User manual FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA

[. . . ] 112 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus GB Cable II PCMCIA Cable II CardBus 2 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS GB GENERAL INFORMATION: Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Precautionary measures and operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 5 5 CHAPTER 1: Startup operation - Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] In the next window the default is selected for finding a better driver than that currently being used. Now you can select where the FREECOM HighSpeed driver is to be installed. Insert the FREECOM driver diskette/CD and select the floppy drive or the CDROM drive. Your FREECOM drive appears with a new drive letter under "My Computer". The installation is then complete. 10 Software installation Uninstallation of Windows Default Driver Windows 98 1. Open the "Device Manager" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. Select "Properties" and click on the "Device Manager" tab. Click on the "+" next to the entry "Hard disk controllers". Right-click on "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" and select the delete option. GB 2 2. 3 Assigning the drive letter under Windows 95/98/ME After successfully completing the installation of the FREECOM drive, a new drive letter is assigned automatically (the first available letter after the internal hard drives). This can shift the drive letter of an internal CD-ROM drive (for example, 'D' to 'E'). If this leads to problems, it is possible to change the drive letter assignment as follows: 1. Click on "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel". Select "Device Manager" and click on "CD-ROM" or "Drive". Click on the FREECOM drive, then on "Properties" - "Settings". Under Windows 2000, Cable II is recognized as "PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI Controller" and the drivers are components of the operating systems. In the next window, the option appears for finding a suitable driver for the device. In the next window, click on "Finish" to conclude the driver installation. Your FREECOM drive now appears with a new drive letter under "My Computer". Later Installation of the FREECOM HighSpeed Driver Note: If you are not prompted to install the driver, your system has automatically installed the Windows default driver for your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. Open the "Device Manager" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. Then click on the "Hardware" tab and start the "Device Manager" from there. Click on the "+" next to the entry "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller". In the next window, the default option for finding a suitable driver for the device is selected. [. . . ] The driver MSCDEX. EXE will also be called up for devices with a CD ROM drive. It is responsible for assigning the drive letter to the CD-ROM. 18 Troubleshooting CHAPTER 3: Troubleshooting - General problems If you still have problems getting your FREECOM drive to function properly despite having installed it correctly, then please check the following points: Hardware requirements: Does your system meets the hardware requirements?(see page 5) GB 3 Connecting the FREECOM device: Is the Cable II correctly connected to your computer and the FREECOM device?Determine if the medium can be ejected and if the device is getting power when the system boots. System settings: Do not use any memory manager such as QEMM Disable the system's power management. Setting options under DOS If you cannot access drives (floppy disk, CD) after booting, please check the following: Are the entries for the Cable II driver FCPOINT. EXE and the device drivers present in the startup files and have they been correctly installed? [. . . ]