Adaptec APA-1350 - Manual

4 MiniSCSI 1350 User’s Guide Software Installation To use your MiniSCSI 1350, you have to install software drivers on your computer. This one time process is described below. Note: Before you begin, we recommend that you make copies of the diskettes that came with your MiniSCSI 1350. Before you begi...

5 Software Installation Printers In most cases and with most printers, printing via the printer pass-through connector should not be any different than printing via the computer ’s own printer port. The printer pass-through connector on the MiniSCSI 1350 can be used to connect a printer or any perip...

6 MiniSCSI 1350 User’s Guide Uninstalling the Drivers To uninstall the MiniSCSI 1350 drivers from your system 1 Go to the Control Panel and double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon. 2 Highlight the MiniSCSI 1350 driver entry and click Add/Remove . The drivers will be removed from your system. 3 Re-b...

7 Understanding SCSI Understanding SCSI SCSI (pronounced “scuzzy”) stands for Small Computer Systems I nterface. SCSI is an industry standard computer interface for connecting SCSI devices (such as hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and scanners) to a common SCSI bus. A SCSI bus is an electrical pathw...

9 Understanding SCSI Connector Types Several different types of SCSI connectors are used on SCSI devices, and each type requires a different kind of cable. The following diagrams illustrate the different kinds of SCSI connectors: If you have a SCSI device with a DB25 pin or low density 50-pin (SCSI-...

10 MiniSCSI 1350 User’s Guide Troubleshooting Most problems with the MiniSCSI 1350 result from errors in preparing and connecting the SCSI devices to it. So, if you have problems, check the General Hardware Troubleshooting tips first. If the problem still remains, refer to one or more of these secti...

11 Troubleshooting WINDOWS 95 Troubleshooting ■ I can read from my CD-R or CD-RW but Easy CD Pro doesn’t recognize the drive, therefore I’m unable to write to the CD? Please check the revision of Easy CD Pro. Adaptec has fixed problems in their latest revision (2.11C). This is found on their website...

12 MiniSCSI 1350 User’s Guide Improving Overall Performance Following are some tips on improving the performance of the MiniSCSI 1350: ■ Ensure that the CMOS setting configuration for the parallel port and the setting in the Device Manager are the same. ■ Ensure that there are no Port Base and IRQ c...

13 Troubleshooting Formatting your hard disk drives in Windows 95 If a hard disk drive is used that has not been formatted for Windows 95 systems, you will need to prepare the Disk for its first use with the FDISK and FORMAT commands in the DOS directory of your system disk. Before you can use these...

15 Contacting Adaptec Contacting Adaptec If you have questions about installing or using your Adaptec product, check this User’s Guide first—you will find answers to most of your questions here. If you need further assistance, please contact us. We offer the following support and information service...