Dealing with Problems

Connecting Peripherals

 

 

 

 

You need to use drivers conforming to Windows 95 Version 4.00.950B (OSR-2). Some

Your peripheral does not

work (An error occurs while

earlier drivers will no longer work.

 

 

installing the driver)

For more information, please ask the manufacturer of the driver in question.

 

 

 

 

Unable to print

Check the computer-printer connection.

 

 

 

Make sure the printer is on.

 

 

 

Make sure the printer is in the online state.

 

 

 

Make sure paper is in the printer tray and there is no paper jam.

 

Has the Setup Utility been used to set [Parallel Port (Address)] to [Automatic (PnP)],

 

[378] or [3BC]?

 

 

 

 

 

The cursor does not move

The Coffee break Password may be set; check if

is displayed. If this is the case, input

from mouse operations

the Coffee break Password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check your mouse connections, then reboot the computer from the keyboard.

 

From the keyboard, you may choose to press down on

, then select [Shut Down].

 

 

 

 

The device connected to the

Check the connection.

 

 

serial port does not work

Confirm that the device driver for the serial port works. Please refer to the reference

 

manual for the device.

 

 

 

Confirm that two mouse devices are not connected, one through the ext. keyboard/mouse

 

port and the other through the serial port.

 

 

 

Try setting [Internal Pointing Device] to disable in the Setup Utility.

 

Has the Setup Utility been used to set [Serial Port] to [Automatic (PnP)] or [3F8]?

 

 

External mouse or track

In some circumstances, if a PS/2 external mouse with a serial interface conversion function

ball connected to the PS/2

is connected to the port, it may not operate normally. Connect it to the serial port.

port does not work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A PC Card does not work

Make sure the card is properly inserted.

 

 

 

Confirm that the card conforms to the PC Card Standard.

 

 

A driver for Windows 95 may need to be installed.

 

 

 

Note that after a driver is installed, the computer must be rebooted.

 

There may be no interrupt request (IRQ) line available. Deactivate unnecessary equip-

 

ment using [Supervisor Setup] in the Setup Utility.

 

 

 

There is be no remaining IRQ when you installed an optional CD-ROM Pack and insert

 

more than two PC Cards or when you set [Sound IRQ-B] in [Supervisor Setup] in the

 

Setup Utility and insert more than two PC Cards. Be sure to deactivate unnecessary

 

equipment before any PC Card.

 

 

 

Read the PC Card’s manual. Or, you may need to call the manufacturer of the PC Card.

 

 

 

 

 

You do not know the

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available RAM module

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The RAM module has not

Make sure the RAM module has been properly inserted.

 

been recognized

 

 

 

 

 

 

The address map for IRQ,

Check the address map by going to [View Resources] in [Start] - [Settings] - [Control Panel]

I/O port address, etc. is

- [System] - [Device Manager] - [Computer] - [Properties].

 

unclear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The [Version Conflict]

Select

.

 

 

appears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others

 

 

 

 

You wish to initialize the set- tings of each driver

See "Reinstalling Software" (page 34) for instructions on how to make the settings for each of the various required drivers.

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Panasonic CF-25 operating instructions Connecting Peripherals, Others

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