ystemisWind ows98,youcanenable andusetheinfrar edport. Ifyouare unabletotransfe rfileswiththeinfraredpor t,checkthe following: Thereceivingdevice?[...]

  • Page 100

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions89 UsingOptions Youcanord erthefollowingopti onsfor yourSamsung M6000Seri es computerfro myourautho risedSamsungreseller: AnextraACadap ter. Anauto/airlineadapterthatenablesyo utochargethe computer’[...]

  • Page 101

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions90 Auto/AirlineAdapter Theauto/airlineadapter enablesyoutopower yourcompu terand chargethecomputerb attery Inanautomobile,th roughthe+12voltcig arettelighterso cket. Inanairplanethatisequipp edwitha?[...]

  • Page 102

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions91 Contact yourairline for information onusi ngan airlineada pteronyourflight. Tousetheadapter: 1. Plugtheadaptercable i ntotheACadaptercon nectoronthe computer. 2. Connecttheadapterto thecigarette[...]

  • Page 103

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions92 BatteryPack You can order another lithium-ion battery pack for your computer. See “Usingth eBattery”onpage 36for informat iononth ebattery. HardDrives Youcanord eroptionalharddrivesfo ryours[...]

  • Page 104

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions93 Before handlinga memorymodule,di scharge anystati c electricity by touching a grounded surface or using a grounding wriststrap. Donotinsertob jectswithcon ductivematerial,suchasm etal screwdrive rs[...]

  • Page 105

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions94 pullonthe metalpartofthetabs, oryoumay damageth etabs. a. Pullthetabs ontheco nnectorslo toutwardslight ly, until theedge ofthemem orymodul epopsup (Figure 22). Figure22 .Remov ing?[...]

  • Page 106

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions95 7. Push down on the ed ge ofthe memorymodule until the module snapsintoplace. Figure2 3.Inst allinga Memory Module 8. Alignthememorymodulecom partmentdoorwiththe compartmentandpushthedoord[...]

  • Page 107

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions96 BatteryCradle The externalb att ery cradle enables youto charge the computer battery outsideofthecomputer. Tochargeab atteryinthebattery cradle: 1. Inserttheba tteryintothecrad le,contactendf irst?[...]

  • Page 108

    SamsungM6000User’sManual UsingOptions97 batteriesin thebatterycra dleforalong time. Otherwis ethebattery orthebatterycra dlemay bedamag ed. ExternalNumericKeyp ad Theexternalnumerickey padhasthesamefeaturesastheintegrated keyp ad.T[...]

  • Page 109

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Specifications98 Specifications Table9gives thespecificationsforyour computer. Table9. System Specific ations Dimensio n System with12.1”TF TLCD Wid th 12.1in (30.9cm) Height 1.65 in(4.2cm ) Lengt h 9.5 in (24. 1cm ) Weight (wit[...]

  • Page 110

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Specifications99 Environment Ambien ttemperature,ope rating 41 o –95 o F(5 o –35 o C) Ambien ttemperature,sto rage 14 o –112 o F(-10 o –44 o C) Relat ivehumi dity(noncon densing ), opera ting 20–80% Relat ivehumi dity(noncon densing ), stor age 15–[...]

  • Page 111

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Abbrev iations 100 Abbreviations YourM6000 Seriesdocumentationusesthe followingabbreviations: A ....... ... Amp eres AC ........ Alternatingcurrent APM ....... AdvancedPowerManagement ATA ....?[...]

  • Page 112

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Abbrev iations 101 Hz ......... Hertz IDE ........ Integrateddriveelectronics in .......... Inches I/O ........ Input/Output IrDA ....... InfraredDataAssociation IRQ ...?[...]

  • Page 113

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Abbrev iations 102 SVGA ...... Supervideog raphicsarray TFT ....... Thin-filmtransistor USB ....... Universalserialbus V ....... ... Volt VAC ....... Voltagealternatingcurr ent VC[...]

  • Page 114

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Gloss ary103 Glossary ACadapter TheAC(oralternatingcurren t)adapterregulatescurrentcoming intoyourcom puterfromthew alloutlet.Thecurrentatth ewall outlet i s alternating current and needs to be changed by the?[...]

  • Page 115

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Gloss ary104 timerequiredf o rthemicr oprocessortoget t hedatait needsfrom themainmemory bystoringr ecentlyaccesseddatainthecache. CardBus CardBus technology enables the computer to use 32-bit PC  Cards. Hardw[...]

  • Page 116

    SamsungM6000User’sManual Gloss ary105 copieswithoutaccessingthedisk.This,inturn ,speedsupthe performance oftheapplication. A cache is a buffer for transferring disk sectors in and out of RAM. Datastored inadisk cacheisacop[...]

  • Page 117

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