3Com Corporation 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card Release Notes Information Please read this file before installing the PC Card. CONTENTS I. Windows Millenium Edition (ME) Installation Procedure II. HTML User Guide III. Installing 3Com Applications with Setup.exe IV. Running the LAN Diagnostics V. Important General Information A. Toshiba Topic 97-based Controller B. Docking Station or Port Replicator C. Pre-Pentium II Toshiba Notebooks D. Duplex Operation E. BIOS Information F. Network Link and Full Duplex Selection VI. Known Compatibility Issues I. Windows Millennium Edition (ME) and Windows 98 Installation Procedure Installing the Network Driver 1. Make sure that the CardBus PC Card is inserted and connected to the network, as described in the User Guide. 2. Turn the notebook computer on. The New Hardware Found dialog box will appear briefly, and then you will be informed that Windows has found new hardware and is locating the software for it. 3. When Windows cannot find the file, the New Hardware Found dialog box will reappear, informing you that "The file 'el575ND5.sys' was not found." 4. Insert the Etherdisk floppy disk into the floppy drive of the notebook computer (usually identified as drive A:). 5. In the New Hardware Found dialog box, enter "A:\" in the Copy files from: box. 6. Click on the OK button. 7. The New Hardware Found dialog box will inform you that Windows is installing your new software. 8. When the driver has finished loading, the System Settings Change dialog box will appear, asking if you want to restart your computer. 9. Remove the Etherdisk floppy disk from the floppy drive of your notebook computer, and choose Yes from the System Settings Change dialog box. Your system will restart and save the changes you made. II. HTML User Guide The HTML User Guide is located in the /Manuals directory on the 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card CD. 1. To launch the HTML User Guide,extract the files from self-extracting archive and save them to your hard drive. Then, launch your browser and open the 575Guide.htm file in the directory on your hard drive to which you saved the extracted files. III. Installing 3Com Applications with Setup.exe To install the 3Com User Guide and LAN Diagnostics program, follow these steps: 1. In the root directory of the 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card CD, double-click on the 3Com Setup.exe icon. The 3Com setup.exe launches and displays a selection screen. The Install On-line Manual option installs 575 User Guide. 2. Click Next to install the LAN Diagnostics. IV. Running the LAN Diagnostics Running Diagnostics 1. Select Start>Programs>3Com PC Card Utilities> Diagnostics>LAN Diagnostics to start the diagnostics program. The 3Com Diagnostics screen appears. 2. When FE575CT-3Com 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card-Fast Ethernet appears in the window, click Continue. The 3Com Diagnostics main screen appears. The 3Com Diagnostics contain four tabs that display PC Card information described in the WinHelp "Help575" in the /Help575 directory on the 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card CD. See "General Troubleshooting", then "Running Diagnostics" for a complete description of each LAN Diagnostics screen and each value on each screen. V. Important General Information Make sure that your notebook has a Cardbus PC Card slot. A. Toshiba Topic 97-based Controller Notebooks For Toshiba Topic 97-based controller notebooks using the Pentium II processor and running Windows 98 or Windows 95 OSR 2, setting the PC Card controller to Auto Mode may optimize performance. To determine if you have a Topic 97: 1. Using the Control Panel, click the System icon. 2. Click Device Manager and then click PCMCIA Socket. 3. Topic 97 will be listed as the controller. Check with your notebook vendor for more information. B. Docking Station or Port Replicator Some notebook docking stations do not properly manage resources for the CardBus PC Cards. If you notice this problem, we recommend that you install the CardBus PC Card in the CardBus PC Card slot in the notebook itself and not in the PC Card slot in the docking station or port replicator. C. Pre-Pentium II Toshiba Notebooks For Pre-Pentium II Toshiba notebooks, set the BIOS to CardBus mode as described in the User Guide. Check with your notebook vendor for procedures for setting CardBus mode on other models. D. Duplex Operation The 3Com network drivers support full-duplex operation (sending and receiving data simultaneously). E. BIOS Information Make sure to use the latest BIOS available for your notebook. Contact the notebook manufacturer for more information. F. Network Link and Full Duplex Selection When you select the Network Link Selection in the Network Properties window, this new value overrides the duplex setting in the EEPROM, which can be set with the DOS diagnostics. To connect to a 10 Full Duplex switch port, use the 10FULLDUPLEX keyword in the NET.CFG file. Do not change the default "Auto Negotiation" value with the DOS Diagnostics. VI. Known Compatibility Issues 1. Because the Panasonic CF-62 PC does not support CardBus, the PC Card will not work on this notebook. 