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1. Highlightthe item you wantto change and pressthe pace barto change the setting The serialand IRportscan be set to COM 1 2 3 4 or Disabled COM Listhe default forthe serialconnector COM 2isthe default forthe IRport Youcannotchange fromthe gandard memory addressesand IRQs Serial de vicesin the PC MCIA sotsdefault to COM 3and 4 The parallel portisalwaysLPT1 but you may setitstype to AT nomal or Bi Directional EC P EPP The parallel portalso func tionsasa floppy disk drive port The portautomatically switc hesto thatfunction when you connectthe floppydrive The Power Management menu Highlight the POWER MANAG EMENTitem on the main menu and pressEnter POWER MANAGEMENT MENU Good CPU Speed Some delays in system response due to reduced use of system resources Maximum Battery Life Good Battery Life Higher CPU Speed Fewer delays in system response Full CPU Speed Minimum delays in system response due to reduced use of system resources Good Performance Maximum Performance Full CPU Speed No system resource delays User Settings Battery Menu to override the above settings User Settings AC Menu to set AC Power Management options Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Esc to EXIT Space bar or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings Returns to Main Menu The powermanagementmenuhasfourpresetbattery power settingsthat covermost
2. L Enterthe Setup program Fn sc and setthe power switch to ON OFF 2 Ext saving the change Esc then F10 3 Side the powerswitch to shutdown the sytem 4 Close the unitand tum itover Disconnectthe AC powerand remove the battery see page 7 6 Remove the memory expansion socket coveron the bottom ofthe unitto expos the socket 7 Make sure youare grounded to the computerbytouch ing the metal partofthe parallelorserialport 8 Carefully insertthe memory module into the socket It goesinonlyone way 9 Replace the memorysocketcover 10 Reinstallthe batteryand reconnectthe AC power 11 Tumthe computerright sde up and open the lid Push the powerswitch The Gateway 2000 Liberty restarts and automaticallyrecognizesthe new memory Ifthe memory test during start up showsenors orif the setup program showsthe wrong amountofmemory repeat the installation teps remove and replace the memorycard If the problem persists contact Gateway 2000forrepairor replacement Opening for memory module yoursmay look different Underside of system hinge at top Adding memory 24 Troubleshooting if yourG ateway 2000 Liberty ismi ehaving read through thissection before you callGatewa y 2000 Customer Sup port The problem maybe something ample thatyoucan quic kly solve yourself aand you may save yourselfsome time onhold Ifnothing here helpsyou callus The Wananty supplied with yourGateway 2000 Liberty
3. Anenormessage appearson the screen General Failure reading drive C Try rebooting a couple times Be sure the unitisn ttoo cold IFnothing works callG ateway 2000 CustomerSupport Non system disk ordisk enor reading drive A Youhave a non bootable dikin drive A the extemalfloppy diskdrive Remove itand pressanykey Bad command orfile name Youmayhave mistyped a DOScommand orthere maybe a bad command in the AUTO EXEC BAT file Retype the command If you know what you re doing edit the AUTOEXEC BATto correct the error OrpressF8during the bootand step through the bootcommands Ifyou don t know anything aboutthe AUTO EXEC BATfile find someone who canhelp you Forinformation on otherenormessages referto the DOS orWindowsmanuak Allofa sudden the system won tacceptmy password Checkthe indicatorsforCapsLock Num Lk and Pad Lk If any of them are on tum them off You can do thisbefore entering the password hentry retyping the password forgot my password Try to prevent this We made the password feature very secure and there isnoeasy wayto erase a forgotten pas word You have to retum yourGateway 2000 Liberty to Gateway 2000fora time consuming repair CallGateway 2000 CustomerSupport Orthink until you rememberit bought this thing because I wanted great perfor mance I m notimpressed Before you give up ememberthatmostnotebooksare set up to provide a reasonable compromise between battery life and
4. To openthe Gateway 2000Liberty hold inthe buttonon the front while you liftthe frontedge of the cover Adjust the screenfora comfortable viewing angle 7 Cover Latchon front push in The powerswitch isin the middle of the rightsde Side ittoward you to switch the Gateway 2000 Liberty on side ittoward you again to switch itoff Youcansetthis switch to be a true on off switch ora suspend resume witch Referto the section aboutthe Setup program The powerswitch only operateswhen the unit isopenso youdon tac cidentalydrainthe battery Howeverthere s anexception to this fyouconnectan extemalkeyboard and a monitor you can us the switch to powerup the sytem withoutopening it alm Power switch on right side slidetowardyou 4 Watch the x reen You lleithersee yourWindowsoper ating sytemimmediately orassorted messagesasthe system startsup and then loadsWindows Ifthe screenis dim adjustthe conta and brightnesscontrols That sit yourG ateway 2000 Liberty isready to use Operating modes m m On nomal operation We don tneed to explain this do we Sandby If you stop usng the keyboard and mouse fora while the screen goesblank the hard disk drive spins down and the leftmost LED islit ThisisStandby mode Presa key to resume nomaloperation Afterabouta minute ofina tivity the Gateway 2000 Libertyautomatt calygoesfrom Sandbyinto Suspend mode Suspend When you
5. To disable the Power Manager 1 Enterthe Contol Panel under Program Man agerin Windows Double click on the Powericon to open the PowerManagementutilty window Click on the Enable APM option once to re move the Xand disable the PowerManagement feature m m Understanding power management choices Video Timer Setsthe numberof minutesof inactivity thatelapse before the light behind the sc reen shutsoff Hard Disk Timer Determineshow long the hard disk motorrunsbefore shutting down The longerit runs the lessoften you waitforthe hard diskto spinup when you accessit However running the motorconsumespower IFyoursoftware ma kesfrequent hard diskaccesses set the spin downto a longertime Ittakeslesspowerto keep the disk going than to spin it up frequently For accessesthatare typicalytwo minutesormor apart set spin down to 30seconds Foraccesseslessthan two minutesa part setgoin down to one minute CPUPerformance the fasterthe computerruns the more poweritconsumes Maximum PowerSavingsrunsthe CPU at itsslow eg powersaving peed atalltimes Good PowerSavingsrunsthe CPUata moderate speed during use and atitslowest speed during periods ofinactivity Good Performance runsthe C PU at fullspeed dur ing use and atitslowest speed during periodsof inactivity Maximum Performancerunsthe CPU at full soeed atalltimes Standby Timer Determines how long the keyboard and otherinputand outputmustbe inactive
6. snotmuchyoucan do aboutthis the unitisvery wellprotected againstdatic electricity butanycomputerwillhang orrebootifitgets zapped Thisisinconvenient butaslong asyou remem berto save yourworkbefore closng the lid oroperating the powerswitc h you llneverlose anything Screen is blank butthe light on the battery is green and the drive lights blinked QO Tryadjusting the brightnessand contrastcontols O Givethe sytem enough time to fully boot to be sure the screen realyisblank The onlything on the xreen might be the C gt prompt whic hisinc ongpic uous QO Finally callGateway2000CustomerSupport The system boots from floppy disk but doesn t boot from hard disk The hard dikboottrackmay have been scrambled Itwas probablycaused bya tansentproblemsuch asgatic elec tricity orphysic alshock Try reinstalling the system fileswith the SYScommand asdest ribed in yourMSDOSmanual Ifthe hard diskstillwon tboot but youcan read data and otherfiles backup the filesand then reformatthe drive as described in the DOSmanual Restore yourdata and applications I changed my AUTOEXEC BAT or CONAG SYS file and now the computer won t restart QO ifyouhavea floppy drive you can bootwith itand the MSDOSdiskshipped with yourG ateway 2000 Liberty a PressF8brieflywhen the Starting MSDOS appears onthe screen aftera reset Thisallowsyou to step through the itemsin CONFIG SYSand AUTO EXEC BAT and choose whetherto run o
7. J joystick 12 K keyboard 10 11 Windows95 11 keyboard menu 21 keycaps 11 L largescreenlW 4 LCD 11 18 LCD amp CRT 18 LCDdigplay 8 LCDoverhead projector panel 16 lid closed 20 LPT1 19 MemMaker 27 Memory 7 memory 24 memoryexpanson socket 24 memorytest 24 nodem 16 17 18 26 27 monitor 10 16 Mouse buttons 8 mouse buttons 11 12 MTAA EXE 22 MTB EXE 22 MTATM EXE 22 MTDDRV EXE 22 MTI1 EXE 22 MTI2PEXE 22 MTSRAM EXE 22 N networkcard 22 Networkcards 27 networkPCMCIA card 3 notebook 4 nulmodem 16 Num Lk 8 11 28 Num Lock 8 11 numeric keypad 8 11 O on offswitch 6 10 P Pad Lk 8 11 28 pad Lock 8 pagedown 12 page up 12 paralelcable 16 Parallelport 6 17 parallelport 9 19 29 password 19 28 change 19 disable 19 Pause 11 PCMCIA 6 9 16 17 26 PCMCIA cards 23 PCMCIA connector 22 PCMCIA door8 PCMCIA modem 17 PMEXT SYS 28 Power 29 powercabk 25 Powercontrlpanel 14 powermanagement 14 19 28 Powerswitch 6 powerswitch 10 18 POWER EXE 29 printer 16 ProgramManager 13 15 27 projection panel 4 P9 2connector 6 PS 2mouse 3 Index 30 R RAM 4 reinstallC ard View 23 reinstallTranXit 17 Reset 10 Resetswitch 7 10 ROM BIOS 18 S scanner 17 serial port 16 ralcable 16 serialmouse 3 Serialport 6 seralport 19 tup menu 17 18 29 entering 17 18 29 kaving 18 selecting items 18 Setup program 18 gpacebar18 Speaker 11 Specs5 spreadsheet 4 SRAM
8. 2000 Liberty you own useit Take notesin meetings When you meet with the same group inthe future there snothing like loading the file from the lag meeting and checking to see ifeveryoodycompkted their actionitems J otdownthos ideasthatcome to youatodd moments You won thave to clutteryourmemory with lotsof andomideas thatmay ormaynottum outuseful Putthatbookyou re writing on it You can write when you have spare moments Geta modem download some magazne articlesfrom CompuServe orAmerica Online and use yourGateway 2000 Libertyasa book lfyourcompanyhasa conference roomwitha large screen monitororprojection panel youcan putyourpresentation in PowerPoint then use the VGA connectorto connectto the big screen andreallyhammerhome yourideas Suppos yourassociate acrossthe table ata meeting hasa Gateway 2000 Liberty Youcan us the IRfeature to commu nicate silently with eachother The Gateway 2000 Liberty isso snallthatitisn t distracting during a meeting like biggernotebooks and youcanplay Solitaire when the meeting getsboring try that with paper and pencill On the otherhand everyone may wantto admire it so don tbe afraid to show it off Welcome 4 Specs Specsare subjectto change withoutnotice orobligation Deng neht W xD xH 10 x8 x 1 6 4 1lbswith Lithium lon battery 4 2lbswith NiMH battery 78keys 94 sc ale providessame functionsasdandard 101 key Windows95ATkeyboa rd Backlit DSIN col
9. 22 SRAM card 22 SSM SFLSH SYS 22 Sandby 10 20 standby timer 20 Startup group 27 gatic electricity 24 25 subnotebook 4 Suspend 10 suspend 18 20 suspend timer 20 suspend resume switch 18 T TechnicalSupport 25 tic electricity 25 toolbar 13 Tranxit 16 troubleshooting 25 typematic functions 21 V VGA 8 video 18 video contolpanel 14 Video port 6 video timer 20 WwW WIN INI 27 WinCIM 27 Windows 4 12 22 Windows95 4 5 12 13 15 22 keys 11 word processing 4 Index 371
