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1. If you’re in Windows and the computer is on, click "Start" then click "Shut Down" and press "YES". Windows will close and you can turn off the computer.
2. Insert the Micro-Scope program CD and restart the computer.
3. Press <1> to load diagnostic tests. This will bring up the Micro-Scope Universal Diagnostics main menu.
4. Press the down arrow key for the pull-down menu. Use the down arrow key to select "Device Assignment" and press ENTER.
5. Press "C," for "Check Interrupts". Micro-Scope will display the "Device Assignment Screen" giving a list of all the system’s IRQs.
6. Look down the list of IRQs and find which ones are marked "Disabled" and "Available." These will likely be IRQs 10, 11 and 12.
7. Press ESCAPE. You will run through more of the Micro-Scope diagnostic tests after installing the fax/modem.
8. Power down the system.
9. Disconnect all power cords and open up the machine.
10. Remove the fax/modem from its protective wrap. For an ISA card, refer to your modem manual to set the jumpers for "2F8" and "IRQ 3." A plug-n-play PCI card of course will configure these automatically.
11. Install the modem in an empty slot on the motherboard. Carefully make sure it is properly seated.
12. Reassemble the machine and turn it on. Press DELETE during the first few seconds of boot-up to enter the CMOS Utilities Menu. On the CMOS Utilities Menu, select "Integrated Peripherals" and press ENTER.
13. Use the arrow keys to select "On Board Serial Port 2".
14. Press the PAGE DOWN key several times until you see "Disabled" displayed next to "On Board Serial Port 2".
15. Press ESCAPE.
16. Save and Exit the CMOS Utility Menu. The machine will now continue booting up.
17. With this hardware and software configuration, Windows will not automatically detect the modem as it did the sound card. Depending on what OS you are using you may have to use the Windows utilities to properly install the modem within Windows.
a) Double-click on the MY COMPUTER icon in the upper left of the screen.
b) Select CONTROL PANEL.
c) Select MODEMS.
d) Click on AUTO DETECT and click on OKAY.
e) Windows will now detect the modem. Click "Finish" when it has done so.
18. You’ll be prompted to insert the OS CD into the CD-ROM drive. Click OKAY when you have done so. Windows will copy the necessary modem drivers to your hard drive.
19. Windows will display a MODEM PROPERTIES window. Click DIAGNOSTICS to verify the modem’s installation.
20. Windows will display a new screen with a series of choices of ports for the modem. Select COM 2 - STANDARD MODEM. Then click on MORE INFO. This will display all the modem info as detected by Windows.
21. Click OKAY, then click OKAY again, then EXIT.
22. As a further test, you will now check the modem with Micro-Scope Diagnostics software.
a) Return to the Windows main screen, click on START and then on SHUT DOWN. Windows will close.
b) Power down the computer.
c) Insert the Micro-Scope CD: and restart the computer.
d) Click on <1> to load.
e) On the Micro-Scope main menu, select DIAGNOSTICS.
f) Key down to SERIAL PORT TESTS and press ENTER.
g) Select the SELECT PORT option.
h) On the next window, select PORT 1 then ENTER.
i) Now select SET PARAMETERS, then hit ENTER. Select SET BAUD RATE and hit ENTER. Set the speed to the first option [ A) 110 ] and press ENTER. The reason for setting the test baud rate so low is so you can view the test. A higher baud rate is much too fast to properly observe how the test works. Now hit ESCAPE.
j) Now select the KEYBOARD TO PORT TEST.
k) Micro-Scope will display a "Data Window". Type "ATI" and press ENTER. This is a command that activates the modem.
l) If the modem is connected and working properly, the Data Window will display the modem’s actual speed (33,600) and OK, which is the modem’s response to the "ATI" command.
m) You may now press ESCAPE to exit Micro-Scope and reboot the system.
The modem is now installed and tested!
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