******************************* PROBLEMS.TXT ********************************* * Disk Version : 1.00 * * Release Date : 16-05-96 * ****************************************************************************** 1. ECARD Configuration Problems 2. Card Services Installations - SystemSoft CardSoft (CardSoft or Compaq Utilities - CPQDOS) - IBM EZ-Play on ThinkPads - Phoenix Card Manager (PCMPlus) - Award Cardware (CardWare) 3. ECARDCS Installation 4. ECARDCS Configuration Problems - Using CIRRPTCH.COM 5. Altering the Card Services Generic Clients - Award Cardware (PCENABLE) - Phoenix Card Manager (PCMSCD) - SystemSoft CardSoft (CARDID) Also Compaq Utilities (CPQDOS). 6. Specific PC Problems - Toshiba - General - T3300 Machines - Topic Software - Zenith Data Systems Notebooks - Sharp Notebooks - Dell Notebooks and PCMCIA Software - Motorola Controller - JetBook and Hyundai Notebooks - Twinhead Slimnote - Texas Instruments TravelMate - Dell Latitude - Elonex NB 400 series and NB 33 notebooks. 6. Specific Operating System Problems - Windows NT - Windows 95 - Unix, Linux etc. - OS/2 Problems finding a free IRQ? Run ASK-RSC.EXE! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************************** 1. ECARD or CARD2 Configuration Problems ======================================== The supplied configuration program, ECARD.EXE, should recognise the host PCMCIA controller and any PCMCIA software that has been loaded. If ECARD cannot configure the PCMCIA system in an NE2000 compatible mode you will receive an error message. ECARD will recognise and configure the following controllers: Intel 82365SL (and compatibles Cirrus, Vadem, VLSI, Ricoh, IBM Stinger, Texas Instruments etc.) Databook TCIC IBM ThinkPad Sharp Toshiba In addition, CARD2 will recognise the PCI-PCMCIA controllers from Cirrus CL-PD6729 Intel PPEC 82092AA Vadem VG-469 Card Services ============= If ECARD or CARD2 finds that you have card services loaded on your PC it will not be able to install. For this kind of installation you can either remove the card services files (see later for the names of these files) and use ECARD or CARD2 or keep the card services and use the card servics client program called ECARDCS. This file details known problems with the Ethernet PCMCIA card in certain configurations and PC's. Please contact the address at the end of this file if you are experiencing a problem other than those listed below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Card Services Installations ================================ ECARDCS is a card services client program which will hook into card services and enable the card when it is inserted. ECARDCS should be loaded after the card services program and in some cases after other specific files have been loaded too. Usage is usually ECARDCS.EXE /IO 300 /IRQ 3 in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or DEVICE=C:\PATH\ECARDCS.EXE /IO 300 /IRQ 3 in the CONFIG.SYS file. Other options for IRQ are 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 15. Options for IO are 320, 340 and 360. The following file names are card services programs which may be found in either the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***************************************************** * Card Services Installations - SystemSoft CardSoft * ***************************************************** ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ File Name ³ Manufacturer ³ Product ³ Loading ECARDCS ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³CS.EXE ³SystemSoft ³CardSoft ³After CSALLOC.EXE has been ³ ³ ³ ³ ³loaded. ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³Recent SystemSoft files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SS365SL.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³or ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SSVADEM.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³or ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SSCIRRUS.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE CSALLOC.INI <--Resource Allocator ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ³before : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE <--Generic Client ³ ³ ³ ³Older SystemSoft files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SS365SL.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³or ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SSVADEM.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³or ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\SSCIRRUS.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDSOFT\CIC.EXE <--Generic Client ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Note: If your SystemSoft CS.EXE (card services) is version 2.05 then use ECARDCS with the extra /o (as in over-ride) to ignore the incorrect database format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************************* * Card Services Installations - IBM EZ Play * ********************************************* ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ File Name ³ Manufacturer ³ Product ³ Loading ECARDCS ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³IBMDOSCS.SYS³IBM ³E-Z Play ³After resource allocator has³ ³ ³ ³ ³been loaded. ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³IBM files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\EZPLAY\IBMDSS01.SYS /S0=1 <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\EZPLAY\IBMDOSCS.SYS <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\EZPLAY\DICRMU01.SYS /MA=C000-CFFF <--Resource Allocator ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\EZPLAY\$ICPMDOS.SYS <--Power Manager ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ³before : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\EZPLAY\AUTODRV.SYS AUTODRV.INI <--Generic Client ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************** * Card Services Installations - Phoenix Card Manager * ****************************************************** ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ File Name ³ Manufacturer ³ Product ³ Loading ECARDCS ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³PCMCS.EXE ³Quadtel/Phoenix/VSI³Card Manager ³Immediately afterwards. ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³Recent Phoenix files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSS.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMCS.EXE /ADDR=D0 /IRQ=10 <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCRM.EXE <--Resource Manager ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ³before : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSCD.EXE /RS=4 /beep <--Generic Client ³ ³ ³ ³Older Phoenix files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSS.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMCS.EXE /ADDR=D0 /IRQ=10 <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\PCMPLUS\PCMSCD.EXE /RS=4 /beep <--Generic Client ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************************ * Card Services Installations - Award Cardware * ************************************************ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ File Name ³ Manufacturer ³ Product ³ Loading ECARDCS ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³PCCS.EXE ³Award/Ventura ³Cardware ³Version dependent. ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³Recent Award files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCRM.EXE /AUTODETECT <--Resource Allocator ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE <--Generic Client ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ³ ³ ³Older SystemSoft files are in the CONFIG.SYS as follows: ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\SSPCIC.EXE <--Socket Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCCS.EXE <--Card Services ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\CARDWARE\PCENABLE.EXE <--Generic Client ³ ³Then load ECARDCS : ³ ³ DEVICE=C:\ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 300 <--Card Client ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. ECARDCS Installation ======================= When the Ethernet card is inserted ECARDCS will attempt to configure it. If ECARDCS is successful you will hear a single tone beep. If you hear two single tone beeps ECARDCS may not have been able to configure the Ethernet card. In this case try to use different IRQ and IO settings until a satisfactory combination is acheived. Try ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 3 /IO 340 or ECARDCS.EXE /IRQ 5 /IO 300 Valid options are IO = 300, 320, 340 and 360 and IRQ = 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 15. 4. ECARDCS Configuration Problems ================================= If you hear two single tone beeps ECARDCS may not have been able to configure the Ethernet PC card. There are two diagnostic programs included on this disk If ECARDCS.EXE installs the card but your NE2ODI.COM or NE2000.COM driver reports "Buffer RAM failed the memory test" the you are probably using a Cirrus Logic PCMCIA controller. Please either use CARD2CS.EXE from this \DIAGNOSE\ directory in place of ECARDCS.EXE or follow th instructions below on using the Cirrus Logic timing fix program CIRRPTCH.COM. ASK-CS.EXE - after loading ECARDCS, insert the Ethernet PCMCIA card and run ASK-CS. This will give you all the configuration information to do with ECARDCS and your PCMCIA software. If you use the alteernative driver to ECARDCS.EXE called CARD2CS.EXE then use ASK-CS2.EXE to find out what CARD2CS.EXE has done. 4.1 Using CIRRPTCH.COM ======================== If the Ethernet PC card can be recongnised and enabled by ECARDCS.EXE but the network driver fails to load with the error message "Buffer RAM failed the memory test" or once logged on to your server the network connection is unreliable and your PC is using a Cirrus Logic PCMCIA controller (use CARDCHEK.EXE to check) then you need to run the CIRRPTCH.COM patch program to correct the Cirrus timing problem. This is due to timing problem with a particular revision of the Cirrus Logic PCMCIA Controller inside certain notebook PCs. Notebooks which might be affected by this problem: * Some Compaq's * Digital HiNote * PANASONIC CF-41 Procedure: 1. Use CARDCHEK.EXE to identify the PCMCIA Controller inside your notebook. If it's not a Cirrus Logic controller, then the problem is somewhere else. 2. Copy CIRRPTCH.COM onto Drive C: 3. Add CIRRPTCH.COM in the first lines of your AUTOEXEC.BAT. 4. Reboot your PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Altering the Card Services Generic Clients ============================================= This section shows you how to modify card services generic clients to get them to automatically recognise and configure the Grey Cell Systems Ethernet PCMCIA card. This is not usually recommended as the procedures are not very straight forward and using ECARDCS.EXE is a more flexible alternative. *************************** * Award Cardware Software * *************************** PCMCIA software from Award comes in the form of 3 files called PCSS, PCCS and PCENABLE. These are usually placed in the PC's CONFIG.SYS file for installation on boot-up. If these files are dated before 1/7/93, Ethernet PC card should automatically be detected and set up. If these files are dated after 1/7/93 then the card needs to be configured using the Card Registration Program. You will need to run the 'PC Card Control for Windows' program under Windows. If you do not have Windows, edit the CARDWARE.INI file as indicated at the end of this section. Make sure the Ethernet PC card is inserted into one of your PC's sockets. Then - 1) Run 'PC Card Control for Windows' from the Cardware sub-directory. 