10. File Edit View Help F 3 ik F Oo 3 B Ag Ss MailandFax Network Date Time Accessibility Fax Options e 4 is i Agsu H Fonts Keyboard Passwords AddNew Sounds Add Remove Hardware Programs l a p S mo ya Qo o az a na Printers Regional Modems Mouse Multimedia tniii Settings CP Joystick Changes settings for your display Control Panel window yours may be slightly different Control Panel Settings W Help 7 OD Ce eo Fonts Parts Mouse Desktop Keyboard A a a e 8 a International Date Time Network Power Enhanced Drivers Fax Eg Sound Printers ChipsCPL Changes the Windows screen colors The Windows File Manager InWindows95 clickon the icon caled MyComputerto se where yourfilesare located Explore the differentmenusor referto yourWindows95 documentation foradditional information Hated bs mT WBSitert By Corpse fac Ifyou know DOS you are familia rwith the DIRcommand WindowsforWorkgroup sanswerto thiscommand isa powerfulprogramcaled the Fie Manager The Fie Managerhasan iconinthe Main group Double click onitsiconto open it Youcan sea listoffilesona drive by clicking onthe drive s iconin the toolbar Double clickona drive icon to opena second window Choose Tie inthe Window menuto place bothdrive windowsnextto each other Youcanscrollaround the file listing to see allthe fileson the drive Clicko
11. Q Consult Gateway 2000 or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment To meet FCC requirements shielded cables and power cords are required to connect this device to a personal computer or other Class B certified device Cautions and warnings CAUTION The internal lithium ion battery used in this device can present a danger of explosion or fire if the battery is incorrectly replaced Do not disassemble incinerate or heat above 60 C 140 F Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Discard used batteries promptly in accordance with battery manufacturer s directions and keep them away from children ATTENTION Il y a danger d explosion s ilya replacement incorrect dela batterie Remplacer uniquenment avec une batteries du meme type ou d un type recommande par le constructeur Mettre rebut les batteries usagees conformement aux instructions du fabricant CAUTION This equipment uses a grounded power cable Do not attempt to defeat the grounding prong Do not remove the grounding prong If you use a three prong adapter be sure to connect the ground wire toa good ground Replace the cord if it becomes damaged U S and Canadian replacement cords must be UL approved CSA certified in Canada type SPT 2 18 AWG 2 conductor cord with perm
12. read manuals Here are some items that you might not dis cover for yourself Oi Youcanenterthe Setup programatanytime by pressing Fn sc Do so and take a lookaround m Youdon thave to hutdown the computerwhen you plug orunplug something It supports hot swapping atevery connector A posible excep tion isa networkPCMCIA card some cannotbe removed and reinserted withoutlosng the con nection Thisisa problem with the network not the unit QO ifyouuse anextemalkeyboard youcanattacha serial mouse to the serial portand use itatthe sametime If your system has Windows 95 Youcanuse botha serialmouse and a PY 2mouse gmulta neougy If your system has Windows for Workgroups fyouattacha serialmouse the system detectsit automatically A serial mouse disablesthe EZPoint while itisconnected Ifyou connecta PS 2 mouse instead ofa key board you can still use the EZPoint with the mouse connected You getthe best battery life ifyoudo these Fullycharge thendischarge the battery by us ing it Wwicewhen you first get the sytem SetPowerManagement in the Setup program Fn sc to Maximum Battery Life Keep the backlightasdim aspossble the top sidernextto the screen allthe way down Many installation programsdon tworkwellwith powermanagement When you ingalanapplica tion froma floppy have the AC adaptercon nected so the systemdoes tenterSuspend mode Lookoverthe Some importantprogra
13. 2000 Liberty and another computer Ifyou connecta scannerorothertwo way device to the parallel port make sure the port isst for bidirectional operation Bring up the Setup programby holding downthe Fnkey and then pressing the Esc key Then go to the Port Assgnmentsection and setParalelPortType to B Direc tional Using a modem Amodem a practicaland versatie wayto exchange data and fileswith faxmachinesand computersat remote locations J u amp plug ina PCMCIA modem load yourcommunications software and awayyougo Note Do not use your PCMCIA modem on a digital phone line Modems convert digital signals into analog signals that are sent on normal analog telephone lines If you attempt to use a line that is already digital the modem will not work and could blow a fuse and become unusable If you are in doubt about the type of line you have ask your phone service supplier OK so it s not always quite that simple Here are some tips 4 When you plug in the modem you should heartwo beepsthat ascend in pitch Thisiscalled the happy beep fyoudon thearths somebodymayhave changed the PCMCIA software we loaded atthe factory Run CONFIG doesnotapply if you have Windows95 as descrbed onpage 22 QO Ifnotalreadythere add the following to the end ofthe EMM 386line in yourCO NFIG SYSfile doesnotapply if youhave Windows95 allonthe same line separated by spaces noems x c800 cbff x d000 dfff x ec00 efff 1 Ifthe mod
14. 22 and WindowsforWorkgroups3 11 on line gytemmanual and additonal appicationssoftware preloaded mager diskettesand manuatsincluded for everything exceptpromotional software packages Requires 100 240VAC 0 3A nominal adapterpowerssytemand charges batterysmulta neously Batterylife Qhagngcyae Certiicati NiMH 9 6VDC 1850mAh nic ketmeta hyd ride rechargeabk batterescanbe hot swapped withoutrebooting Rechargesin oroutof system system onoroff Lithium lon 10 8VDC rechargabk batterescanbe hot svapped withoutrebooting Rechargesin oroutofsystem system onoroff Conformsto APM 1 1 PermanentintemalLithiumion battery hokssysttem settingsabouta daywith batterypackremoved NiMH 17 76 watt hours lasts2 5 to over4 hoursin typicalusage underany Windowsenvironment fullyc harged battery latsabouttwo weeksin Suspend mode yourmileage mayvary Lithium lon 28 8 watt hours lasts4 5 to 6 hoursin typicalusage underanyWindows envionment Variesdepending on battery condition fullc harge usuallytakesaboutan hour FCC ClassB UL CSA TUV approved to IEC 950 EN60950 CE VCCI Specs Where it is what it does Outsice Front Shown closed press the button tounlatchthe lidwhile youopenit Power switch Slide it forwardto power unit onoroff This switch functionsonlywhen the unit is open or has a key board andmonitor attached Flip out fot Harddiskdrive Battery pack PCMC
15. CMCIA software is not in stalled We installed thissoftware atthe factory However if you reinstallWindows you also need to reinstallthe Windows PCMCI software Note Put the PCMCIA card into eithersocket The sytemdetectsthe card automatic allyin eitherlocation Using the PCMCIA software 22 1 Remove anyPCMC device thatmaybe inthe PCMCIA socket Putthe Gateway 2000 Liberty system diskette is inthe floppydrive 2 RunWindowsand openthe Program Manager Insertthe fourth sytem diskette labeled Card View Card Power into the floppy drive 3 SelectBunfrom the File menu 4 Type a setup and clickonOK PressEnterat each dialog boxto choose the defaults 5 Ifyou run EM M386 add the following addressrange to the EMMExclude line in the 386enh section of your SYSTEM INI file Create the line if it doesn t exist mmexclude d000 dfff 6 When the installation isfinished exitand restart Win dowsbefore youuse a PCMCIA device Ifyou everneed to reindallC ard View insertitsdiskette into the flop py drive and us File Run to un AA setup Detailed instructionson reinda llation are in the Software Reinstalla tion Guide Card View Perca Card View isa Windowsprogramthattelsyou whatPCMCIA cardsyou have installed ifany Keep itsicon in the Startup group if you ever use a PCMCI card Ifyoudon tuse the PCMCIA features ordon tneed to be hownwhatyou have installed you candrag the icon into an othergroup When
16. Card Viewisrunning youhave aniconin the lowerleft comerofthe screen thatshows whatisin each PCMCIA dot Card View Miodem Cardview Double clickonthisicon to enlarge itto a win dow and see more detailsaboutthe PCMCIA card asilugrated atthe top ofthe nextcolumn m CardView LJ Configure Notify Options Help P SYSTEMSOFT rst 807 MEGAHERTZ XJ124FM If the system starts up with CardViewfull size as shown open theOQotions menu and chooseRun Modem COM3 Pslot1 Empty Clickon Viewand you getevenmor details The program hasanextengve and usefulhelp function Advanced Card Information Manufacturer MEGAHERTZ pia IRQ Addressfes 2E8 2EF Line 3 Data Width 8 Bit Exclusive Yes Memory Window H Window Width Type Speed Memory Window 2 Window Width Type Speed Ifyou everneed to reindall Card View insertthe Card View diskette into the floppy drive and use File Run to unA setup Detailed instructionson reinstallation are in the Software Reinsiallation Guide Card Power Card Powerappearsautomatic ally wheneveryou dart Win dows ltmanagesthe powerrequirementsofPCMCI cards when the system isin Suspend mode Some PCMCIA cardsrequire constant powerto retain their settings Hence the sytem doesnot shutdown powerto the PCMCIA socket when a card isinthe socket Card Power allowsthe system to disconnectpowert
17. Cwi igeret ies etre Cori Cost igerst imo Miswi Cond bf areet bow Wh Card Cond gu ret toe Tard teeert ioe Pereectery Troubleshooting 26 5 Selectyourtype ofcard fromthe menu A screen for changing settngsappears The xreenfora modemcard isshown below Rates Card Coal prt COA Port Order DP Fert bef ities fuct Pert 2 fet i we ig teed Pert 4 fort 2 Oe Im Third Pert 3 fort gt mm i 5 Posti Pert 4 feet 4 D Img mort toe Order E Erabic Asije Gn fort maipasa he thee Santiaga Dedie Pg Indicate Corer aly 6 Change parametersasnecessaryto remove confictswith the restofthe system You can pressFrt sc atanytime to See the settingsin the Setup program Youcanalso view manysettingsbychoosng Resource Alocationfrom the Utility menu Bowes Alio meri vrese D forts i wed fox 1 1 ZL 15s 10r t 1 r 6 07 i D A Lasan l gt e r eu i i J Help Adel iat beens ZE OTT mare ioe a I ais ewe gt e rrr t i mnie i J 4 J My PCMCIA card stops working after the Gateway 2000 Liberty goes into Suspend mode Thismayhappenwhen usng communication programssuch asWinCIM in Windows Aftertyou pressthe resume button and enterthe password ifyou have one ifyou don thearthe happy beep indicating thatthe card hasbeenrecognized ejectthe card then reinsert t Restart the software Now it should work Networkcardsare a different matter Configure yourGate way 2000 Liber
18. Gateway 2000 Liberty User s Guide Copyright 1994 1995 Gateway 2000 610 Gateway Drive North Sioux City SD 57049 USA All rights reserved This book is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form without prior written consent from Gateway 2000 The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate However Gateway 2000 assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this manual In no event will Gateway 2000 be liable for direct indirect special incidental or conse quential damages resulting from any defect or omission in this manual even if advised of the possibility of such damages In the interest of continued product development Gateway 2000 reserves the right to make improvements in this manual and the products it describes atany time without notice or obligation Trademark acknowledgments AnyKey cow spot motif CrystalScan Gateway 2000 HandBook RIDE Store On A Disc TelePath stylized G design and motto You ve gota friend in the business are registered trademarks of Gateway 2000 ColorBook EZ Pad EZ Point Family PC Gateway 2000 Duoline Gateway 2000 Solo GW2K Liberty and Vivitron are trademarks of Gateway 2000 Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS MS DOS and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft C
