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Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance Troubleshooting Your Computer • Restart the computer: click Start, Shut Down (or Turn Off Computer), Restart. • If the card requires an IRQ, make sure one is available. If necessary, set the IRQ to an unused value manually (Windows 98 only): click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click System and use the Device Manager tab. • Try the card in another computer to see whether the card functions properly. • Zoomed Video is supported in the lower card slot only. • Certain Xircom CE2 (IIps) LAN cards conflict with the game port device in Windows 2000. Contact Xircom to see if your card is one of these. • When using a PC card in a docking system, insert or remove the card while the system is turned on. • Test the PC card with the e-Diagtools diagnostics. See "Testing the Hardware" on page 147. If an I/O card stops communicating properly • The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. Exit any applications, then remove and reinsert the card. If a PC card modem is not working • Disable the internal modem: 1. Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System (Windows 98 or 2000) or Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System (Windows XP). 2. Double-click Modem to list the current modem devices. 3. Double-click the internal modem, then select the option to disable the modem. If an I/O card stops communicating properly • Exit and restart the application. The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. • Check settings in Control Panel. 138 Corporate Evaluator's Guide

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Troubleshooting Your Computer
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Restart the computer: click Start, Shut Down (or Turn Off Computer), Restart.
If the card requires an IRQ, make sure one is available
.
If necessary, set the IRQ to an
unused value manually (Windows 98 only): click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then
double-click System and use the Device Manager tab.
Try the card in another computer to see whether the card functions properly.
Zoomed Video is supported in the lower card slot only.
Certain Xircom CE2 (IIps) LAN cards conflict with the game port device in
Windows 2000. Contact Xircom to see if your card is one of these.
When using a PC card in a docking system, insert or remove the card while the
system is turned on.
Test the PC card with the e-Diagtools diagnostics. See “Testing the Hardware” on
page 147.
If an I/O card stops communicating properly
The card may have been reset if the computer suspended or turned off. Exit any
applications, then remove and reinsert the card.
If a PC card modem is not working
Disable the internal modem:
1.
Open the hardware Device Manager: click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System
(Windows 98 or 2000) or Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance,
System (Windows XP).
2.
Double-click Modem to list the current modem devices.
3.
Double-click the internal modem, then select the option to disable the modem.
If an I/O card stops communicating properly
Exit and restart the application. The card may have been reset if the computer
suspended or turned off.
Check settings in Control Panel.