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Gate w a y ALR 8200 User’ s Guide P art #8504078 A MAN SYS U S 8200 USR G DE R2 12/98 4078tl.book Page 1 Tu esday, December 22, 1 998 2:19 P M.
Notices Copyrigh t © 1998 Gateway 2000, Inc. All Rights Reserved 610 Gateway Drive N. Sioux C ity , S D 57049 USA All Rights Reser ved This publicati on is protec ted by cop yright an d all righ ts are reser ved. No par t of it may be reproduced or transm itted by any means or in any form, witho ut pr ior con sent i n wr iting from Gatewa y 2000.
Contents i Contents Preface .. .......... .............. .............. .............. .............. ......... ........ iii About this guide..................... ..................................................... ............ iv Conventions used in this guide .
ii Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Using Check Disk ................................... ....................................... 21 Using Disk Defragmenter....................... ....................................... 22 Protecting against viruses ...
Pref ace About this guide ........... ........................................... iv Conventions used in this guide .... ........................... v Important safe ty instructions .
iv Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide About t his gui de The pur pose of this User ’ s Guide is to help you un pack, assemble, and install t he system. This guide pro v ides step-b y-step setup and o perating instructions along with d etailed illustra tions throughout t he document.
Preface v Con ventions used in this guide Throughout this boo klet, you will see the fol lo wing con ventions : Con vention Description E NTER K eyboard key names ar e pr in ted in smal l capital s. C TRL +A LT +D EL A plus si gn indicates th at the ke ys must be pres sed si multan eousl y .
vi Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Impor t ant safety instructions Observe the follo wing gui delines when per for ming an y w ork on your system: • F oll ow all instructions marked on t his product and in the documentati on. • Unplug this product from the w all outlet be fore cleaning.
Preface vii • Under an y of the follo wing conditions, unplug the system from the w all outlet and re fer ser vicing to qual if ied personnel: • The po w er cord or plug i s damaged. • Liquid has been spilled into the s ystem. • The system does not operate properl y w hen the operating instructions are fol lo w ed.
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1 Getting Star ted Before you begin ......... ............................................ 2 Assembling your system .............. ....................
2 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Bef ore y ou begin Congratulations on your purchase. W ith the ar riv al of your ne w system, you are probab l y eager to assemb le the computer and ha ve it operat ing.
Getting Started 3 Assembl ing y our system • Prepare a clean, flat, and f irm surface for y our computer . Allo w at least thre e inches at the rear of the chassis for cabling and ai r circulati on. • Protect y our computer fr om extreme temperatur e and humidity .
4 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Setting up the ser v er Refer to F igure 1 and the f ollo wing procedures w hen connecti ng optional peripherals to your s ystem. F igur e 1: Connecting P eripher als 1. Connect the k eyboard and mouse to thei r respecti ve ports using the pictures on t he server’ s rear co ver as a guide.
Getting Started 5 5. Connect the po w er cab le to th e AC -In po w er socket on t he po w er suppl y. If the system includ es both hot-sw appab le modules, there will be an A C-In po wer sock et on each module. 6. Connect the other end of the po w er cab le(s) to an A C out let.
6 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Star ting up the syst em Press the On/Of f switch on the front panel to start the system. The green LED on the front panel lights. If y ou turn off y our system, y ou must w ait at least ten se conds before y ou turn the system back on.
Getting Started 7 Looking things ov er In an y complex sy stem, there is potential for a forgotten c onnection, a for gotten s witch, or a loose conne ctor .
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2 System F eatures Basic feature s ............... ................................... ....... 10 Front panel ................... .......................................... 11 Rear panel .................... ................................... .......
10 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Basic f eatures • Inte l Pentium ® II process or (speed depends on the mo del) • Autodetection of 66/100-MHz memor y bus for all proc essor speeds to accommodate pr ocessors using either memor y bus speed • SMP design supporting up to tw o proc essor modules • Intel MP Speci f ication V1.
System Features 11 Fr ont panel The front panel of the system is equipped wit h switches, LEDs, and dri ve ba ys (see F igure 2.) F igur e 2: F r ont P anel Pow e r bu tt o n 3.5-inch diskett e drive Bezel doors (open) 3.5-inch LV D S C A drive ba ys Reset button K e yboard lock button/ECC clear Internal 3.
12 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Buttons The follo wing table sho w s the front p anel buttons and their funct ions. See F igure 2 on page 11 for the locations of the buttons. Inter nal 3.5-in ch dr ive ba y The system in cludes an internal 3.5-inch dri ve ba y to acco mmodate a 3.
System Features 13 5.25-i nch dr iv e ba ys The 5.25-inch driv e ba ys pro vide space f or up to f iv e 5.25-inch de vices such as CD-R OM dri ves, 5.25-inc h diskette dri ves, or tape dri ves. Beze l doors and k e ylock The top bezel door pro vides access to the po wer , reset, and ke yboard inhibit sw itches, as w ell as th e 3.
14 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Rear panel The rear panel of the system is equipped with I /O por ts, connectors, and sw itches (see F igure 3). F igur e 3: Rear P anel Status light, po w er supply.
System Features 15 P ower supplies The system suppo r ts tw o 400-W att redundant po wer s upply modul es capab le of load shari ng. The standard conf iguration incl udes a single module. The second m odule can be purcha sed as an option and pro vides redundanc y and hot-sw ap capabilit ies.
