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:

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

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:

    1. Make a bootable diskette.

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

    3. Boot from the diskette.

    4. Run 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:

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

    2. Install 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.

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

    2. Install the APM 2.0 Power Management software version 2.74.

    3. Install the NVIDIA display driver.

    4. Install the Audio (ESS) driver.

    5. Install the multi-function keyboard driver.

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

    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.

      1. Install the modem driver.

      Important

      Card Executive 2.74 must be installed prior to installing the modem driver.

        1. Install the mouse/touchpad driver.
      Copy the \Mouse directory from the CD to c:\
      Run Setup.exe from c:\Mouse.

        Important

        The Windows NT Service Pack must be installed prior to installing the mouse/touchpad driver.

             

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