LAVAPORT ISA and PnP WINDOWS 95 DRIVER INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------- This README file is both for the LavaPort-ISA card (also known as the Lava Link-650) and the LavaPort-PnP card. If you are installing either LavaPort board for the first time into a new system, use the instructions below to install the appropriate software drivers. If you have already installed a LavaPort card into a Win95 system, you may wish to skip to the "Fixing Installation Problems" section of this file. First-Time Installation ------------------------ 1. Configure the jumpers on the LavaPort-ISA (Link-650) board for an unused Com Port I/O address & unused IRQ. If you are unsure which Com Ports & IRQ's are unused, consult your PC documentation, or Device Manager in Win95 Control Panel (also see Microsoft Documentation). Skip this step with a LavaPort-PnP card. 2. Install either your LavaPort board into your Win95 system. Choose any unused ISA slot. 3. Start Windows95. From the desktop double-click the Add New Hardware icon. Follow the instructions on the screen to auto-detect your new board. 4. The LavaPort-ISA only: The LavaPort-ISA will be detected as a standard COM Port, and will appear as such in the Win95 Control Panel's Device Manager. To verify this, select the Control Panel icon in My Computer, then access System, then Device Manager. Under Communications Ports, one of the Com Ports should correspond to your LavaPort hardware configuration. Note: you may wish to verify your hardware configuration using the Resources tab in Device Manager for the particular port - this will report any Com Address or IRQ conflicts. 5. While in Device Manager, double-click on the appropriate port which corresponds to your LavaPort, and select the Driver Properties page. Click the Change Driver button and install the LAVA.INF file. Several additional property pages should appear in Device Manager for this Com Port, after installation. Fixing Installation Problems ----------------------------- 1. If you mistakenly used the Setup procedure for the LavaPort Windows 3.1/3.11 driver to install the board, several changes have been made to your SYSTEM.INI file which must be removed. When you made the changes, Win95 automatically renamed your old SYSTEM.INI file to SYSTEM.001 (or the next consecutive number e.g. SYSTEM.002 etc.) and created a new modified SYSTEM.INI. To erase the changes that were made, rename your old file to SYSTEM.INI. 2. If you installed the LavaPort in your Win95 system and went through the Add New Hardware procedure, as prescribed in Microsoft's documentation, the LavaPort should have been detected as a standard Com Port. To verify this, select the System icon in My Computer, then access Control Panel, then Device Manager. Under Communications Ports, one of the Com Ports should correspond to your LavaPort hardware configuration. Double-click on the appropriate port, and select the Driver Properties page. Click the Change Driver button and install the LAVA.INF file. Several additional property pages should appear in Device Manager for this Com Port, after installation.Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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