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Ultra160 Family Manager Set User's Guide Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions What is a miniport driver, and how do I make sure that the miniport driver for my host adapter is installed correctly? Miniport drivers are 32-bit Protected Mode device drivers used by Windows 95/98 to control host adapters and devices. Windows 95/98 includes a set of miniport drivers for various SCSI host adapters. If your Ultra160 Family host adapter is already installed, the adapter's miniport driver is automatically installed and configured during Windows 95/98 installation. Follow the instructions listed in Installing the Driver When Windows 95/98 is Already Installed on page 3-6 to ensure that the miniport driver is updated. To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows 95/98, open the Control Panel, double-click System, and click the Device Manager tab. Then double-click the SCSI Controllers icon; you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter(s) installed in your system. What if there is no SCSI Controllers icon under Device Manager, or the model name of the host adapter does not appear under Device Manager? If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter's model name do not appear in the Device Manager, follow these steps: 1 Open Control Panel and double-click the Add New Hardware icon. Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard. 2 If Windows does not detect the adapter, run the Add New Hardware Wizard again. This time, select No on the second screen of the wizard, then select SCSI Controllers on the next screen. 3 Insert the Ultra160 Family Manager Set disk for Windows into your floppy disk drive. 4 Select the model of your Ultra160 Family host adapter, and then click the Have Disk button. 5 Enter a:\win95 or a:\win98 as the location to copy the file from. 6 Click OK. The driver is copied and your system is updated. 3-8

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Ultra160 Family Manager Set User’s Guide
Troubleshooting
Problems and Solutions
What is a miniport driver, and how do I make sure that the miniport driver for my host
adapter is installed correctly?
Miniport drivers are 32-bit Protected Mode device drivers used by
Windows 95/98 to control host adapters and devices. Windows
95/98 includes a set of miniport drivers for various SCSI host
adapters.
If your Ultra160 Family host adapter is already installed, the
adapter’s miniport driver is automatically installed and configured
during Windows 95/98 installation. Follow the instructions listed in
Installing the Driver When Windows 95/98 is Already Installed
on
page 3-6 to ensure that the miniport driver is updated.
To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running
Windows 95/98, open the
Control Panel
, double-click
System
, and
click the
Device Manager
tab. Then double-click the
SCSI
Controllers
icon; you should see the model name of the SCSI host
adapter(s) installed in your system.
What if there is no SCSI Controllers icon under Device Manager, or the model name of
the host adapter does not appear under Device Manager?
If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter’s model name do
not appear in the Device Manager, follow these steps:
1
Open
Control Panel
and double-click the
Add New Hardware
icon. Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting
Yes
on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard.
2
If Windows does not detect the adapter, run the Add New
Hardware Wizard again. This time, select
No
on the second
screen of the wizard, then select
SCSI Controllers
on the next
screen.
3
Insert the Ultra160 Family Manager Set disk for Windows into
your floppy disk drive.
4
Select the model of your Ultra160 Family host adapter, and then
click the
Have Disk
button.
5
Enter
a:\win95
or
a:\win98
as the location to copy the file from.
6
Click
OK
. The driver is copied and your system is updated.