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Installation and Upgrade

Overview

This chapter provides guidelines on installing the device drivers for the built-in features of the

A440 Series. Most of the driver installation procedures mentioned here are only for Windows

98/2000 and Windows NT 4.0. This chapter also includes procedures on how to upgrade

major internal system components like CPU, memory, hard disk, and feature card modules.

Overview

Notebook Drivers and Utilities

The notebook requires several device drivers that you need to install and setup before you can

fully operate the notebook. These are:

Notebook Drivers and Utilities

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Phoenix PHDISK Suspend-to-Disk Utility – DOS

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TEAC CD-ROM or MKE DVD-ROM Driver – DOS

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Trident CyberBLADEi1 AGP VGA Driver – Windows 98/2000 and NT 4.0

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AC 97 Software Codec Audio controller Driver – Windows 98/2000 and NT 4.0

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EasyButton (Internet/E-mail button) Driver – Windows 98/2000 and NT 4.0

The notebook also comes with other option devices that requires driver installation:

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MC-97 S/W Modem – Windows 98/2000 and NT4.0

Go to the FIC Support website for the latest driver updates.

Intel 82559 LAN Driver – Windows 98/2000 and NT 4.0

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2.1 Overview

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2.2 Notebook Drivers and Utilities

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2.2.1 Running the PHDISK STD Utility

The PHDISK utility of the notebook allows you to create a suspend-to-disk (STD) partition or

file that is used to save the opened files when you activate STD mode and power off the

computer. If you want to make use of the STD feature, you need first to run the PHDISK

utility. There are two options for executing this utility:

1. PHDISK /Create /Partition - you can choose to run Suspend-to-Disk and save your

work into an allocated fixed disk partition. This option should be done before partitioning

and formatting your hard disk. The advantage of this option is that it is more secure since

the files are saved in a separate partition and has no risk of being deleted. The

disadvantage of this is that you need to allocate enough disk partition for future memory

upgrade. The STD partition should always be larger than the system memory RAM.

2. PHDISK /Create /File - you can also choose to run Suspend-to-Disk and save your work

into a STD file. You do not need to allocate an extra disk partition when running this

option. The advantage of this is that you do not need to allocate or waste extra disk

partition. The disadvantage of this option is that it is less secure since there is risk of

deleting the STD file although the file is hidden.

Running the PHDISK /Create /Partition Option

Before you run this option, you should carefully consider how much disk size you need to

allocate for the STD partition. The STD partition should be larger than the installed system

memory RAM. If you are planning to install more memory in the future, it is recommended to

allocate more disk space. Run FDISK under DOS and leave around 5% of disk space or more

for Non-DOS partition. This will later be used by the PHDISK for creating the STD partition.

If you already run FDISK before, you need to delete the original partition of the hard disk.

Load the notebook driver CD and look for the PHDISK program file. Run “ PHDISK /Create

/Partition “ or “ PHDISK /C /P ”. The PHDISK utility program will automatically assign a

disk size in reference to the installed system RAM to be allocated for the STD partition. After

PHDISK has completed the STD partition, you will be prompted to reboot the system.

Running the PHDISK /Create /File

Creating a STD file is much simpler since you do not need to allocate an extra disk partition.

Load the notebook driver CD and look for the PHDISK program file. Run “ PHDISK /Create

/File ” or “ PHDISK /C /F ”. PHDISK will create the SAVE2DSK.BIN file on Drive C. The

size of this file will depend on the installed RAM memory of your computer. This file also is

hidden and has read-only attributes. You must not delete this file.

During power on or restart, the system will detect if STD partition or file is

present. If not, it will show a red colored dialog box informing you that “Save to

Disk Partition Not Present” and “Save to Disk Feature Disabled”.

Whenever you upgrade the memory, you need to delete the existing STD

partition or file and create a new one according to the new memory size. Run

PHDISK /Delete /Partition or PHDISK /Delete /File to delete existing STD

partition or file.

Use PHDISK v4.3 or later.

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2.2.2 Installing the DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Driver (For DOS)

This section provides installation guide for the DVD-ROM or CD-ROM device driver under

MS-DOS and other operating systems.

For DOS installation, you must have a pre-installed MS-DOS v6.0 or higher

operating system on your hard disk with the “MSCDEX.EXE“ (Microsoft CD

Extension) driver file. For DOS, this is located under the DOS directory. For

Windows 95/98, this is located under the \WINDOWS\COMMAND subdirectory.

Installing the CD-ROM driver under DOS prompt

1. Boot up the system of your computer and insert the Teac CD-ROM driver diskette into

the floppy drive.

2. Change the directory of the DOS prompt to Drive A and run the CD-ROM installation

program by typing the command A:\>INSTALL .

3. The CD-ROM Setup program will appear and ask you for directory name where the

driver will be installed. Press <Enter> to install into the default directory.

4. With "Auto Select" selected, press <Enter> to continue with the installation.

5. With "Modify the file now" selected, press <Enter> to modify AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

6. With "Modify the file now" selected, press <Enter> once again to modify CONFIG.SYS

file.

