Addonics T E C H N O L O G I E S Pocket CD-ROM PCMCIA USB FIREWIRE Serial ATA Users Guide Revision 5.
FCC Warning Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Contents FCC Warning....................................................................................... 1 Contents ................................................................................................ 2 Chapter 1 Preface ................................................................................. 3 General Information Features .............................................................................. 3 Physical Characteristics.......................................................
Chapter 1 Preface This is a Preliminary version of the manual intended to provide advance information on the Addonics Technologies’ external Slim CD-ROM drive. The information is as complete and as accurate as possible as of the publication date, but will be superseded and updated periodically by revised manuals. The contents are subject to change without notice.
Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter will walk you through the installation of your External Pocket CD-ROM.
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation Firewire Cable Installation Attach the FIREWIRE-IDE cable’s “MC 36 Connector” (Picture 1) to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able to disconnect the cable without pressing the release notch. Picture 1 Power Source Installation Diagram 1 Power Input Power from AC Adapter = to the Right Power from Computer = to the left Audio line Out Addonics Technologies – Pocket CD-ROM Users Guide v 5.
Firewire CD-ROM Installation For Win98SE, Me, Win2000, XP Note: (for Windows 98 SE only) After plugging in the cable some system might prompt you for Win98SE CD, in case you don’t have The Win98SE CD and the wizard prompt you for a. b. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. NTMAP.SYS please type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS NTMAPHLP.PDR please type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS Make sure the Firewire cable is securely attach from the back of the drive.
PCMCIA Cable Installation Attach the PCMCIA cable “MC 36 Connector” to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able to disconnect the cable without pressing the release notch. MC-36 Pin Connector Power Source Installation # Please refer to Diagram 1 on page 5 Addonics Technologies – Pocket CD-ROM Users Guide v 5.
PCMCIA driver Installation For Windows 9X and Me 1. Plug the PCMCIA cable into your computer’s PCMCIA socket. You should see a “New hardware found” message box as shown. Click next to continue. 2. Click Next to continue. 3. You can uncheck all the check boxes and click next to continue Or just leave the default selections then click next to continue. Addonics Technologies – Pocket CD-ROM Users Guide v 5.
4. Click next to continue. 5. Click finish to complete the Installation. 6. Double Click My Computer Icon and you should see a CDROM icon. 7.You may now access your CD-ROM drive Addonics Technologies – Pocket CD-ROM Users Guide v 5.
PCMCIA Installation for Windows NT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Go to Start\Settings\Control Panel Double Click SCSI adapter icon Click on the Driver Tab Click Add to add new driver Follow wizard and browse to A:\NT folder for the Driver. Select “Addonics PCMCIA…” then click ok. Windows will prompt you for driver location again, to continue Type in A:\NT then click continue. Click YES to restart your computer. PCMCIA Installation for Windows 2000 and XP 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
USB Cable Installation Attach the USB-IDE cable’s “MC 36 Connector” to your Addonics Pocket Drive firm and securely – you should not be able to disconnect the cable without pressing the release notch. For Power Installation please refer to Diagram 1 from page5 USB driver Installation For Win98 and Win98SE Note: No driver required for Me, Win2000 or XP a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. Make sure your computer is up and running Verify that all cables are connected and there is power to the drive.
Serial ATA Combo Hard Drive Installation For Win98SE, Me, 2000 and XP Note: There no drivers needed to use the Serial ATA cable as long as the drivers are installed for the Serial ATA Controller card/chip. It is plug and play. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Make sure the Serial ATA cable is securely attach to the back of the drive. (For Addonics Pocket drives such as Pocket CDROM, Exdrive etc. you may attach the USB connector to the USB port of the computer to provide power for the pocket drives).
USB DOS BOOT Instruction The following procedures have been tested to work successfully with various Notebook and Desktop computers by our engineers. Because of the growing complexity of new computer hardware and software, there is always possibility that the USB DOS driver and the installation procedures that we provide cannot enable you to install the Windows OS onto your system. In this case, you may need to check with your hardware manufacturers to determine the problem.
8. When it is done, reboot with this disk to use the USB devices. 9. CDROM drives will be using the Drive R:\ 10. Hard Drives will be using the next letter available. Please note there will be no letter for the hard drive if it has not been partitioned and formatted. If you are not familiar with partitioning or formatting a hard drive, please go to the following Microsoft link for the information http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q255867 11.
Installing Windows 98SE or Me using the Addonics USB CDROM, DVD-ROM, DVD/CDRW or DVD-R/RW drive. The procedures are practically identical to Windows 2000 or XP as described above. Except instead of copying the I386 folder to the hard drive, you will copy the Windows 98SE folder or the Windows Me folder to the hard drive. 1. First, follow step 1 through 10 above. Make sure you have enough space in your local hard drive. At least 2Gb or higher. 2.
Technical Support If you need assistance to get your unit functioning properly, please call Addonics Technical Support. Our technical staff will be happy to assist you, but they will need your help to do so. Calling the technical support staff without all the proper information can be both time consuming and frustrating. Here are some tips to help you out: (1) (2) (3) (4) MODEL NUMBER – Please have this number on hand. SYSTEM INFORMATION – Type of computer, peripherals, etc.
