Gateway 2100 Betriebsanweisung

User’s Guide

Port/IRQ Configurations

The Gateway Solo™ 2100 Multimedia Notebook supports the use of multiple

peripheral devices. However, you may periodically run into difficulties with

port and IRQ allocations. Your system only has two available interrupts. You

may need to disable the serial port, the IR port or both to gain system re-
sources for a new peripheral. Another way to avoid allocation problems is to

avoid address stacking. Address stacking occurs when more than one port is

set to COM1.

Windows 95 has a set of screens that will help you solve resource allocation

problems very easily.

If you install a PC card and it will not work:

1. Make sure the card was installed properly. Check the PC card’s documen-

tation if you have any installation questions.

2. Click on

Start

Settings

, and

Control Panel

; then double-click on the

Sys-

tem

icon.

3. Click on the

Device Manager

tab and check the device listing to see if any

problems are noted. This is illustrated by a black exclamation point within

a yellow circle, or a black box with a red X.

4. Double-click on the device; a device screen will appear.

5. Click on the

Resources

tab; then click on the

Set Configuration Manually

button. A conflict screen appears with specific conflicts listed in a

Conflict-

ing device list:

6. Highlight the item in the

Resource settings:

listing that matches the item

in the

Conflicting device list:

. Click on the

Change Setting

button and an

Edit screen appears.

7. Click on the s or t buttons in the

Value:

field until the

Conflict informa-

tion

field states that no devices are conflicting; then press

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all resource allocations are solved.

9. Press

. You should hear a two-tone beep indicating the card is en-

abled and the problem indicator over the device on the listing in the

Device Manager

tab should be gone.

See page 37.