ABOUT FUTURE DOMAIN SCSI CD-ROM DEVICE DRIVER ============================================= GENERAL PRODUCT OVERVIEW ------------------------ 1) Product Description The Future Domain SCSI CD-ROM device driver is to be used with Future Domain SCSI controllers to support one or more CD-ROM drives on either a DOS or Windows Operating Systems. The device driver can support from 1 to 24 CD-ROM drives. 2) List of Supported SCSI CD-ROM Drives Please refer to Future Domain Compatible SCSI Embedded Peripherals List. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- - PC/AT or MCA computer system with at least 2 MB memory to run Windows 3.1 - MS or PC DOS Version 3.x or later - CD-ROM Extensions - A Hard Disk Drive (Optional) (Not necessary for device driver or SCSI controller but may be necessary for some CD-ROM application programs.) INSTALL/TECH TIPS (READ BEFORE INSTALLATION) -------------------------------------------- 1) IMPORTANT - If the CD-ROM device(s) is attached to a Future Domain SCSI controller which contains a BIOS Version 3.00 or prior for 16-bit controllers or version 8.00 or prior for 8-bit controllers, you must take one of the following actions: a) Upgrade the BIOS. b) Load the appropriate DOS CAM loadable driver. c) Use the '/T' command line parameter to force the CD-ROM device driver to talk directly to the SCSI controller. usage: DEVICE=C:\DEV\FDCD.SYS /D:MSCD000 /T NOTE: The '/T' parameter must only be used with SCSI controllers that contain the BIOS versions 3.00 or 8.00 or prior. 2) LASTDRIVE = Z If you are getting invalid drive letters for your CD-ROM drives add the above line to your CONFIG.SYS file. To avoid having DOS reserving more drive letters than you need, change the letter Z to the last drive letter that your system needs. For example if you have one fixed drive with two partitions using drive letter C & D and one CD-ROM drive using drive letter E, set LASTDRIVE to E (LASTDRIVE = E). This is very important for Network users so that drive letters will be available to access Network drives as in a Novell environment. 3) You can remove the BIOS chip on the Future Domain SCSI controller if there are no fixed drives attached. This will allow the system to boot-up much more quickly since the SCSI bus will not be scanned by the BIOS upon boot-up. 4) For compatibility with the Future Domain Fixed Disk Device Driver (FDBIOS.SYS or FDDEVICE.SYS), load the disk device driver before loading FDCD.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS file. SUMMARY OF COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS ---------------------------------- DEVICE = FDCD.SYS /D:NAME [/F/R/T/Z/M/L/P] where: NAME is a 1 to 8 character device name /F is to scan the drives in ascending SCSI ID numbers /R is to force a SCSI Bus Reset to occur before driver initialization /T is to force the use of the proprietary OEM Tool Kit even if Future/CAM is available /Z is to display the device driver size /M is to mute the display on the screen /L is to reserve one CD-ROM drive for PCMCIA hot-plug support /P is to reserve multiple CD-ROM drives for PCMCIA hot-plug support Note: /L and /P are mutually excluded. TESTED SOFTWARE SUPPORT ----------------------- Microsoft: - TESTDRV.EXE (CD-ROM device driver test program) - CDSPEED.EXE (CD-ROM Data Streaming Transfer Rate Test) - Windows 3.0 with Multimedia extensions V1.0 - Windows 3.1 - BookShelf - Programmer's Library - Musicbox with a variety of audio discs - Multimedia Beethoven National Geographic Society: - Mammals: A Multimedia Encyclopedia - The Presidents Sierra Online: - Mother Goose Software Toolworks: - CD Game Pack - Illustrated Encyclopedia - US Atlas - World Atlas NOTE: The CD-ROM device driver will work under Windows 3.0/3.1 in REAL, STANDARD and ENHANCED mode. Depending on the application being used, you may be limited to using REAL mode. Contact the manufacture of the application for compatibility under Windows. LIMITATIONS ----------- 1) The following drives do not support Audio Channel Manipulation: - Sony CDU-6110 (does not support audio) - Sony CDU-6111 (supports stereo mode only) CUSTOMER SUPPORT ---------------- To contact our Customer Support Department please call : Future Domain Corporation 2801 McGaw Ave. Irvine, Ca. 92714 Phone #: (714) 253-0440 Fax #: (714) 253-0429 Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm PST.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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