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This WinBook Tech Article is designed to enable the PCMCIA sockets for your WinBook XP prior to inserting any PCMCIA cards. Before you begin, make sure that there are no PCMCIA cards in the machine.

Enabling the PCMCIA Sockets:

1. Do you have an ESS 1688 sound card installed into your XP? If you do you may need to adjust the resource settings. Verify that you have a sound card installed. Click on Start, Settings and then Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double click on the System icon. Click on the Device Manager tab. In the device manager, locate the listing Sound Video and Game Controllers and double click on it. Another listing should branch down off of the Sound Video and Game Controllers listing. The listing should read ESS 1688 Audio Drive. Double click on it. Click on the Resources tab. Check and see what basic configuration you are on, it should be on Basic Configuration 1. If it is not, uncheck the Use Automatic Settings check box and change the Basic Configuration to 1. It might say, "you have adjusted one or more resources manually…" If you get this message, click on Yes. Click on OK and then click on OK or Close to get out of the device manager and restart the computer using normal shut down procedures.

Note: Changing the resources of the sound card probably will not have any affect on enabling your PCMCIA sockets, but it will play a big role if you try to set up two PCMCIA cards in the machine.

2. Check to make sure that you have the correct PCMCIA socket driver installed. Click on Start, Settings and then Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double click on the System icon. Click on the Device Manager tab. In the device manager, locate the listing PCMCIA Socket and double click on it. Another listing should branch down off of the PCMCIA Socket listing. That listing should read Standard PCIC or Compatible PCMCIA controller. If the listing on your machine does not match the above listing, go to the troubleshooting section of this WinBook Tech Article.
3. If the listing is the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller, double click on it. Click on the Resources tab. The input/output range should be 03E0 - 03EF. If you have this setting, go on to the next step. If the input/output range is different, take the check out of the box next to Use Automatic Settings and then click on the words input/output range and then click on the Change Settings button. In the text box, type in the above input/output range exactly as it is typed. Once you have typed in the new resource setting click on the OK button. You should also have an Interrupt Request listing as well. The Interrupt Request should be on 09. If it is not, click on the words Interrupt Request and then click on the Change Settings button. Next to the New Value text box there will be little up and down arrows that you can click on. Click on the Up or Down arrows until you reach 09. If it says that you have a conflicting device on Interrupt Request 09, note what device it is and then call WinBook Technical Support for more assistance. Click on OK again to get back to the main screen of the Device Manager. Click on OK or Close to get out of the Device Manager. Restart the computer using the normal shut down procedures to make sure that any changes you have made take affect.
4. Once you are back in Windows 95 your PCMCIA sockets should be correctly enabled and you are ready to insert your PCMCIA cards.

Troubleshooting:

If you have some other listing than the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller under PCMCIA Socket:

Click on whatever listing you have and then click on the Remove button. If you have more than one listing, continue this process until the whole PCMCIA Socket category disappears from the Device Manager. While you are in the Device Manager, check to see if you have an Other Devices listing. If you do, double click on it. Again, one or more listings should branch out similar to the PCMCIA Socket listing. If you have anything that looks unfamiliar in the Other Devices listing, such as PCMCIA Card Services, remove those as well. Once this is done, close out of the Device Manager and then shut down the computer using normal shut down procedures. Power the machine back on and let it boot into Windows 95. Upon entering into Windows 95 it should find the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller and install it automatically. If it finds the controller, check it in device manager and make sure that there are no conflicts. If there are no conflicts, move on to step 2 of Enabling your PCMCIA sockets. If there are conflicts see below. If it did not find anything new, shut down the computer again, but this time when you power the machine back on, start tapping the F8 key right when it says "Starting Windows 95." This should take you to a Windows 95 startup menu. Option #3 will be Safe mode. Type the number 3 and hit the Enter key. This will take you into Safe mode where you can see any "ghost drivers" that you may have in your system.

Note: It always takes longer to get into Safe mode that it does to get into Normal mode, so be patient if it is taking longer than normal. Your screen will also look distorted, this is normal as well and will change back again when you restart.

When it says, "You are now running in Safe Mode…" click on the OK button. Go back into the device manager and try to locate a "PCMCIA Socket" listing or an "Other Devices" listing. If you find either one, double click on the listing to expand it out like before. Remove any devices that are listed under PCMCIA Socket and Other Devices that wasn't listed in Normal Mode. If you didn't find any listings or if you did and you removed them all, close out of the device manager and restart your computer. Let it reboot back into Normal mode. If you removed any listings in safe mode then it should find the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller. If you didn't remove any listings or if it didn't find any new hardware upon entering into Windows 95, click on Start, go to Settings and click on the Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double click on the Add New Hardware icon. Go ahead and let windows do a search for new hardware. It should find the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller. If it doesn't find the controller, please call WinBook Technical Support and a representative will be able to assist you further.

If you have the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller listed under PCMCIA socket, but it has a yellow mark with a black "!" over top of the icon beside it:

Try removing it from the Device Manager following the steps above and then restart the computer. It should find the Standard Controller again. If it does not, then follow step 1 of troubleshooting. If it does find the controller, check the Device Manager and make sure that it didn't come back with another "!" on it. If it does not have the "!" on it, proceed to step 2 of Enabling your PCMCIA Sockets. If it does, restart into safe mode by following the procedures in step 1 of Troubleshooting. Remove any "ghost drivers" by following the procedures in step one as well. If the Standard controller still shows up with a yellow "!" on it, please call WinBook Technical Support.

If you have the Standard PCIC or compatible PCMCIA controller listed under PCMCIA socket, but it has a red "X" over top of the icon beside it:

Double click on it. In the General Tab (the default tab you open up to) there should be a section called Device Usage. Under Device usage there should be a check in the box next to Disable In This Hardware Profile. Take that check out and then click on the OK button. This will take you to a PCMCIA Setup Wizard. Simply follow the defaults by click on Next, Next, and then Finish. It will then ask you if you want to shut down the computer, click on the Yes button. When the machine is shut down, power it back on and let it boot up into Windows 95. In Windows 95 check the Device Manager again to make sure that there are no conflicts dealing with the Standard Controller. If there is a Red "X" again, restart into safe mode using the procedure in step 1 of Troubleshooting and try to remove the controller from there. If the controller has a Yellow "!" on it, follow the procedure in step 2 of Troubleshooting. If The Controller has no conflicts, proceed to Step 2 of Enabling your PCMCIA Sockets.

If your symptoms do not match any of the above, or if you have tried all of these troubleshooting tips and you are still having problems, please call WinBook Technical Support at 1-800-468-1225 and a representative will be able to assist you further.

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