19. IA door Flip out foot Flipitoutto See next page See next page Flip it down and Flipitoutto tilttheunit slide intothe tilttheunit for formore unit Seepage 9 more confort comfort soenen o E E tofitonlyoneway Connect a mouse or CERES Cee keyboardhere Flip out foot Shown flipped out One onthe other end too Flip out foot Shown flipped out Oneonthe other end too TRconnector Functions Serial port Func Parallelport Plugthe VGAport Connect likeaserial port COM2 tions likeaserial flagoydriveoranypar any standardmoni lt n port COM1 allelcevicshere torhere We e ey etre g Underside These picturesshow the undersde of the unit with the hinge atthe top Memory compartment Shown with the cover off Don t openunless you are add ingmemory Followthe directions else where inthismanual or the instructions that come with the memory module Reset switch Press witha pen toothpick or unbent pa perclip Usethis reset when resetting fromthe keyboard doesn t work Infommationplacard The exact model num ber of your Gateway 2000 Liberty andits serial number are markedhere When thebattery is out of the unit youcan plugtheACc adapter intothe battery here Battery pack inside Harddrive insick Harddrive release Systemauto matically enters Suspendwhen you slide the release away fromthe hirge When you reins
20. J PS Break Fn F5accessesthe Breakfunction QC Fe PrtSc Fn F6accessesPrint Screen a F7 SysRq Fn4F7accessesSystem Request Speaker O P9 NumLk Fn F9 accessesthe Num Lock function Now ifyou hold down the Fnkeywhik youtype a keypad key you getthe function ofthe blue labelontop yang P Important Nevertry to remove the key Mouse buttons left andright 0 FIO Pad lk Fn F10changesthe keypad keysto their board keycaps you llbreakthe keyboard l i cursormovementfunctions Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty if Cursor movement keys The anowkeysexpand to page up page down home and end if you hold down the Fnkey while you pressthe appro priate arrow key Yougetthe cursormovementsnomally associated with shifted numeric keypad keysby holding downfn while you pressthe key The EZ Point The eraser shaped button juga bove the Enterkey called the EZPoint workslike a joystick Puta fingeron itand tilt it the direction you wantthe pointeron the x reento go The harderyou tit the fasterit moves The pointeristhatanow that movesaround the screen in Windowswhen youtiltthe EZPoint The two long diagonal buttonsin the frontofthe keyboard are the leftand right EZPoint mouse buttons A lotof first time usersforgetabout these buttons they pointatsome thing they want butthen pressthe Enterkey Usually the wrong thing happenswhenyoudo this Rememberthatafter pointing at something with the EZPoint you selectitby pressing the left mou
21. ake long orus much powerto reactivate and Suspend savesbattery power Youmayhave heard aboutusng POWEREXEforpower management don t The powermanagementfeatures builtinto the unit work betterthan POWER EXE Go the Poweroption in the Windowscontrol panel Make sure thatpowermanagementissetto Advanced InWindows the fewerapplicationsyou have open the fewerdiskaccessesthe sytem makes Don tgetin the habitofautomaticallyopening everypossbke application you might use just open the onesyou need Consderusing Microsoft Worksinsttead of Word and Excel the filesa re compatible and Worksrequiresfewer memory swapsto the hard disk reducing diskaccesses and saving power DOSand Windowsconsume the same amountofpower However because DOSina window hasbettermemory managementthan regularDOS youcansometimesre duce dixkaccessesby running DOSprogramsina DOS window within Windows intead of directly from DOS Disk acc essestake lotsof power so anything that re ducesthemlengthensbattery life Use the Contrast nofthe Brightnessc ontrolto adjust the screen Keep the brghtnesscontolsetlow My screen looksa litte dark in Windows Thissoften caused bysomeone changing the Colorsettings in the WindowsControl Panel To change colorsettingsin Windows95 double clickonthe the Displayic on in the Control Panel Clickon the Appear ancetab Selectthe option labeled WindowsStandard To change colorsettingsin WindowsforWorkgroups double cli
22. am hold downthe Fnkey and pressthe Esc key The main menuappears O To leave the Setup program pressEsc one ormore times untila message appearsa Xing ifyouwantto save the changes Then pressFLOto save and ext orEsc to exit without sa ving When changing portsettings press Fn Alt Del to rebootthe system Thisallowsthe sys temto fully integrate the new settings Getting around in the Setup menu The Setup program showsalthe instruc tionsyou need to get around initatthe bottom ofthe x reen butifyouneed a little help getting started here are some tips OY PressanAnowkey orthetabkey to move the highlight from item to item QO ifanitemhastwo ormore choices pressthe Spacebar to rotate the choic esuntil the desired choice ishigh lighted The choicesrotate the otherway if you press the BkSp key QO PressEnterto move one leveldeeperinto a seriesof related menus However ifthere isno deepermenulevel available from the menuon the screen pressing Enter movesyoubackourone evel J PressEsc to backoutone menu level The Setup settings Date and time Thisitem ishighlighted when you enterthe Setup program L Pressthe Spacebarto move to the time editing area 2 Type the time you wantoruse the Rightand LeftAnow keysto move to a specific numberyouwantto change PressEnterwhen the time iswhat you want Setting the date worksthe same way Use the Arrow to move to the word Date first 4 HDD The Gateway 2000 Liberty
23. anently attached NEMA type 5 15P plug at one end and a permanently attached connector body on the other Cord length may not exceed 15 feet Outside the U S and Canada the cord must be rated for at least 250VAC at 10 amps and must indicate international safety agency approval The plug must be a type appropriate for the country of use Obtain replacement cords at an authorized service center The replace ment must be of the same type and voltage rating as the original cord WARNING Always plug the cord into an easily accessible outlet near the equipment so that unpluging the cord is an easy way to shut off power Do not attempt to disassemble the AC adapter The AC adapter has no user replaceable or serviceable parts inside The AC adapter has dangerous voltages that can cause serious personal injury or death Return defective AC adapters to Gateway 2000 The AC adapter is intended for use with a computer Both must meet EN 60950 Sicherheitshinweise VORSICHT Explosionsgefahr bei unsachgemdfem Batteriewechsel Originalbatterien nur durch gleiche oder vom Hersteller empfohlene Batterien ersetzen Gebrauchte Batterien an Gateway 2000 zur cksenden CAUTION DO NOT OPEN NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE ATTENTION NEOUVRIER PAS PARTIS REPARABLES UNIQUEMENT L USINE VORSICHT NICHT FFNEN ENTH LT KEINE VOM BENUTZER ZU WARTENDEN BESTANDTEILE VORSICHT Diese Ausr stung verwendet ein geerdetes Netzkabel Den Erdungskontakt
24. art methods The keyboard 1 Windows 95 keys 1 Double use keys 1 Keys with Fn 1 Numeric keypad 12 Cursor movement keys 12 The EZ Point Using Windows 12 Customizing Windows B The Windows Control Panel B The Windows File Manager B What s File Run 4 Some important programs 4 BattStat 6 Card View 6 Card Power 6 Exiting Windows Talking to the outside world The floppy disk drive The serial port The IR port The parallel port Using a modem Preventing loss Using the Setup program 18 Entering and leaving the Setup program 18 Getting around in the Setup menu QVAVRS BH 3 18 The Setup settings 18 Date and time 18 Startup boot drive 18 Display 18 Power switch The Password menu Pp If you lose your password The Port Assignment menu The Power Management menu 20 Understanding power management choices The Miscellaneous menu The Keyboard menu Using the PCMCIA software 22 Adding anew PCMCIA device 22 Windows PCMCIA software 23 Card View 23 Card Power 24 Adding memory 24 Installing the memory upgrade 25 Troubleshooting 25 Startup 26 Communications 27 Memory 28 Miscellaneous 30 Index NNN We avoided using jargon in this book but a certain amount is inevitable If you look in the Gateway 2000 group in Windows you ll find a dictionary of computer terms and jar gon If you encounter a word in this book that you don t understand you can look it up there If you don t
25. ateway 2000 Liberty 13 Some important programs Some programsare shipped with yourG ateway 2000 Liberty thatdeserve specialmention Inthe Control Panel group isa control panelicon labeled Power Double clickonitto open it Setthe powermanage mentto Advanced ffitisnotalreadythere Power Properties z7 x Power Power management LL SnnUOnEEE Z Enable battery meter on taskbar l Show Suspend command on Start menu Always Never Ony Advanced Power Management Powercontrol J APH EJ Enable APM ac AML fat E Power ttery Guage Icon inControl PC is currently battery powered Panel window i Full Set this ON In WindowsforWorkgroupsyou also geta video control panelthatworksin addition to the video setting available in the Setup program It scalled ChipsCPL Choose the To locate the window to change the LC Ddisoplayin Windows 95 clickon Settings C ontrol Panel and Display settings you want then restart Windows iais Pipeta Ed Background Screen Saver Appearance Settings i A virtual desktop iswhen you see CHIE 800 x 600 pixelsata time but you canscrollaround a largerarea by ChipsCPL moving the pointeragainstthe edge Icon in control ofthescreen panel window 3 Color palette Desktop area Youget avirtual desk ies FE ixels topwithany size over ra aaa ae neared eee 640 x 480 if
26. before it automaticalyentersSandbymode Gandbyshutsoffthe screen backlightand spinsdown the hard drive Ifyou make infrequententresbutwantto have the computer ready insta ntaneoudy forexample taking notesata meeting setthe Sandbytimerto a longertime 4 Suspend Timer Determineswhethercomputerenters Suspend mode automatically Ifyou setitto Enable Suspend dartsautomaticalyabouta minute afterSandby begins Suspend shutsoffthe screen entirely syinsdown the hard drive savesthe contentsofmemory and pow ersdown the CPU Once the system isin Suspend mode the only way to tum itbackon isto pressthe power wich Brightness Determineshow much powerisc onsumed bythe backlightlamp Even though itisasefficientas curenttechnology can make tt itconsumesa lotof powercompared to a computerchip The dimmer the lesspowerit uses Lid Closed Determineswhathappenswhen you shut the lid Suspend savesthe most power but you must pressthe suspend resume button to reactivate the com puterwhen you openthe lid tandby only requiresyou to pesa key Backlight Offsavesthe leastpower but allowsthe computerto continue whateveritisdoing suchasprinting performing a large calculation ordown loading Ifyou have the powerswitc hsetto ON OFFand Lid Closed setto Suspend you can ill use the power switch to resumewhen you first open the lid The rest ofthe time itisan on off switch Using the Setup program 20 The Miscellaneous menu To use the Mis
