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EXP Computer CD421 Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 PCMCIA Portable CD-ROM Installation Manual CD-421...
  • Page 2 RMA number. You are responsible for packaging, providing proof of 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 no corresponding registration card on file at EXP.
  • Page 3 FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 4 TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............1 FEATURES ................1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ............. 2 FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE ........2 REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE........3 POWER SOURCE ................4 CONNECT THE AC ADAPTER ........... 4 INSTALLING THE BATTERIES...........

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION The CD-421 brings the latest in mobile computing technology to notebook computer users with portability and convenience. The CD-421 is a 4X(quad-speed) CD-ROM drive compliant with the PCMCIA 2.1(PC Card) standard. Featuring flexible power options, the CD-421 may operate on either AC power or batteries. The CD-421 is designed for both business and entertainment solutions.

  • Page 7: Part Names And Functions

    PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • • Disc Tray: This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. ‚ ‚ Load/Stop button: • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel Of The Cd-Rom Drive

    REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • • Interface Connector: This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ ‚ DC in Jack: This jack connects to the AC adapter. ƒ ƒ Line out Jack: This jack outputs audio signal to an amplifier. „...

  • Page 9: Power Source

    POWER SOURCE The CD-421 can be either powered by the AC adapter or by the batteries as a flexible option. However, the AC adapter has a priority over the battery in powering the CD-ROM. That means if you connect the AC adapter, the CD-421 will operate on it regardless if the batteries are installed.

  • Page 10: Installing The Batteries

    INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The CD-421 requires eight AA size batteries (not included) for operation. When using alkaline batteries, the battery life may last for more than 3 hours if the CD-421 is used in CD-ROM mode, it can be even longer when the CD-421 is used in CD-Audio mode.

  • Page 11: Removing The Batteries

    Figure 4 REMOVING THE BATTERIES 1. Remove the battery lid by sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow as shown in Figure 3. 2. Lift up the battery ribbon to eject the batteries from the battery compartment. NOTICE •...

  • Page 12: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Make sure you turn OFF all power to your system before connecting the CD-421 to your computer. 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector.

  • Page 13: Software Installation For Dos/Windows

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION The INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into the computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer.

  • Page 14: Manual Installation

    MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the CD-421 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the files EXPCDI.EXE from the CD-421 device driver disk to your hard disk.
  • Page 15 Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT: drive:\path \MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4 where drive:\path specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the file MSCDEX.EXE. Note: If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file loads a menu program such as DOSSHELL or Windows, you have to add the above line to start your menu program.

  • Page 16: Software Installation For Windows 95

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 If your computer does not have Windows 95 installed yet, please refer to the section titled “Using CD-421 to Install Windows 95”. USING CD-421 UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD-421 under Windows 95 for the very first time.

  • Page 17: Using Cd-421 To Install Windows 95

    When the following dialog box appear, select CD-421 (I) card and click on the OK bottom. Figure 8 Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After finishing, remember to shutdown Windows and restart your computer if you are using the CD- 421 to install Windows 95.

  • Page 18: Enabling 32-Bit Card Support Of Windows 95

    6. After the installation is completed, please refer to the next section titled “Enabling 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT”. ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the CD-421. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System”...
  • Page 19 In this case, double click on the PCMCIA Controller, and a dialog box will be displayed as below. Please place a check mark next to the current configuration of Device usage box, then select OK. Figure 10 After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will ask you to reboot your computer.

  • Page 20: Software Installation For Os/2 Warp

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR OS/2 WARP Before installing CD-421 device driver for OS/2 WARP, make sure your computer is PCMCIA supported. If you are not sure about this, please refer to the last part of this section for “Adding PCMCIA Support”. AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION To perform the automatic installation of CD-421 for OS/2 WARP, follow the below steps,...
  • Page 21 9. The rest of the installation should proceed automatically. At last, the on-screen instruction will prompt your to restart your computer to activate the new device driver for OS/2 Warp.

  • Page 22: Manual Installation

    MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the CD-421 OS/2 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy EXPCD2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the BOOT subdirectory of OS/2 directory (for example: C:\OS2\BOOT.) 2.

  • Page 23: Adding Pcmcia Support

    ADDING PCMCIA SUPPORT PCMCIA Support can be automatically installed during OS/2 installation or it can be installed through Selective Install after OS/2 installation. To check or install PCMCIA support, perform the following steps: 1. Open OS/2 System. 2. Open System Setup. 3.
  • Page 24 6. Select the appropriate system (this should either be a direct match with your target install system or a known compatible system). Figure 13 7. Select OK. 8. Select Install. 9. Follow the on-screen instructions to carry through the installation.
  • Page 25 USE CD-421 TO INSTALL OS/2 WARP Before you begin, make a back up copy of the “Diskette for CD-ROM #1” of OS/2 Warp. 1. Copy EXPCD2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the Diskette for CD- ROM #1. (You may copy EXPCD2.FLT to harddisk, then copy it to the “Diskette for CD-ROM #1”).

  • Page 26: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages that DOS/Windows users may encounter. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed your screen, which generated EXPCDI.EXE MSCDEX.EXE. Configure card to: I/O Port:170-177, 376-377 IRQ number: 15 Device Name: MSCD001 CD-421 card is present in socket 1 Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0...
  • Page 27 Error: Illegal I/O port! The above message means invalid I/O ports in the EXPCDI line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected. The legal I/O port numbers are: 1, 2, and 3. Error: Illegal IRQ number! The above message means an invalid IRQ number in EXPCDI line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected.

  • Page 28: Basic Operating Procedures

    BASIC OPERATING PROCEDURES The CD-421 is designed for both multimedia applications and for entertainment purposes. It can be used with your computer, or you can use it alone as a portable Audio CD player. Before using the CD-421, you should first load the CD properly as the instructions below: 1.

  • Page 29: Pcmcia(Pc Card) Software Information

    PCMCIA(PC CARD) SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDI.EXE will call this PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, the EXPCDI still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
  • Page 30 The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Phoenix Award Driver CardSoft Cardware ThinkPad Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.EXE Card Services CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS Resource CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS Initialization Utility...
  • Page 31 STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the following REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDI.EXE /P:1 /I:15 /D:MSCD001 PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEN.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D3FF...
  • Page 32 DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDI.EXE /P:1 /I:15 /D:MSCD001...

  • Page 33: Power Saving

    POWER SAVING The CD-421 may operate with an AC adapter or batteries. Use of the supplied AC Adapter will provide the power for use as a portable CD player, or to extend the computer’s battery life. The CD-421 drive will automatically enter the sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 5 minutes.

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