Dell C/Dock Expansion Station - Manual (Page 3)

Dell Latitude C/Dock Expansion Station Before You Dock 1-3
11. With the computer still undocked, install the
driver for the SCSI controller (Adaptec AIC-7860
PCI SCSI controller).
For instructions, see “SCSI Controller Driver” found
later in this document.
12. With the computer still undocked, update the
Advanced Power Management (APM) driver and
PC Card driver.
For instructions, see “APM and PC Card Drivers”
found later in this document.
13. Shut down the computer.
Click the Start button and click Shut Down. Then
click Shut down the computer? and click Yes.
14. Dock the computer to the C/Dock Expansion
Station.
For instructions, see the Dell Latitude C/Dock
Expansion Station User’s Guide.
15. Install the network controller driver.
For instructions, see “Network Controller Driver”
found later in this document.
16. If the C/Dock Expansion Station uses a PCI video
expansion card or Token-Ring network expan-
sion card, install the appropriate driver.
For instructions, see “Installing a Windows NT
Driver for a PCI Video Card” or “Token-Ring Net-
work Driver” found later in this document.
IDE Controller Driver
If your computer uses Windows NT, use the following
procedure to install the driver for the IDE controller on
the C/Dock Expansion Station. The IDE controller sup-
ports a CD-ROM drive in the C/Dock media bay.
NOTE: You must have administrator privileges to per-
form the following procedure.
1. Undock the computer.
2. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click
Control Panel.
3. Double-click the SCSI Adapters icon.
4. Click the Drivers tab and click Add.
5. In the Install Driver window, click the Have Disk
button.
6. Insert the Dell Latitude C/Dock Expansion Station
Windows NT 4.0 IDE Driver diskette into the com-
puter’s diskette drive.
7. In the Copy the manufacturer’s files from box,
type
a:\ and click OK.
8. Highlight CMD CSA-646U Ultra DMA IDE
Adapter and click OK.
9. Type a:\ and click Continue.
10. When prompted to restart the computer, remove
the diskette and click Yes.
After the driver is installed, you may configure it for
maximum performance as follows:
1. Click the Start button and click Run.
2. Type cmdcfgnt.exe and click OK.
3. Click the General tab.
4. Select the PCI bus speed that matches that of the
computer.
To determine the PCI bus speed of the computer, see
the section titled “Chip Set and Bus” in Appendix A
of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide that
accompanied the Latitude CP computer. If a
documentation update came with the computer,
check whether a new PCI bus speed has been added.
5. To enable the DMA features of the controller,
click the Enable DMA box so that a check mark
appears in the box.
6. Use the Boot Controller tab to tune each drive in
a specific DMA channel.
SCSI Controller Driver
NOTE: You must have administrator privileges to per-
form the following procedure.
If your computer uses Windows NT, use the following
procedure to install the driver for the SCSI controller on
the C/Dock Expansion Station:
1. Undock the computer.
CAUTION: The computer must be docked in
order to install the network driver successfully.