Gateway 8000 User Manual

SPECIFICATIONS

Gateway 8000 Series

Notebook

Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Processor and Core Logic

Processor options	One Mobile Intel® Pentium® M CPU
	To determine your notebook’s processor, click Start, My Computer,
	then click View System Information. The processor is listed.
Processor packaging	Intel socketable u-FCPGA
Level 2 cache	2 MB
Chipset-Northbridge	Intel 915PM
Chipset-Southbridge	Intel ICH6-M
Processor side bus speed	400 or 533 MHz
BIOS	■	Phoenix BIOS
	■	512 KB Flash ROM with Boot Block Support
	■	SMBIOS 2.3 support
	■	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 2.0 (ACPI 2.0)
		support
	■	Wired for Management 2.0 (WfM 2.0)
System memory
Memory type	400 or 533 MHz DDR2 RAM
Memory expansion options	■	Two 200-pin industry standard DDR2-SODIMM socket, user
		accessible

■ 2 GB maximum system memory

To determine your notebook’s memory, click Start, My Computer, then click View System Information. The memory is listed.

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Video

Graphics controller	■ ATI Mobility Radeon X700
	■	2D hardware acceleration
	■	3D rendering acceleration
	■ High quality performance texture engine
Video memory	64 or 128 MB
LCD display panel	17.1-inch active matrix (TFT) LCD color display
	Maximum panel resolution: 1680 × 1050
	Maximum color depth: 32-bit (16.7 million colors)
LCD supported video modes	■	WXGA
	■	WSXGA
LCD maximum refresh rate	60 Hz
Controls	■	Brightness level selectable through FN keys (up, down)
	■ Auto dim on battery and auto bright on AC power (selectable in
		BIOS)
External video	Supports dual display and dual view
External CRT resolutions	Supports standard IBM VGA compatible modes
	Maximum resolution: 1920 × 1440
	Maximum color depth: 32-bit colors
External CRT maximum refresh rate	85 Hz at 1600 × 1200
	75 Hz at 2048 × 1538
Audio
Sound support	■	Conexant SmartAMCi Audio Modem Codec (AMC) CX20468-31
	■ AC’97 Revision 2.3 Compliant
	NOTE: This notebook does not have an internal microphone or
	SPDIF.
Volume controls	■	Volume control keys on keyboard
	■ Software control provided through Windows
Internal speakers	■	Stereo speakers built into the front of notebook
	■	1.0 W maximum output for each channel
Internal microphone	Omni-directional, low impedance
Audio jacks	■	Stereo headphone output
	■	Stereo microphone input

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Communications

Modem features	■	Conexant SmartDAA CX20493-21AMCI 56K v.92 modem
	■ Uses the RJ-11 jack on the back of the notebook
	■ Supports Wake on Ring from S3 power mode
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet interface	■	Integrated IEEE 802.3 (10/100/1000BASE-T) Gigabit Ethernet
features		interface
	■ Uses the RJ-45 jack on the back of the notebook
	■ Supports Wake on LAN from S3 in battery mode and Wake on
		LAN from S4 and S5 in AC mode
Wireless Ethernet interface features	■	Intel® PRO/Wireless IEEE 802.11b/g network card embedded in
(Factory installed option)		the notebook
		-OR-
	■	Intel® PRO/Wireless IEEE 802.11a/b/g network card embedded in
		the notebook
	FN+F2 keyboard combination toggles wireless networking
	Antenna: Uses factory-installed internal antenna assembly
	Operating channels: 11 selectable channels
	Security: 128 and 64 bit WEP encryption
	Operating Frequency
	■	2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (IEEE 802.11b and
		IEEE 802.11g)
	■ 5.0 GHz (IEEE 802.11a)
	Maximum Data Rate
	■	54 Mbps (IEEE802.11g and IEEE 802.11a)
	■	11 Mbps (IEEE802.11b)
Input/Output (I/O)
Keyboard	■	U.S. English keyboard
	■ Full-sized 84-keys
	■ Full-sized 21-key keypad
	■	19 mm × 19 mm key pitch
	■	3.0 mm keystroke
Pointing device	■	Gateway EZ-Pad™ touchpad with vertical scroll
	■ 2-button design
Status indicators	■	AC power
	■	Wireless Ethernet
	■	Caps lock
	■	Num lock
	■	Hard drive access

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