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Installing 32-bit Card Support

Note:  The following procedures apply to the notebook that has install or re-

install the original release of the Windows 95 version 4.00.950 or
4.00.950a.

Your system should be ready for the PCMCIA socket support prior to
operating the PCMCIA CD-ROM. To check whether your computer has the
PCMCIA Socket supported, double-click on the 

System

 icon from the

Control Panel 

folder. (You can find the 

Control Panel

 folder by going to

the 

Start

 menu.  Under the Start menu, select 

Settings

. Under Settings you

can select the 

Control Panel

 folder).

Click on the 

Device Manager

  tab.  If  an  “

x

” appears next to 

PCIC or

compatible PCMCIA  Controller

 item, as shown above, it means the

PCMCIA device driver is not using 32-bit Card Support.

Double-click on the 

PCIC or compatible PCMCIA Controller

 item, and a

dialog box will be displayed, as shown on the next page. Place a check mark
next to the current configuration in the 

Device usage

 box, then select 

OK

.

Summary of Contents for CD Station

Page 1: ...CD STATION USER S MANUAL EXP www expnet com...

Page 2: ...mber before returning the defective product The customer can do this by calling EXP s Technical Support Department at 516 496 7629 The RMA number needs to be displayed on the outside of the returned p...

Page 3: ...4 so the above exclusion or limitation may not apply to you How to contact us EXP WEB SITE www expnet com TECHNICAL SUPPORT 516 496 7629 TECHNICAL SUPPORT E MAIL support expcomputer com...

Page 4: ...E 10 HARDWARE INSTALLATION PC CARD 11 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PC CARD 12 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 98 12 Windows 98 12 Windows 95 B 13 Windows 95 Older Versions 14 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR W...

Page 5: ...ALLATION OPTIONAL PARALLEL PORT 21 Windows 95 98 21 Windows NT 4 0 23 Linux Red hat distribution 25 PLAYING AN AUDIO CD 26 Using cd player utility in windows 95 98 26 Hot Insert Remove feature of the...

Page 6: ...PC Card interface the notebook must have a lease one PC Card Type I or Type II slot 2 Windows 95 98 Windows NT 3 51 4 0 FEATURES Complies with PC Card PCMCIA JEIDA standard MSCDEX Compatible Easy to...

Page 7: ...s s ability to properly read the disc If this does occur remove the disc but leave the power on After one hour reinsert the disc and try again Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight Do not store th...

Page 8: ...ct the tray 2 Access LED This LED will blink when the drive is accessing the disc 3 Emergency Hole Insert a pin shaped item to manually eject the tray when the power is OFF 4 Power LED This LED will l...

Page 9: ...nal amplifier Figure 2 POWER SOURCE An AC adapter powers the CD ROM DRIVE The POWER LED on the front panel indicates the power status It always lights up when the power supply is in working mode 1 Con...

Page 10: ...CD ROM drive 4 Locate the PCMCIA slot of your computer or consult your computer user s manual for its location 5 Align the PCMCIA interface card with the arrow sign facing upward and pointing toward t...

Page 11: ...Listed below are the screen displays to use for reference Your PC Card name may be different Windows 98 The Add New Hardware Wizard window will be displayed Click Next twice in order to diplay the scr...

Page 12: ...wise ignore this section and skip to the next page for installing the PCMCIA CD ROM for Windows 95 Older versions 1 Insert the PCMCIA CD ROM device driver disk into the floppy drive 2 Click the Next b...

Page 13: ...stalling 32 bit Card Support Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and then click the OK button Windows 95 will then prompt you to insert the manufacture s installation disk Insert...

Page 14: ...om the Control Panel folder You can find the Control Panel folder by going to the Start menu Under the Start menu select Settings Under Settings you can select the Control Panel folder Click on the De...

Page 15: ...ction for installing the PCMCIA CD ROM device driver If the PCMCIA Socket is not found then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system Click on the Adding New Hardware icon in the Control Panel folde...

Page 16: ...hut down Windows NT In Windows NT the I O and IRQ settings of PCMCIA CD ROM cannot be changed Therefore if the settings conflict with other devices you are using change the I O or IRQ of other device...

Page 17: ...ur floppy drive Specify the directory as A WINNT or B WINNT whichever contains the diskette and select OK When the below dialog box appears select PCMCIA CD ROM CD R CD RW DVD ROM and click the OK but...

Page 18: ...tall the PCMCIA CD ROM onto a notebook which already has Linux Installing from the Red Hat Package Manager 1 A user can install the PCMCIA RPMS package using the command rpm ivh kernel pcmcia cs xx xx...

Page 19: ...adapter cable to the DC IN outlet on the CD ROM drive 3 Connect one end of the Parallel cable to the CD ROM 26 pin small connector and connect the other end to computer parallel port Standard 25 conn...

Page 20: ...ction From the Desktop click the My Computer icon Next click the Control Panel icon and then click the Add New Hardware icon You should now see the window Add New Hardware Wizard 1 Click the Next butt...

Page 21: ...ull path of the directory and click OK 5 Select PHT Parallel Port PHT Series Win95 98 Driver And click Next 6 Click the Finish button to complete installation 7 Remove Installation diskette 8 Restart...

Page 22: ...apters 2 Choose Drivers tab and the click on Add From the Install Driver click the Have Disk button 3 The Install From Disk dialog box will prompt for device driver diskette 4 Click the Browse button...

Page 23: ...s NT Driver Click OK 6 Restart the computer when prompted to do so VERIFY YOUR INSTALLATION Once your computer has booted up and your Desk Top appears click on the My Computer icon You should now see...

Page 24: ...cd for ATAPI CD ROM 7 Use modprobe l to locate the three modules On the RedHat 5 2 paride o lib modules preferred block fit2 o fit3 o lib modules preferred misc pcd o at lib modules preferred misc 8 U...

Page 25: ...rd from your system at any time without rebooting or turning off your system However the PCMCIA CD ROM being a storage device itself cannot be hot removed when it is accessing the data To avoid system...

Page 26: ...following steps 1 Double click the PC Card PCMCIA icon on the Control Panel 2 Make sure the box showing the control on the task bar is checked If the PC Card PCMCIA wizard appears when you click the b...

Page 27: ...the disc is lying flat with the label side up Close the tray completely Check computer s parallel port setting IF THE TRAY DOES NOT SLIDE OUT Solutions Check the power LED to make sure the drive is po...

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