Specifications
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PCA-6176 User’s Manual
6.4.6 Windows 95 / Windows NT troubleshooting
What is a miniport driver, and how do I make sure that the
miniport driver is installed correctly?
Miniport drivers are a new kind of 32-bit protect mode device driver
used by Windows 95 and Windows NT to control host adapters and
other kinds of devices. Windows 95 and Windows NT include a set of
miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters. The host
adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and configured
during Windows 95 and Windows NT installation if your host adapter
is already installed. To make sure that the driver is installed correctly
in systems running Windows 95, open the Control Panel, double-click
on System, and click the Device Manager tab. Then double-click the
SCSI Controllers icon. You should then be able to 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 SCSI chipset does not
appear under Device Manager?
If the SCSI Controllers icon or your host adapter’s model name does
not appear, 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.
If Windows does not detect the host 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. Select the
name of your host adapter when it appears.
If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear, you may
be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows 95
CD-ROM. Follow these steps:
1. Place the Windows 95 CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive, and run
the Add New Hardware Wizard.
2. Select “No” on the second screen, and select SCSI Controllers on
the next screen.
3. Click on the Have Disk button, then click the Browse button.
4. Look in the \drivers\storage directory of the CD-ROM, and select
the name of your SCSI host adapter if it appears.