PCMCIA Portable CD-ROM Installation Manual CD-421
EXP COMPUTER, INC. EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS. NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED WARRANTY EXP COMPUTER INC., AND EXP MEMORY PRODUCTS("EXP") warrants that the Quadruple Speed Portable CD-ROM(“products”) manufactured or distributed by EXP to be free from failures due to defects in materials or workmanship for full one year from the date of purchase of the products.
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS 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 and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TRADEMARKS SystemSoft is a registered trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. CardSoft is a trademark of SystemSoft Corporation. Phoenix is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Databook is a registered trademark of Databook Inc. Cardtalk is a trademark of Databook Inc. PCMCIA is a trademark of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................ 1 FEATURES ............................................................................... 1 PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ..................................................... 2 FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE .................................. 2 REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE..................................... 3 POWER SOURCE .......
INTRODUCTION The CD-421 brings the latest in mobile computing technology to notebook computer users with portability and convenience. The CD-421 is a 4X(quad-speed) CD-ROM drive compliant with the PCMCIA 2.1(PC Card) standard. Featuring flexible power options, the CD-421 may operate on either AC power or batteries. The CD-421 is designed for both business and entertainment solutions. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1. Notebook or desktop computer with a PCMCIA 2.1 Type I, II or III slot. 2. MS-DOS Version 6.
PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • Disc Tray: ‚ ƒ „ … † ‡ This disc tray is used to insert the compact disc. Load/Stop button: • Press this button to load the disc tray. • When playing an Audio CD, pressing this button will put it into the stop state. Power Indicator: • This indicator will light with a green LED when the power is on. • This LED will blink when battery power is low.
REAR PANEL OF THE CD-ROM DRIVE • Interface Connector: This interface connector connects to the PCMCIA interface card. ‚ DC in Jack: This jack connects to the AC adapter. ƒ Line out Jack: This jack outputs audio signal to an amplifier. „ DC Source Switch This switch select DC power source for the CD-ROM drive. There are two sources to choose from battery or AC adapter.
POWER SOURCE The CD-421 can be either powered by the AC adapter or by the batteries as a flexible option. However, the AC adapter has a priority over the battery in powering the CD-ROM. That means if you connect the AC adapter, the CD-421 will operate on it regardless if the batteries are installed. The CD-421 will be turned on automatically when your computer is powered on and the PCMCIA interface card is connected to the computer and initialized.
INSTALLING THE BATTERIES The CD-421 requires eight AA size batteries (not included) for operation. When using alkaline batteries, the battery life may last for more than 3 hours if the CD-421 is used in CD-ROM mode, it can be even longer when the CD-421 is used in CD-Audio mode. You can also use NiCad rechargeable battery’s which have a shorter service life. Both the rechargeable battery and the re-charger are NOT provided with this unit. To install the batteries, follow the instruction below: 1.
Figure 4 REMOVING THE BATTERIES 1. Remove the battery lid by sliding the cover in the direction of the arrow as shown in Figure 3. 2. Lift up the battery ribbon to eject the batteries from the battery compartment. NOTICE • Use only the AC adapter provided with this unit. • If you will not use the unit with the AC adapter for a long period of time, disconnect it from the AC power outlet. • Do not mix old and new batteries, or different type of batteries (carbon and alkaline, etc.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Make sure you turn OFF all power to your system before connecting the CD-421 to your computer. 1. Connect the PCMCIA interface card to the CD-ROM drive. Press firmly until the CD-ROM connector is seated, and tighten the two screws on the cable connector. 2. Place the CD-ROM drive in the horizontal position. The CD-ROM is designed to operate only in the horizontal position. Operating the CDROM drive in any abnormal position is not recommended. 3.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR DOS/WINDOWS 3.1 AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION The INSTALL program helps you install the device driver into the computer easily. Please follow the instructions below to proceed with automatic installation. 1. Insert the device driver diskette into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Change the working directory to the floppy drive containing the device driver diskette by typing “A:” or “B:” then press ENTER. 3.
MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the CD-421 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy the files EXPCDI.EXE from the CD-421 device driver disk to your hard disk. 2. Add “LASTDRIVE=Z” to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If you already have a LASTDRIVE line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z. 3. Add the following lines to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file: DEVICE=drive:\path\EXPCDI.
4. Add the following line at the TOP of your AUTOEXEC.BAT: drive:\path\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4 where drive:\path specifies the DOS directory or the directory containing the file MSCDEX.EXE. Note: If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file loads a menu program such as DOSSHELL or Windows, you have to add the above line to start your menu program. Otherwise, MSCDEX will not have a chance to load before your menu program begins. The example above shows the default setting. The /D: switch indicates the device name.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 95 If your computer does not have Windows 95 installed yet, please refer to the section titled “Using CD-421 to Install Windows 95”. USING CD-421 UNDER WINDOWS 95 The following dialog box will appear when you are using the CD-421 under Windows 95 for the very first time. If the dialog box does not appear and the CD-ROM folder can not be found in My Computer, please refer to the section titled “Enabling 32-Bit Card Support”.
When the following dialog box appear, select CD-421 (I) card and click on the OK bottom. Figure 8 Follow the on-screen instruction to continue. After finishing, remember to shutdown Windows and restart your computer if you are using the CD421 to install Windows 95. Note that it is not necessary to connect the CD-421 every time you reboot your computer; plug it just when you need to use it.
6. After the installation is completed, please refer to the next section titled “Enabling 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT”. ENABLING 32-BIT CARD SUPPORT OF WINDOWS 95 Your system should be ready for PCMCIA socket support prior to operating the CD-421. To check whether your computer is PCMCIA Socket supported, first, double-click on the “System” icon from “Control Panel” folder (you can select the “Control Panel” under “Settings” from the “Start” menu to open the “Control Panel” folder). Click on the Device Manager Tab.
In this case, double click on the PCMCIA Controller, and a dialog box will be displayed as below. Please place a check mark next to the current configuration of Device usage box, then select OK. Figure 10 After the PCMCIA 32-Bit Card support is installed, Windows will ask you to reboot your computer. Then you should refer to the first section titled “Using CD-ROM Under Windows 95” to configure the CD-421. If the PCMCIA Socket is not found, then you must add a PCMCIA socket to your system.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FOR OS/2 WARP Before installing CD-421 device driver for OS/2 WARP, make sure your computer is PCMCIA supported. If you are not sure about this, please refer to the last part of this section for “Adding PCMCIA Support”. AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION To perform the automatic installation of CD-421 for OS/2 WARP, follow the below steps, 1. Insert the device driver disk into a floppy disk drive on your computer. 2. Open OS/2 System. 3. Open Drives. 4.
9. The rest of the installation should proceed automatically. At last, the on-screen instruction will prompt your to restart your computer to activate the new device driver for OS/2 Warp.
MANUAL INSTALLATION You may also manually install the CD-421 OS/2 device driver if the default setting conflicts with your system. Perform the following procedure to complete the manual installation. 1. Copy EXPCD2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the BOOT subdirectory of OS/2 directory (for example: C:\OS2\BOOT.) 2. Add the following line to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file: BASEDEV=EXPCD2.FLT /P:1 /I:15 The parameters of EXPCD2.
ADDING PCMCIA SUPPORT PCMCIA Support can be automatically installed during OS/2 installation or it can be installed through Selective Install after OS/2 installation. To check or install PCMCIA support, perform the following steps: 1. Open OS/2 System. 2. Open System Setup. 3. Open Selective Install. 4. Check if PCMCIA Support has been installed as the System Configuration window displayed, if yes, you may exit now, otherwise, perform the following steps to continue. Figure 12 5.
6. Select the appropriate system (this should either be a direct match with your target install system or a known compatible system). Figure 13 7. Select OK. 8. Select Install. 9. Follow the on-screen instructions to carry through the installation.
