Gateway Solo Inspiron 2100 ??

Well this was the little surfing I got in between laying pieces of sod in the yard today.

I saw one of these firs hand at "Gateway Country" about a year ago. The port replicator was 100% the same with just the gateway logo.

But possibly... maybe.... gateway accessories may be cheaper than Dell accessories?!?!?!? We may keep that in mind if someone comes along..

Gateway already has instructions on how to add ram to one. Something that is Taboo in Dell circles.

Stonent

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Good call! Man, you DO have a lot of free time!!

John
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Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
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They list a different chipset and it is a BGA2 processor.

http://www.gateway.com/support/manlib/Notebooks/Solo3350/8506613/8506613.htm
http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/systems/ins2100/specs.htm#1000450

John
_________________________________________________________________
I4000 700Mhz W98se
Fix for "Black Border Syndrome" = Fn + F7 key combo
Inspiron Fn Key Combos
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k Modem (part #313-7776)
GeForce2 Go video board part number - 4D597
ATI Radeon 7500 video board part numbers - 9J057 $169 and 9J066 $179 (both same part)
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 4169D = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 12.5mm drives
I8K, I4K, I3.8K Media Bay parts: 29MFN = carrier; 4 x 53965 = screws | $32.00 for 9.5mm drives
I7.5 Media Bay parts: 4124T = carrier, 11 x 3771U = screws | $32.00
This Media Bay carrier holds 9.5 and 12mm 2.5" drives but not 19mm.
Actiontec (Lucent 6.00) Driver link
Dell IBM Noise
IBM Travelstar Noise
8000 Updates for WinME (OSUPA00.EXE)
8100 Updates for W2K and WinME (28226.EXE)
256MB SoDIMMs And The GeForce2 Go
I8kfangui
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Mobile Computing Hotlines
Corporate/Government Accounts - 800-822-8965
Direct Accounts - 800-247-9252
Outside of the United States - Contact Dell in your global area.
Dell Spare Parts - 1-800-624-9896, select option 2, then 2, then 4

There is also a solo 3300 that I found on e-bay that looks the same. The batteries appear identical across the 3300, 3350, LS and L400. And the port replicators are the same too.

The Solo 3300 seems to match the LS for specs.
Neomagic 256 audio/video 2.5MB sgram
440BX
TI-1211 Carbus

Might be that the 3rd party has a number of motherboards that fit in that case. Dell opted for the higher performance of the Mobility 128 and Gateway went for the cheaper Mobility M. But when the LS was out.. The NeoMagic 256 was what was pretty much standard in the notebook world.



Stonent

(Fomerly a DCSE, Currently unemployed!)
Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Windows NT/2000 Genius.
I can load Solaris 7 and 8 on Dell laptops.

---

Inspiron 4000 - 700Mhz Celeron (Now a C500!)
2x256MB Crucial CT32M64S4W8.OPT
1024x768 LCD
IBM DJSA-220 20GB
LG DRN8080B 8x DVD
3Com 56k/Ethernet MiniPCI

Latitude XPi P133ST 56MB 12GIG Windows 2000!

Tri-Boot Linux, Windows ME, Windows 2000
http://stonent.pointclark.net

IBM DRIVE UTILTIES
Power Booster
Drive Fitness Test
S.M.A.R.T Defender

USEFUL STUFF
Sound for DOS games under NT/2000/XP
Stop websites from spying on you and slowing your computer!

FIXES
Fix your "(?)PCI bridge" problems
CP/CPi laptop flashing lights and not booting?
Reseat the CPU.



Message Edited on 04/01/02 04:26AM by stonent

Stonent, good show. I have the Inspiron 2100 and have problem getting parts from Dell. That was some good investigation.

Thanks