Lava Computer SP-PCI manual

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    La v a SP-PCI Installation Manual Rev . B00 LAVA COMPUTERS SP PCI P.N. MOKO L82.0 MADE IN CANADA PNMOKO S-1 MADEIN JAPAN 0255351[...]

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    Wind ows Ha rdware a nd Driv er Installation PCI Slot Screw for attaching card bracket to PC casing Serial Port Par allel Port 1. Before opening the casing of y our 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-[...]

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    order to complete the installation of the SP-PCI car d. Any Plug and Play devices attached to the SP-PCI will no w also be detected and installed. Windows XP may display a message t o the effect that the drivers are not digitally signed . This warning can be ignored. 6. T o view how Windo ws has installed the SP-PCI, open Windo ws' Device Mana[...]

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    C onnec ting a non-printer de vice (e.g . external driv e 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 (Inp[...]

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    4. Use the up/down arrows t o scroll to one of the following r ange settings, or type them in manually : 0278 – 027F 0378 – 037F 0238 – 023F 02B8 – 02BF 5. After one of these has been entered , click OK. Windows will verify whether you would like to f orce this particular configuration rather than the automatic one that it had previously ch[...]

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    Changing the C om numbering of your SP-PCI port ( Window s 95/98/Me only) Changing the C om numbering of your SP-PCI port ( Window s 2000/XP only) Unless you already ha ve more than 4 Com P orts installed in your PC, Windows will by default configure the SP-PCI as C om 5. If you wish to change this assigned Com number (e.g . reassign Com 5 to be Co[...]

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    Using Zip Driv es with the SP-PCI Release Notes: NO TE: The default input/output range f or the SP-PCI card works with Zip™ drives using new Iomegaware™ software . The instruc tions "Connecting a non-printer device" given abo ve apply to Zip™ drive users using old versions of Iomegaware™. F or best results with Windows 2000 and XP[...]

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    La va C omputer MFG Inc. La v a T echnical Suppor t 9:00 am to 5:30 pm Monday t o Frida y (Eastern Time) T el: +416 674-5942 F ax: + 416 674-8262 E-mail: tech@lav alink.com Internet: www .lavalink.com This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interfer[...]