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Addonics TECHNOLOGIES Pocket CD-ROM PCMCIA USB FIREWIRE Serial ATA Users Guide Revision 5.0.
FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the lim its for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These l imit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful int erference in a residential installation.
Contents FCC Warning ....................................................................................... 1 Contents ................................................................................................ 2 Chapter 1 Preface ..............
Chapter 1 Preface This is a Prelim inary version of the m anual intended to provi de advance information on t he Addonics Technologies’ external Slim C D-ROM drive. The information is as complete and as accurate as possible as of the publication date, but will be superseded and updated pe riodically by revised manuals.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter will walk you thr ough the installation of your External Pocket CD-ROM. Make sure that yo u have the following items: For CD-ROM with Firewire Cable ! Pocket CD-.
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Firewire Cable Installation Attach the FIREWIRE-IDE cable’s “ MC 36 Connector ” (Picture 1) to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able to disconnect the cable without pressing t he release notch.
Firewire CD-ROM Installation For Win98SE, Me, Win2000, XP Note : (for Windows 98 SE only) After plugging in the cabl e some syst em m ight prom pt you for Win98SE CD, in case you don’t have The Win98SE CD and the wizard prom pt you for a. NTMAP.SYS please type C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERS b.
PCMCIA Cable Installation Attach the PCMCIA cable “ MC 36 Connector ” to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able to disconnect t he cable without pressing the rel ease notch.
PCMCIA driver Installation For Windows 9X and Me 1. Plug the PCMCIA cable into your comput er’s PCMCIA socket. You should see a “New hardware found” message box as shown.
4. Click next to cont inue. 5. Click finish to co mplete the Installatio n. 6. Double Click My Computer Icon and y ou should see a CDROM i con. 7.You may now access your CD-ROM drive Addonics Technologies – Pocket CD-ROM Users Guide v 5.
PCMCIA Install ation for Windows NT 1. Go to StartSettingsCo n trol Panel 2. Double Click SCSI adapt er icon 3. Click on the Driver Tab 4. Click Add to add new driver 5. Follow wizard and br o w se to A:NT folder for the Driver. 6. Select “Addonics PCMCIA…” t hen click ok.
USB Cable Installation Attach the USB-IDE cable’s “ MC 36 Connector ” to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able t o disconnect the cable wit hout pressing the release notch.
Serial ATA Combo Hard Drive Installation For Win98SE, Me, 2000 and XP Note: There no drivers needed to use the Serial ATA cable as long as the drivers are installed for the Seri al ATA Controller card/ chip. It is plug and play. 1. Make sure the Serial ATA cable is securely attach to the back of the drive.
USB DOS BOOT Instruction The following procedures have been tested to work successful ly with various Notebook and Desktop computers by our engineers. Because of the growing complexity of new computer.
8. When it is done, reboot with this di sk to use the USB devices. 9. CDROM drives will be usin g the Drive R: 10. Hard Drives will be using the n ext letter available. Please note there will be no letter for the hard d rive if it has not been partitio ned and formatted.
Installing Windows 98SE or Me using the Addonics USB CD- ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD/CDRW or DVD-R/RW drive. The procedures are practically identi cal to Windows 2000 or XP as described above. Except instead of copying the I386 folder to the hard drive, you will copy the Windows 98SE folder or the Windows Me folder to the hard drive.
Technical Support If you need assistance to get your uni t functioning properly , please call Addonics Technical Support. Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will need your help to do so. Calling the technical support staff without all the proper inform ation can be both tim e consum ing and frustrating.
An important point after buying a device Addonics Technologies PCMCIA (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Addonics Technologies PCMCIA yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Addonics Technologies PCMCIA - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Addonics Technologies PCMCIA you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Addonics Technologies PCMCIA will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Addonics Technologies PCMCIA, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Addonics Technologies PCMCIA.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Addonics Technologies PCMCIA. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Addonics Technologies PCMCIA along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
