Lava Computer QUATTRO-PCI manual

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    La v a Quattr o-PCI Installation Manual Rev . B00 LAV A COMPUTERS QUAD SERIAL PCI P.N. MOKO L75.2 MADE IN CANADA PNMOKO S-1 MADEIN JAPAN 0255351[...]

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    Windo ws NT 4.0 Installation 1. With the power turned off , insert the Quattro-PCI card into any free PCI slot in your PC. Boot NT logging on as “ A dministrator” . 2. Place the Quattro-PCI installation diskett e into your floppy driv e and select Run from the Star t Menu. W hen prompted type: A:NT4.0Setup. 3. After the necessary files have b[...]

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    DOS & Windo ws 3.x Installation 1. With the power turned off , insert the Quattro-PCI card into any free PCI slot in your PC. T urn y our PC on. Boot to DOS. 2. Place the Quattro-PCI installation diskett e into your floppy driv e. In the Win3.11 subdirectory of this disk ette you will find a file called “Lavac onf.ex e” . Copy this file to [...]

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    1. With the power turned off , insert the Quattro-PCI card into any free PCI slot in y our PC. M ake sure the card is well seated. Inser t the bracket with Ports C and D into a free slot. If you must detach the cables from the card to do so , be sure to install the cables back onto the card with the r ed wire corresponding to the “1” on the boa[...]

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    The Quattro-PCI hardware appears in Device Manager in tw o places: under the Multi-function Adapters tree and as part of the Ports tree. Please note that any changes to the Resour ces (I/O Address & IRQ) used by any one of the f our por ts on the Quattro-PCI must be made through the Resources page of the appropriate Quattr o-PCI P ARENT – not[...]

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    Changing the C om numbering of your Quattro- PCI ports ( W indows 95/98/Me only) Unless you already ha ve more than 4 Com ports installed in your PC, Windows will by default configure the Quattr o-PCI por ts as Com 5 through Com 8. T o change the Com number of an y of these ports (e.g. reassign Com 5 to be C om 3), please use the Lava Com P or t Re[...]

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    Changing the C om numbering of your Quattro- PCI ports ( W indows 2000/XP only) In Windows 2000, Com port numbering can be changed by double- clicking the serial por t entr y displayed in Windows' Device Manager . Go to P or t Settings | Advanced , and choose Com P or t #.[...]

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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.c om This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Oper ation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interfe[...]