Samsung SN6000 Series 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[...]

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC) Thisde vicecomplieswithP art15oftheFCCRules.Operationis subject tothe follo wing two conditions:(1)t hisde vice mayn otcause harmful interference, and (2) this device must ac cept any interferenc e recei v[...]

DescriptionofEUT Samsu ngSN60 00Seri esCo mputers ModelNumbers Samsu ngSN60 00Seri esCo mputers International IfyourequipmenthasaCEMark,pleasenotethefollo wingInternationalCEMark information belo w . CEMa rk Samsung Computers soldinE uropecomp lywith the[...]

CLASS1LASERPRODUCT . CA UTIO N Thela serbe amuse db ythis CD-ROM driv euni tcan beharmful to thee yes. Dono tattempt  toopen theunit. Allserviceproced uresshould beperform edby anauth orizedd ealeror distributor . WA R N I N G Neveru[...]

ImportantSafetyInstruction Readalloftheseinstructions,andsavetheseinstructionsforlateruse. • Fo llo wallwar ningsandins tructions markedon theprodu ct.Unplugth is productfro mthewalloutletbefo recleaning.Donotuse liquidcleanersor aerosol[...]

• Donotattempttodisassembl ethebattery .Ifthebatteryisdisassembledand theele ctrodesar eexp osedtoouts ide,thebat terymayg enerateheatand  smokeb ychemicalreaction. • Donote xposethebatte rytomoi stureorchemi cals. • Char gethe[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual 1 UsingYourDocumentation . ................... ............. ............. ............. 1 SN6000Se riesQuick Start ............. ............. .................... ............. ...... 1 ThisUser’Man ual .. ............ ............. .................... ......[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual 2 UsingtheTouchpad ........ .................... ............. ................... ........... 1 9 ReadingtheSystemStat usLights ............. ............. ................. 2 0 ConnectingthePortReplicato r ...... ................... ............. .........[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual 3 UsingSyst emSecurit y .......... ............. ............. ................... ........... 5 9 System Passwords . ................... ............. ............. ................... ........... 5 9 CreatingaP assword ................. ............. ............. ...[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual 4 UpdatingtheSystemBIOS .. ............. ............. ................... ........... 8 0 Performin gtheBIO SUpdate ..... ................... ............. ............. ........... 80 Troubleshoo tingtheB IOSUpdate  ............... ............. ..........[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourDocumentation1 UsingYourDocumentation Congrat ulationso nyourpurchaseof anSamsungSN600 0Series computer! W hether you are new to usi ng a portable computer or are an experienced user, your SN6000[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourDocumentation2 OpeningtheOnlin eManual Your SN6000 Series  online manual is included on the computer’s hard drivein PDFformat.Yo ucanviewt hemanualthr oughtheAdob e™ Acrobat™Reader,which[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourDocumentation3 Clickon apage numberin the Indexto j umpto th atpage in the manual. Clickon across-reference inthe texttojump to  the sectionthat isreferenced. SpecialFeatur esofthe[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourDocumentation4 UsingtheSoftwareDoc umentation Yourcompu tershippedfromthe factorywithseveralsoftware progra ms install ed.The softw aremay in cludeits ownonline or  prin ted documentati on.Refertoth e?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual IntroducingYourComputer5 IntroducingYourComputer YourSN600 0Seriescomputer isanultra-th inlight weightpor table computer that incl udes features to meet your computing needs at home orontheroad. Aportrepl[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual IntroducingYourComputer6 Figure2.B ackVi ewofCompute r Figure3. Bottom Viewof Computer Infrared port Docking connector PS/2™mous e and keyboardport Serialport USBport PC Card compartment Fanven ts Kensington locksupport Batt ery?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime7 UsingYourComputerforthe FirstTime This section gives you detailed inform ation on using your computer for thefirsttim e. AttachingtheACAdap ter Yourcompu terrunsonp[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime8 Figure 4.Conne ctingthe ACAda pter Theb attery startscharging as soon asyou plugthe ACadap terinto an electrical outlet. The battery charges faster if the com[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime9 Figure5 .Open ingtheCom puter 3. Pressandthenre leasethepowerbutton(Figur e6). Thepower lightison whenthecomputer’ spowerison. Figure6.Tu rningO nthe?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime10 “Boot Menu” on page 56 for information  on disabli ng the logo screen). AfterPOSTissuccessfullycompleted,thecomp uterbeepsonce. Screenmessagesare bu iltinto th[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime11 Iftheoperating systemisWindowsNT, youreceivea shutdownmessagean dmustpressthepowerbu ttontoturn offthecomp uter. RestartingYourComputer Youmayneed torestart?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime12 Donottrytodisassembleyourcomputer. Openingthesyst emchassisvoidsyour warranty.Only anauth orizedSamsung se rvice centercanrepla ceoraddanyparts insidethe cha[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime13 TravelingwithYou rComputer Ifyouare travelingbyair plane,followthesetips: Take the computerwith youas carry-on luggage. Donot check thecomputerwithy ourbaggage. Al[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingYourComputerfortheFirstTime14 IfyouspillliquidontheLCDpanel,cl eanitimmediatelywith  asoftclothandd enaturedalcohol.Don otusewater,window cleaner,acetone,aro maticsolvent,ordry, rough?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheKeyboard15 UsingtheKeyb oard Yourcompu terhasan 87/88-keykey board(Figu re7).Byp ressing designatedk eycombinations,you canhaveaccesstoallthekey functionso fafull-sizedkeyboar d . Figu re 7.[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheKeyboard16 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[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheKeyboard17 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 Spec[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheKeyboard18 <Fn+Up Arrow> Cont rast up: Increas estheLC Dcontras t.Contra stadjust mentis notneed edona TFTLCD. <Fn+Down Arrow> Contrast down:  Decreases  the LCD contrast. Contrast  adjustment is?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheTouchpad19 UsingtheTouchpad Your computer isequi ppedwi thth eSm artPoint™ touchpad,wh ichis anintegrated-po intingdevicethatisusedtoper formstandard mouse functions(Figure9 ).Thetouchpad isa[...]