27. c ellaneousmenu highlight the MISC HLA NEOUS item on the main menu and pressEnter The Keyboard menu To use the Keyboard menu highlightthe KEYBOARDitem onthe main menu and pressEnter MISCELLANEOUS MENU Low Battery Beep DISABLED Wake Up Alarm DISABLED 12 00 am KEYBOARD SETUP MENU Key Switch Caps Ctrl KEYBOARD TYPE TYPEMATIC DELAY TYPEMATIC RATE Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Esc to EXIT Space har or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings Returns to Main Menu Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Esc to EXIT Space har or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings Returns to Main Menu C1 LowBattery Beep When enabled causesthe sytem to beep atyou when the battery getslow Thisisa good safetymeasure T Wake Up Alam Startsthe unit at the time you set and makesitbeep Thisenablesyou to use yourcom puterasa veryexpensve ala mclock butitisalso handy ifyouneed to automatic allyiransmitfilesata c ertaintime The unitshutsdown automatic ally aftera certain period ofinactivity Pressthe Spacebarto exc hange the function ofthe Ctland CapsLockkeys When youhave the setting you want press EnterorEsc You retum to the main menu and the Caps Lockand Ctrlkeysassume the postionsyou set Pressthe Up or Down Anow key to accessthe lowerpart ofthe screen T Keyboard Type Togglesbetween US and Europe C1 Typematic Dela
28. ckon the Coloricon in the Control Panel Itlookslike three crayons Selectthe option labelled WindowsDefautt from the drop down list It s usually first in the list I can tinstall new software from the floppy disk drive the computerkeepshanging Powermanagementdoesn tmixwell with Windowssetup programs When you indalla new application froma floppy dik it sbestto have the AC Adapterconnected hooked up a scanner to the parallel port and in stalled its software but can tmake it work The parallel portisprobably notsetforbidirectionalmode which isrequired formany scanners Bring up the Setup program byholding down the key and then pressng the Esc key Then go to the PortAssgnmentsectionand setthe parallel port to B Directional The battery indicator glows bright red when I plug in the AC Adapter The adapterhasdetected a fault condition Ususallya plug is loose Unplug allthree plugsand then plug theminagain The indicatorshould gloworange now I don t like the EZ Point Be honestnow how muchtime have you pentusng it OK now how long did ittake you to leam how to rde a bicycle Seriousy give ita chance Ittakesmostpeople several hours to getit butonce theydo theylike it Troubleshooting 29 Index A AC adapter 36890 6DAB OL 26 arow keys 12 AW hard drive 22 AUTO EXEC BAT 15 autoexec bat 25 B backup copies 17 backlight 29 Battery 7 19 28 batterycharger8 batterylife 4 Ba
29. clos the lid ifso configured dide the powerswitch orjutwaitlong enough the Gateway 2000 Liberty switc hesto Sussend mode Suspend mode usesalmost no power but it keeps yourwork right where you leftoffforup to three weeks saving you the inconvenience of rebooting when youare readyto use the Gateway 2000 Liberty again The computerako suspendswhen you move the switch thatreleasesthe hard drive orthe battery If the serial port is active the unit does not sus pend even if you shutthe lid Thisprotectsfile transfers Butitalso meansyou should close notjustminimize the IRfile transfersoftwa re when you re notusing it To leave Suspend mode dide the powerswitch The Gateway 2000Liberty esumesexactly wher youleftoff Justto be safe however we recommend thatyoualways save any data you don twantto lose before you enter Suspend mode You don tneed to ext yourprograms In mostWindowsappications jugo to the File menu and sekectSave Total shutdown You can set the powerswitch to compktely shutoffthe computer Inthe Setup program reached by pressing Fnt sc When itissetto ON OFF the computerrebootswhen you switchiton Restart methods You seldom need these butyou should know how m Cth AltDel Also known asthe three fingered salute Pressthese three keyssmulta neously Ifitwasa typical hang the computerwillredart Fn AlttDel This isthe equivalent to pressing the reset button ona desktop system Ifthe sytem hangsba
30. cts to the com Light is lit wheneveradapterispluggedin Power cord Unplugs fromthe adapter soyoucan switchtoa Furqpeanstylecordifnecessary AC adapter The square plug connects to a Gateway 2000 Liberty battery pack it can simultaneously power the system and charge the bat tery in about an hour or you can charge one battery away from the computer while an other one runs the unit The AC power cable is remov able As long as you have a power cable with a connector that fits the local wall out let you can connect the adapter to any power source between 100 and 240 VAC the AC adapter adjusts automatically F Drive cable Connects the drive and parallelport Theport autaratically detects that it snot aprinter y Slide button Ejectsdiskette Where it is what it d s 9 Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty Yor firsttine L The Battery pac kmay be dead whenwe dip the sytem from the factory so the firttime you use the Gateway 2000Liberty connectthe AC adapterto the computer Go ahead and use the sytemwhik the adaptercharges the battery itchargesjustasfastwhetheryou use the system ornot taking aboutan hour look forthe charger lightto change froomorange to green The adaptercan notovercharge the battery We recommend that you run the battery allthe way down then fully recharge ittwice The battery gauge software willbe more accurate and battery life will increase greatly
31. desc ribesseveralwaysto contact us froma traditionalvoice telephone callto a message on CompuServe orAOL 1 The system is dead Battery lightis notlit no whining noise from hard disk Indic ator lights below the screen are not lit T Isthe battery charged Plug in the AC adapter The computerdoesworkifthe battery isdead QO Isthere poweratthe outlet Plug something you know worksinto the outlet Ifitdoesn twork suspecta faulty walloutletorblown circ uitbreakerorfuse 1 Could something have damaged the powercable suchasa big yankorgetting caughtin something QO isthe AC adapterfunctioning Plug inthe AC adapter Ifthe indicatoronthe AC adapteritself notthe one on the battery lightsup the adapterisgetting AC Ifthe battery indicatordoem tglow green ororange tyan otherbattery Ifitdoemtworkeither the AC adapteris defective Ifjustone ofyourbatteriesdoesy tglw greenororange whenconnected to the AC adapter that battery is defective The AC outlet AC adapter and battery check out OK but the Gateway 2000 Liberty is still dead Try pushing the reset button on the bottom ofthe computer with a toothpickorunbent paperclip A ballpointpen works butit may gum up the switch with ink Afterreset ting be sure to waitfora fullbootcycle itcan take a long time The system is hung when I attempted to reactivate with power switc h m Ifthisproblemhappensveryrarely itmightbe caused by a gatic electricity discharge There
32. dly enough youmay need to do this Resetswitc h on bottom ofcomputen f you don t realze the computerhashung you may keep typing until the keyboard bufferdoesn ttake any more keystrokes then Fn Alt Del won t work Ifthat happens orif you feel betterdoing an actual hardware reset pressthe reset button onthe bottom ofthe system witha pen toothpick or paperclip Nothing happens at first then the screen flashesa couple of times Eventually a memorytes dartsand you re backin busnes Superreset The reset button doesn t workif the lid is closed ifyoueverwantto force a resetno matterwhat hold in the reset button and flip the powerswitch Reset switch Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty 10 The keyboard The Gateway 2000 Liberty keyboard isnotmuch different Numeric keypad Some regularkeyshave extra labelsontheirtops These keys amp IFA 9 fromany otherc omputerkeyboard you ve used inthepas canfunctionasa numeric keypad 7 8 b However there area few featuresyou should know about f To use the numeric keypad lu OY PressFn Num Lk key so itsindicatorlightison Now U D Windows 95 keys whenyou hold down the Fn key you getwhatthe blue J K L Two keyshave been assigned asWindows95 shortcut keys labelsonthe topsofthe keysindicate 1 2 2 5 Pressthe keywith the Windowslogo to automatically clickon a ifyouwantthe keysto actasa numeric keypad without r 9 the gart button in Windo
33. e a little battery with a rulerunderit The ruler showshow much poweryouhave left The icon a changesfrom green to orange to red asbat E att5tat terylife decreases Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty 14 Minimizebutton BattStat hd 4 GATEWAY 2000 Battery Status 5 ES EJ Always On Top EJ Start Minimized To see an enlarged view ofthe battery rulerand a few settings double clickoneithericon If yoursystem sta rts up with BattStatla rge like this clickon the StartMinimize button to create the icon When you plug orunplug the AC adapter the iconchanges afterabouthalfa minute when the software checksthe gatusofthe battery Ifyou everneed to reinstall BattStat only operational in WindowsforWorkgroups copy BATISIAT EXE from the Cardpowerdisette onto the hard drive thenc eate anicon foritin the Startup group Card View PEMICIA WindowsforWorkgroupshasan excellent and easyto use utility called Card View that showsyou whatPCMCIA cardsyouhave in Card View galled ifany Itisdesc ribed onpage 23 Card Power POHICIA WindowsforWorkgroupshasa utility called ie Card Powerwhich preventsproblemscaused byPCMCA cardswaniting to operate whenthe Card Power system wantsto enterSuspend Itisdescribed onpage23 Exiting Windows ForWindows95 1 Closeanyprogramsthatare running 2 Clickonthe Startbutton The Windows95 menu ap pears 3 Clickon the ShutDown item atthe bottom You are axed
34. emsiildoem twork Se the troubleshooting communicationssection nearthe end ofthisbook eleba 4 Fary Odem A dependable fast and inexpensive PCMCIA modem Preventing loss Ifyou ar a portable computeruser you probably already know this butwe re going to mention itanyway 1 Make backup copiesofyourdata files 2 Sorebackupsina safe place 3 Becarefulaboutwhere you keep yourGatewa y 2000 Liberty so itwon tgetstolen 4 Ifyoutravel encryptyourdata files Ifitgetsstolen they sillcan tgetyourdata Strange but tue Ourtechniciansfield phone callsfrom time to time forsup portofwhattumsoutto be a tolen computer Sometimes the culpritactua ly identifieshimselfand givesa valid address We suggest therefore thatyou notify G ateway 2000assoon aspossible if yourG ateway 2000 Liberty iseverlost or stolen We mightbe able to help Talking to the outside world 17 Using the Setup program The Setup program isbuilt right into yourGateway 2000 Liberty ina partcalled the ROM BIOS You use itto make changesthataffectthe waythe Gateway 2000Liberty works Some of the things you can c hange oradjust with the Setup menu O Thesytem password Powermanagementsettings m T Serialand paralelportassgnments O Thesytemdateand time Entering and leaving the Setup program Youcanenterthe Setup program while running mopio grams don trun itwhile you re using the modem Then O Toenterthe Setup progr