2) Press 'OK' buttons on any card detect errors until you get to the main menu. 3) Select the 'Cards' option and choose 'Edit'. 4) Select Socket A (or wherever the Ethernet card is located) and press Enter If you already have a device in the Defined box called GCS2000, go to step (11). 5) Select 'New Device' under the 'Defined' devices box. 6) Edit the new device to be named 'GCS2000' ('GCS2200' if you have the extended, Ethernet PC card). 7) Select IO range 1 Base(Hex) = 300, Length = 32. 8) Do not alter Mem range 1 or 2. 9) Select IRQ level 3. And OK to make changes. 10) Back on the 'Edit card' screen, highlight the 'GCS2000' device in the defined devices box. 11) Transfer the GCS2000 to the 'Associated' box with the 'Include' command. 12) Select OK to complete editting and return to main screen. 13) If the Ethernet PC card is not graphically depicted, choose 'Card' and 'Reconfigure' the socket which contains the Ethernet card. If the card is still not configured exit Windows and check the CARDWARE.INI file in the CARDWARE sub-directory has had the following changes made: [Cards] NumberOfRecords=1 1=Grey Cell GCS2000, 13, 6, -1,Grey Cell,GCS2000 or 1=Grey Cell GCS2220, 13, 6, -1,Grey Cell,GCS2220 [SpecificAssociations] NumberOfRecords=1 1=6 [LogicalDevices] NumberOfRecords=6 . 6=GCS2000, 0X0, 0X0, 0X300, 0X20, 0X3, 0X0, 0X0, 0X1, 0X0, 0X0, 0X0 Note that the 'NumberOfxxx' numbers may vary from those shown here. Ensure also that the 'resources' section in the CardWare.ini file has requested the system resources for the Ethernet PC card. This should include the line as follows: [Resources] . I/O=0X300,0X20,E,10 . Then whenever you insert the Ethernet card it will automatically be configured by the Award software. If you still have problems with CARDWARE software try replacing your CARDWARE.INI file with the one supplied on the PCMCIA card Drivers Disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************* * Phoenix Card Manager Software * ********************************* The Phoenix PCMCIA software files are called PCMSS.EXE, PCMCS.EXE and PCMSCD.EXE. There should also be an editor file to add new cards to your system. This editor is called SCDEDIT.EXE and will either be in your PCMPLUS sub- directory or on the Phoenix installation disk. If you do not have it contact your PC dealer. To configure the Ethernet PC card run the SCDEDIT.EXE program and follow these steps: 1) On the card list, select NEW CARD, 2) Set IO window A and IRQ to 'Yes', leave other options on 'No'. 3) Select F10 to Edit Parameters. 4) Enter 'Grey Cell' at 'ID1:' option (must be correct case). 5) Enter 'GCS2000' at 'ID2:' option (must be correct case). 6) Set the 'Option Reg' to 20. 7) Set the IO Port A: to 300. 8) Set the IO Size A: to 32. 9) Toggle the IO path size to be 16 bit. 10) Set Card IRQ to 3. 11) Save settings (F10) and then exit. Re-boot your PC to effect the changes and then whenever you insert the Ethernet PC card it will automatically be configured. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************** * SystemSoft's CardSoft Software * ********************************** (Compaq Utilities) SystemSoft is a supplier of PCMCIA software for a range of notebook PC's. These include ACER, Artdex, AST, Chicony, Compaq, Dell, NEC, Hewlett Packard and Toshiba. SystemSoft card enabler software consists of socket services, card services, a system resource allocation program and a card identification and configuration program. The latter program (CARDID.EXE) identifies cards from a library of known PCMCIA cards. If the card is not recognised it will not be able to configure it. Compaq supplies these utilities on its Elite notebook range in a directory called "CPQDOS". On the PCMCIA drivers disk there is a preconfigured library file to be used with the SystemSoft CARDID program. This needs to be included in the libraries section of the CARDID.INI file, as shown below: [Libraries] CardLib=greycell.clb CardLib=cardid.clb The Ethernet PC card library is called GREYCELL.CLB. This file will only configure the PC card on IRQ 3 and IO 300. For other settings please use the ECARDCS program with /IRQ and /IO options. Make sure your CARDID.INI also has the following lines: Lan1Port=300 Lan1IRQ=3 Lan1MemoryBase1=0 Lan1MemoryBase2=0 for Ethernet LAN configuration. A sample CARDID.INI file is included in the PC card PCMCIA drivers disk. If you require another IRQ try modifying Lan1IRQ=5 or Lan1IRQ=9 etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Specific PC Problems ======================= This section details known problems with specific machines. ********************* * Toshiba - General * ********************* The Toshiba range of portables usually reserves IRQ 3 for its own tracker ball usage. Use IRQ 5 for Toshiba machines. **************************** * Toshiba - T3300 Machines * **************************** The Toshiba T3300 PC uses Toshiba's own PCMCIA controller design. This is no longer supported by Toshiba. The controller will not allow the Ethernet PC card to run in NE2000 mode. Hence, it will not support standard NE2000 drivers. However, on the driver's disk there is a T3300 sub-directory which contains an ODI and an IPX driver for Novell NetWare and other networks that require an ODI interface. The only missing driver is the NDIS driver which is not yet