SamsungSN6000Se ries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 functions.The lights appearo ntheleft edgeof thecomputer(Figure 10). Table2describ es the?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ReadingtheSystemStatusLights21 Tabl e2. Sy stemSta tus Lights Icon Functi onofLigh t Powerlight:  Lightis onwhe nthecomput er’spoweris on.T helightb links between greenand amberwhen theb atteryis?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingthePortReplicator22 ConnectingthePo rtReplicator Turnoffyourcomputerbeforeyouconnector disconnect thepo rt replicator, failing todo this mayseriouslyda mageyourcomputer. 1. Close rearportd ooran[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingthePortReplicator23 4. Movethelatches onth ePortReplic atorintothe upposition.[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices24 ConnectingPeripheralDevices Theconnectorsonyo urcomputeren ableyoutoattachper ipheral devicestotheco mputer(Figure11 ),additionalconnectors are availableifyoualsou sethefactory?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices25 Figure12 .PortRepli catorPerip heralCon nectors Table3showstheiconslocatedneareach connectorandtellsyouthe devicesthatyoucan attachtotheconnectors. PS/2 Mouse port Serialport[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices26 Table3. Connectin gPerip heralDev ices Icon Connector Serialport : Pl uga seri al devi ce, such asa ser ial pri nter ,in to this 9- pinpo rt.Ifthe device hasa 25-pinco nnector ,[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices27 UsingtheTV-ou t(composite)Port Thisfeatureiso nlyavailablewithWind ows98.Usingth eTV-out (composi te)port ontheportreplicator ,acompatibleTVoro ther compatibledisplaydev ice?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingPeripheralDevices28 2. Reboot yourcompu ter. 3. Connectt heTVtotheTV-Ou t(composite) portusingan appr opri ate cab le,F igur e13 on page 28 4. Clickth e St art buttonon theWindows98 task bar. 5.[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingExternalModules29 ConnectingExternalMo dules SN6000 computers ship from the factory with anexter n al floppy drive module. For in formation ab out the optional CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives,see“UsingOption[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingExternalModules30 The external module cablemust bein serted asshown inFigure 14.To insertthecablecorrectly,makesu rethat Thecableconnectorlabeled  System isconnectedtothe Compu ter. Thecable?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ConnectingExternalModules31 5. Click Ok . Toinsertanexternalm odule: 1. Openthe SmartBayHotsw apUtility . 2. Select InsertDevice andclick  Ok . 3. Connect the external module to the computer using thee x ternal modul[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheFloppyDrive32 UsingtheFlopp yDrive The computer comes with an external 1.44-MB, 3.5-inch, high- density floppy drive,wh ichcanread,writ eto,and format thefol lowingdi sks: Ahigh-d ensity,3 .5-inchdis[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheFloppyDrive33 Keepmagnetsandany devicethatcont ainsamagnet(likethe teleph one)awayf romyourdi sks. Magneticfieldscan des troythe i nformationon adisk. Donotwritedirectlyo nalabelonyo u[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive34 UsingtheCD-ROMDrive The external CD-ROM drive module mustbe puchasedseparatly,  see “UsingOptions” onpage 91.TheCD-ROMdr i veconn ectsexternally toyou rcomputerby cableto?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive35 ThenameoftheC D-ROMdriveis theletterfollow ingthele tter assigned toyourl astharddr ive.Forinstance,ify ouhaveone hard drivewithonly oneharddriv epartition,thehard?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheCD-ROMDrive36 1. Click  the CD Player  button on the Windows taskbar to open the CDPlay erwindow(Figur e17). Figure17 .CDPl ayerWindo w 2. Clickth eStopbutto nintheC DPlayerWindow. 3. Click?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheHardDrive37 UsingtheHardDrive Yourcompu terincludesanIDEhard drive.TheID Eharddrivecan storeth edataandp rogramsyourco mputeruses. Although the st orage capacity of hard drives varies [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheBattery38 UsingtheBattery Yourcomp uterusesa smartrechargeable lithium-ionbattery packfor powerwhen theACadap terisnotattached toanelectricaloutlet. The smartbatterygivesaaccuratemeasu remen[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheBattery39 Makeitapract icetodi schargeyour batteryfu ll ybefore rechargingthebattery .Thiscanhelpextend thelifeofthe batt ery. Donotattemptto chargethebattery intemperaturesofund er 41[...]

