a:\win95\readme.txt 02-JUN-1997 ******************************************************************* Windows 95 Driver Installation ******************************************************************* The following step should be taken in order to use the Digital Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 in a system running Windows 95: 1. Before inserting the card into your system boot Windows 95. ******************************************************************* If the adapter was inserted in the system and Windows 95 was booted after the DE500 adapter was installed in the system, please do the following: - From within Windows 95 double click on "My Computer", followed by "Control Panel", then "Network". - Under the heading "The following network components are installed", check to see if there is a line which says "PCI Fast Ethernet DECChip 21140 based adapter." If this line exist, click on it and then click on "Remove". - Select "OK" to exit from the network setup window. - Proceed with steps 2 through 8. ******************************************************************* 2. Insert this driver disk into the floppy drive. From the "Start" menu of Windows 95 select "Run". Next to where it "Open:" appears in the dialog box, type "A:\SETUP". Click on "OK" and the EZWORKS installation program will start. 3. Under "Select a Network Operating System" click on the "Windows 95" line. 4. Click on the "Install" button in order to copy all the necessary files onto the system. 5. Exit EZWORKS by clicking on "File" in the menu bar and then "Exit". 6. Shutdown Windows 95 and power off the computer. 7. Insert the network adapter into the system and connect the network cable to it. 8. Power the system back on and boot Windows 95. Windows 95 will automatically detect the card and start the drivers. Follow any instructions that Windows 95 displays to complete the installation process. Reboot if requested to do so by Windows 95. ****************************************************************** User Configurable Parameters ****************************************************************** The Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 NDIS 3 driver has three user configurable parameters. To view or modify these double click on "My Computer", then double click "Control Panel", and then double click on "Network". A list should appear containing all the installed network components. Included in this list should be the Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 adapter. Double click on the entry for the PCI adapter and its properties will be displayed. There are three pages in the properties box: Driver Type, Bindings, and Advanced. Click on "Advanced" to see the user configurable parameters for the adapter. All of the parameters have a label before them specifying if the parameter applies to the NDIS 2 or NDIS 3 driver. By default, the system will use the NDIS 3 driver. The following is a list of these parameters and what each does. *** Please note, under most conditions, these parameter should not need to be modified. *** Media Type: This parameter is used to select which type of media is connected to the adapter. There are 5 valid settings for Media Type: "AutoSense" - In this mode, the adapter attempts to automatically determine which type of media is connected. This includes both Speed (10 Mbps/100 Mbps) and Duplex Setting (Full/Half). If the driver is unable to determine the Duplex Setting, it will default to Half Duplex. This mode is not valid for DE500-FA. "10 Mbps-Full Duplex" - The driver will force the adapter to run at 10 Mbps Full Duplex. This mode is not valid for DE500-FA. "10 Mbps-Half Duplex" - The driver will force the adapter to run at 10 Mbps Half Duplex. This mode is not valid for DE500-FA. "100 Mbps-Full Duplex" - The driver will force the adapter to run at 100 Mbps Full Duplex. "100 Mbps-Half Duplex" - The driver will force the adapter to run at 100 Mbps Half Duplex. ** Please note that the adapter should not be forced to Full Duplex unless the equipment at the other end of the wire is also set to Full Duplex ** Store and Forward: This parameter is used to enable/disable the adapters ability to start transmitting data onto the network before it has been completely copied from system memory to the adapter card. Setting this paramter to "Off" may cause transmit errors if PCI bus latencies are high. There are 2 valid settings for this parameter: "Enable" - The adapter will wait for all of a packet to be copied from system memory to adapter memory before transmitting. "Disable" - The adapter will start transmitting packets onto the network before all data has been copied onto it from system memory. It will begin transmitting once the number of bytes copied equals the number set through the Transmit Threshold parameter. Transmit Threshold: If the Store and Forward parameter is set to Disable, this parameter indicates the number of bytes that must be copied from system memory to adapter memory before the adapter starts transmitting it. The first number of each selection is the value used when running at 10 Mbps, the second is the value used when at 100 Mbps. The lower the number, the greter the likelyhood is that transmit error may occur when PCI bus latencies are high. The following are the valid settings: "72/128" "96/256" "128/512" "160/1024" ** Please note, the Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 driver implements an algorithm which automatically increments the Transmit Threshold if transmit errors occur due to high PCI bus latencies. ** ****************************************************************** Troubleshooting ****************************************************************** If the adapter is not detected after running EZWORKS, installing the adapter, and rebooting Windows 95, check the following: 1. Double click on My Computer/Control Panel/System to display the System Properties Page. 2. Select the Device Manager tab from the System properties page in order to view the list of devices in the PC. 3. Check in the list of devices for an entry labeled Other Devices. If an Other Devices entry exists, double click on it to display the list of devices under it. 4. Check the list for an entry labeled PCI Ethernet Controller. If this exists, select/highlight it by clicking on it and then click on the Remove button at the bottom of the page to delete it. 5. Reboot the PC and the adapter should now be detected. Should the Windows 95 driver detect an error while loading, an error message will be generated and placed in the file called NDISLOG.TXT in the Windows directory. Using any text editor, look at the message. Any messages generated by the adapter driver will begin with: "Fast EtherWORKS PCI 10/100 Adapter (000X). Error Code=" This will be followed by three numbers all beginning with "0x". The following is a table summarizing the meaning of the last of the three numbers. If you are unable to rectify the problem, please have the numbers available when contacting technical support. Error Number Meaning ----------------------------------------------------------------- 0x00000001 Memory Allocation Error 0x00000002 Error Reading From Registry 0x00000003 Slotnumber Keyword Error 0x00000004 RX_Buffers Keyword Error 0x00000005 Map_Registers Keyword Error 0x00000006 Burst_Size Keyword Error 0x00000007 Media Keyword Error 0x00000008 Unable to Locate the Adapter 0x00000009 Adapter I/O Access Not Enabled 0x0000000A PciAssignResources Failed 0x0000000B Unknown Ethernet Address 0x0000000C Unable to Register I/O Space 0x0000000D Unable to Register IRQ 0x0000000E Unable to Allocate Map Registers 0x0000000F Memory Allocation Error 0x00000010 Memory Allocation Error 0x00000011 Memory Allocation Error 0x00000012 Memory Allocation Error 0x00000013 Memory Allocation Error 0x00000016 Serial ROM CRC Error 0x00000017 Store_and_Forward Keyword Error 0x00000018 TX_Threshold Keyword Error 0x00000019 Unable to complete DMA transferDownload Driver Pack
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