User Guide

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Microsoft Windows 95 Installation
Troubleshooting
Problems and Solutions
What is a miniport driver, and how do I make sure that the miniport driver for my host
adapter is installed correctly?
Miniport drivers are 32-bit protected mode device drivers used by
Windows 95 to control host adapters and devices. Windows 95
includes a set of miniport drivers for various SCSI host adapters.
If your 7800 Family host adapter is already installed, the adapter’s
miniport driver is automatically installed and configured during
Windows 95 installation. Follow the instructions listed in Installing
the Driver When Windows 95 is Already Installed on page 3-2 to ensure
that the miniport driver is updated.
To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running
Windows 95, open the Control Panel, double-click on System, and
click the Device Manager tab. Then double-click the SCSI
Controllers icon; you should see the model name of the SCSI host
adapter(s) installed in your system.
What if there is no SCSI Controllers icon under Device Manager, or the model name of
the host adapter does not appear under Device Manager?
If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter’s model name do
not appear in the Device Manager, follow these steps:
1
Open Control Panel and double-click the Add New Hardware
icon. Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes
on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard.
2
If Windows does not detect the adapter, run the Add New
Hardware Wizard again. This time, select No on the second
screen of the wizard, then select SCSI Controllers on the next
screen.
3
Insert the 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for Windows 95
into your floppy drive.
4
Select the model of your 7800 Family host adapter, and then
click the Have Disk button.
5
Enter a:\win95 or b:\win95 as the location to copy the file from.
6
Click OK. The driver is copied and your system is updated.