User manual NEC VERSA 6200MX

[. . . ] NEC Computer Systems Division, A Division of Packard Bell NEC, Inc. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We, the Responsible Party NEC Computer Systems Division Packard Bell NEC, Inc. 1414 Massachusetts Avenue Boxboro, MA 01719 (508) 264-8000 declare that the product NEC V6200 Series is in conformity with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. PROPRIETARY NOTICE AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER The information disclosed in this document, including all designs and related materials, is the valuable property of NEC Computer Systems Division, Packard Bell NEC, Inc. NECCSD and/or its licensors, as appropriate, reserve all patent, copyright and other proprietary rights to this document, including all design, manufacturing, reproduction, use, and sales rights thereto, except to the extent said rights are expressly granted to others. [. . . ] The NEC Versa 6200MX Card and Socket Services works with many PC cards. PC Card Drivers and Utilities The following are the CardSoft drivers (for Windows for Workgroups systems only) and utilities used on your NEC Versa 6200MX. Some of these drivers may be disabled in the system files to conserve memory. Using Your NEC Versa 6200MX 4-15 T T T Card Socket Services (SSCBT1. SYS) This driver manages the card socket services on your system. Card Services (CS. SYS) This driver manages competition for system resources and manages adapter and card resources and configuration. Resource Allocation Utility (CSALLOC. EXE) CSALLOC is a DOS utility that scans the system for available memory, I/O port, and IRQ resources, updates the file CSALLOC. INI with this information, and then displays the list of available resources that Card Services can use. In addition, keywords can be added to CSALLOC. INI to force CSALLOC to exclude resources from being scanned or include resources that are not detectable (due to security features or hardware design). Other keywords let you reserve resources that may be needed by a particular PC card or other system component. T IDE/ATA Support (ATADRV. EXE) ATADRV. EXE is a block device driver that supports ATA Type II Flash Disk or ATA Type III Hard Disk PC cards. The ATAINIT. EXE utility places a hard disk partition table onto a blank ATA drive. T T SRAM Driver (MTSRAM. EXE) MTSRAM is a driver that supports SRAM cards. Memory Technology driver (MTDDRV. EXE) This component must be installed to support Flash Memory cards. It works in conjunction with card-specific MTDs to support a wide variety of Flash Memory cards. It also supports SRAM cards (providing MTSRAM. EXE is also installed) and allows sharing of drive letters between the different types of memory cards (Flash, SRAM, and ATA). T Card Identification (CARDID. SYS) This client device driver detects the insertion and removal of PC cards, automatically determines the card type upon insertion, and then configures the card/slot adapter. 4-16 Using Your NEC Versa 6200MX T Card Services Power Management Enabler (CS_APM. EXE) CS_APM. EXE is a DOS-based background task that enables Card Services to process system power management Suspend/Resume requests. When system power management software initiates a Suspend request, CS_APM notifies Card Services, which then verifies that the PC card slots are idle and can be powered down. Card Services passes this information back to CS_APM, which then notifies the power management software that the sockets can be powered off. When CS_APM receives a Resume request, it informs Card Services, which powers on the sockets again. Enablers Some PC cards have custom software written by the card manufacturer, known as Enablers, instead of Card and Socket Services. This custom software works well if only one or two PC cards are used on a particular system. Although many of these were considered compliant with PCMCIA Release 2. 0 specifications, they did not provide a truly compatible environment for exchanging and sharing PCMCIA operations. Do not use more than one Enabler at once unless you know what system resources are used by each Enabler. One Enabler may crash another if there is a conflict. T T T Hot swap may not work with some Enablers. For example, they require as little as 4 KB for a modem, 16 KB for Ethernet, and 24 KB for Token Ring. Know your system resources (see the CONFIG. SYS file) -- command line arguments cannot use resources being used by other devices. Using Your NEC Versa 6200MX 4-17 CONFIG. SYS You can disable all of the PCMCIA drivers that come preloaded in your NEC notebook computer. You can still use PC cards that have Enabler software, but you can install and run only one at a time. The card must rely on the software supplied by the card vendor (Enablers). Disable the preloaded PCMCIA drivers by modifying the CONFIG. SYS file as follows (in Windows for Workgroups). 1. Click on the CONFIG. SYS window and scroll down to the following line: ====== CardWizard PCMCIA Device Drivers ====== 4. [. . . ] A standard graphics resolution of 800 pixels x 600 lines. system board The main printed circuit board inside the system unit into which other boards and major chip components, such as the system microprocessor, are connected. 10 Glossary T TFT Thin Film Transistor. A type of NEC Versa LCD color screen that supports 256 colors and provides exceptional screen display. V VGA Video Graphics Array. Graphics technology that supports up to 256 colors and a graphics resolution of 640 by 480 pixels. volatile memory Storage media that loses its data when system power is turned off. Standard memory and memory that you add to the NEC Versa are volatile memory. [. . . ]