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Understanding System Power States..................................................................... 47
Automatic Shutdown Utility (Windows NT)......................................................... 48
Starting and Shutting Down the System ............................................................... 50
Observing Operating Precautions....................................................................................... 51
Using InterSite Programs ................................................................................................... 51
Using Hardware Security Features ..................................................................................... 52
Finding Serial and Model Numbers.................................................................................... 53
Updating an Emergency Repair Disk or a Startup Diskette................................................. 53
Ensuring PC Card Support and Operation (Windows NT) .................................................. 53
Booting from an External SCSI Disk Drive........................................................................ 54
6 Troubleshooting............................................................................................................. 55
System Power.................................................................................................................... 56
System Boot....................................................................................................................... 56
Sound ................................................................................................................................59
Video................................................................................................................................. 60
Miscellaneous Hardware.................................................................................................... 60
Network............................................................................................................................. 61
7 Installing System Software............................................................................................ 63
Before You Begin.............................................................................................................. 64
System Software Products.................................................................................................. 65
TDZ 2000 GL2 .................................................................................................... 65
ExtremeZ GL2..................................................................................................... 66
Installing Windows NT Workstation 4.0 ............................................................................ 67
Disabling Command Queuing .............................................................................. 68
Enabling Bus Mastering for IDE/ATAPI Devices................................................. 69
Installing the ESS Maestro-2 PCI Sound Adapter Driver ...................................... 69
Installing Windows 95 ....................................................................................................... 70
Installing the ESS Maestro-2 PCI Sound Adapter Driver ...................................... 72
Installing Windows 95 with an Installed Network Adapter ................................... 73
Enabling Bus Mastering for IDE/ATAPI Devices................................................. 73
Disabling the Active Desktop............................................................................... 74
Updating the Operating System.......................................................................................... 74
8 Using System Resources................................................................................................ 75
System Resources............................................................................................................... 76
ISA Bus Interrupt (IRQ) Assignments .................................................................. 76
Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channels.............................................................. 76
Input/Output (I/O) Addresses ............................................................................... 76
Memory Addresses............................................................................................... 77
Using System Resources..................................................................................................... 78
PCI Devices....................................................................................................................... 79
Index................................................................................................................................. 81
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