MaxTech PCN2000 Series Incorrectly Installed Pcmcia Driver, I/O Base Address and IRQ Conflict

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after reading the following information, contact your dealer or vendor for assistance.

Most adapter failure after installation is caused by: A) Incorrectly installed PCMCIA driver, B)Not excluding memory address D400-D7FF when using a memory manager, C)I/O base ad- dress and IRQ Line conflict, or D)Cable problems.

4.1 Incorrectly Installed PCMCIA Driver

The included PCMCIA driver runs as a Card Service Client and should only be loaded after the Socket and Card Services are loaded. Be

certain that the CONFIG.SYS file contains DE- VICE= entries in this order.

4.2Not Excluding Memory Address D400- D7FF

The PCMCIA Ethernet adapter uses the memory region D400-D7FF to read Ethernet ID and other information from on-board flash ROM. This memory region must be excluded from usage by other programs, including memory managers. If you are running Microsoft's memory manager, make sure that the x=D400-D7FFor x=D000-DFFFparameter appears in the Device=EMM386.EXE entry in your CONFIG.SYS. Refer to Section 2.3 for detailed information.

4.3 I/O Base Address and IRQ Conflict

Make sure that the I/O address and IRQ used by the adapter is not already in use by another device in your PC. If your PC has built-in serial ports then you will not be able to use IRQ 4 (COM1) or IRQ 3 (COM2). Other adapters in your

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Contents PCN2000 Series Users Guide Repair Information Form Contents Unpacking Your Network Adapter Section Two InstallationHardware Installation ModelAAdapter with 10Base-T Coupler Pcmcia Device Driver Installation Example Testing The Adapter On-screen prompt to start or stop the Network Function TestSection Three Network Driver Installation Section Four TroubleshootingNot Excluding Memory Address D400- D7FF Incorrectly Installed Pcmcia DriverI/O Base Address and IRQ Conflict Cable Problems Section Five Cable InformationSection Six Specifications Five Year Limited Warranty Section Eight Warranty, FCC, And Other InformationSection Seven Technical Support FCC Compliance Disclaimer, Copyright, And Other Notices