Lava Computer Lava SP SP-PCI user manual

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Lava SP-PCI
Installation Manual
SP PCI
MADE
IN
CANADA
P.N. MOKO L82.0
PN MOKO S-1 LAVA
MADE IN JAPAN
0255351
COMPUTERS
Rev. B00

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Windows Hardware and Driver Installation 1. Before opening the casing of your computer, make sure that all power is off. 2. Locate an unused PCI slot and insert the SP-PCI card into it. Ensure that the card is well seated. 3. Screw the metal bracket of the SP-PCI card to your PC’s casing and replace the machine’s cover. 4. Turn the PC on. 5. When Windows starts, it will find an SP-PCI Controller and will ask you for a driver for this device.When prompted, insert the installation diskette into yo

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order to complete the installation of the SP-PCI card. Any Plug and Play devices attached to the SP-PCI will now also be detected and installed.Windows XP may display a message to the effect that the drivers are not digitally signed.This warning can be ignored. 6. To view how Windows has installed the SP-PCI, open Windows' Device Manager. Please note that the SP-PCI will appear in Device Manager under two separate entries.The serial port will appear both under the Multifunction Adapters tree and

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Connecting a non-printer device (e.g. external drive or parallel scanner) to the SP-PCI's parallel port In Windows 95/98/ME (not Windows 2000/XP) some parallel port devices require parallel ports that use standard (legacy) ISA LPT addresses (0278h or 0378h). Because the SP-PCI card is a fully compliant PCI device, its default address (Input/Output Range) is beyond the standard range of ISA I/O addresses. In order to connect such a peripheral to the SP-PCI card, the I/O address range of the card

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2. Remove the check mark from the Use Automatic Settings box. Note: In some cases Windows will give an error message to the effect that "Windows cannot modify this resource" at this point. If you are unable to access the settings for changing system resources, reboot the system in Safe Mode to make changes to resource settings. (To enter Safe Mode, press the F8 key while the system is rebooting.) 3. Double-click on the words Input/Output Range.The following screen will appear: 4. Use the up/down

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Changing the Com numbering of your SP-PCI port (Windows 95/98/Me only) Unless you already have more than 4 Com Ports installed in your PC, Windows will by default configure the SP-PCI as Com 5. If you wish to change this assigned Com number (e.g. reassign Com 5 to be Com 3), please use the Lava Com Port Redirect Utility included in the “Utils\Redirect“ subdirectory of your Installation Diskette. Such a reassignment may be necessary because some communications applications programs do not recogni

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Using Zip Drives with the SP-PCI NOTE:The default input/output range for the SP-PCI card works with Zip™ drives using new Iomegaware™ software.The instructions "Connecting a non-printer device" given above apply to Zip™ drive users using old versions of Iomegaware™. For best results with Windows 2000 and XP, we recommend downloading the latest "Iomegaware" from Iomega. Additional instructions on optimizing Zip Drive performance with the SP-PCI can be found at www.lavalink.com. Release Notes: A.

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Lava Technical Support 9:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday (Eastern Time) Tel: +416 674-5942 Fax: + 416 674-8262 E-mail: tech@lavalink.com Internet: www.lavalink.com Lava Computer MFG Inc. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Lava Computer MFG Inc. 908 Niagara Fa