35. end a fax Some communicationsprogramsare written to coexist peacefully with fa xsoftware You mighttry one ofthese Ican tmake my PCMCIA modem work Be sure the regionsC 800 C BFF DO00 DFFF and EC 00 EFFF are excluded in the EMM386 line in CONFIG SYS Lookin the file and see if the EMM386 line hasx c800 CBFF etc in it Ifyou purchased a PCMCIA device with your Gateway 2000Liberty thishasalready been done Note Do not use your PCMCIA modem on a digital phone line Modems convert digital signals into analog signals that are sent on normal analog telephone lines If you attempt to use a line that is already digital the modem will not work and could blow a fuse and become unusable If you are in doubt about the type of line you have ask your phone service supplier My PCMCIA card stopped working Did you make anychangesto the PCMCIA software Ifso you may need to reconfigure the PC MCIA software If you know thisisn tthe problem youmayhave smplychanged yoursystem configuration Each time you change sytem configuration such asmaking a change to yourEM M386 settings you need to run CONFG only appliesto Windows forWorkgroupsuse s again To run CONFIG 1 Regartthe system by pressing M AlttDel 2 Ifnecesay exit Windows type cd cardsoft and pressEnter 3 Atthe DOSprompttype config and pressEnter 4 Choose EditC onfiguration from the File menu A listoftypesofcardsappears Fie Whitey Tre Ir gt Diit
36. ere are some ways OY Attachthe floppydrive and copyyourfile onto a floppy take thisfloppy diskto anothercomputer T Attacha printerto the parallel port print yourwork QO Usa seralorparallelcable orthe IRconnectorto connectthe Gateway 2000Libertyto anothercomputer then us file transfersoftware to exchange filesbetween the two computers 4 Use a PCMCIA modemto communicate with another computerovertelephone linesora cellularphone you cansend yourworkasa data file orfaxitto another computerorfaxmachine O Use anEthemetcard to connectthe Gateway 2000 Liberty to youroffice network 4 Connectthe Gateway 2000Libertyto anLC Doverhead projectorpanelorvideo display through the video port Printing yourworkisprobably eases provided yourrecipi entissatisied witha papercopy Exchanging filesona floppy diskisthe handiestwayto move youractualdata a fax modemcard isa co second Ifyou do a lotofexchanging offilesbetween yourGateway 2000 Liberty and anotherc omputer we recommend the Tranxitfile transfersoftware and the included IRconnector Infrared communicationisa new technologythat provides wirelessfile transfer tshould be more convenientand easer to use thancables Youcanusea seralorparalelcabk too Ifyou make a habitofthissortofexchange consderconnect ing to youroffice network with a PCMCIA Ethemetcard thissortoftransferisunbelievably fast The floppy disk drive Use the flop py disk drive justasyou would on any other compute
37. ere in yourprogramisan option to configure the COM port Make sure itissetforCOM 3 Sometimes have a problem transmitting faxes with my Gateway 2000 Liberty and a PCMCIA modem Youmayhave bettersucc essif you disable the PowerMan agementfeature onyourcomputer 1 Enterthe Contol Panelunder Program Man agerin Windows 2 Double click on the Powericonto open the PowerManagementutilty window 3 Clickon the Enable APM option once to re move the Xand disable the PowerManagement feature 4 Complete yourfaxtransmisson You don tneed to rebootwindowsbefore faxing The change in the PowerManagementutiityautomaticallytakes effect 5 Aftercompleting yourfax retum to the Power Managementutiity and clickonce onthe Enable APM option to enable the PowerManagement feature Ifyou continue to experience problems contact Gateway 2000Portables Technical Support Sometimes when I try to send a fax itcan t find my modem even though justused ita couple of minutes ago with another program Do youhave anothercommuntatioonsprogramloaded Com municationsprogramstend to seize complete contolofthe system sCOM portwhen you load them When the next communicationsprogram say yourfa xa pplication comes along the first program won tletgo of the COM port In technicalterms we callthis device contention There isno elegantsolution to thisproblem The eas eg thing to do isto close allcommunicationsprogramsbefore youtry to s
38. ert adrive system asks if you insertedthe same or a different drive If you inserteda different drive pressF 1lwhen prompted The systemreboots and you loose any unsaved data If you reinserted the same drive pressF 3to continue Awarning appears If youreallydidreinsert the same drive pres 3again Donot tel it that thedriveisthe sarmeoneifitisn t Battery release System auto matically enters Suspendwhen you slidethe releasetowardthe hinge Youcan slide thebattery out af ter you release it Youcan leave the battery out for about a day without loosing data inmemory Where it is what it does 7 Insice LOD display A backlit LCD screen displays 800 x 600 x 256 color SVGA supports virtual screen uo to 1024 x 768 x 256 Clean dust EE E E B E E fromthe screen oocasionally with a a i i z313 Z cloth dampen it VERY slightly a3 e to rerove fingerorints Avoidtouch AREN lt ing the screen it can scratch adif you sit cn it or hit it harden it Nbek Contrast and bright ness Slidetooperate Sliding the upper con trol down all the way saves some power Howto use the EZ Point Put any finger on top of the eraser andpush it the way youwant the pointer togo Your thumb falls naturally over themouse buttons Numik Ifthislightis PadIk Ifthislightislit lit holddowFnandyou hold dowrFnand you get the get the numbers onthe cursormovement fu
39. factoryworkwithmosmodem network and SRAM cards If you re installing a network card use the network driver supplied with the card butnotthe PC MCIA software sup plied with the card The following information appliesonly to Windowsfor Workgroupsusers To enable drivers for new devic es 1 Use any editorto open the CONFIG SYSfile You will see severallinesthat start with REM DEVIC EHIG H 2 Delete the REM from whic heverlinesapply to your new device Referto the following descriptions This list explainsthe PC MCIA linesin the CONFIG SYS including the onesthatwe didn tput REM in frontof QO SSCIRRUS EXE Enablesthe system to communicate with the soc ket Thisfile isalwaysnec essary T CSALLOC EXE Managescard IRQ memory and ad dress Thisfile isalwaysnecessary T ATADRV EXE G eneric hard disk driver Only neces sary ifyouuse anATA hard drive card MTAA EXE ForAMD Type A flash memory card MTAB EXE ForAMD Type Bflash memory card MM11 EXE For Intel Series 1 flash memory card MT2P _EXE ForintelSeries2 or2plusflash memorycard MTATM EXE Foran AMTELflash memory card MTSRAM EXE Generic RAM card driver Necessary only ifyou use anSRAM card OD COCCO O MIDDRV EXE Nec essary only if you use a flash oran FAM card 1 SSMSALSHSYS Necessary only ifyou use a flash card QO CARDID EXE Id entifiesthe card to the system This fie isalwaysnec essary 3 Saveandextthe editor reboot N
40. hard disk So allGateway 2000Liberty configu ratonshave 8MBdandard and youcantipk thatif youwant to obtain the best possible battery life while running large applications Here are some more features you should know about 4 Crashprotection onthe road Whatdo you do ifthe system filesgo bad when you don thave the floppydrive handy J ustenterthe Setup programand setEmergency boot See page 18 upperrightcomer QO Hard drive removalsafety Lotsof portableslet you remove the hard drive butonlythe Gateway 2000 Lib erty preventsdamage ordata lossbyautomaticall forc ing a suspend when you remove the diive QO BetterSuspend You can u yourcomputerrightuntil the battery dies Then you stillhave three daysto find powerbefore you lose data Ifthe battery isfull ugend laststwo weeks QO ReallRconnectivity IRdoes tdo youmuchgood if you have nothing to connectto We include a connectorfor yourdesktop system QO Bg screen Notonlyisthe x reena big 10 4 inches butit sup ports resolutions up to 1024 x 768 with a virtual destop Seepagesl14and 18 Ifyou use Microsoft Worksasyourword processing pead sheetnumbercrunching and database managementtooland if you frequently off load yourfilesto yourdesktop sytem you llprobablyneveroutgrow the tandad 340MBhard dix butif you use full powera pplic ationslike Mic rosoft Office Professional and ifthe Gateway 2000 Liberty isyourmain sytem you lappreciate having a 720MBdrive WhicheverGateway
41. ifyou wantto shutdown the computer 4 ClickonYes A screenappearstelling you itisnow safe to powerdown yoursystem Shut Down Windows x RI Are you sure you want to C Restart the computer Restart the computer in MS DOS mode C Close all programs and log on as a different user In WindowsforWorkgroups 1 Closeanyprogramsthatare running 2 Clickonthe File pull down menu option in the Program Managerwindow The Fle menuappears 3 Click on the exit Windows item at File Options Window Help the bottom Youare New asked if you wantto Open Enter end your Windows _ Move F sesson Copy Fa Delete Del a E aie Properties Alt Enter which lookslike this Run C gt Exit Windows Ifyou are running WindowsforWorkgroupsin conjunction with MS DOS when you reset yourGateway 2000 Liberty it loadsDOS Then the system looksforthe CONFIG SYSand AUTOEXEC BATHiles and executesthe commandsitfinds inthem Forinformation aboutthese filesand how to edit them referto the MS DOS User s Guidemanualincluded with yoursystem Ifyou do something to eitherof these filesthat preventsthe computerfrom darting up youcanbypassthem by pressing F5 orstep through them by pressing F8 briefly when Starting MS DOS appearson the screen aftera reset When you reset yourLiberty Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty LS Talking to the outsice world Computerusers need t getinfo out H
42. key to CHANGE Settings Enter to GO TO other Menus Esc to EXIT Youcansetthe powerswitch onthe Startup boot drive Highlight the Boot Drive item Pressthe Spacebarto select one ofthree choices 4 FDD HDD the Gateway 2000Liberty boksfora floppy to bootfrom and if itdoesn tfind one itlooksforthe hard drive right side ofthe unit to operate asa tue on off witch in which case you bootup when you start up orasa suspend re sume switch you resume right where you leftoff Ifyou sta rt with a fullbattery the sytem lastsabouttwo weeksin Sus pend mode Set this to ON OFF when you up grade the memory Using the Setup program 18 The Password menu Highlight the PASSWORD item on the main menu and pressEnter Then PASSWORD SETUP MENU iieo reece WARNING thts IF A PASSWORD IS ENABLED YOU CANNOT USE YOUR SYSTEM WITHOUT ENTERING THE CORRECT PASSWORD DO NOT FORGET YOUR PASSWORD A FORGOTTEN PASSWORD CAN ONLY BE CLEARED BY AUTHORIZED SERVICE PERSONNEL SEE THE USER S MANUAL Enter TO PROCEED SELECT ONE DISABLE ENABLE CHANGE Esc to EXIT Returns to Main Menu Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Space bar or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings 1 Ifa password isnot already set the ENABLE item is highlighted PressEnter 2 Type a password and pressEnter You can enteras manyaseightcharacters The charactersdo
