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Installing the Sound Card:

1. Turn off your WinBook laptop.
2. Disconnect all external peripherals.
3. Turn the unit over so you are looking at the bottom of the laptop.
4. Carefully remove the 2 inch by 2 inch small square panel to reveal the insert socket for the sound card on the motherboard. This is directly underneath the WinBook XP label on the bottom of the WinBook Laptop.
5. If you look at the ESS 488 sound card there are two small white connection sockets that fit into the receptacle sockets on the motherboard.
6. Snap the sound card into the sockets at a 45-degree angle.
7. Make sure the sound card is securely in place.
8. Replace the 2 inch by 2 inch sound card laptop case cover.

Installing ESS Sound Card Driver in Windows 95:

1. Turn on the laptop.
2. Once the unit is in Windows click on Start, Settings and then control panel.
3. In control panel double click on Add New Hardware.
4. Click on Next.
5. You should then get a screen that lets you choose whether or not you want windows to search for your hardware. Select the No and Click on Next.
6. You will now have a listing of hardware types. Choose Sound, Video, and Game Controllers and click on Next .
7. You will now have a listing of manufactures and models. Choose ESS Technologies Inc. as the manufacturer and the ESS ES488 Audio Drive as the model.
8. After selecting the Manufacture and Model click on next.
9. You will then be shown a screen that lists the resources windows will use. Click on Next.
10. You will be on a finish screen. Click on finish
11. You will now be asked if you want to shut down, click on No.
12. In Control Panel double click on the System icon.
13. Click on the device manger tab.
14. In device manager click on the ESS 488 AUDIO DRIVE it is located under the SOUND VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERS heading.
15. After the ESS 488 Audio Drive is highlighted click on Properties.
16. Click on the resources tab.
17. Remove the check from the box next to Use Automatic Settings.
18. The resources list on the screen should have 2 I/O ranges, 1 IRQ, 1 DMA. If it does not you will need to change the basic configuration setting until it matches the above configuration. (Basic configuration 0001 usually works)
19. Once it has 2 I/O ranges, 1 IRQ, 1 DMA you will need to change the resources to be the following:

• I/O 0220-022f
• I/O 0388-038b
• IRQ 5
• DMA 1

1. After the resources have been set close out of device manager.
2. Windows will give you a message that you have adjusted one or more resources, click on O.K.

Adjusting the BIOS Settings:

1. Click Start, Shutdown and select the Restart in start in MS-DOS mode shut down option.
2. At a dos prompt, hold down the CTRL+ALT+S keys This will bring up your BIOS Screen.
3. Press the PgDn ey twice to view page 3.
4. Enable the audio/sound card setting. Adjust the IRQ to 5.
5. Press the ESC key and then press the F4 key.
6. You should now have sound. If there is no sound and you do not have any external speakers plugged in, try turning the volume control knob toward the front of the computer. The volume control knob is located underneath the floppy drive.

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