7. Finally, press <Enter> to complete installation. Then, restart the computer after

installation is complete. Your computer will then detect the CD-ROM drive and will

display the designated drive letter. The CD-ROM drive should be assigned to Drive D. If

you have two disk partition, the CD-ROM drive will be assigned to Drive E.

Installing the DVD-ROM driver under DOS prompt

1. Boot up the system of your computer and insert the Toshiba DVD-ROM driver diskette

into the floppy drive.

2. Change the directory of the DOS prompt to Drive A and run the DVD-ROM installation

program by typing the command A:\>INSTALL .

3. The DVD-ROM Setup program will appear and ask you to press <Enter> to start

installation or press <ESC> key to exit installation program.

4. A connection diagram appears with a message shown "Confirm the connection

environment of the computer, Are you sure?" Press <Y> to confirm.

5. The installation program will ask you to specify the directory where you want to place the

DVD-ROM driver. Press <Enter> to install into the default directory.

6. Press <Enter> to continue with the next step.

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7. The installation program will automatically copy the DVD-ROM driver to your hard disk

and modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files in activating the DVD-ROM

drive every time you boot the system up.

Installing the MKE DVD-ROM driver under DOS prompt

1. Boot up the system of your computer and insert the MKE DVD-ROM driver diskette into

the floppy drive.

3. The Easy Installation menu will appear and ask you to select type of installation. Input

<2> and press <Enter> to select Express Installation.

4. Press <Y> to confirm that Autoexec.bat is updated with Mscdex.exe.

5. The installation program will automatically copy the DVD-ROM driver to your hard disk

and modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files in activating the DVD-ROM

drive every time you boot the system up.

You may also install Windows 98 by first installing the DVD-ROM / CD-ROM

driver under a pre-formatted hard disk with MS-DOS operating system. Then go

to Drive D (where the DVD-ROM / CD-ROM drive is assigned), and run

“ SETUP.EXE ” to install Windows 98.

It is important that you use the DVD-ROM / CD-ROM driver provided together

with the notebook. Using other DVD-ROM / CD-ROM driver may not allow

Windows 98 to shutdown properly.

Installing Windows 98 from DVD-ROM / CD-ROM

After installing DVD-ROM / CD-ROM driver, you may insert Windows 98 disc into your

DVD-ROM / CD-ROM drive and run “Setup.exe” .

Installing Windows 2000 / NT from DVD-ROM / CD-ROM

If you are installing Windows 2000 or NT 4.0, you only need to set the boot sequence under

the Boot menu of the BIOS SETUP program to “ ATAPI CD-ROM Drive ”. Insert the

Windows NT compact disc into the CD-ROM or drive and boot directly from the disc for

immediate installation.

2.2.3 Installing the VGA Device Driver

Your notebook computer uses the high-performance Trident CyberBLADEi1 VGA controller,

which is an AGP 2x video local bus, 2D/3D Graphic Engine and includes Zoomed Video

(ZV) Port Technology for supporting ZV PCMCIA cards. Following is the procedure for

installing the VGA Driver for Windows 98 and NT 4.0:

Installing VGA Device Driver for Windows 98

1. Insert the CD containing the VGA driver for Windows 98 into CD-ROM drive.

2. Clickthe Start button, and then click Control Panel.

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2. Change the directory of the DOS prompt to Drive A and run the DVD-ROM installation

program by typing the command A:\>INSTALL .

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3. Click on the Display Icon, then go to the S ettings folder, click on Advanced.

4. Choosethe Adapter folder, and then click Change.

5. The Update Device Driver Wizard message box appears. Click Next to continue with the next

step.

6. Choose“ Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now.

[Recommended] ” , then click Next.

7. Click on the “ Specify a location” , then enter the correct path of the Windows 98 VGA driver

or click the Browse button and navigate into the directory where the VGA driver is.. Then

click Next.

8. Select“ The updated driver [recommended], Trident Cyberbladei1 AGP [8520-83] ”, then

click next.

9. Windows will display the current Location of the VGA driver, click Next.

10. An Insert Disk window will appear, click OK.

11. Enter the path of the Windows 98 VGA driver or click the Browse button and navigate into the

directory where the VGA driver is, then click OK.

12. Click Finish and choose Yes to restart.

13. After restarting the system, you may want to set screen resolution and color depth to have

optimum viewing. Go back to the Display icon, and then go to the Settings folder. Then,

adjust resolution and color depth in accordance with your preference.

Installing VGA Device Driver for Windows NT 4.0

1. Insert the CD containing the VGA driver for Windows 2000 into CD-ROM drive.

2. Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.

3. Click on the Display Icon, then go to the S ettings folder, click on Display Type.

4. Click Change.

5. Click Have Disk.

6. Enter the correct path of the Windows 98 VGA driver or click the Browse button and

navigate into the directory where the VGA driver is.

7. Click open and ok.

8. Select “ Trident Video Accelerator 3D Adapter V4.83040.83” , then click ok.

9. Windows will display “ Third party Drivers ” window, click yes to proceed.

10. Click ok and restart.

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