43. manyyearsofrelia ble service However you ould give it the same reasonabk care and protectionthatyouwould any otherelectonic equipment Damage caused bydropping the Gateway 2000 Liberty impactwithanotherobject orimmer gon in liquidsisnotcovered by the warranty Neverexpose the Gateway 2000 Liberty to rain now ormoisure Avoid locationswith high levelsof dirt dust orsnoke Colophon This manual was created electronically with a Gateway 2000 486DX2 66 computer system MS DOS 6 22 Windows for Workgroups 3 11 Page Maker 5 0 CorelDraw 5 0 Adobe Type Manager 3 01 and Adobe Post script fonts including Stone Sans Eras Book Myriad Headline Insignia Gill sans and Giddyup Thangs Inour effort to use nature s resources efficiently and wisely Gateway 2000 prints all manuals on recycled papers that meet the minimum requirements established by the Federal EPA in its guidelines for recycled paper products Printed in the United States of America Gateway 2000 Gateway 2000 Liberty User s Guide Part SYSMANO12ADUS 10 95 Thank you for purchasing this Factory Service Manual CD DVD from servicemanuals4u com Please check out our eBay auctions for more great deals on Factory Service Manuals Servicemanuals4u ooh aR If you don t read manuals Welcome Specs Where it is what it does 6 Outside 7 Underside 8 Inside 9 Attachments Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty 0 Your first time 1 Operating modes 0 Rest
44. ms c tion darting onpage 14 If you want to do file transferswith the IR port read the section about IRfile tansfersbeginning onpage 16 Welcome The Gateway 2000 Liberty wasbom fromthe beliefthata notebookcomputercould be mallenoughto cany any where easlyand silbe able to do whateveryouwantto use a computerfor We thinkwe made a real omputerso small and usefulthatyou llend up taking iteverywhere In creating thissecond generation notebook we tried to antic ipate the needsofrealusers Everyone atGateway2000 involved with the Gateway 2000 Liberty usesnotebookor subnotebookcomputersin both theirworkand personal lives so the productyounow hold benefitsfromthe accumu lated experience of demanding userswith hundredsofthou sandsofhoursofuse We ve used them in WallSteet board rooms Alaskan fishing boats and about everywhere in between We hope youagree thatthe Gateway 2000Libertyachieves exactlythe rightbalance ofsze and performance Forexampk we lamed thatpeopk tend to expecta mouse on the right so we put the EZPointatthe rightedge where you canputyourfingeronitand we putthe mouse buttonsin a naturallocation underyourthumb So youhave the advan tage ofan intuitive pointing device without having to take yourhandsaway from the keyboard We also found outthatnotebooksrunning Windows95 or WindowsforWorkgroupsgive betterbattery life ifthey have more RAM extra RAM letsWindowsdo fewerswapsto the powerusng
45. na folder foldersa re the same asDOSdirecto ries to show the filesin the folder Double clickonan item in the file list just asifitwere an iconto nuna program Explore the menusin the File Managerorreferto the Win dowsmanualto se manyotherthingsyoucando What s File Run Manysoftware d kettes ortheira bebormanuak mention Fie Run orome smilarphrase in theirinsia lation inductions Sometimesyoumay need to runa programwithoutan icon Here s the solution to both of these situations In Windows95 clic kon the Start button then smply click Run Inthe main area of WindowsforWorkgroups called the Program Managen and inthe Fie Manageryoucansee the word Eile nearthe top leftc omer in the menu bar This isthe file menu Clickon the word File and the menu diops down One ofthe itemsinthe menu isthe word Run Clickon Rin The following dialog boxappears Run x Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows will open it for you Open OOO LC Cancel Browse Run Command Line Cancel Browse Run Minimized Inthe Command Line box type the pathand filename ofthe programyou wantto run exactly asif you were in DOS Ifyou use Run fromthe Program Manager youcan find the item by clic king the Browse button and finding the file in the Browse dialog box When you have the correct path and filename inthe Run dialog box clickonOK Using the G
46. nctions numeric keypadkeys of the numeric keypadkeys EZ Point Replaces mouse put your finger ontopof the button andpush whichever direction you want the pointer to go the harder you push the faster the pointermoves Configurable inMouse control panel If both lightsare lit you getthe numeric keypad numberswithoutneeding the Fn key Shows whether Charger Light theCaps Lock Green fully charged Orange charging Red loose connection Mouse buttons Your thumb goes here Battery light Lit when you re usingthebattery Green OK Orange running low Diskactivity lights Lit whenth Blinking very low hardor flogpy drive is inuse Where it is what it does 8 Attachments IRmodule Attach this tothe serial port on a desktop sys temand put it where the IR port on the back of the Gate way 2000 Liberty can see it Useit for filetransfers The module you get may look different PCMCIA cards Behindthis plasticdoor isasocket fortwo Type II or one Type ITI PCMCIA card puter ortoahbatterypack It fitsonlyoneway PCMCIA slots TwoType II slotsbehinddoor _ lt ass QV S i To openthe door flip the top downand dide itinto the unit Keep itclosed when youaren tusing itto keep itclean Note Putthe PCMCIA card into eithersocket The system detectsthe card automaticallyin eitherlocation This endconne
47. nothow up onthe x reen when youtype them Passwordsare case senstive upper and lowercase matter 3 Thesysttemasksyou to enterthe password again to confirm it Ifyou enterthe same password both times the message Password Accepted appearsand youe tumto the main menu Fromhere on youcan taccessyourG ateway 2000 Liberty without first entering the password To change the password 1 Selectthe CHANGEitem in the password menu A window appearsforyou to type the old pasword 2 Type the old password and pressEnter The highlight moves to the ENTER NEW PASSWORD field 3 Type the new password then pressEnter Retype the new password to confirm it PressEnter To disable the password 1 Selectthe DISABLEitem onthe password menu A window appearsforyou to type the old password 2 Type the password and pressEnter You retum to the mainmenu f you lose your password Don t forget yourpassword The only way to remove a forgotten password and regainaccessto yourG ateway 2000 Libertyisto retum itto Gateway 2000 The Port Assignment menu Highlight PORTASSIGNMENTon the main menu and press Enter PORT ASSIGNMENT MENU Serial Port COM1 3F8h IRQ4 IR Port COM2 2F8h IRQ3 Parallel Port LPT Parallel Port Type Bi Directional1 Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Space bar or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings Esc to EXIT Returns to Main Menu
48. o the PCMCIA dot withoutc ausng problems Anadded benefitisthatitrestores amodem ssettingswhen you resume from Suspend mode CardPower Control Panel Card Power E Power hi anaged Cancel Card Standby A Economy Performance Card List MEGAHERTZ amp J124FH When you start Windows Card Powerappearsfullsze If the settingsare what you want pressEnterto minimize it PCHCIA de Ifyou everneed to reinstallC ard Power run Card Power the Setup programonSytemdik4thatcame with yourG ateway 2000 Liberty Detailed in stuctionson reinsia lation are in the Software Reinga lation Guide Ifyou don tuse PCMCIA cards youcandrag Card Power sicon out ofthe Startup folder Using the PCMCIA software 23 Adding memory OSQOOO00000000000000000000000 Memory module Youcaneaslyupgrade the memoryin yourGateway 2000 Liberty There are lotsofgood reasonsto add more memory some programssmply won tworkatallwithoutmore than 4MB while othersshow a noticeable performance improve mentwith 8MBormore Youwillenjoy dightly betterbattery life underWindowswith 8MBormore of RAM since Win dowsdoes1 thave to swap to the powerhogging hard dikas often Depending on yoursystem youcanadd a Single 4MBor 16MBSMM to the existing memory Installing the memory upgrade IMPORTANT INFORMATION You MUSTtum the power off EXACTLY as described below oryouWLLdestoy your RAM upgrade when you install it
49. orLCD 10 4 diagonal 214 2mm x161 4mm 800 x 600 x 256SVGA resolution Supportsvirtual screen to 1024 x 768 0 264mm dotpitch 20 1 contrastratio Wo 1MBvideo memory C amp T65545 controller VESA localbuswith Windowsaccekration Video portsupports 640 x 480 x 16 64K colors 800 x 600 x 16 or 256 colors EZPointintegrated pointer P9 2 type connectorforextemalmouse Gu Intel SLEnhanced 486DX4 100 Mouse Ponter Gate 8Kin C PU DX4 100 hasadditional 256Kextemalcache CPUpeed 100MHz BIOS 128K inc ludesconfiguration utility with password securtyand power managemert RAMIype 70ns3 3V low powerDRAM RAMecgcaaiy 8MBon board 4 8 and 16MBmodukes avabbke Expansionsiots Two PCMCIA Type ll tacked to make a Type lllsot supportshot swapping ofmostcardswhen system isin use I O ports Floppy aisk chive Harddisk alive Accessories POMC A qoiions Qparatngeny ACacipler Hoppy EPP ECP paralelport 16550 serial port P9 2keyboard mouse connector video connector IRport Extemal 1 44MB3 5 inch drive option 340 540 or720M BIDE removable drive depending onsytem AC adapter IR infra red module fordesktop sytem NiMHbattery Lithium lon battery Leathercanying case Extemalfloppy diskdrive with cable 14 4Kbp or28 8kKbp data faxmodem twisted pairorthin net BNC Ethemetnetwork token ring network othercardsavailabk from various sources 5 40 C 20 80 nonc ondensing relative humidity Windows95 orMS DOS6
50. orporation All other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies FCC statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits fora Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur ina particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of more of the following measures Q Reorientor relocate the receiving antenna Q Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Q Connect the equipment into an outlet ona circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
51. ow yournew PC MCIA device should work Butifthe new card dilldoesn twork don tindallthe third party software yet Youmayhaveanunusualsoftware configuration and youmaybeabk to solve yourproblembyrunning CONAG EXE Thisalowsyouto modify certa in yem ttingsin the PCMCIA software by modifying a file called CARDID INI We run CONFIG EXEatthe factory forthe cardswe sell so thisisnot necessaryforcardsyoubuyfromus To run CONFIG EXE L Froomthe CARDSOFTdirectory type config and pressEnter PressEnteragainto getpastthe title xeen 2 Choose EditConfigurationfrom the File menu A list ofcard typesappears 3 Choose the card type thatmostclosely matchesyour card Ascreenappearsinwhich youcansetapplicable parameters Choos settingsthatagree with the informa tion supplied with yourcard Avoid choosng settingsthat conflictwith the system sc onfig uration In otherwords if a COM port IRQ orl O addressisalready in use by anotherdevice dontttryto assgn tagain Lookinthe system menu to see which resourcesare alreadyin use 4 Save the settingsand exit Rebootthe system Trythe card Itshould work Ifnot backup yourc urrentfilesand install theirsoftwa re PCMCIA card Windows PCMCIA software Youneed thissoftware to insert remove orchange PCMCIA devic eswhile in WindowsforWorkgroups The software allowsyou to plug and unplug the devic e while Windowsisin operation Do notc hange PCMCIA cards while in Win dows if the Windows P
