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ATA FLASH Installation Instructions and Information

ATA Flash FAQ

Will my ATA Flash Card work in my operating system?

For DOS and Windows 3.1X: ATA Flash cards need a DOS version of Card and Socket Service Program. Please check to see if you have this running, if not, contact your notebook PC vendor or card reader manufacture.

For Windows 95/98: ATA Flash cards need the standard IDE/ESDI hard disk controller driver which provided by Windows.

For Windows NT V3.51 and NT4.0: ATA Flash cards do work. Set ATDISK in Devices to Boot and Start. Please note the Windows NT is not support hot insertion and removal. The ATA Flash card must be in the PC Card slot at the time of power up.

 

How do I configure an ATA Flash card?

For Windows 95/98:

Insert the ATA Flash card into a PCMCIA slot. A drive letter should appear automatically in the 'My Computer' icon when inserted. If no driver letter appears, do the following:

1. Make sure the memory card appears in the PC card icon in the Control Panel.

2. See that the memory card appears on the list of Hard disk controllers in the Device Manager.

3. Go into the Resources of that memory card and uncheck Automatic settings.

4. Choose a Basic Configuration with only 1-Interupt and 1-Input/Output with no conflicts. Change the I/O by double clicking Input/Output and clicking on the up arrows. Choose a range greater then 0123-01FFF, with no conflicts. Agree to any changes and reboot. A new driver letter should appear. If not, try a different range.

For Windows NT:

Insert the ATA Flash card into a PCMCIA slot before powering on. Start up your NT system. A drive letter should appear automatically in the 'My Computer' icon when inserted. If no driver letter appears, do the following:

1. Go to the Devices icon in the Control Panel and set PCMCIA to Boot and Started.

2. Set ATDISK to Boot and Start.

3. Reboot for changes to take effect.

Linear Flash FAQ

Only if your operating system vendor provides drivers. Card readers and Linear Flash cards do not come with drivers for Linear Flash, it has always been the OS vendor's responsibility to include support or you will have to purchase a Card and Socket Services software package from a third party vendor.