Support Publishing January 1996 IC-Card PCMCIA Ethernet Card Installation for Windows 95 Contents ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Introduction Requirements Minimum Skill Level Getting Started Introduction ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Window 95 offers the easiest installs for any OS/NOS in the industry. Since it has most drivers that are compatible to your IC-Card, using our drivers is not necessary. There isn't a performance difference between the built in drivers and our drivers. Every PCMCIA card has a CIS, which is the Card Information Services. The CIS is responsibe for advertising the cards manufacturer, what type of card, and what it requires to function in its environment. Some pieces of the IC-Cards have a modified CIS, which will create different response to Windows 95. There will be three methods for installation due to the different CISs. One CIS will allow the card to plug n' play in which will work without any responses required from the user. The other CIS will recognize the card as a IC-Card and request a driver. See Getting Started for detail of each install. Requirements ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ A PCMCIA compatible Laptop A PCMCIA chipset that is PCIC compatible (Intel, Cirrus, Vadem, and VLSI), Databook compatible, or is supported by Win95 directly. A IC-Card The Windows 95 CD-ROM or diskette Minimum Skill Level ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ A knowledge of basic DOS commands A knowledge of editing text files A knowledge of DOS basic file structure (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT) A knowledge of the network driver configuration being used Please see Support Options if you are not comfortable will this skill level Getting Started ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ We assume that the PCMCIA Chipset drivers are loaded and functioning. The System Icon in the control panel can report on it functionality. Any question on this layer need to be taken up with the machines manufacture. Remove the IC-Card and any other PCMCIA card from the machine. Install Windows 95 per Microsoft's and machine's manufacure recommendations. After Windows 95 is fully functional and the PCMCIA Chipset drivers are working properly, you can install the IC-Card. Depending on the cards CIS (See Introduction) the following will occur: The card will Plug N'Play, in which it will not require any response by the user. Upon insertion the system react on its own and may ask for the installation CD/disks. After installation it will reboot. The card will be fully functional upon the reboot. The card will be recognized, but will request a driver. Please select "Have disk from Manufacture". Please input the full path to the drivers, ie. A:\WIN95 . The driver will install and it may ask for the installation CD/disks. After installation it will reboot, and the card will be fully functional. If the card does not work upon rebooting, use the System Icon in Control Panel to check its status. The setup up of the card is very easy to accomplish. If it is not working a shortcut may have been taken to get it running. Begin troubleshooting by removing all network support and PCMCIA, then start over. If it still doesn't function it may be an incompatibility with Windows 95, the machine, and the card. Re-insert the other PCMCIA cards, if problems develop with the addition cards, each manufacture is responsible for support of their products. IC-Card recommends the use of NAME BRAND equipment only in conjuction with the IC-Card. This insures the best compatibility between cards and the best development/reaction to problems with non-hetrogenious adapter cards.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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