Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product APA-1480 Adaptec
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R ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ SlimSCSI 1480 Adapter Us er’ s Gu ide.
ii i ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ Contents Introduc tion 1 Cont ent s of Kit 1 System Requirements 1 Inst al ling the Slim S CSI 148 0 2 Inst al ling t he Slim S CSI W ind ows 95 D rive r 5 Using the Slim SCSI Ada.
1 In troduct i on Cong rat ulation s on your purchas e of Adap tec ’s SlimSCSI 1480. The SlimS C SI 1480 delivers full 32-bit PCI performance at speed s up to 20 M Bytes / sec., all owing your high-perfor mance SC SI devic e s to operate at their m aximu m speed.
2 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de Note: The CardBus specifi cat i on diff ers fr om the stand ar d PC Card (PCM CIA ) spec ific atio n. As a result, CardBu s adapters like the SlimSCSI 1480 will not operate in, and can- not be in se r ted in, a st andar d PC Car d slot .
3 Instal ling the S limS CSI 1480 4 Plug the other end of the ca ble into the first (or only) SCSI dev i ce , as sh ow n b e lo w . M ake sure th e SC SI de v i ce is no t powered .
4 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de The di a gr a m b e lo w sh ows a typi c a l SC SI de v i ce wi th a sel ect - ab le SC SI ID swit ch : 7 T erminat e the la st (or on l y ) SCS I devi ce c onnect ed to the Slim SC SI 1480.
5 Instal ling the S limS CSI Wind ows 95 Driver Install ing t he Sl imSCS I W indows 95 Driver 1 If W indows 95 i s not alr eady r unning, start it now . 2 If the Sl imSCSI 1480 is not al r eady in serted in the C ar dBus sl ot, insert it now . Then wa it unti l W indows 9 5 finis hes b uild ing the dat abase informa tion f or t he adapte r .
6 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de Using the SlimSCSI Adapter Hot Plu ggin g Aft er you install the AP A-14 80 driver for the SlimSCSI 148 0, you can inser t or remov e th e SlimSC SI 1480 at an y ti me exc ept when data is being tran sferred o n the SCSI b us.
7 Us ing t he S li mSC SI Ada p ter Cauti on: Y o u r PC m a y ha ng i f y ou re mo v e th e ada p t er befor e the mes sage appears. When you insert t he Sli mSCSI 1480 ada pter w hile W in do ws 95 is ru n ning, W i n dows 95 detect s the adapt er and the dev ice(s ) con - nected to it.
8 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de 4 Double-clic k SC S I Co nt ro lle rs . T he System Properties dialo g bo x n ow lo oks like th i s: 5 Double-clic k Adaptec AP A-1480 Car d Bus Ult raSCSI Adapt er . 6 Sel ect t he Settings tab i n the di al og box.
9 Us ing t he S li mSC SI Ada p ter Th e dialo g box wi ll no w d ispl ay the o p tions y ou h a ve e n ter ed, as sho w n be l ow : Note: T o enable an opt ion th at you pr eviously d is- a b led , re turn to th e Adap ter Settings box an d dele t e one or bo th c ommands .
10 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de Understanding SCSI SCSI (pronounce d “s cuzzy”) st ands for S mall C omp u te r S ys te ms I nterfac e. SCSI is an industry s tandard computer i n terf ac e for con- necting SCS I dev ic es (suc h as hard dis k dr ives , C D-RO M drive s, an d scan n ers) to a com mon SCSI b u s.
11 Under stand ing SCSI T erm in atin g t he S CSI B us T o ensure reliable com mu nica tio n on the SCSI b us, ter m in at or s must be i nstalled (or enabled) on t he devi c es at t he physical en d s of t he S CSI b us. The ter mi nators on all devi ces betwe en the phys ical en ds must be removed (or disabled) .
12 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de Connector T y pes Several differ ent types of SCSI co nnectors are used on SCSI devic es, and each type r eq uir es a differ ent kin d of cable.
13 T roub leshoo ting T r oub l esho ot ing Most pr oblems with the SlimSCSI 1480 r e sul t fr om er r or s in pr epar - ing an d co nnec ting t he SC S I devic es to it.
14 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de Ge ner al S oft war e T rouble sh oot ing S ome p ortabl e PCs have a Su sp e n d/Resu me but ton to sa ve p o we r wi thout turn i ng off the P C.
15 T roub leshoo ting Win dows 95 T r o ubles ho otin g How do I deter mine if the Windo ws 95 soc ket is en abl ed and is run ning c orrectl y? 1 Inse rt the Sl i mSCSI 1480 in the Car dBus sl ot. 2 Click t he Sta rt button and cl ic k Settings . 3 Click C o ntrol Pa nel .
16 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Gu i de 4 Double-clic k the Sys t em ic on, th en s elect the De vi c e Ma n age r tab . 5 Double-clic k S C SI c ontrol le rs . The driver for the SlimSCSI adapter is list ed as Ada ptec AP A-148 0 CardBus UltraSCSI Adapter .
17 T roub leshoo ting 3 Follow the onsc reen instructio ns. If W indows 95 does not det ect the SlimSCSI 1480, run th e Add New Ha rd w a re Wiza r d ag ain : 1 Double-clic k A dd N ew Ha rd w are in the Cont rol Panel. 2 Sel ect No on the sec o n d sc reen o f t he w iz a rd.
18 SlimSCSI 1480 User’ s Guide The Sl imSCSI 1 480 fits in the PC Car d slot on m y PC, b ut t he PC cannot find the car d or the devices connect ed to it.
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