ExpressPCI SCSI Adapter
Windows 95 Installation
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NOTE - If you are not installing Windows 95 from a CD-ROM drive attached to
the ExpressPCI adapter, first install Windows 95, then use the second procedure
below.
To install Windows 95 from a CD-ROM drive attached to the ExpressPCI adapter:
1. Install DOS and Windows on the system boot disk. Install the DOS
version of the ExpressPCI driver and the symcd.sys CD-ROM driver in
config.sys and the mscdex.exe CD-ROM extension in autoexec.bat.
2. From Windows, run the Windows 95 Setup program to install Windows 95
using the DOS drivers.
3. Remove all ExpressPCI and Corel CD-ROM drivers from the config.sys and
autoexec.bat files and reboot the system in "Safe Mode".
To reboot the system in "Safe Mode", first shut down Windows 95. Then,
when the message "It is now safe to turn off your computer" appears,
press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]. When you see the message "Starting Windows
95", press the [F8] key. Select "Safe Mode" and press [Enter].
Disregard the message about the special diagnostic mode of Windows by
clicking on the OK button.
Note that at this point you will no longer have access to any CD-ROM
drives attached to the ExpressPCI card; don't worry - installation of
the Windows 95 ExpressPCI driver will correct this.
4. Open the "My Computer" folder, then open the "Control Panel" sub-folder,
then start the "System" applet and select the Device Manager tab.
5. Expand the Unknown Hardware line by double-clicking on it. One or
more items labeled "PCI SCSI Bus Controller" should appear. Double-
click on the first such item or select the item and click on
"Properties". The "PCI SCIS Bus Controller Properties" window should
appear.
6. Select the Driver tab and click "Change Driver". You should see a
"Select Hardware Type" window. Select "SCSI Controllers" then click
OK. You should now see the "Select Device" window.
7. From the "Select Device" window, Click on "Have Disk", insert the
ExpressPCI SCSI Software Diskette into drive A, and click OK. The
dialog box will show 'A:\' as the selected directory for the install
files. This is correct since the 'express.inf' is located there.
After you click OK, you should be returned to the "Select Device"
window but this time only four items should appear and they should be
the names of the four ExpressPCI cards. Select the appropriate item
for the card you are installing.
8. Click on OK and you will be returned to the "PCI SCSI Bus Controller
Properties" window.
9. Click on OK. Windows wil then copy the files from the software
diskette.
10. You will be notified that System Settings have been changed and that
you will need to restart Windows for the changes to take effect.
Select "No" so that the system will not reboot at this time.
11. If the item "Other Hardware" still appears in the Device Manager page
of the System Properties window, repeat steps 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 until
either the "Other Hardware" item disappears or there are no more "PCI
SCI Bus Controller" items listed under it in step 5.
12. Restart Windows by selecting "Shut Down" from the Start menu.
To install an ExpressPCI adapter on an installed Windows 95 system:
1. Shut down Windows 95, turn off the computer, and install the ExpressPCI
adapter(s).
2. During the next system startup, the "New Hardware Found" window will
pop up enumerating the new PCI SCSI Bus Controller. Insert the
ExpressPCI Software Installation DIsk and click on "Have Disk".
3. Enter the path "A:\" and click on OK. Reboot the system when
prompted. NOTE - If you have installed more than one ExpressPCI card,
you may not want to reboot the system when prompted so that Windows can
find all the channels before rebooting. However, remember to restart
the system after Windows finds all the new hardware.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.