User’s Guide
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Port/IRQ Configurations
The Gateway Solo™ 2200 Multimedia Notebook supports the use of multiple
peripheral devices. However, you may periodically run into difficulties with
port and IRQ allocations. Your system has a limited number of available
interrupts. You may need to disable the serial port, the IR port or both to
gain system resources 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 does 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:
. Then 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
OK
.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until all resource allocations are solved.
9. Press
OK
. 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.
