Installing PCI Interface readers for PCMCIA

PCD Series

	Installation problems with computers using Intel 815 chipset
	XP Installation
	Unix Installation
	Which PCMCIA cards you can use with this device
	What should I do if I lose the drivers and installation disks

Installation problems with computers using Intel 815 chipset

If you use Compaq Deskpro EN, EN (SFF) and EN (SFF-v) Series computers or Dell Dimension 4100 and other PCs using Intel 815 chipset motherboard, BOIS upgrade may be needed in order to avoid hardware conflicts.

XP Installation

On certain machine, You do not need a driver for these PCI-based PC card readers/writers under Windows XP. Let Win XP to find these readers and install native driver automatically

Unix Installation

We do not guarantee these readers/writers will work under UNIX or Linux system. 

* In order to make it work, your Linux  version must contain one of the following Card Services files:
       1. pcmcia-cs-3.3.8, or
       2. pcmcia-cs-3.0.14 
Make sure your Linux also has the needed driver, which we do not provide,  for the PC card you want to use!!!!

Which PCMCIA cards you can use with this device

These readers support not only storage cards (ATA flash, PCMCIA hard drive, linear flash*, SRAM*, compact flash**, smart media**, micro drive**, memory stick**, Multimedia (MMC)**, etc.) as well as other non-storage cards ( Ethernet, modem, wireless LAN, wireless modem, SCSI, serial I/O,  PCMCIA-to-IDE, etc.).

* Linear flash & SRAM cards may need third-party software to work under Win NT and 2000. Please see notes at Microsoft web pages.

What should I do if I lose the drivers and installation disks

Sorry, due to an agreements with our manufacturers, we can only supply drivers to our customers. Please use this link to contact our support department..