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SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheBattery41 Figure19. Insertingt heBattery Monitoringt heBatteryCharge Batterylifeisaffectedbyfactor ssuchasthepower-management settings inSystemSe tup,theap plications youuse,an dthebrigh tness [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheBattery42 Figure20. Battery Gauge Thegaugehas twosectio ns: Thetopsectionof thegaugeshowsapictureofabatteryto indicatethattheco mputerisopera tingfromthebattery.  Thebott omsecti on[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingtheBattery43 1. Double-clickthePowerPro filerbatteryiconto openthe software. 2. Clickth eBatterytab. 3. Setop tions under BatteryStatusand AlarmSettings . Formoreinformatio nonPowerP rofiler,seetheHelp?[...]

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SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup45 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 [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup46 Anarr o wsymbol appearingto theleftof afieldin dicatesthat youcan open a submenu from this  field. A submenu contains additional options forafield.To openasubmenu, highlight[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup47 Ifyourcomputerwill notbootafteryou havechanged settings in System Setup and exited t he program, reboot and press <F2> t o reenter System S etup. O nce in SystemSetup ,y ou?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup48 Afteryou makeyou rselectio nsfromthiss ubmenu,pres sthe<Es c> 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attempting[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup49 Multi-SectorTransfers:  Setsthenumb erofse ctorsper block toth ehighest numbersuppor tedbyt hedrive.Con figuration optionsare Disabled,2Sectors,4Sectors,8Secto rs, and 16  Sectors.?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup50 Thesubmenuf ieldsare: Memory Cache :  Enables (default) or di sable s  your computer’s (level2)cachemem ory.Normally,do notdisablethecache memoryunlessapr ogram’sdocumentation specifies?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup51 thisfieldare Sin gleMous e (default)a nd DualMouse .I fyou setthisfieldto Single Mouse, thet ouchpadmo useisdisab led whenanexternalPS/2mouseis attached.Select DualMouse  to[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup52 Whenthe Parallelport field issetto Enabled ,thecomp uter’s operatingsystem usesthedefaultconf igurationorthe configurat ionyou choose.If youselect Disabled , youfree up anIRQ[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup53 TVStandard: Selectsthe TVStandar dto beused when usingthe TV out(c ompo site)po rt. Option sare  NT SC , PAL (default), PAL-M , PAL- 60 , NT SC-J and SCART-PAL . LocalBusIDEadapter: [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup54 Fixed disk bootse ctor: * Enablesyoutowrite-protectthehard drive bootsectorto protectagainstviruses andalterations.Only auserwith the supervisor password canaccess thisf ield. The[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup55 For a Daily, Weekl y,  or Mo nthly pr ompt to beaccur ate, SystemDat e  in theMainmenum ustbesettoth ecurrentdate. PowerMenu The Power menu of System Setup allows you to ena[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup56 isinthism ode.Thisrestmode isalsoknownas suspendto RAM. Whentheco mputerenterss avetodi skmode,itwi llnot resumenorm aloperationata specifiedtimeno matterhow the Re[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup57 2. Highlightth eoptionwi ththe<Up Arrow>or<Down Arrow> key. 3. Pressthe<Space>baror<->(hyphenkey)untiltheoptio n movesupordowninthelist ofoptionsand the[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSetup58 DiscardChanges: Enables youto discard theselection syou have made and restore the values you previously saved. When you select this option and press <Enter>, a message appears [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSecur ity59 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use[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSecur ity60 <Shift>.Yourcomp uterdoesnotdistinguishbetween capitalized and lowercase lettersin your pass word. A s you type thepas sword,thecurs ormov esbuty ourpasswo rddoesno t appearon[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSecur ity61 10. Select ExitSavin gChanges ,press<Enter>,andpress<Enter > againtorestartthecomputer. Requiring aBootPass word Afteryoucreateasup ervisororuser password,youcanen ablethe?