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- GATEWAY 2000 MACHINES - SOME THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR
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- Gateway 2000 machines - Here is an "official list" on what
- are known problems to look out for on Gateway 2000 machines.
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- Problem 1 - Country.Sys not found message on all Nomad
- "notebook" models.
- This is a problem with the BIOS on the Nomad machines
- according to Bill Williams. Nomad machines with Pheonix
- 1.02 BIOS will need to be upgraded. The Gateway 2000 Tech
- support group expects us to send the customer over to them
- on this problem.
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- Problem 2 - Gateway machines with a 486 can potential have
- DIVIDE UNDERFLOW errors.
- This problem is a bug on the 486 math coprocessor and will
- only be seen if the customer is running software that takes
- advantage of the coprocessor. The Rev E mother boards of
- 486 Gateway machines may exhibit this problem. If the
- customer is running into this problem we can send them to
- Gateway so they can upgrade to the Rev F version of the
- mother board. The Rev F board has a HW fix workaround for
- the coprocessor bug.
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- Problem 3 - Gateway machines that Trap 2 on boot or install
- This problem could be one of two things. The first is
- that the Read Ahead Cache on the mother board could be bad.
- Gateway has seen several cases of this. The workaround for
- this problem is to disable the external caching. This can
- be done by hitting Ctl-Alt-Esc during POST to activate CMOS
- Setup. The real solution however would be to get another
- board from Gateway or let them fix the one the customer has.
- The second thing that could cause the Trap 2 is bad
- memory. In this case the only thing that will consistently
- fix the problem is locating the memory sim that is bad and
- replacing it. Sometimes - just moving the sims around helps
- though. - For either of the versions of the Trap 2 problems
- it is also okay to refer them to Gateway.
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- Problem 4 - Machine hangs or screen goes blank when user
- goes into a DOS session on Gateway 386 machines.
- Here we have the TSENG video chip set problem. Most all of
- Gateway's 386 line has been shipped with the Diamond
- Speedstar video card that uses the TSENG chip set. Here
- Gateway asks that we work with the customer to try the
- VSVGA.SYS fix for the problem. They have the the fix module
- for this problem at Gateway and are helping customers that
- call there first without sending them to us. Bill Williams
- thinks that we can do the same here since it is not a
- problem specific to Gateway 2000 machines.
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- Thank you for calling the OS/2 2.0 Support Line. Regarding the problem
- reported to the Support Line, we feel that this information may assist
- you in resoloving your problem. If you still require assistance, please
- call 1-800-237-5511, and reference your customer number and problem (PMR)
- number. Your Problem Record Number (PMR) should appear on the cover
- page of this faxed document.