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INSTALLATION FOR PCMCIA INTERFACE

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

If install on a NT station, make sure you turn OFF all power to your system
before connecting the CD ReWriter to your computer. However, you are
allowed to install the CD with power while using Windows 95/98, because
OS support plug-and-play.

1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD ReWriter drive. Push

firmly until the CD-RW connector is seated, and then tighten the two
screws on the cable connector.

2. Place the CD drive in the horizontal position

3. Consult your computer’s documentation to locate the PCMCIA slot.

4. Align the PCMCIA

interface card with the
arrow sign pointing to the
computer’s slot.  (Please
note that the card is
keyed to guide for proper
orientation.)

5. Slowly insert the PCMCIA interface card into the slot and press firmly

until the card is seated.

6. You are now ready to install the CD ReWriter device driver.

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95/98

The “New Hardware Found” dialog box* will appear when you insert the CD
ReWriter card under Windows 95 for the 

very first time.

Select “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer” and click on
the OK button

.

 Insert the CD ReWriter device driver disk into your floppy

drive.

 (If the dialog box does not appear, please refer to the “Trouble Shooting” section.)

If a dialog box come up select the CD-ROM , then click OK.

* Your dialog box may be different from the one shown depending on your Windows 95 version

CAUTION

The CD drive and electronic components installed on the CD ReWriter are
very sensitive to damage from static electricity. Before handling the unit,
touch a grounded metal surface. DO NOT connect/disconnect the CD
ReWriter

 

unit

 

to/from the parallel cable when the system is in power-on state.

Summary of Contents for CRW-740

Page 1: ...PC Card CD ReWritable Installation Manual CRW 740...

Page 2: ...the date of purchase and the shipping cost of the failed product to EXP Computer Inc You are responsible for mailing the warranty registration card The warranty claims may not be honored if there is...

Page 3: ...NTS Notebook or desktop computer with Pentium 133 Mhz or higher 32 MB RAM 75 MB free HD space A Parallel port EPP or bi directional or If using the PC Card interface the computer should have at least...

Page 4: ...sound output Connect a headphone or external speaker here 6 Volume Control CD Audio volume control Figure 1 REAR PANEL 1 Power Button Press the button to manually power on off the drive 2 DC in Jack T...

Page 5: ...nnect the other end to computer parallel port standard 25 connector 3 Plug in the AC adapter to a working AC receptacle 4 Press power button You are now ready to install the software CAUTION SOFTWARE...

Page 6: ...d installation files specify the full path of the directory and click OK 5 Select P H T Parallel Port Trans Series Win95 98 Driver and click Next 6 Click Finish to complete installation 7 Remove Insta...

Page 7: ...Have Disk button Windows NT will then prompt you to insert the manufacturer installation disk Insert the device driver disk into your floppy drive Specify the directory as A or A WINNT if the directo...

Page 8: ...ce card into the slot and press firmly until the card is seated 6 You are now ready to install the CD ReWriter device driver SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 98 The New Hardware Found dialog box w...

Page 9: ...p click on My Computer icon There should be addition CD ROM drive s icon displayed SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS NT 4 0 PC CARD Interface Currently there is no Plug and Play support for PC Card PC...

Page 10: ...Program Click on Install button The installation program will search for Setup exe program from the CD ROM Usually the application will start automatically If not click Browse button then open the sub...

Page 11: ...er sharing device 4 If you connect the equipment in daisy chain fashion always turn on the device farthest away from the computer first in this case the EXP CD then turn on the device next on the chai...

Page 12: ...see the screen below it means the PCMCIA device driver is not using 32 Bit Card Support Follow on screen instructions by except all the default setting At the end of the installation you will be asked...

Page 13: ...Interrupt Request 15 may be use by a built in secondary IDE controller Try changing the interrupt to 9 10 or 11 You can also try different I O addresses 3 The EXP entry may have a yellow circle with...

Page 14: ...ed Follow the instruction on Installation for Parallel Port Interface section PCMCIA INTERFACE If you need to remove or reinstalling the driver make sure the EXP CD ROM disk card is inserted Go to My...

Page 15: ...ment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the Distance between the equipmen...

Page 16: ...s into the drive You can disable it by opening the System icon in the Control Panel and selecting Device Manager For each item under CD ROM select the device click on the Settings tab and make sure th...

Page 17: ...rejecting the CD and the drive rejecting the CD is to unplug the IDE cable from the back of the CD recorder before inserting the disc If the problem is the operating system you probably need to disabl...

Page 18: ...o memory When an extracted track is 40 or 50MB and you don t have that much RAM Win95 s virtual memory system starts writing pieces out to disk The disk thrashes and you get nowhere There are several...

Page 19: ...enabled when it shouldn t be One person supposedly fixed a similar problem by replacing the power supply in their computer Apparently the 200W supply wasn t enough to handle everything that was connec...

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