52. p program to allow the system to fully integrate the new settings The IR port The infrared connectoratthe backofthe Gateway 2000 Liberty isreally anotherserialport and you use itexactlyasif it were an ordinary serialconnector Ithasa range ofjust overa yard strictly line of sght Forthe technically oriented we should mention thatwe desgned itaccording to IRDA specifications The Separate IRmodule isnew technology ithasa range of onlyaboutnine inches C onnectitto a serialporton your desktop system and use itto save yourself from having to rummage around atthe backofyoursytem every time you need to tansferfiles A IR module Mostofthe information you need forusing the IRfeature isin the manualthat comeswith the extemal IRmodule How ever here are a few tips Attach the IR module to the serial porton the desktop system Place the busnessend of the IRmodule about6 9 inchesfrom the IRconnectoron the backofthe Gateway 2000 Liberty and facing it Talking to the outside world 16 On the Gateway 2000 Liberty Run TranXit in the TranXitgroup When the program opens choose the Setup item in the Connection menu Choose Infrareda nd Turbo Mode then c lick on Change Con nection Settings Connection Setup Connection Type p Connection Status _ Serial Device Gateway Liberty Fixed Cancel Graki Port Com2 Baud Rate 115200 Settings Base Address 2F8 Interrupt 3 None IK T
53. performance Yourcomputerisloa ded with powerman agementsoftware thatextendsthe amountoftime youcan workoff of the battery There sno free lunch though that extended batterylife comesatthe expense ofperformance We tried to choose settingsthatgive the bet compromise and we tested these settingson heavy duty programslike Exceland PageMaker Butifoursettingsdon tworkforyou youcancustomize the degree of powermanagementyour Gateway 2000Liberty usesbychanging the powermanage mentsettingsin the system Setup program described else where in thisbook You don thave to completelydisable powermanagementto mprove performance tymoderate changesatfirst Also ememberthatthe system Setup pro gramletsyou selectseparate settingsforbatteryand AC operation There sno reasonnotto compktely disable allthe powermanagementfeatureswhen running withAC I boughtthe Gateway 2000 Liberty bec ause I wanted greatbattery life I m notimpressed Fully discharge the battery twice when you first getit Give it a fullcharge before each discharge Youcando severaladdiionalthingsto ave battery ife although theymightcostyoua little ntermsofperformance Youmaynever notice theperformance difference expenment Troubleshooting 28 Thingsthatimprove battery life m Accessng the hard drive and powering the backighttake the mogpower The more you reduce these the longer yourbattery ladsbetween charges Use the Suspend mode often Itdoesn tt
54. r Ofcourse you have to rememberto connectit first Youcanconnectand remove the drive anytime you don thave to shutdown the sytem Alwaysinserta diskette la belside up up on the drive isthe sde with the ejectswitch Don tremove itwhen the activity light is lit If you have one you can use the floppy drive froma HandBook However youneed to us yourunit scabk Slide the eject switch toeject a floppy Activity Light Note Powermanagement doesn t mix well with many ingallaton programs When you ingallanappl cation froma floppy dix it sbest to have the AC adapterconnected the unitdoesy tenterSuspend mode The serial port Windows95hasa directcable connection option Referto yourWindows95 documentation Ifyouhave a nulmodemseralcable youcanconnectthe Gateway 2000 Liberty to anothercomputerthrough the serial port You can use Interlink software it spartof DOS to transferfiles oryou can use the supplied file transfer software Forinformation on using Interink go to the DOS prompt type help interlink and pressEnter Forthe supplied file transfer software follow the direc tionsin itsma nual The serialportbehaveslike a serial porton any othercom puter which meansyou canal use itto connecta mouse hamradio INC oranyotherserialdevice We configure the portasCOM latthe factory youcanchange itordisabk itin the Setup program Fns thes settingsare everchanged press Fn Alt Del a fterexiting the Setu
55. rskip each item m Oryoucan bypassthese filesentirely by pre sing A brieflywhen Starting MSDOS appearsonthe screen aftera reset Then us the Edit programto conectthe file QO Anotherapproachisto use the Emergency Boot Drive option PressFntsc to enterthe Setup program Change the Boot Drive option to EMERGENCY Exit saving changes When the system reboots yourC drive isa special2MBpartition with several backup filesand utili ties Yournomaldnrive C isdrive D Now youcancopy oredit yoursystem filesto recoverthe drive Be sure to enterthe Setup programwhen youare done change the bootdrive option backto itsformersetting Troubleshooting 25 Comunications When I resume the screen lights up and Windows is OK butthe modem doesn t work any more Thisoftenoccurswith communicationsprogramslike WinC IM and AOL Aftertuming the computerbackon pop the modem outand putitbackin again You llheartwo beeps the happy beep Restartthe software Now the software should work Ifthe software stilldoesn trecognize the modem exitthe programand redartthe system by pressing Fn AltDel When use Windows Temninal or another communi cations application itcan tfind my modem Remove and reinsertthe modem listening forthe happy beep Ifyou hearthis the modem isproba bly working OK checkyoursoftware and make sure itisset forthe right COM port Asshipped fromthe factory the modemisconfig ured forCOM 3 Somewh
56. sable applicationsthatsartautomatically when you gartWindows CheckWIN INland the Startup group 1 Use the Program Manager PROGMAN EXE asyour Windowsshell Othershellsfrom third partiesmay take more memorythanProgram Manager lonly have about 540K of conventional memory left This causesa lotof problems No kidding Youmaysmply be loading too much uff and the onlything to do isgetrid of some of it However ifyou don tuse the PCMCIA dots unthe DOSMemMakerpro gram MemMakersmagic and ifanything canbe done to free up more conventionalmemory itwilldo it fMemMakerfails to help try rearranging the order of devicesin your CONAG SYSfile Put biggerdevic esfirst If you use the PCMCIA slots do not run MemMaker Forthe technical MemMakerchangesorremovesexc luded memory areasused by the PCMCIA drivers If you run MemMaker protectthese exc lusons lfyoudon tneed the memoryand PCMCIA atthe same time try usng two configurations one forPC MCIA sessions one forlotsofc onventionalmemory Troubleshooting 27 Miscellaneous The EZ Point mouse moves too fast or too slowly Youcanadjustpointeracceleration and a lotofotherinter eding things in the Mouse Managerprogram whichyoucan getto by clicking onContol Panel in the Windows Main programgroup and thenclicking on Mous Notice thatyou can make the pointerbiggerorsmaller make itreverse and make itnap to the default button ina dialog box very handy The system date sa
57. se button not Enter You can adjust lotsofsettingsforthe EZPointin the Mouse controlpanelin Windows Using Windows Either Mic rosoft Windows95 or Mic rosoft Windows for Workgroupsispre inctalled on yourG ateway 2000 Liberty and dartsautomatically when you resetthe unit If Windows doesnotioad automatically type win atthe C gt promptand then pressthe Enterkey There are notmanyapparentoperating differencesbetween the two Windowsoperating systems Mostofthe differences thatwilleffectyouare organizationaland visual We willshow screensfrom both Windowspackages the Windows95 screen first followed bythe WindowsforWorkgroupssc een See yourWindows95 documentation foradditionalinforma tion From now on unlessspecified the reference Win dows appliesto eitheroperating sytem A lotofthingsare accomplished in Windowsby double Clicking Double clic king iswhen you postion the mouse pointeron top ofsomething and then clickthe left mouse button twice quic ky withoutmoving the pointerbetween cicks Windowsisan electronic desktop It sgreatfororganiang filesand running programs Notice that the desktop has severalicons snallpicturesthatexpand into a window ifyou double clickonthem A window isa framed rectangular region onyourscreen GATEVAY2000 Window Groupicon Desktop Program icon Progam Manayer Fil Opik Wimbi Heelys Window Desktop Program icon Group icon Inside each window are more icons each
58. standing fora plogramora document To tarta program move the pointer to itsiconand double clickonit fyoudouble clickonan iconthatrepresentsa document youopen the documentin the programthatgoeswith thatdocument One ciickhighlightsanicon butdoesnotexpand the window ordarta program Customizing Windows Windowsorganizsyourprogramsinto groups Each group hasitsown icon YourGateway 2000 Liberty isdelivered with a lotof pre installed software so you llfind several groupsthatorganie yoursoftware bytype Doubk clickona group iconto e what sin it You can drag icons hold down the mouse button while you move the pointer from one group to anotherto organize them howeveryou like You can resze any window by grabbing an edge with the pointer itchangesinto a double anow and holding down the mouse button while you move the EZPoint Thisisone ofa ailion waysyoucan customize Windows For instruc tionson how to do more customizing referto your Windowsmanualshipped wihyourG ateway2000Lberty Using the Gateway 2000 Liberty 12 The Windows Control Panel Animportant toolforc ustomizing Windowsisthe Control Panel Itsic on isin the Settingsgroup in Windows95 orin the Main group in WindowsforWorkgroups Double click onitand you llsee an assortmentofic onsforsystem settings thatyoucanchange Doubk clckonaniconand go explor ing However don tchange anything inthe Enhanced item unlessyou know whatyou re doing BEE J Control Panel
59. startsfrom the hard drive without trying the floppy drive first Thisisthe best choice fornormaloperation 1 EMERGENCY the Gateway 2000 Liberty bootsfroma floppy orfroma hidden partition that containsDOSfile recoveryfiles identified asdrive C The normaldrive C becomesdrive D Display You cansetthiswith Fn 4F3 too Setthisitem to enable or disable the video connectoratthe backofthe sytem CRI meansyou have to connecta monitorto see anything Ittellsthe system to allow you to use the powerswitc h with the lid closed LCD amp CRT is for when you MAIN SETUP MENU Ver 1 52 ADDITIONAL SETUP MENUS wantto see the x reen while you ue a monitor LC Ddisablesthe video portat theback Time 11 56 25 pm hh mm ss am pm PASSWORD Date 11 09 95 mm dd yy Boot Drive FDD HDD Display LCD Power Switch ON OFF KEYBOARD PORT ASSIGNMENT POWER MANAGEMENT MISCELLANEOUS Eventhough the x reen itselfshows only 800 x 600 you can set it to a virtual screen aslarge as1024x 768 see page 14 Anyattached moniorshowsthe same virtual screen However if you set the SYSTEM INFORMATION CPU 486DX4 100MHz Memory H 4 MB Hard Disk 249 MB Current Display LCD Battery Remain 33 Password Floppy Drive DISABLED Not Attached Display to CRT the monitorshowsthe whok desktop Power switch Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Space bar or BkSp
60. stuations However you maybe able to sgnific antly improve battery life by customiang the settingsforyourparticularneeds To electa preset setting highlightthe desred setting in the uppersection ofthe screen and pressEnter The setting is selected and you retum to the main menu PressEsc to exit withoutkeeping anychanges Using the Setup program 1 9 To customize the powerc ontolsettings highlightwhic hever of the UserSettingsitemsyou wantand pressEnter You have two options one forthe settingsforwhen the com puterisplugged into the AC adapter and the otherforwhen the battery isin use USER SETTINGS MENU BATTERY Video Timer 1 62 4 B a8 n 10 Always on Min Hard Disk Timer 15 30 45 1 2 3 A Always on Sec Min Maximum Performance CPU Performance Maximum Good Good Power Savings 1 002 a ET 8 10 Disable Standby Timer 7 Min Suspend Timer Enable Disable Brightness 50 75 100 Suspend Standby Lid Closed Backlight Off Cursor or Tab keys to MOVE to Items Space bar or BkSp key to CHANGE Settings Esc to EXIT Returns to Main Menu Move the highlight to the item you wish to change Press the Spacebar or BkSp key until the desired setting ishighlighted Notallchoicesmaybe availabe Move to the next item When you finish pressEnteror Esc You retum to the powermanagementmenu Press Esc againto retum to the main setup menu