2. Do not use the bottom CardBus slot with the TI600CD notebooks. 3. As of this printing, IBM does not support this PC Card in these docking station CardBus slots: IBM ThinkPad Dock I IBM ThinkPad Dock II IBM ThinkPad Selectra Dock I IBM ThinkPad Selectra Dock II Contact IBM for more information. 4. TI900 PC and OSR2 Disable BIOS Legacy if you are using OSR 2 and a TI900 notebook. To disable BIOS Legacy, see your notebook documentation. 5. Toshiba 510 Notebook and OSR 2 The Toshiba 510 notebook running Windows 95 OSR2 will not work with this PC Card unless you request a patch from Toshiba. 6. DOS and Resource Conflicts If you are running DOS, run Auto Config on the DOS diagnostics before you install the driver. That will ensure that you are using the correct values and do not create resource conflicts. 7. HP Omnibook 800CS and HP Omnibook 800CDT Notebooks These notebooks do not support CardBus and therefore this PC Card does not work in them. 8. For the NEC 6030X notebook, use I/O Base address 3040h. The default I/O Base address 3000h will not work on this notebook. To change the I/O Base address, see Chapter 4 in the user guide. 9. Toshiba 650CDT Notebook and Japanese NT4OS Use IRQ 10 and I/O 0x3500 for this PC Card with this notebook. IRQ 9 and I/O 0x1000 (defaults) will not work on this notebook. 10. Windows 95 OSR 2 and NDIS 5 Driver If you see the prompt "check for elpc575nd5.sys files", please ignore it. The NDIS 4 and NDIS 3 drivers work with Windows 95 OSR 2. 11. Windows 95 OSR 2, Videos, and DOS If you are launching an AVI or MPG file on a server and set it to auto-repeat, do not open an MS-DOS prompt until you shut down the video. 12. Windows NT 5 and Gateway Solo 9100SE PII 233 MHz, Cirrus CL-CD6832) To use this PC Card in this notebook, you must have the ACPI BIOS update. To obtain this update, see the Microsoft web site (www.microsoft.com). 13. Toshiba 440CX Notebook and Japanese NT4OS Use IRQ 11 for this PC Card with this notebook. IRQ 9 and I/O 0x1000 (defaults) will not work on this notebook. 14. Dell Latitude Use IRQ 10 on this notebook when using this PC Card with the NDIS 2 driver. This notebook will not work with IRQ 9. With Windows NT 4.0, use the following values on this notebook: IO 1000 MEM D000 IRQ 10 15. If you are using a Toshiba with a Pentium II chip set in a docking station or port replicator using a TOPIC 95, insert the PC Card in the notebook PC Card slot, not the port replicator PC Card slot or the docking station PC Card slot. 16. Fujitsu Lifebook 690TX Use IRQ 10 on this notebook when using this PC Card with the NDIS 2 driver. This notebook will not work with IRQ 9. 17. HP OmniBook 7100 with TI-1250 controller If you are planning to remove your PC Card while in DOS mode on this notebook, cold-boot the notebook. If you will be removing the PC Card in DOS mode often, you may want to change the power-button to "Power off" in BIOS. For information on how to change the BIOS, contact your notebook vendor. 18. Toshiba 440CX, Toshiba 730CDT,Toshiba 740CDT After you install the driver in this notebook, run scandisk, remove the PC Card, shutdown the notebook, and insert the PC Card. 19. Sony PCG808 Using this PC Card in DOS mode is not supported on this notebook. 20. Dell Inspiron 7000 To use this notebook in DOS mode, cold boot the notebook, run dosdiag.exe, and the PC Card is detected. 21. Hitachi VisionBook Pro 7360 Make sure to request the latest BIOS from Hitachi or your notebook vendor before installing this PC Card. 22. HP OmniBook 5700CT Use IRQ 10, 11, or 15 and port 580 to allow this notebook to connect to as NetWare server. 23. Network driver installation failure in a notebook running Cardware-Award. Cardware is not currently supported. Remove the Cardware software and reinstall the CardBus PC Card. 24. Hitachi VisionBook 4150X processor: PD-6832 This notebook does not support this Cardbus PC Card. 25. NDIS 2 Driver Use a Windows 98 boot disk when using the DOS NDIS LAN driver. 26. AST Ascentia P80 Notebook This notebook running Windows NT does not support the 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card. (%VER Version 1.000.005)Download Driver Pack
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