Adaptec AFW-1430 manual

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    R Fir eConnect for Notebooks Installation Guide[...]

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    1 T his gu ide expla in s ho w to inst al l the A dap te c AFW-14 3 0 Fir eConnect fo r Not ebo oks adapte r in W i ndows ® and Macint osh ® notebo ok com put ers. For in formation on how to inst all driv ers, r efer to the Fir eConnect for Notebook s User Guide . T aking In ventory Y ou r Fir e C onnect for N otebooks adap ter ki t inclu des the[...]

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    2 What’ s on the CD ■ Re adme file ■ Adaptec Fir eCo n nect for Notebooks User ’ s Guide , whic h i nclu des Ada ptec T echni cal Su ppo rt in formati on. ■ W indows soft war e, inclu ding: ■ MGI V ideoW a ve 4 S E softwar e ■ Sonic MyDVD 3 software ■ Mac intosh drivers and Qu ickT ime for Macintosh ■ W arr an ty a nd reg istratio[...]

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    3 Installing the Windo ws Drivers 1 W ith yo ur noteb ook computer on, ins ert the Fir eConnect for Notebo oks adapte r in the Ca r dBus slo t. ■ Wi nd o w s M e a n d Wi n d o w s 2 0 0 0 – W indows au to mat icall y d etect s the Fir eCo nne ct for Noteb ooks ad apter and inst alls the d rive rs. Y our in stallat ion is c omp lete. Not e: W i[...]

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    4 2 W indows 98 SE de tects n ew h ar dwar e an d displa ys the A dd New H ar dw a re W i z a rd . Cl i c k Next . 3 Selec t Sear ch for th e best d river fo r you r de vice ( Recom mende d) and click Next . 4 When you see the win dow shown below , uncheck all opt ions an d click Ne xt . 5 W hen you s ee the w indow that a sks you w hat you w ant t[...]

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    5 7 In the window show n below , click Ye s to k eep all fi les. 8 At t h e n ext scr een, click Finis h . 9 T o ve rify that the drivers a r e installe d, right-c lick th e My Com puter des kto p ic on, sel ect Properties , an d click the Dev ice Mana ger tab. Then, expand 1394 B us Controll er . Y ou s h ould see the Fir eConnect fo r Not ebooks [...]

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    6 Remo ving th e FireConnect f or No tebooks Adapter – Windo ws 2000 onl y W indows 2000 r equir es a spec ial ope ration to pr operly r emove ha r dwar e su ch as t he Fir eConnect fo r Not ebooks ad a pter . 1 Op en the Unplug or Eject Har dwar e wiz ar d by cli c k ing the i c on shown at righ t, whic h is a t the bott om ri ght corn er of yo [...]

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    7 Installing the Macintosh Dri ver 1 W i th the PowerBook on, inse rt t he FireConnect f or Notebooks CD . 2 Double-c lick th e Start Insta llation Here in stall er file on t h e CD. 3 Read t he dir ections c ar efully an d follow all in stalla tion instru ctions. 4 After the in stal lat ion is co mplete , restart t he Powe rBook . 5 Once t he syst[...]

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    R A d a ptec, Inc. 691 South Milpitas Boulev ard Milpitas , CA 95035 USA ©2001 A daptec, Inc. All righ ts rese rved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are t rad emark s of Adap tec , Inc . wh ich m ay be reg is tered i n some ju risdi ctions. S TOC K N UM BER : 512976-00, Rev. AA MKL 08/01 P RINTED IN S I N GAPORE[...]