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingSystemSecur ity62 a password through System Setup. (See “C reating a Password”on page 59for instructio ns.Tolock your keyboard, press<Fn+F 7>.Toun lock your keyboard,typ eyourpassword andpress ?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingPowerManagemen tOptions63 UsingPowerManagementOptions Yourcomp uterincludespower- managementoption sthatcanhelpth e battery charge last long er and exten d the life o f the battery, LCD pane l, and othe[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingPowerManagemen tOptions64 Card controller, and some other devices turn off to save energy. DPMS (aformof monitorpowerman agement)toanextern almonitoris invoke d. To resume from standby, touch the?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingPowerManagemen tOptions65 Whenyou rcomputer entersorres umesfromsa vetodiskmo de, screensappearindicatingsystemstatus.Thesestatusscreensdo not appearwhenthe computerentersorresum esfrompower ?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingPowerManagemen tOptions66 Click the Standard tab in PowerProfiler to set timeouts for the LCD and theharddriv e.Youcanalsosetpowerman agementtobeenabled Always, Battery Only,  or Never . The[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual CreatingaSavetoDiskPartition67 Creatinga Saveto DiskPartition The harddrive sh ippedin y our comput er h asa saveto dis kpartition in  which data from system and video memory is stored during [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual CreatingaSavetoDiskPartition68 andthenpre ss<Enter>. PHDISKautomatically createsasavetodisk partitionofth e maximum sizefory ourcomp uter. Whenthe saveto diskp artitionhas beencreated, thefoll[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration69 Changingthe VideoConfigu ration Yourcompu terincludesanTFTLCDoractiv e-matrixdisplay.Th e capabilitieso fthescreenplusthevide odriversinstalled onthe computerdetermi netheq[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration70 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[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration71 SelectingaMonitorType Whenyouattach anexternalmonitor toyourcomp uter,Windows98 automatically selectsd isplay set tings for it (this feature is not available inWind owsNT).[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration72 ChangingColorDepthandResolutio n Tochanget hecolordept handreso lution ofyourLCDo rexternal monitor: 1. Clickth e St art buttonon theWindowst askbar.  2. Select Settings . 3. [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration73 6. Clickth e Next button. 7. Select Displaya listofallthe driversinas pecificlocation,s o youcanselect thedriveryouwant . Clickthe Next bu tton. 8. Clickth e Haved[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual ChangingtheVideoConfiguration74 9. Click Y es.Th edriveri scopied .Awind owappearstell ingyou thedriverhasbeen successfullycopied. 10. Click OK.Removeth ediskfromth efloppy drive.Cl osethe openwindows?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual WorkingwithPCCards75 WorkingwithPCCards Byinst allingPC Cards, youcanaddf unctionstoyo urportab le comput ers imilar tothos efo und onad d-in boards for deskto p computers.AvailablePCCardsinclude: Inpu[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual WorkingwithPCCards76 MaintainingPCCards TomaintainyourPC Cards,followth eseguidelines: Keepcardsawayfrom excessiveheat,directsu nlight,and liquids . Dono tdr op,b end, flex ,or crus hca rds when hand ling[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual WorkingwithPCCards77 3. Presstheejectbuttonagaintoejectthecard, seeFigure22on page77 Figure22 .Removinga PCCard Windows98 Windows98automaticallyassignscomputerresou rces(suchas communication port[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual WorkingwithPCCards78 WindowsNT4.0 Systems oftCa rdWizard issh ipped withno teboo kcomputer sth atuse WindowsNTastheoperatingsystem.WhenyouinstallaPCCard, CardWizardattemp tstoconfigure itautomatical[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual WorkingwithPCCards79 3. ClickOK. 4. Pushthecardeje ctbuttononthesideof thePCCardslot. 5. Pullthecardoutoftheslotcom partment. Formor einformation onusingtheCardWi zardprogram ,seethe CardWiza rd?[...]

