Lava Computer Parallel-PCI/LP Card manual

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    La v a P arallel-PCI/LP Installation Manual Rev . B00 LAVA COMPUTERS PARALLEL PCI/LP P.N. MOKO L72.4 MADE IN CANADA PN MOKO S-1 MADE IN JAPAN 0255351[...]

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    Wind ows Ha rdware a nd Driv er Installation 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 Parallel-PCI/LP car d into it. Ensure that the card is well seated . 3. Screw the metal bracket of the P arallel-PCI/LP card to your PC’ s casing and replace the machine ’ s [...]

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    necessary files from the diskette, Windows may restart your PC in order to complete the installation of the P arallel-PCI/LP card. Any Plug and Play printers attached to the P arallel-PCI/LP will now 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 ignore[...]

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    C onnec ting a non-printer de vice (e.g . external driv e or parallel scanner) to the Par allel-PCI/LP 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 Parallel-PCI/LP card is a fully compliant PCI device , its default addr ess (Inp[...]

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    2. Remove the check mark from the U se Automatic Settings box. Note: In some cases Windows will giv e 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 syst em resources, reboot the system in Safe Mode to make changes to resour ce settings. ( T o [...]

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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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    Release Notes: A. This documentation describes the installation of the P arallel-PCI/LP card on a Windows95/98/Me/2000/XP PC. Instructions and sof tware for DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windo ws NT 4.0 may be found in the NT4.0 subdirectory of the Parallel-PCI/LP card Installation diskette. Instructions for Linux installation are av ailable at www .lavali[...]

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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 F riday (Eastern Time) T el: +416 674-5942 F ax: + 416 674-8262 E-mail: tech@lav alink.com Internet: www .lavalink.c om This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful int er f[...]