Q
1:
Does Windows 95 supports
Vadems PC-Card socket controllers or do I need other drivers?
A:
You don't need any other driver
for Vadem PC-Card socket controllers since they are all supported
by Windows 95.
Q 2:
My
desktop computer has an ISA add-on board that is implemented
with Vadem PC Card socket controller VG-365 (or VG-465, VG-468).
How do I set it up to work with Windows 95? A:
Click on Start, Settings, Control
Panel, then double click on Add New Hardware icon. When "Add
New Hardware Wizard" window pops up, click on Next, then
select No (since you don't want Windows 95 to search the new
hardware) and Next. Scroll down the window and double click
on PCMCIA Socket entry. Select Vadem as the manufacturer
and Vadem PCIC Compatible PCMCIA Controller as the model
name, then click on Next. Your system should load the necessary
drivers for the Vadem chip.
If you
want Windows 95 to automatically search for your new hardware,
then you should select Yes when asked for this information.
This step will take a few minutes and then Windows 95 will
report that "Vadem PCIC Compatible PCMCIA Controller"
is detected. Please follow the instruction for loading the
necessary driver.
To verify
if Windows 95 recognizes your PC-Card socket controller, please
follow the above description. If your system still doesn't
recognize the PCMCIA port after all the above procedure, then
you may have to re-install Windows 95 from scratch. DON'T
FORGET TO BACKUP ALL YOUR FILES FIRST!
Q 3:
My
desktop computer has ISA add-on board that is implemented with
Vadem PC Card socket controller VG-469. How do I set it up
to work with Windows 95? A:
The VG-469 supports both Plug and
Play and Non-PnP modes.
If your
add-on board is designed with Plug and Play feature, your
system would automatically detect and initialize the VG-469
socket controller. If your add-on board does not support Plug
and Play mode, you have to manually configure the controller
as described in question (2) above. Please check with your
board manufacturer about the configuration (PnP or non PnP).
To verify
if Windows 95 recognizes the PC-Card socket controller, please
do the following:
Right
click on My Computer icon, then left click on Properties line.
When "System Properties" window pops up, click on
the Device Manager tab, then double click on PCMCIA Socket
line. You should see "Vadem PCIC compatible PCMCIA controller"
or "Vadem PCIC compatible Plug-and-Play PCMCIA controller"
or "PCIC compatible PCMCIA controller"; This means
the Vadem socket controller has been initialized and enabled
properly.
When
the "System Properties" window pops up and you don't
see the "PCMCIA Socket" entry or an entry with a
yellow exclamation (!), you know that Windows 95 didn't configure
the socket controller correctly.
Q 4:
How
do I set up the Vadem PC-Card socket controller in my laptop
computer (or desktop computer with built-in PC-Card port) to
work with Windows 95? A:
Please refer to questions (2) and
(3) above.
Q 5:
Why
doesn't my Ethernet PCMCIA card (or other PCMCIA card) work
with my system even though I did verify that Windows 95 has
initialized and enabled my computer's socket controller?
A:
Each time you insert the PCMCIA
card into the socket, Windows NT loads the card-service driver
and configures the card accordingly. If your system doesn't
execute this step properly, you will not be able to use the
PCMCIA cards. In this case, please contact your card manufacturer
to verify that your card is compatible with Windows NT and
if there is any specific card-service driver or card-enabler
that needs to be loaded with the card.
By default,
you should hear a double beep tone when the card is inserted
and configured properly. You should also see a small PCMCIA
icon in the right hand side corner of the task bar.
Note
that Windows 95 supports PnP and hot-swapping feature, therefore,
you don't have to reboot the system every time you insert
or remove the PC card.
To check
the status of the installed PCMCIA cards, click on Start,
Settings, Control Panel, then double click on PC Card icon.
Or, for a short cut, you can also double click on the small
PCMCIA icon in the task bar. This will bring up the "PC
Card Properties" window which shows the operational condition
of the inserted card.
Q 6:
When
I insert a SRAM or FLASH memory cards into my computer that
has been configured to use protected mode PCMCIA card drivers,
why isn't there a driver letter for the cards in Windows Explorer
or My Computer? A:
First, make sure that the system
properly recognizes the cards and appropriate drivers are
installed, then proceed with the following steps:
For SRAM
cards, you must include the following two entries in the CONFIG.SYS
file:
device
= c:\\system\csmapper.sys
device = c:\\system\carddrv.exe /slot =
Where
is the Windows 95 folder and indicates the number of PCMCIA
card slots in the computer.
For FLASH
cards, you must include the following two entries in the CONFIG.SYS
file:
device
= c:\\system\csmapper.sys
device = c:\\system\carddrv.exe /slot =
device = c:\\ms-flash.sys
Where
ms-flash.sys is provided by the flash card manufacturer.
Note
that you still need to partition and format the cards according
to the card manufacturers' instruction because the above information
is only for installing the SRAM and FLASH card in Windows
95.
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