SamsungSN6000SeriesUser’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS80 UpdatingtheSystemBIOS Your computer uses flash B IOS, which enables you to update the BIOS easily froma floppy disk. IfSamsun g releases aBIOS updatefor you r computer,cop y?[...]

SamsungSN6000SeriesUser’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS81 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 instructions  on  th e screen  to ma[...]

SamsungSN6000SeriesUser’sManual UpdatingtheSystemBIOS82 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f[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual AboutDriversan dSystemResources83 AboutDriver sandSystem  Resources Thissect iongives youbasi cinformati onabout drivers andsystem  IRQs. Drivers Ad river isa program t hat enablesthe operatingsystem towork?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual AboutDriversan dSystemResources84 Table8. Ascentia SNSe riesIRQ s 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wh[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual AboutDriversan dSystemResources85 Ifyouare unabletotransfe rfileswiththeinfraredpor t,checkthe following: Make sure t he Serial port B field in SystemSetup isset to  2F8, IRQ3 .Thefield is?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual AboutDriversan dSystemResources86 b. Whenapromptiden tifiesyourpcmcia. sysfileasan OEM-installedfileand asksyoutoo verwritethe versionofthefileonyoursystemwiththeservicepack version,click the?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Troubleshooting87 Troubleshooting Ifyou everhavediff iculty runningy ourcomput er,foll ow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 connectio[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Troubleshooting88 UsingtheSams ungRestoreCD-ROM AllSN6000Seriescomputersthatshipfrom thefactoryincludeone Microsoft  Windows 98 or Windo ws NT 4.0 CD-ROM, one restor e CD- ROMand oneBoot Floppy diskette.?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Troubleshooting89 Nothingappearsontheexternalmonitorwhenyouswitchthe display toit. Isthemonitorpr operlycon nectedtothecomputer ?Isthe monitor’s powercordconnectedto anACwalloutlet?Checkthe bri[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Troubleshooting90 the Installed O/S fieldinSystem Setupisset to other.  Checkto makesurethattheportisenabled inSystemSetup. APCCarddoesnotworkcorrectly. M a k e  s u r e t h a t t h e P C C a r d[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingOptions91 UsingOptions You can order the following options  for your SN6000 Series computer fromyou rauthoris edSamsungres eller: AnextraACadap ter. Anauto/airlineadapterthatenablesyo utochargethe co[...]

