Adaptec AUA-7500 manual

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    R Adaptec AUA-7500 Multi-Car d Media Reader Installation Guide[...]

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    1 In this Booklet... Kit Contents 2 This Is Y our Adaptec Media Reader 3 Installing Y our Adaptec Medi a Reader 4 Installing the Device Drivers 7 Inser ting and Removing Memor y Cards 8[...]

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    2 This Installation Gui de provides instructions for installing the Adaptec AUA-7500 Media Reader and its devi ce drivers, and for inserting memory car ds. More d etailed information, in cluding a list of su pported memory card s, is available in the User’s Guide on the CD. Kit Contents ■ Adaptec AUA-7500 Multi-Car d Media Reader ■ USB 2.0 to[...]

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    3 This Is Y our Adaptec Media Reader Y our Adaptec AUA-7500 Media Reader has these features: Floppy Disk LED Floppy Disk Ejec t Button Mounting Ho les Memor y Stick/PRO Slot CompactFlash/Adapter and Microdrive Card Sl ot SD/MMC Slot Memory Card LED SmartMedia Card Slot Floppy Disk Slot Front of Medi a Reader T op of Media Reader Internal USB Cable [...]

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    4 Installing Y our Adaptec Media Reader To i n s t a l l y o u r A d aptec Media Reader: 1 T urn off power to the computer and disconnect the power cord. 2 Open the computer cabinet, following the manufacturer ’s instructions. Caution: Discharge any static electricity build-up by touching a grounded meta l object (such as the exposed metal parts [...]

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    5 6 Connect the USB cable to an internal USB port, following your computer manufacturer ’s instructions, or the instructions that came with your USB host adapter . Note: If you don’ t have an intern al USB port, Adaptec recommends the Ada ptec USB2Connect AUA-5100 PCI USB 2.0 host adapter . If you don’t have an internal USB port, you can use [...]

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    6 7 T o connect the Floppy D isk drive, you need a Floppy Disk cable and power cable. Note: If y o u d o n o t p la n t o u s e th e F l o p py D i s k d ri v e , y o u do n ’ t have to complete this step. Skip to Step 8 . T he other slots on your Adaptec Media Reader are fully functio nal even when the Floppy Disk drive is not active. ■ Use an[...]

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    7 Installing the Device Driver s After you’ve installed the Adaptec Media Reader and po wered on your computer , you must install the devi ce driver . T o install the device drivers: 1 Insert the Installation CD int o your CD-ROM drive. Note: The Installat ion W izar d opens automat ically . If it doesn’t, use W indows Explor er to display the [...]

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    8 Inserting and Removing Memory Cards The Figure below illustrates how t o align your memory car ds when inserting them into the Adaptec Media Reader . For detailed instr uctions on inserting and rem oving memory cards, and other important information, refer to the User’ s Guide on the Installation CD. Floppy Disk Smar tMedia Card Memory Stick or[...]

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    R Ada p te c , In c . 691 South Milpitas Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 USA ©2004 Adaptec, Inc. All rights reserved. Adaptec and the Adaptec logo are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc. which may be registered in som e jurisdictions. Part Number: 513912 - 0 6 , Ver . A A L B 04/04[...]