7800 Family Manager for Windows 95 ================================== This diskette contains Adaptec's Windows 95 solution for the AIC-7800 Family of Host Adapters. This includes: AHA-2910 PCI-to-Fast SCSI (non-bootable) AHA-2940 PCI-to-Fast SCSI AHA-2940W PCI-to-Fast and Wide Single-Ended SCSI AHA-2944W PCI-to-Fast and Wide Differential SCSI AHA-2940Ultra PCI-to-Wide UltraSCSI AHA-3940 MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast SCSI AHA-3940W MultiChannel PCI-to-Fast and Wide SCSI AIC-7850 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast SCSI AIC-7870 Single-Chip PCI-to-Fast and Wide SCSI AIC-7880 Single-Chip PCI-to-UltraSCSI The following files on this diskette are required for the installation of the 7800 Family Windows 95 driver: \win95\aic78xx.mpd - 7800 series miniport v1.20 for Windows 95 \win95\aicAIC78xx.inf - Install script used by Windows 95 setup \win95\readme.txt - This file Installation instructions for the AIC-7870 Windows 95 driver: -------------------------------------------------------------- This readme provides the information needed to install and use the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager (driver) for Windows 95. If you are performing a first time Windows 95 installation, see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver". If Windows 95 is already installed in your system, see Updating Windows 95 with the Driver. Installing Windows 95 and the Driver ==================================== A version of the aic78xx.mpd driver is embedded (included) in the Windows 95 installation CD. During a normal Windows 95 installation, the 7800 Family host adapter is detected in your system and the embedded aic78xx.mpd driver is automatically installed. Once the Windows 95 installation is complete, you can update the aic78xx.mpd driver with the most recent version of the driver by -following the instructions in Updating Windows 95 with the Driver, below. Note: If Windows 95 installation cannot detect the 7800 Family host adapter installed in your computer, you must install the aic78xx.mpd driver manually once Windows 95 installation is complete. To determine if the aic78xx.mpd driver was installed, and to install the driver manually, see Updating Windows 95 with the Driver, below. Updating Windows 95 with the Driver ==================================== This section describes how to update/install the aic78xx.mpd driver if Windows 95 is already installed. If you are installing Windows 95 for the first time, see Installing Windows 95 and the Driver, above. Note: All Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same aic78xx.mpd driver. Once the driver is updated, it is not necessary to update it again for each 7800 Family host adapter installed in your system. 1 Start Windows 95. 2 Click the Start button on the Windows 95 task bar, and then point to Settings. 3 Click Control Panel. 4 Double-click the system icon. 5 On the Device Manager tab, click the plus sign next to the SCSI controller icon. Note: If Windows 95 cannot determine the type of host adapter installed in your computer, a yellow question mark labelled Other devices appears instead of the SCSI controller icon. To continue, click the plus sign next to the question mark; a yellow question mark labelled PCI SCSI Bus Controller then appears. 6 Double-click the 7800 Family host adapter you wish to update, or if a yellow question mark labelled PCI SCSI Bus Controller is displayed, double-click the question mark. 7 On the Driver tab, click Change Driver. You may be asked to select the hardware type; if asked to do so, select SCSI -Controller. 8 Click the Have Disk button and enter a:\win95 as the location to copy the manufacturer's file from. 9 Click OK. 10 Select the 7800 Family host adapter, and click OK. 11 Click OK. The driver is copied and scanned. 12 You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Click Yes to restart your computer. Click No to return to the system properties window. Adaptec Phone Numbers --------------------- Technical Support: Automated Technical Support: U.S. and Canada: (800)959-7274 ============================ International : (408)945-2550 Interactive FAX Service On-line Questions & Answers Live Technical Support: U.S. , Canada & ======================== International : (408)934-7274 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time Bulletin Board Service (BBS) (408) 945-7727 24 hours a day (up to 14400 baud, using 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity) Literature Hotline (800) 934-2766 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00PM Pacific Standard Time Software Ordering (U.S.A. and Canada) (800) 442-7274 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time International Software Ordering (408) 957-7274 M-F: 6:00am to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time