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SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingOptions93 Contact your airline for information on using an airlineadapteronyourflight. Tousetheadapter: 1. Plugtheadaptercable intotheACadaptercon nectoronthe computer. 2. Connecttheadapterto the?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingOptions94 BatteryPack Youcanorderanoth ersmartlithium -ionbatterypack foryour computer.See“Usin gtheBattery”onpage38 forinformationon the batt ery. Figure 25.SmartLi thium-i onBatter y MemoryModules[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingOptions95 ExternalNumericKeyp ad Theexternalnumerickey padhasthesamefeaturesastheintegrated keyp ad.Th eexte rnal keyp adpl ugsinto the PS/2mous ean dkey board  port.See“ConnectingPerip heralDevices?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual UsingOptions96 Docking Option s Youcanord eranadditional PortReplicator. Figure27 .PortRepli cator Contactyou rresellerforalistofot herdockingo ptionsavailab lefor your SN6000 computer. Us er’s manuals are[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Specifications97 Specifications Table9gives thespecificationsforyour computer. Table9. System Specific ations Dimensio n Systemwit h12.1TFTL CD Wid th 11.7in (297mm) Height 1.1 in( 28mm) Depth 8.9 in (225 mm) Weight (wi[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Specifications98 SmartLithium- IonBattery Wei ght 380g Nomi nalopen circuitvolt age 10.8Vcc Capac ity,t ypical 3 200mAh Charging time,approx imate,with comput er tur ned off 2.5 hour s Charging time,approx imate,with comput er tur ned[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Abbreviations99 Abbreviations YourSN600 0Seriesdo cumentatio nusesthef ollowingabbre viations: A ....... ... Amperes AC ........ Alternatingcurrent APM ....... AdvancedPowerManagement ASK-IR .[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Abbreviations100 Hz ...... ... Hertz IDE ..... ... Integrateddriveelectronics  in .......... Inches I/O ........ Input/Output IrDA .... ... InfraredDataAssociation I[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Abbreviations101 SMART .... Staticrandom-acc essmemory SRAM ..... Self-Monitoring,Analysisand Reporting Technology SVGA ...... Supervideographicsarr ay TFT ....... Thin-filmtransistor USB ...?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary102 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 is alternating current and needs to be changed b[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary103 timerequiredf o rthemicr oprocessortoget thedataitneed sfrom themainmemory bystoringr ecentlyaccesseddatainthecache. CardBus CardBus technology enables t he computer to use 32-bit PC Cards.[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary104 copieswithoutaccessingthedisk.This,inturn ,speedsupthe performance oftheapplication. A cache is a buffer for transferring disk sect ors in and out of RAM . Datastored inadisk cache[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary105 phosph ordots ontheback oft hescreen.Thep hosphordotsl ight upto showthe im age. LCDsuse a liquid-crystal  solutio nbetween two sheets of polarizing material. Electric current passing throu[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary106 POST POSTstandsforpower -onself-test.POSTisatestp erformedby thecomputerwhen everyouturn onthepower.POSTchecks systeminteg rity. RAM(randomaccessmemory) Thecomputer'ssystemmemo ry,including?