USE CD-421 TO INSTALL OS/2 WARP Before you begin, make a back up copy of the “Diskette for CD-ROM #1” of OS/2 Warp. 1. Copy EXPCD2.FLT file from A:\OS2WARP to the Diskette for CDROM #1. (You may copy EXPCD2.FLT to harddisk, then copy it to the “Diskette for CD-ROM #1”). 2. Edit CONFIG.SYS file of the “Diskette for CD-ROM #1” by adding the following line to the BOTTOM of the file, BASEDEV=EXPCD2.FLT /P:1 /I:15 4. Insert “OS/2 WARP Installation Diskette” into drive A. 5. Restart your computer. 6.
TROUBLE SHOOTING This section explains the most common error messages that DOS/Windows users may encounter. After rebooting your computer, the following messages will be displayed on your screen, which are generated by EXPCDI.EXE and MSCDEX.EXE. Configure card to: I/O Port:170-177, 376-377 IRQ number: 15 Device Name: MSCD001 CD-421 card is present in socket 1 . . . Drive D: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 If any error occurs or the CD-421 does not work, you should reboot your computer again.
v Error: Illegal I/O port! The above message means invalid I/O ports in the EXPCDI line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected. The legal I/O port numbers are: 1, 2, and 3. v Error: Illegal IRQ number! The above message means an invalid IRQ number in EXPCDI line of CONFIG.SYS has been selected. The legal IRQ numbers are 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15. v Error: There is no available 4K memory for mapping! The above message means EXPCDI can't find available 4K memory between C000:0 to EFFF:0.
BASIC OPERATING PROCEDURES The CD-421 is designed for both multimedia applications and for entertainment purposes. It can be used with your computer, or you can use it alone as a portable Audio CD player. Before using the CD-421, you should first load the CD properly as the instructions below: 1. Press the LOAD button on the CD-421 drive’s front panel. 2. Place the CD on the tray with the label side facing up. 3. Press again the LOAD button to close the disc lid.
PCMCIA(PC CARD) SOFTWARE INFORMATION If you have installed the PCMCIA software, such as SystemSoft’s CardSoft or Databook’s Cardtalk, then EXPCDI.EXE will call this PCMCIA software to enable the card. If you don’t have one, the EXPCDI still can directly access your hardware to enable the card. In this case, your computer should have an Intel 82365SL Personal Computer Interface Controller (PCIC) or another compatible controller.
The device driver names of the major PCMCIA software are listed below: Software/Device SystemSoft Driver CardSoft Award IBM Cardware ThinkPad PCMSS.EXE SSPCIC.EXE IBMDSS02.SYS CS.EXE PCMCS.EXE PCCS.EXE IBMDOSCS.SYS CSALLOC.EXE PCMRMAN.SYS PCRM.EXE DICRMU02.SYS IDE/ATA Driver ATADRV.EXE PCMATA.SYS SRAM Card Driver MTSRAM.EXE Flash Card Support MTAA.EXE, Socket Services SS365SL.EXE, Phoenix SS365LP.EXE, SSCIRRUS.EXE, SSDBOOK.EXE, SVADEM.EXE, SSVLSI.
STACKS=9,256 DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARSOFT\SS36SSL.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CS.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CSALLOC.EXE REM** The REM’s should be removed from the following REM** lines to enable memory and hard drive card support REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\ATADRV.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTSRAM.EXE REM** DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\MTDDRV.EXE DEVICEHIGH=C:\CARDSOFT\CARDID.EXE DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDI.EXE /P:1 /I:15 /D:MSCD001 PHOENIX PCMCIA SOFTWARE SAMPLE CONFIG.SYS FILE LASTDRIVE=Z DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEN.
DEVICEHIGH=C:THINKPAD\DICRMU02.SYS /MA=D000-DFFF DEVICEHIGH=C:\THINKPAD\$ICPMDOS.SYS DEVICE=C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.SYS C:\THINKPAD\AUTODRV.INI DEVICE=C:\CDROM\EXPCDI.
POWER SAVING The CD-421 may operate with an AC adapter or batteries. Use of the supplied AC Adapter will provide the power for use as a portable CD player, or to extend the computer’s battery life. The CD-421 drive will automatically enter the sleep mode (spindle off) when it has not been accessed for about 5 minutes. Also, you can manually get to the sleep mode by removing the Compact Disc (CD) from your CD-ROM drive. The operating current will then be reduced to 120 mA.
