Installing For Windows Nt - Gateway Solo 5100 Maintaining & Troubleshooting

Installing for Windows NT

If you have reinstalled Windows NT, next you will need to install device drivers
to support the notebook hardware components. (The video, audio, and touchpad
are not functional after reinstalling Windows.) Also, you will need to install Card
Wizard software for controlling the PC Card slots and Power Profiler software for
power management.
To make these components and software functional, use the procedures discussed
in this section to load the following drivers and software:
Video
Audio
Card Wizard and Power Profiler
Windows NT Service Pack 3
Mouse (EZ Pad Plus)
If you have not reinstalled Windows NT, but are experiencing difficulty with a
specific hardware device(s) such as video, sound or others, then try reinstalling the
device driver by using the procedures in this section.
Windows NT display drivers
When Windows NT is installed on a newly formatted hard drive it detects the
display as a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. Use the following instructions to
install the Windows NT display drivers that optimize your Solo display.
If the Solo System CD shipped with your system, you may use it to install the
driver instead of installing the drivers from diskette.
Installing the Solo 5100 Chips and Technologies video driver
1. If the floppy drive module is not already installed, shut down the system and
install.
2. Restart Windows.
3. Click ,
Start Settings
Properties dialog box appears.
, . Double-click
Control Panel
icon. The
Display Display
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