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Glossary107 RGB Acolormo delgenerall yusedbydi splaydevi ces.Colors are desc ribed as am ixt ure ofRed , Gree nan dBl ue. TFT(thi nfilmtr ansistor )LCD A TFT LCD uses asepar ate transistor circuit to c[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual RecordingtheComputerHardwareConfiguration Recording the Computer  Hardware Configuration Inthespacesprovided,wr itetheSystemSetupprogramsettings.If your computer everloses configurationinfor mation,y oucan  enterthe [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual RecordingtheComputerHardwareConfiguration FastPIO1 Fast PIO2 FastPIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3/ DMA1 FPIO4/DMA2 UltraDMA: Mode0 Mode1 Mode 2 Di sable d MEMO RYCACH ESUB MENU MemoryCache: Enabled Disabled CacheExtended?[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual RecordingtheComputerHardwareConfiguration Parallelport: Enabled Disabled Auto Mode: Bi-directional Outputonly EPP ECP BaseI/O address: 378,IRQ 7 378, IRQ5 278,IRQ 7 278,IRQ5 3BC, IRQ 7 3BC, IRQ 5 DMAChannel: DMA1 DMA2 DMA  3 [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual RecordingtheComputerHardwareConfiguration SECURITYMENU Passwordonbo ot: Enabled Disab led Fixeddiskbootsector: Normal WriteProtect Disketteaccess: User Supervisor Viruscheckreminder:  Da ily Weekly Monthly  Disabled Systembackupreminder: Daily We[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index112 Numerics 32Bi tI/O field 49 A Abbre viatio ns 99 ACadapter 102 optional 9 1 using 7 voltage 7 Adjusting bright ness 10, 18 contrast 10, 18 displa y 10 Advancedmenu ,SystemSetup 50 Aut o/a irli ne ada pter 9 2 B Backingup software 88 Backlight key[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index113 24-bi t 69 32-bi t 69 depth 72 COMpor t 103 Confi guring computer 44 video fea tur es 69 Connectingp eripheraldevices 24 Contr ast adjus tme ntkeys 10 ,18 Convent ional memory 103 CPUBIOSUpdatefield 52 CRT/LCDkeys 17 Cursor control keys 16 Cylin [...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index114 H Harddriv e 104 configurin g 47 locking thebootsector 6 1 partitions 3 7 using 3 7 Hardwarespecifications 97 Headsfield 48 Hotswa pping 30 I Icons port 26 statusligh ts 20 IDEAdapter1field 47 IDEAdapter2field 47 Infrare d,troub leshooti ng 85 In[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index115 Passwords forf loppydr ive 61 onboot 6 1 over vie w 59 PCCard 16-bi t 75 32-bi t 75 Card Bus 75, 103 CardWiz ard 78 definition 105 installing 76 mai nta ini ng 76 remo ving 76 restmo de 78 slot 10 5 stoppi nginCar dWizard 78 troubles hooting 90 types 75 using 7[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index116 ScreenExpansionf ield 52 ScrollLock keys 17 light 21 Sector 106 Sectorsfield 48 Securityfeatures 5 9 SecurityMenu,SystemSetup 5 3 SerialportAfield 51 SerialportBfield 51 SetSupervis orPasswo rdfield 53 SetUserPasswordfield 53[...]

SamsungSN6000Se riesUser’sManual Index117 Volumecontro lkeys 17 W Wind ows98 2 7 accessingonlinemanual 2 changingt hevideodri ver 72 hotswappingexternalmodules 30 keys 16 PCCard 77 WindowsNT4.0 accessingonlinemanual 2 changing thevideo driver 73 PCCard 78 Z Zoomed[...]