Windows 98 Second Edition Hardware.txt File

Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition README for Hardware April 1999 

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© Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1999 

This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to supplement the Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition documentation.


CONTENTS
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PLUG AND PLAY 
SCANNERS 
VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICES 
MODEMS 
TAPE DRIVE DETECTION 
ZIP TOOLS AND THE IOMEGA PARALLEL ZIP DISK 
ISDN DRIVERS 
IBM MWAVE 
USB DEVICES 


PLUG AND PLAY

Problems with Power Control Panel Settings

Some computers do not let Windows fully control power management. If you find that changing the Standby, Monitor, or Hard Drive timeout values in the Power Control have no effect, your computer's own power management settings are overriding the Windows settings. Open your computers power management Setup program and disable any Standby, Suspend, Monitor, or Hard Drive timeout values. After you do this, you should be able to control these settings from the Windows Power Management control panel.


PCI systems

If the video device is configured by the BIOS to use an IRQ and you use the secondary PCI IDE controller in your computer, your video will work only in VGA mode. To load the accelerated Windows 98 driver for your video, disable the secondary PCI IDE controller in the BIOS if it is not controlling an IDE device. Additionally, you may have to disable it in Device Manager by double-clicking System in Control Panel. An alternative (if supported by the BIOS) is to disable the IRQ of the video device. 




MODEMS
Modem Properties

To use your modem with the built-in communications features of Windows 98 Second Edition, including HyperTerminal and Dial-Up Networking, you must configure your modem in the Modem Properties dialog box. 

To open the dialog box:

Click Start, point to Settings, and then click 
Control Panel. 
Double-click Modems. 
Settings made in the Modem Properties dialog box do not affect modem operation in programs designed for MS-DOS or Windows 3.1.


Modem Detection

If Windows 98 Second Edition detects your modem as a Standard Modem, or incorrectly detects the make and model, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel and then double-click Modems. Use the Change button in the Install New Modem wizard to make a different selection. However, if you manually select an incorrect type, your modem may not work with Windows 98 Second Edition communications features. In such cases, double-click Modems 
in Control Panel, remove the modem, and then add it as one of the Standard Modem types again.

When configured for Standard Modem, Windows 98 Second Edition uses your modem's factory default settings. The modem will make optimal high-speed connections with Windows 98 communications features. However, you cannot adjust certain modem settings, such as speaker volume and cellular protocols.



Last Reviewed: Tuesday, February 13, 2001
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