16 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Fa n s The exhaust fans pro vide airfl ow through the system to k eep the interior temperat ure to acceptab le lev els. Do not b lock this v ent. Chassis k e ylock The chassis keylock al lo ws you to secure the panel s to the cha ssis to pre vent unauthorized ac cess to the syste m and its peripherals.
System Features 17 I/O por ts The follo wing table sho ws the r ear panel I/O ports and their descript ions. F or t he locations of the ports refer to Figure 3 on page 14. Po r t Definition Serial po r ts 1 and 2 These are high speed serial po r ts that us e the First-In-Fi rst-Out (FIF O) prot ocol.
18 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Operating systems The system is 100% Intel MP Specif ication V1.1 or V1.4, BIOS-sele ctable compliant. The foll o wing operating systems s uppor t symmetrical multi-process ing (SMP): • No v ell NetW are SMP 4.1 and 4.
3 Maintaining and Cleaning Y our System Maintaining your hard dri ve ........................... ....... 20 Protecting against viruses ...................................... 23 Cleaning your system ..................................... ....... 24 4078tl.
20 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Maintaining y our har d drive Hard dri ves need regular mai ntenance because running the system sof twar e di vides f iles, creates spaces betw een data, and other wise decreases the hard dri ve’ s perfor mance.
Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 21 If y ou selected and want to change the setti ngs ScanDisk uses w hen it checks the disk’ s surface, click on the button, select t he options from the S urface Scan Options windo w , then click on t he button to close t he windo w .
22 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide 6. Check to scan the enti re hard dri v e. 7. Click If the scan f inds bad sectors, a screen message notif ies you. Using Disk Defragmenter The Disk Defragmenter pr .
Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 23 Pr otecting a gain st viruses A virus is a pro g ram written with mal icious intent for t he sole pur pose of creating ha v oc in a computer sy stem. It attaches i tself to ex ecutab le f iles or boot sectors, s o it can replicate an d spread.
24 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Cleaning y o ur system Y our system and its components need to be cleaned occasionall y . Some pro g rams that help maintain the i ntegrity of the hard dri ve s in your syst em come as part of the W indo ws 95 and W indo ws NT opera ting systems.
Maintaining and Cleaning Your System 25 Cleaning th e ke yboard Occasionall y y ou should clean the k eyboard to fr ee it of dust and lint particles trapped under the keys. The e asiest w a y to do this is to blo w trapped dirt from under the keys using an aerosol can of ai r with a narr o w , stra w-li ke extensi on.
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A Appendix Acronyms and abbreviations................................. 28 Terms and definitions .. ................................... ....... 32 Regulatory complia nce statements .
28 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Acr on yms and abbre viations AC - Alter nating current AC P I - Adva nced Conf iguration & P o w er Interface APIC - Adva nced programmab le interr upt controll.
Appendix 29 EPP - Expanded parallel port ESD - Electro-static discharge FAT - File all ocation tabl e GB - Gigabyte IDE - Inte g rated dri ve electro nics I/O - Input/out put IRQ - Interr upt request .
30 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide PIC - Programmab le interr upt controller PIO - Paged i nput/output PnP - Plug and pla y POST - Po w er -on self-t est PS/2 - Pe rsonal System/2 RAID - Redundant ar .
Appendix 31 USB - Univ ersal seria l bus V - Vo l t VA C - V olts alternating current VG A - Vide o g raphics arra y VRM - V oltage re gulator module W - W att 4078tl.
32 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide T erms and defin itions This list of ter ms should help y ou get acquainte d with terms used in your computer’ s documentation and in y our system softw are. A pplications - Softw are installed on y our system. Sometimes called pr ogr ams .
Appendix 33 Disk - The device u sed by th e computer to store and re triev e information. Disk can re fer to a diskett e or a hard disk. Disk ett e - A remo v able dis k, also called a flopp y . Hard driv e - The driv e instal led inside y our computer that stores a ll your system and data f iles.
34 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Ref resh rat e - The refresh rate is the rat e at which the i mage on the monit or screen is re writ ten to the screen. A fast ref resh rate helps ke ep the image from flick ering. Res olut io n - The resolution is the s har pness or clarity of t he image on the monitor screen.
Appendix 35 Regulatory co mpliance statements FCC No tice This devi ce has be en tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC r ules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interfere nce in a residential installation.
36 Gateway ALR 8200 User’s Guide Attention! Couper le courant a vant l’entretien. CE Notice This Information T echnolog y Equipment has bee n tested and found to comply with the follo wing Europea.
Appendix 37 A ustrali a/Ne w Zeala nd Notice This devi ce has be en tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital de vice, pursuant to the A ustralian/New Zealand standard AS/NZS 3548 set out b y the Spectr um Management Agency . Caution! Disconnect power bef ore ser vicing.
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Index 39 Inde x Numerics 3.5-inch inte rna l dri ve bay 12 LVD SCA drives 13 5.25-inch devices 13 A abbreviation s 28 about thi s guide iv AC power, power supply 3 AC-in connector connecti ng 5 power .
40 Book Title Goes Here document conventions v DRAM, video 10 drive bay, SCSI SCA LVD 13 E ECC clear button 12 memory 10 Error Checking and Corr ecting.
Index 41 messages, error 6 monitor cleaning 25 connecti ng 4 mouse cleaning 24 connecti ng 4, 17 serial, connect ing 17 MP specifica tion , selecting 18 multiprocessi ng supporte d OSs 18 when not sup.
42 Book Title Goes Here shared expansion s lots 10 single connecto r attachment drives 13 hot-swap drives 10 small business se rver , versions supporte d 18 Solaris, versi ons supported 18 status ligh.
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