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Why won't my SRAM card work under DOS or Windows 3.1? For DOS and Windows 3.1X: SRAM cards need a DOS version of a Card and Socket Services Program. Please check to see if you have this running, if not, contact your notebook PC vendor or card reader manufacturer. You also can get the program from SystemSoft at http://www.systemsoft.com Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows 95? To install a PCMCIA SRAM card in Windows 95, the following two entries must be placed in the Config.sys file device=c:\<windows>\system\csmapper.sys device=c:\<windows>\system\carddrv.exe /slot=<x> where <windows> is the Windows folder and <x> indicates the number of PCMCIA card slots in the computer. Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows 98? These card technologies are not natively supported when the O/S is installed. They however be made to work when you install the drivers that are supplied on the Windows 98 CD-ROM. 1.Before installing, be sure your PCMCIA Socket is well settled. You can check the situation from "Control Panel" ¡÷ "System Properties" ¡÷ "Device Manager" ¡÷ "PCMCIA socket" . 2. Insert card into socket. "Memory Technology Drivers (MTDs)" icon will automatically present, double click into. The screen will show up "SRAM Memory Card" icon. 3.Single click "SRAM Memory Card" icon, and then click "Properties". Then Click "Update Driver" and "Next" to continue 4. Pick up "Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now." icon. Click "Next" to continue. 5. Pick up "Specify a location" icon. Insert Windows 98 CD and browse drivers\storage\ftl in the CD-ROM. Click "Next" to continue 6. Click "Finish" to close installing window. Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows ME? These card technologies are not natively supported when the O/S is installed. They however can be made to work when you install the drivers that are supplied on the Windows ME CD-ROM. They can be found in the following location. Go to the drivers\storage\flash directory on the CD and look for the file named Trueffs.inf. Right click on this file and choose INSTALL from the pull down. Make sure that no cards are installed in the system at this time. Reboot the system using the cold boot method, then install the card and follow the prompts. Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows NT 3.51 & 4.0 For NT 3.51 & 4.0: You need a NT version of a Card and Socket Services software program on your system. Please contact your notebook PC vendor or card reader manufacturer. You also can get the program from SystemSoft at http://www.systemsoft.com Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows 2000? SRAM Cards do not come with drivers, it has always been the OS vendor's responsibility to include support for these devices. Unlike previous versions of Windows, the SRAM drivers traditionally included on Windows distributions are not included with Windows 2000. The following information explains a work around to get Windows 2000 to recognize and use SRAM Cards. Be certain Windows 2000 has been upgraded with at least Service Pack 1 and the host hardware supports PC Cards. OEM installed Windows 2000 should not exhibit problems, but systems upgraded from older Windows versions may need confirmation that their hardware is compatible. Please note that MagicRAM provides this work around as a customer service and does not guarantee that will work with every system configuration. 1. During the Windows 2000 hardware setup process choose Display a list of known drivers... instead of Search for a suitable driver... 2. Select the category Memory technology driver 3. Select the M-Systems DiskOnChip2000 driver from listed manufacturer M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers 4. Click Yes on the Update Driver Warning message, continue and click Finish to complete the setup process, click No from the restart Windows message 5. Access the Device Manager and highlight M-Systems DiskOnChip2000 from the category Memory technology driver (it has the conflict symbol) 6. Access the M-Systems DiskOnChip2000 and click Update Driver from the Driver tab 7. Choose Display a list of known drivers... instead of Search for a suitable driver... when the options appear 8. You should now have more default driver options, select the Centennial PCMCIA Memory Card driver from listed manufacturer Centennial Technologies, Inc. (other drivers may work, but the Centennial driver was used successfully in testing) 9. Click Yes on the Update Driver Warning message, continue and click Finish to complete the setup process, click Ok from the properties window then Yes from the restart Windows message 10. When Windows restarts, you should see a new drive letter and icon from "My Computer" or Windows Explorer Why won't my SRAM card work under Windows XP? SRAM Cards do not come with drivers, it has always been the OS vendor's responsibility to include support for these devices. Unlike previous versions of Windows, SRAM drivers traditionally included on Windows distributions are not included with Windows XP. The following information explains a work around to get Windows XP to recognize and use PC Card SRAM. Be certain Windows XP is up to date with the latest Service Packs and the host hardware correctly supports PC Cards. Please note that MagicRAM provides this work around as a customer service and does not guarantee that will work with every system configuration. 1. Insert the SRAM card into the PC Card slot 2. When the 'Hardware Wizard' appears, select 'Install from a list or specific location (advanced)' 3. Click 'Next' 4. Select 'Don't search I will choose the driver to install' 5. Click 'Next' 6. Scroll through the list of choice and select 'PCMCIA and Flash memory devices' 7. Click 'Next' 8. Double click 'generic' under the Manufacturer listing 9. Select 'Generic PCMCIA Memory Card' from the Model listing 10. Click 'Next' 11. Click the 'Yes' button when the warning dialog appears, to dismiss it 12. Click 'Finish' when the 'Completing the found new hardware wizard' dialog appears How do I charge an industrial rechargeable SRAM card? Most notebook computers can be used to re-charge the MagicRAM SRAM card. Keep in mind that power management must be disabled both in BIOS, as well as in Windows. When power management in enabled power is removed from the slot within a few minutes, the card needs to be charged from 6 to 8 hours. |
