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691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 © 1998, Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. Printed in Singapore STOCK NO.: 511607-00, Rev. B BKB 12/97 t t t t SlimSCSI 1450 Adapter User’s Guide R t t t t Contents Introduction 1 Contents of Kit 1 System Requirements 1 Installing the SlimSCSI 1450 2 Updating the Windows 95 Miniport Driver 5 Using the SlimSCSI 1450 6 Hot Plugging 6 Formatting Removable Media 7 Understanding SCSI 8 SCSI IDs 8 Terminating the SCSI Bus 9 SCSI Connector Types 9 Troubleshooting 10 General Hardware Troubleshooting 10 Windows 95 Troubleshooting 11 Contacting Adaptec 15 Electronic Support 15 Technical and Product Support 16 Sales and Ordering Information 16 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Adaptec’s SlimSCSI® 1450, which is designed specifically for use with Microsoft Windows® 95. The SlimSCSI 1450 allows you to connect up to three SCSI devices to your portable PC, including Zip drives and other kinds of removable media drives. Contents of Kit ¦ SlimSCSI 1450 PC Card-to-SCSI Adapter, with permanently attached 50-pin high-density cable ¦ Windows 95 driver diskette ¦ SlimSCSI 1450 User’s Guide ¦ 50-pin-to-DB25 converter ¦ Registration card System Requirements ¦ Portable PC with a PC Card Type II, Type III, or Toshiba Type IV slot ¦ Microsoft Windows 95 SlimSCSI 1450 Adapter User’sGuide Installing the SlimSCSI 1450 Follow these steps to install the SlimSCSI 1450 and connect your SCSI devices to it: 1 Remove the SlimSCSI 1450 from its packaging. 2 Plug the 50-pin connector into the first (or only) SCSI device, as shown below. Make sure the SCSI device is not powered. SCSI Connector SCSI Device Terminator If the SCSI device has a DB25 (25-pin) connector, attach the 50-pin-to-DB25 converter, as shown below, and plug it into the connector on the device. 50-pin-to-25-pin Converter 3 Installing the SlimSCSI 1450 3 (Optional) Connect up to two additional SCSI devices by daisychaining them to the first device, as shown below: 4 Be sure that each SCSI device has a unique SCSI ID ranging from 0 to 6. If any two devices have the same ID, change the SCSI ID of one device. This is usually done by changing a switch on the back of the device. (For more information, see SCSI IDs on page 8.) The diagram below shows a typical SCSI device with a selectable SCSI ID switch: 5 Terminate the last (or only) SCSI device connected to the SlimSCSI 1450. Read the device documentation if you are not sure how to terminate the device, or refer to Terminating the SCSI Bus on page 9. SCSI Devices Terminator SlimSCSI 1450 Adapter User’s Guide 6 Be sure that at least one external SCSI device provides SCSI bus termination power or that the last device on the bus supplies termination power to itself. Read the device documentation if you are not sure whether the SCSI device provides termination power. 7 Connect all power cables to the SCSI device(s). Then power up the device(s). 8 Insert the SlimSCSI 1450 into one of your portable PC’s PC Card slots, as shown below: SlimSCSI Adapter PCMCIA Type II or Type III Slot (or Toshiba Type IV Slot) Power up your portable PC. This completes the physical installation of your SlimSCSI 1450 and SCSI devices. Next, you need to update the SlimSCSI Windows 95 miniport driver. Updating theWindows95 Miniport Driver Updating the Windows 95 Miniport Driver Windows 95 has built-in software support for the SlimSCSI 1450. This means that when you install the SlimSCSI 1450, Windows automatically finds and installs the driver for it. However, you may be able to achieve better data I/O performance by installing the updated driver from the diskette included with the SlimSCSI 1450. Follow these steps if you wish to do this: 1 If Windows 95 is not already running, start it now. 2 Insert the Windows 95 drivers diskette in the portable PC’s floppy disk drive. 3 Double-click the My Computer icon and Double-click the Control Panel icon. 4 Double-click the Add New Hardware icon. The Add New Hardware Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. When the next screen appears, select No and click Next. 6 When the next screen appears, select the SCSI controllers icon and click Next. (You may need to scroll down before you can see the icon.) 7 When the next screen appears, click Have Disk. Type a: if it does not already appear on the screen, and click OK. 8 When the next screen appears, select APA-1450B PCMCIA SCSI Host Adapter, if it is not already highlighted, and click Next. 9 When the next screen appears, click Finish. 10 Reboot your PC if Windows 95 prompts you to do so; if there is no prompt, you do not need to reboot in order to start using the new driver. SlimSCSI 1450 Adapter User’sGuide Using the SlimSCSI 1450 Hot Plugging After you install the SlimSCSI 1450 driver in your Windows 95 PC, you can insert or remove the SlimSCSI 1450 at any time except when data is being transferred on the SCSI...
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