Gateway Solo 9550 Mounting instructions

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Installing Windows NT 4.0 on a Solo 9550

This kit includes a CD containing Windows NT 4.0 drivers and system BIOS, APM 2.0 Power

Management 2.74, Card Executive 2.74, and these printed instructions.

Windows NT 4.0 drivers and BIOS

The CD contains the following drivers and BIOS:

Installation instructions

Complete each of the following steps to install Windows NT 4.0 on a Gateway Solo 9550.

Flashing the system BIOS

To flash the system BIOS:

1Make a bootable diskette.

2Copy the system BIOS (example: 2903.exe) from the CD to the diskette.

3Boot from the diskette.

4Run the system BIOS (example: 2903.exe) to flash the BIOS.

Turning Plug & Play off

Before installing Windows NT 4.0, verify that the Plug & Play O/S option on the Advanced menu of

the BIOS Setup utility is set to NO.

Installing Windows NT 4.0 hardware drivers

To install Windows NT 4.0 and the hardware drivers:

1Install Windows NT 4.0 (not included in this kit). Do not install the Windows NT Service Pack

at this time.

2Install the network (Intel) drivers as follows:

■Copy the \Lan directory from the CD to c:\

■When the driver installation program asks for the driver location, select c:\Lan.

Driver/Program Version

Audio (ESS) 4.03.00.3063

Display (NVIDIA) 4.00.1381.1581

Keyboard (Bill P Studios) 6.2.0.0

Modem (Conexant) 3.05.18.05

Mouse (Synaptics) 5.5.4

Lan\Network (Intel) 5.40.17.0000

System BIOS 29.03 or later

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3Install Windows NT Service Pack SP6a (not included in this kit).

4Install the APM 2.0 Power Management software version 2.74.

5Install the NVIDIA display driver.

6Install the Audio (ESS) driver.

7Install the multi-function keyboard driver.

8Install Card Executive 2.74 to enable MiniPCI and PCMCIA cards.

9Install the modem driver.

10 Install the mouse/touchpad driver.

■Copy the \Mouse directory from the CD to c:\

■Run Setup.exe from c:\Mouse.

Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information

Refer to your user’s guide for important safety, regulatory, and legal information.

© 2001 Gateway, Inc. All rights reserved. Gateway, Gateway Country, the Gateway stylized logo, and the black-and-white spot design are

trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brands and product names are trademarks

or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Important This is a silent install. During installation, you will not see

a progress indicator on the LCD panel. Instead, you should

watch the hard drive status indicator. Once the hard drive

status indicator shows there is no activity, restart the

system to finalize the installation. Allow at least two

minutes for Card Executive 2.74 to install.

Important Card Executive 2.74 must be installed prior to installing the

modem driver.

Important The Windows NT Service Pack must be installed prior to

installing the mouse/touchpad driver.

MAN US SL9550 NT4.0 INST R0 11/01

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