Determining Ide Device Compatibility; Windows 98 Issues; Ejecting The Nec Application And Driver Cd From A Dvd-Rom Drive; Finding Tape Device Icons - NEC POWERMATE ES 5250 - RELEASE NOTES Release Note

When users install their own version of Windows 95, ULTRA DMA/33 does
not function without the addition of these files. These .INF files can be added to
a new install of Windows 95 by using the NEC OS Restore CD. This results in
full ULTRA DMA/33 support. To add the files, run the OS Restore program in
the Windows operating system. Select the option to install PIIX4 support.

Determining IDE Device Compatibility

The new PIIX4 component contains a small change in the IDE interface. This
change to lower voltage levels on one signal has no effect on most of the IDE
hard drives on the market. A small number of older drives fail to function with
this new setting.

Windows 98 Issues

The following material describes information specific to systems running the
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Microsoft

Ejecting the NEC Application and Driver CD from a DVD-ROM Drive

If your system has a Hitachi DVD-ROM drive (4X GD-2500) and you manually
load applications or drivers from the NEC Application and Driver CD, a dialog
box appears with the message "Reminder: Please remove CD-ROM."
Pressing the eject button on the DVD-ROM drive displays another dialog box
with the message: "Eject request to Drive in Use: An Eject request was received
for a drive that is in use, continue with eject operation?"
Click to eject the CD from the DVD-ROM drive. The first dialog box is
OK
displayed. Click

Finding Tape Device Icons

Windows 98 displays tape device detection icons in Control Panel and Device
Manager when no tape devices are installed in the system. This is normal for the
chipset used on the PowerMate ES 5250 Series system board. The Windows 98
operating system indicates that support for a tape device is available.
Installing CD-ROM MS-DOS Drivers on Systems with Windows 98
Second Edition
CD-ROM MS-DOS
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Windows
Install the CD-ROM MS-DOS drivers from the NEC PowerMate ES 5250
Series Application and Driver CD using the following procedure:
1. Insert the Application and Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. The
Application and Driver CD dialog box appears.
2. Left click the
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Windows 98 operating system.
OK to complete the software loading operation.
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drivers are not installed on systems running the
98 Second Edition operating system as shipped from the factory.
MISC tab.
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