Installing Compaq PCMCIA Drivers and Utilities

Instructions:

To install the PCMCIA drivers and utilities:

1. Insert the diskette in drive A.
   

2. At the drive A system prompt, type:
   CPQINST
   
   This creates the directory \CPQDOS on drive C, and copies the PCMCIA driver files into that directory. If you have Windows installed on the computer, this will copy the Windows PCMCIA files into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

3. CPQINST will add the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS file:
   
   DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.SYS NOEMS -X=D000-DFFF; PCMCIA Power Management driver for Contura Aero and LTE Elite
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\PCMSMIX.EXE; Only one of the following Socket Services drivers is installed:
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\SSCIRRUS.EXE ; for Concerto
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\SSVLSI.EXE ; for Contura Aero and Elite; PCMCIA drivers common for all Compaq computers:
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\CS.EXE ; for all cards
   
   DEVICE=C:\CPQDOS\CSALLOC.EXE ; for all cards
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\ATADRV.EXE ; for ATA cards
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\CARDID.EXE C:\CPQDOS\CARDID.INI ; for I/O cards
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\MEMDRV.EXE ;for SRAM/flash cards
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\DBLFLASH.EXE ; for flash cards
   
   DEVICEHIGH=C:\CPQDOS\MS-FLASH.SYS ; for flash cards
   
   NOTE: By default, the Microsoft Flash File System (DBLFLASH.EXE and MS-FLASH.SYS) is disabled. Only enable the Flash File System if you plan to use flash memory cards. Enable the drivers by editing the CONFIG.SYS file and removing the semicolon (;) from the front of the DEVICEHIGH lines.
   
   When adding EMM386.EXE, CPQINST excludes memory range D000-DFFF. This reserves a 64K region in upper memory for PCMCIA cards.
   
   TIP FOR ADVANCED USERS: To optimize memory usage, you may try successively excluding smaller ranges until you find the smallest range that still allows all of your PCMCIA cards to operate. However, any range specified must lie within D000-DFFF.

4. If Windows is installed, CPQINST modifies the SYSTEM.INI in the following manner:
   
   Example:
   
   [boot]
   Change: comm.drv=comm.drv
   To: comm.drv=sscomm.drv
   
   Change: drivers=mmsystem.dll ...[Other Drivers]
   To: drivers=mmsystem.dll sswincs.dll ...[Other Drivers]
   
   [386Enh]
   Add: device=cs.386
   Change: device=vcd.386
   To: device=csvcd.386
   
   Add: EMMEXCLUDE=D000-DFFF

5. Restart your system to activate the drivers. DOS 6 users may run MEMMAKER to optimize memory usage after installing the drivers.

PCMCIA Documentation

• Beyond Setup Manual
  Compaq Online Users Guide (Available under Windows from the Compaq
• Learning Center)
• The PCMCIA option in the Computer Setup Utility (Available under Windows from the Compaq Control Center)

Technical Notes

The following Description Setting shows how the PCMCIA software is preconfigured. Items marked with an asterisk may be modified by running the Computer Setup utility under Windows, or the PCCARD utility under DOS.

Description Setting

• Card status change IRQ 9
  

Reserved upper memory space D0000h-DFFFFh

NOTE: Depending on your PCMCIA card requirements, you can reserve less memory space for PCMCIA by changing the exclude parameter (X=) on the EMM386 device line in CONFIG.SYS. See "INSTALLATION" above for details.

• Modem/FAX card COM port 2
• Modem/FAX card IRQ 3
• Modem/FAX card I/O ports 2F8h-2FFh
  

NOTE: The following settings are only used for PCMCIA network cards that do NOT include network drivers that are Card Services clients. Refer to your network card documentation or contact the card manufacturer to determine whether or not the driver is a Card Services client.

• Network card IRQ 5
• Network card I/O ports base address 300h
• Network memory base address 1 D8000h
• Network memory base address 2 DC000h
  

Make sure the network settings match those specified in the network setup program or in the network driver initialization file. Also make sure the network driver is set up to use a valid PCMCIA IRQ from the list above.

How to Obtain Customer Support

If you encounter any problems using the Compaq PCMCIA Support Diskette, call the Compaq customer support line at (800) 345-1518. Support technicians are on duty 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

You can help the support technician to quickly isolate your problem by providing detailed information about your system configuration, the problem you are having, and the version of the Compaq PCMCIA Support Diskette you are using. You should specifically try to provide the following information:

• INSPECT report (run the COMPAQ INSPECT.EXE utility)
• Computer model
• PCMCIA card manufacturer and model
• Steps required to duplicate the problem

Packing List

The files included on the Compaq PCMCIA Support Diskette are listed in the table below.

Name	Ext	Description
READPCM	TXT	This file
README	COM	README file viewer
CPQINST	EXE	Installation Utility
CPQINST	INF	Installation script file

Directory \CPQDOS

Name	Ext	Description
PCMSMIX	EXE	PCMCIA Power Management driver (Contura Aero, LTE Elite)
SSCIRRUS	EXE	PCMCIA Socket Services 2.1 driver for Concerto
SSVLSI	EXE	PCMCIA Socket Services 2.1 driver for Contura Aero
CS	EXE	PCMCIA Card Services 2.1 driver
CSALLOC	EXE	Card Services resource allocation driver
CSALLOC	INI	CSALLOC initialization file
CARDID	EXE	I/O card configuration driver
CARDID	INI	CARDID initialization file
CARDID	CLB	CARDID configuration database
ATADRV	EXE	IDE/ATA card driver
MEMDRV	EXE	Memory card driver
ATACARD	EXE	IDE/ATA card initialization utility
MS-FLASH	EXE	Microsoft Flash File System 2
DBLFLASH	EXE	Data compression driver for MS-FLASH
MEMCARD	EXE	Memory card initialization and maintenance utility
PC-CARD	EXE	PCMCIA card configuration utility for DOS
PCCARD	BAT	Batch file that allows PC-CARD to be run from any directory
CARDINFO	EXE	PCMCIA card status & power utility for DOS
ATACARD	PIF	Windows Program Information File for ATACARD.EXE
MEMCARD	PIF	Windows Program Information File for MEMCARD.EXE

Directory \WINDOWS\SYSTEM

Name	Ext	Description
CS	386	Card Services virtual driver
SSCOMM	DRV	Card Services serial port driver
CSVCD	386	Card Services serial port virtual driver
SSWINCS	DLL	Card Services interface for Windows