available. If you have this machine and require an NDIS driver, please contact a member of the technical support group at the address below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************** * Toshiba - Topic Software * **************************** Toshiba first launched notebooks equipped with PCMCIA sockets and some software to recognise cards which are inserted into the machine. This software will not configure the PC card. We suggest taking the TOPIC.SYS file out of the CONFIG.SYS file, or requesting an upgrade from your Toshiba dealer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************** * Zenith Data Systems Notebooks - ECARD Memory Areas * ****************************************************** Note: This modification only applies if using ECARD. The Zenith Data Systems Z-Note objects to allocating the memory area D800-D8FF for use by other programs. This area of memory should not be used for the PC card. Instead the memory area C800-C8FF should be excluded from the EMM386 with the line device=c:\path\EMM386.EXE x=C800-C8FF in the CONFIG.SYS. Then ECARD should be run with the memory switch set to C8 with the following line: ECARD.EXE /MEM C8 The NE2000 driver should then be loaded as usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************************ * Sharp - Memory Areas * ************************ Note: This modification only applies if using ECARD. The Sharp 8650 (and maybe other models too) objects to allocating the memory area D800-D8FF for use by other programs. This area of memory should not be used for the PC card. Instead the memory area C800-C8FF should be excluded from the EMM386 with the line device=c:\path\EMM386.EXE x=C800-C8FF in the CONFIG.SYS. Then ECARD should be run with the memory switch set to C8 with the following line: ECARD.EXE /MEM C8 The NE2000 driver should then be loaded as usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************** * Dell Notebooks and PCMCIA Software * ************************************** If using the Award software, follow the installation steps shown as per Toshiba / Award in this guide. The Dell notebooks do not like other software to take certain memory areas. Avoid conflicts by editting the CARDWARE.INI file at the following location: [Resources] ;MEM=0xCF000,0x1000,E (i.e. add a semi-colon at the beginning of line) If using the Phoenix software, avoid a similar conflict by editting the CONFIG.SYS to ensure the PCMCS.EXE file takes memory from D0 and not CF, which is the default. This is done by replacing the /ADDR=CF parameter with /ADDR=D0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ******************************************************* * Motorola Controller - JetBook and Hyundai Notebooks * ******************************************************* The host PCMCIA controller in the JetBook and Hyundai notebooks is a Motorola LapKat special variant. ECARD cannot configure the controller directly. You must have a version of socket or card services available which will force the LapKat to run in 16 bit mode. At present we have only found software to run the LapKat in 8 bit mode. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************* * Twinhead Slimnote * ********************* The Twinhead Slimnote objects to allocating the memory area D800-D8FF for use by other programs. This area of memory should not be used for the PC card. Instead the memory area C800-C8FF should be excluded from the EMM386 with the line device=c:\path\EMM386.EXE x=C800-C8FF in the CONFIG.SYS. Then ECARD should be run with the memory switch set to C8 with the following line: ECARD.EXE /MEM C8 The NE2000 driver should then be loaded as usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ******************************** * Texas Instruments TravelMate * ******************************** The Texas Instruments TravelMate with a docking station does not have many free resources for PCMCIA usage. If using this machine you will be restricted to the following resources: IO 320 only. IRQ 3, 5, 10 or 11 MEM C800 only. This area of memory should not be used for the PC card. The memory area C800-C8FF should be excluded from the EMM386 with the line device=c:\path\EMM386.EXE x=C800-C8FF in the CONFIG.SYS. Then ECARD should be run with the memory switch set to C8 with the following line: ECARD.EXE /MEM=C8 /IO=340 /IRQ=5 or ECARDCS.EXE ECARDCS.EXE /IO=340 /IRQ=5 The NE2000 driver should then be loaded as usual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***************** * Dell Latitude * ***************** The Dell Latitude notebook has a power saving feature that can switch off the PCMCIA sockets. If you experience any problems with locating and/or configuring your PCMCIA cards run the set up utlity by pressing CTRL-ALT-ENTER together. Then make sure that the "Upper PC Card Socket" and the "Lower PC Card Socket" are both set to on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************** * Elonex NB 400 series and NB 33 * ********************************** Refer to the README.TXT file in the ELONEX sub-directory on this drivers disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************** * Windows NT * ************** Refer to the README.TXT file in the WINNT sub-directory on this drivers disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************** * Windows 95 * ************** Refer to the README.TXT file in the WIN95 sub-directory on this drivers disk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ******************** * Unix, Linux etc. * ******************** There is currently no support for these operating systems. 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