******* Install Windows NT 3.5 ATAPI Driver (IDE CDROM Support) ****** This driver is for Windows NT version 3.5x. It does not support NT 3.1. Use this driver if you want to support an ATAPI device such as a CD-ROM under NT 3.5. This driver will support IDE hard drives as well as ATAPI devices and is for the DC200(M), DC420, DC4030VL series, DC5030, and EIDE403PLUS. NOTE: The DC200, DC420, DC5030, DC4030VL1, and DC4030VL2 do not support IDE CD-ROMs attached to them. You need to add another non-caching secondary IDE card with a secondary port address of 170 and connect the IDE CD-ROM to this secondary IDE card. This driver supports ATAPI devices connected to the ISA-IDE port of the EIDE4030Plus After unzipping the Promise NT3.5 driver files to a floppy disk, please follow the steps below to install the Windows NT 3.5 driver: Promise Technology Inc. IDE ATAPI Cache Adapter Driver Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. From the Program Manager, double click on "Windows NT Setup" icon in the Main group. 2. Select "Options/Add/Remove SCSI Adapters..." 3. Click on "Add" then a warning dialogbox will appear. Click "OK". 4. The "Select SCSI Adapter Option" dialog will appear; select "Other (Requires a disk from a hardware manufacturer)" from the "Adapter:" list box. 5. Next, the "Insert Diskette" dialogbox will appear; insert the Promise driver disk into Drive A: and type "A:\" into dialogbox. 6. Next, the "Select OEM Option" dialogbox will appear; select "Promise Technology Inc. IDE ATAPI Cache Adapter" and click "OK". 7. Next the "Select SCSI Adapter Option" dialogbox will appear; click on the "Install" button in the dialogbox. 8. If installation is successful, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" dialogbox will reappear, and "Promise Technology Inc. IDE ATAPI Cache Adapter" will be listed as an installed driver. 9. Reboot your system to load the Promise Cache IDE ATAPI driver. ***** Installing the Driver During Windows NT 3.5x Installation ***** (Note: Follow these steps if you would like to install the Promise caching controller NT 3.5 driver at the same time as installing the NT 3.5 operating system. If you have already installed NT 3.5, then please follow the instructions above) To install Windows NT using this adapter: 1. Copy all files from the NT35DRV.ZIP file, including TXTSETUP.OEM, OEMSETUP.INF, PTIATAPI.SYS and DISK1.NT to a blank formatted floppy in drive A:\. 2. Boot the computer with the Boot Floppy included with Windows NT. 3. If booting to DOS and then installing from a CD-ROM, don't run WINNT /b. You can only run WINNT. 4. Press ENTER to install Windows NT. 5. Select Custom Setup. Please read your Windows NT manual on Custom Setup. 6. Select Skip hardware detect. 7. After Windows NT scans for SCSI adapters, press "S" to add an adapter. 8. Select "Other (requires disk provided by hardware manufacturer)". 9. Insert the floppy disk that was made in step 1 into drive A: and press ENTER. 10. Follow the normal Custom Setup installation procedure.