61. the LCD lent totheDisplay iten er ne i i in the Setup program screenisactive E orpressingFntF3 Do Cancel Display Driver Control Panel 2 0 Screen Size Color Display BattStat 640 X 480 16 800 z 600 256 To locate battery statusinfo mation In Windows95 clickon OAS 32k Settings Contol Panel then Power see the PowerProper C BAK tieswindow onthispage 1280 X 1024 BOTH 16M fm Animportantutilty in WindowsforWorkgroups Power Saver Font it sin the Startup group so itrunsautomati Backlite Off s h X BigCursor cally iscalled BattStat It shows how much mall P Panel Off F CorscrAnimation battery you have left ttwillbe mostaccurate if O Large Eattztat you fully charge then fully rundown the battery InactiveTime min 00 Current Driver 800x600 256 Colors Small Fo Ok J Cancel J Reset J This section is inactive The Largefonts are easier internal power management overricesit to readat high resolu tions onamonitor Smallfonts take up less space at low reso lutions andon the LCD screen twice when you first get yoursystem If you don twantthisprogram to run automatic ally drag itsiconto anothergroup To run BattStat ifit Snotin the Startup group double clickon l itsicon Ej When BattSatisrunning you e an icon inthe lowerleftcomerofthe x een Ifthe AC adapter BattS tat isconnected yousee a plug a Ifyou re running with battery power youse
62. ttery light 8 Batterypack6 7 BattStat 14 Baud Rate 17 BkSp 18 bootproblems 25 Break 11 Brightness 29 brightness 8 25 C CapsLock 8 28 Card Power 15 23 27 card services 22 CardView 15 23 CaniD 22 CARDID INI 22 cardsoft 26 Chargerlight 8 ChipCRT 18 ChipsCPL 14 CirusSocketServices 22 COM119 COM2 19 COM port 17 22 comport 26 COM ports 19 COM1 16 COM3 26 CONHG SYS 15 28 config sys 25 27 Contrast 8 29 contrast 25 contrat contol 10 Control Panel 13 29 conventionalmemory 27 CPU 20 CPUperformance 20 CRT 18 CSALLOC 26 CSALLOC EXE 22 Ctr Alt Del 10 cursor 12 D database 4 desktop 12 device contention 26 Disk activity lights 8 DOS 13 25 doubk ciicking 12 Drive cable 9 E ECP EPP 19 EMERGENCY 18 Emergencyboot 4 Emergency Boot Drive 25 EMM386 23 26 Esc 18 Ethemet 16 exchanging files 16 extemalkeyboard 3 10 EZPoint 8 11 12 28 F F10 18 24 F5 15 25 F8 15 fax 26 FDD HDD 18 File Manager 13 File Run 13 file transfer 16 flashmemorycard 22 floppy dixkdrive 16 floppydrive 19 Fn key 11 Fn Alt Del 10 26 Fns 11 24 Fn F3 11 14 Fn4F4 11 Fn4 F5 11 Fn4F6 11 Fn 7 11 fonts 27 foot 6 G groups 12 H hamradio TNC 16 HandBook486 16 hard disk 4 Hard disk drive 6 hard disktimer 20 Hard drive 7 HDD 18 hotswapping 3 VO address 22 icons 12 Interlink 16 IR 4 16 19 IRconnector6 16 IRmodule 9 16 IRport 3 16 17 19 IRDA 16 IRQ 22 IRQs 19
63. ty powermanagement itnevergoesinto Suspend mode Youmayhave to rebootto accessthe net work Rememberto re enable Suspend when you remove theca Ifyou keep the Card Powericonin yourStartup group most ofthese problemswilgo away doem teffectnetworkcards Memory When using Windows I receive one ofthe following out of memory enors Application Execution Error Insufficient memory to run this application There is not enough memory available We wish there wasa smple solution we could give you Unfortunately these errormessagescould be caused byone ofanynumberofproblems and youmayhave to tryquite a few thingsbefore you disc overthe solution Allwe can do is pointyouin the right direction T Closeoneormore applications In general you should keep asfew applicationsrunning aspossbk QO Minimize seldom used groupsand make open windows large enough to eliminate x rollbars T Increase the s ofyourpermanentswap file QO Donotuse wallpaper oruse a smallbitmap and tile it QO Trynotto open groupsthat have lotsoficons Make more groupswith feweric onseach T Don tlad fontsthatyoudon tneed T Some applications usuall olderones don tgive sytem resourc esbackuntil you redart Windows Ifyouhave an application like this keep itopeninstead ofclosng and reopening itmanytimes T Optimize conventionalmemory usng the MemMaker program Trychanging the orderin which programsor driversload Putbiggeronesfirst 1 Di
64. unter keinen Umst nden umgehen oder entfernen Bei Verwendung eines dreipoligen Adapters den Erdungsdraht stets an gepr ften Erdungskontakt anschliefen Beschddigte Kabel ersetzen Ersatzkabel in den USA und Kanada m ssen folgende Bedingungen erfiillen UL anerkannter in Kanada CSA zertifizierter SPT 2 Typ 18 AWG 2 Leiter Kabel mit fest installiertem NEMA Typ 5 15P Stecker und fest installierter AnschluBdose am anderen Ende max 4 57 m L nge Au erhalb der USA und Kanada gelten folgende Bedingungen Kabel fiir mindestens 250 V Wechselstrom bei 10A anerkannt durch internationale Sicherheitsbehorde landesspezifischer Stecker Ersatzkabel nur im Fachhandel erwerben Nur Ersatzkabel des gleichen Typs und f r die gleiche Spannung Voltzahl wie das Originalkabel verwenden ACHTUNG Netzkabel stets in eine gut zug ngliche Steckdose nahe der Ausr stung einstecken um durch einfaches Ziehen des Steckers jederzeit die Stromversorgung unterbrechen zu k nnen Den Adapter unter keinen Umst nden auseinanderbauen Der Adapter enth lt keine vom Benutzer zu ersetzenden oder zu wartenden Bestandteile Die Spannung im Adapter kann beim Auseinanderbau zu Verletzungen oder Tod f hren Besch digte Adapter an Gateway 2000 zur cksenden Der Adapter ist f r den Gebrauch mit einem Computer bestimmt Adapter und Computer m ssen die Norm EN 60950 erf llen Environmental considerations YourG ateway 2000 Liberty hasbeen engineered to provide
65. urbo Mode Change Connection Settings Inthe Infrared Settingsdialog boxthatappears choo2Gate way Liberty forthe Model Fixed Mode 115200Baud Rate and whateverCOM port Base VO addressand IRQ is setforthe IR portin the Setup program To find out press Fnt sc to enterthe Setup program then choos PortSettings Infrared Settings Port __ p Infrared Device Ocom1 modet Com2 Gateway Liberty j Com 3 Hode Baud Rate Hep Advanced Port Settings Base 70 Port Address are B IRQ E 3 Click onOKtwice to retum to the main Tranxit window Ona desktop system Ifyou haven talready install TranXxiton the system Use File Runto tun itssetup program Openitand choose the same settingsasyou did on the Gateway 2000 Liberty EXCEPT C1 Choose Extended Systemsinstead of Generic forthe Modeland T Choose the approprate settingsforthe serial portthe IR moduk isconnected to which maybe differentfrom the Gateway 2000Liberty sportsetting Connection isautomatic Youare readyto go Ifyou everneed to reinstall Tra nXit on yourG ateway 2000 Liberty insert itsdiskette into the floppy drive and use File Run to runAa setup You can find detailed reinstallation instructionsin the Software Reinstallation Guide The parallel port Parallelportsare mostoften used forconnecting to a printer Youcanako connecta paraleldata cable forvery fac file transersbetween the Gateway
66. ws95 Pressthe key with the menu panes hold d sa the Fn a press RtNun kane M i LI symbolto accessmenuswithina Windows95 application Se Fn Pad Lk Both lightsa re lit y i yourWindows95documentaton fora dditionalinformation 4 Wheneitherorboth lightsare lit you can witch these keysto theirotherfunctionswith combinationsofthe Double use keys ftad Fn keys Numeric keypad keys To ave pace ome keyshave more than one function F10 Pad Lk key Keys with Fn QO Fn Hold down the Fn key while you presskeyswith blue la beto accessthe functionsindicated bythe blue label Ifthe key hasblue labelsontop and onthe front youget the function on the front QO Esc Setup Fn sc getsyou to the Setup program de scribed laterin thismanual Youcando thisatanytime during anyprogramexcept perhaps when youare tans mitting witha modemornetworkcard Esc Setup key F ra E Prt Sc Sys hea P F3 monitorkey F9 NumLk key button key F0 A Ins ool Pad Lk ose Satie Lock Enter Windows 95 menu Windows 95 start buttonkey EZ Point Operate the EZPoint right __ handed witha fin geron the top of the eraser the QO Fl Flland F2 F12 Use Fn F1 orF2to get FllorF12 rubbercoverisre respectively placeabk and your a F monitor43tatesamong the three disolayoptions Heil okelesels ons Somy we LCDpanelonly exemalmonioronly and both on ihaveavecan a F4 Pause Fn F4 accessesthe Pause function Fnkey forlefties
67. y Letsyou choose how long you mug hold downa keybefore itbeginsto repeat C1 Typematic Rate Setshow fasta key typeswhen itis repeating Important Nevertry to remove the keys from the keyboard you llbreakthe keyboard Using the Setup program a Using the PCMCIA software The advantage ofa PCMCIA connectoristhat you getthe powerofthe latestin technology youcan use and swap little cardsthatperfom any ofa wide variety of tasksthat make yourcompulting life eager The disadvantage isthatthe software thatsetsup the PCMCIA connectorisnot yet easy to use We did ourbestto setup yourGateway 2000 Liberty so you willneverhave to messwith the PCMCIA software You jut plug in yourcard and go So unlessyou know what you re doing we amp ongly recommend that youdon tchange this software Ifthe PCMCIA topsworking afteryouchange yoursystem lookatthe section onthe nextpage When you change your system before you reinstall Ifyou everdo need to reinstallthe PCMCIA software you can find detailed instuctionsin the Software Reinga lation Guide Adding a new PCMCIA device The Windows95 operating sytem supports Plug and Play hardware Referto yourWindows95 doc umentation for additionalinformation aboutnew hardware ingallation When you first geta new card tryto use it without running third party installa tion software Ifthe card works don t insta Il the third party software The driverswe installatthe
68. ys anuary 1 1980 The intemalbattery thatkeepsthe clock calendargoing ran completely down Thiscan happen ifyou leave the battery packoutofthe Gateway 2000 Liberty fora dayormore To corectthe problem resetthe date inthe Setup programor inthe Date Time contolpanel Plug the AC adapterinto the computerfirstand leave itattached foranhourorso The system clock loses time when it is in Suspend mode Make sure the file PMEXT SYSisin the CONFIG SYSfile and thatthe file itselfhasnot been deleted from the hard drive The line may looksomething like one of these DEVICE c UTILS PMEXT SYS Why doesn tthe DOS manual have a command refer ence anymore Those huge DOSmanualsthatmostofyou neverread were making a big dentin the tree supply So we putthe same information thatwasin the papermanualon dixintead Go to the DOSpromptand type HELP You can take it from there I just deleted my CONAG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files No problem We gored backupsofthe filesin the C A BAC KUP directory utc opythem into the C directory and you re backin busnes Ofc ourse keep in mind thatthe filesa re set up atthe factory anychangesyoumade ance you gotthe Gateway 2000 Libertyare history You might still get lucky though Lookin the C A directory forbac kup copiesof the filesmade when you installed a new option orapplication They ll be named something like AUTOEXEC OLD AUTOEXEC 001 CONFIG BAK CONAG 002 Rename them to AUTOEXEC BATand CONFIG SYS

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