Technical Information - Panasonic CF-25LJF8EAM/E Operating Instructions Manual

Technical Information

N e t w o r k
The network connection may be severed when entering the
standby and suspend (hibernation) mode. Be sure to disable
the hibernation timeout settings with the Setup Utility if you
require a network environment.
About HDD DMA Transfer
Do not add the check mark
[Control Panel] - [System] - [Device Manager] - [Disk drives] -
[GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE**] - [Settings].
This may damage data on the hard disk.
FAT32
This computer uses a new, highly efficient file system called
FAT32. Please note the following regarding FAT32.
Some software will not run normally:
Do not run disk utilities and other software not compatible
with FAT32. Doing so could cause incorrect information such
as hard disk capacity to be shown or could destroy hard disk
data.
Contact the dealer or other outlet for the software and obtain
the latest version.
Non-recognition from other operating systems:
You will not be able to view the contents of your hard disk
from other operating systems. (For example, you will not be
able to view the contents of your hard disk even when starting
up using a floppy disk created with another computer.)
Other operating systems cannot therefore be installed. To in-
stall the operating system, please refer to the method listed
below. If you are unsure about this explanation, do not pro-
ceed with installation of operating system.
Back up the contents of your hard disk.
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Start up with the Firstaid FD.
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Internet Explorer 4.0
Internet Explorer 4.0 places a tremendous load on the system in
order to execute the wide variety of functions that it provides.
As a result, some unexpected faults may occur.
Example: It takes a long time to reboot or the computer
locks up.
The software cannot be upgraded.
A system module error occurs.
Reinstallation
When Windows is started up while pressing the
the [Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Menu] is displayed. After
Power saving function in the sound chip
The sound chip has its own power saving function. You can
enable this function in the [OPL3-SAx power management] tab
(select [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel] - [Power]).
In [Non Power Save mode], the power saving function is dis-
abled. This is the default value.
In [Minimum level of power save], the power saving function is
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to [DMA] in [Start] - [Settings] -
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When the power saving function is running, TranXit and
other communications software may malfunction. For ex-
ample, communications may be halted if either
or the suspend mode (hibernation) is activated.
3 When the [Windows 95 Startup Menu] appears, select
[1. Boot].
Enter FDISK .
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Select [3. Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive].
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Select [1. Delete Primary DOS Partition].
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Start up again following the instructions on the screen.
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These steps will allow you to install most operating systems.
The contents of the hard disk will be deleted. Always make
sure to back up the hard disk beforehand.
The following steps will normally be unnecessary, however,
if installation is not possible, try performing them.
8 Start up again using the Firstaid FD to open FDISK in the
same way.
When [Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)...?]
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appears on the first screen, press "N", then
Select [1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive].
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Set the partition following the instructions on the screen
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and activate it.
Start up again following the instructions on the screen.
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If any of these faults occurs, try using the software with some
Internet Explorer 4.0 functions turned off. (See Internet Ex-
plorer Help for more details.)
Example: Close the channel bar. .
Close the welcome message.
Set the wallpaper to "None".
Uninstall Internet Explorer 4.0.
reinstalling Windows, [Previous version of MS-DOS] also
appears in this menu, however, do not select this item as MS-
DOS is not installed.
enabled. You may encounter problems, such as no sound from
music CDs, and the keyboard's volume control (
) will not function.
Do not select [Intermediate level of power save] or [Maxi-
mum level of power save] because noise is likely.
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