WARNING: THIS BIOS FLASH UTILITY SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON A SOLO 5100!
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The ROM should be flashed if:
1) You are updating to a newer BIOS revision.
2) A Gateway 2000 technician has told you to flash/re-flash the computer.
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If there is still confusion about how to flash the Solo 5100 bios after
reading the instructions below, please contact Gateway 2000 Mobile Systems
Technical Support for assistance.
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To flash/re-flash the computer, follow the following steps:
1. Extract or copy bios files to a floppy diskette.
2. Make sure the system is plugged into A/C or has a minimum of 20%
battery life remaining
3. Boot clean to the hard disk drive or to a bootable system diskette.
(see ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS below for further detail on how to boot clean)
4. Insert the diskette with the bios upgrade files into the floppy drive
and switch to the floppy drive by typing "A:" if necessary.
5. Type "SB927929.exe" and press <ENTER> to start the bios flash process.
NOTE: The program will then attempt to detect the system type and
install the appropriate bios. After the bios has been installed, the
system will turn itself off or reboot.
6. When the system reboots, press "F2" to enter the setup utility. An
error,"CMOS CHECKSUM INVALID, DEFAULT VALUES WILL BE LOADED," will be
likely to occur.
7. Verify any previously customized CMOS settings are intact.
8. Move to the EXIT menu screen, select "Save Changes & Exit", press
<ENTER>, and press <ENTER> on continue.
9. The system will start to reboot. Remove the floppy diskette from the
disk drive.
You have finished installing the new bios!
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Additional questions:
*** How do I Extract or copy files to a floppy diskette ***
Extract the files to a floppy diskette by copying the dowloaded bios file
to a blank formatted diskette. Once the file has been copied to the floppy,
extract the files by typing the EXE file name and then pressing enter.
OR
If the extracted files have already been copied to a directory on the Hard
Drive, copy them to a blank diskette.
*** How do I BOOT CLEAN ***
If running DOS/Windows for Workgroups:
Remove all floppy disks from the system.
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL simultaneously.
When the message "Starting MS-DOS..." appears on the screen, press the
<F5> key.
If running WINDOWS 95:
Remove all floppy disks from the system.
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL simultaneously.
When the message "Starting Windows 95..." appears on the screen, press
the <F8> key.
Select "Safe mode command prompt only" and press <ENTER>.
If running WINDOWS NT or booting to a system disk:
Insert the Solo 23/9100 or 5100 boot diskette which came with your system
or another bootable diskette into the floppy drive.
Turn the system on and allow to boot from a "powered-off" state.
Press <F5> or <F8> depending on the boot message "Starting MS-DOS" or
"Starting Windows 95".
Applicable Part Numbers:
3500345, 3500346, 3500347, 3500398, 3500424, 3500524
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.