S3000 & S3200 Q&A

1. If your hard drive seems to run very slow after upgrading to Win 95:
2. If your battery life decreases more in Windows 95:
3. If your mouse suddenly does not work in Windows 95:
4. If you have sound trouble in Win 3.X after installed sound drivers:
5. If you have problem running PCMCIA cards in Windows 95:

1. If your hard drive seems to run very slow after upgrading to Windows 95:
   If you have a S3000 S/SB/T/TB or TS30PS/PG/PH/P2 model notebook, you may need to upgrade the system BIOS.
   
   In order to find the notebook's current BIOS version, reboot the computer and push the Alt-Pause/Break keys at the initial boot-up screen.  The screen should read:
   
        PhoenixBIOS Version 4.04
   
        Copyright 1985-1944 Phoenix Technologies Ltd., All rights Reserved.
        Ref. number: P*00106A.ROM
   
        Build Time: 08/09/95 11:39:02
   
   
   106A BIOS version is the most recent Plug-N-Play BIOS for Win95.  If you have version 105A, you may upgrade to the current version.  If you have a version older than 105A, call Sceptre Technical Support at 1-626-369-3698 before upgrading.
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2. If your battery life decreases more in Windows 95:
   Windows 95 constantly utilizes 40% of the CPU in the standby mode whereas in regular DOS/Windows 3.X, the CPU remains idle. If the user uses the Rundown program in the DOS mode of Win95, they will get an inaccurate figure.
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3. If your mouse suddenly does not work in Windows 95:
   Windows 95 will at times mysteriously disable the COM A & B ports on the S3000 S/SB/T/TB or TS30 PS/PG/PH/P2 notebooks.
   
   Follow the steps below to regain mouse control.
   1. Press Alt-F4 in Windows 95 to close all applications and active windows or click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Shut Down.
   2. In the Shut Down Windows menu, choose Restart the computer?
   3. Press F2 while the computer is shutting down to enter CMOS setup.
   4. Press the right arrow key until Advanced is highlighted on the menu bar.
   5. Choose Integrated Peripherals and press Enter.
   6. Ensure that COMA port shows 3F8, IRQ4, COMB port shows 2F8, IRQ3, and LPT port shows 378, IRQ7. To change the settings, press the down arrow key until the desired port is highlighted. Press the space bar to toggle between addresses.
   7. Press the Esc button twice and the Enter button twice to save changes & exit.
   8. The notebook will reboot and mouse pointer should return.
   
   Note that COMA port, also known as COM1 port, is used by the trackball and COMB port, also known as COM2 port, is used by the external serial or SIR port.
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4. If you have sound trouble in Win 3.X after installed sound drivers:
   Windows will occasionally will lose the sound drivers within the setup. Simply follow the steps below to regain sound functions.
   
   Open the Audio Applications program group
   1. Double-click Setup icon
   2. Click Continue button at the welcome window
   3. Click Driver Uninstallation button
   4. Click Restart Windows button to restart Windows
   5. Re-enter AudioDrive Setup and click Drive Installation button
   6. Click Automatic Board Configuration button
   7. Click Restart Windows button to restart Windows
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5. If you have problem running PCMCIA cards in Windows 95:
   If you have recently upgraded your DOS/Windows to Windows 95, there are a few precautions you need to know.
   
   If you installed the upgrade version of WIN95, the device drivers in the config.sys file will remain intact. However, whenever you allow WIN95 to perform an automatic hardware search, Win95 will remark all PCMCIA related devices used by Cardsoft or Cardwizard, as shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   To regain PCMCIA functions, delete all statements REM -by PC Card (PCMCIA) wizard - . This will return the config.sys file to the previous setting.
   If you have installed the full version of WIN95 and the PCMCIA card is not Plug-N-Play, you need to copy the config.sys and autoexec.bat files to C:\ root directory. You may also manually type the sample config.sys and autoexec.bat files as shown above. In addition, install the Cardsoft or Cardwiz software found on one of the four utility diskettes that came with your notebook. If you do not have the disks, both Cardsoft and Cardwiz can be downloaded from Sceptre's BBS with the files names of Cardsoft.exe and Wizard.exe respectively. If the PCMCIA card is Plug-N-Play capable, either delete or exclude the config.sys and autoexec.bat files and allow WIN95 to detect and install the drivers.
   
   To prevent WIN95 from performing a hardware search, do the following:
   1. Double click My Computer located on the Desktop
   2. Double click Control Panel
   3. Double click Add New Hardware to reveal Add New Hardware Wizard
   4. Click Next > button to reveal the box shown below
   
   
   
   
   
   
   1. Choose No radio button when prompted with Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware? and click Next > button.
   2. Click on the type of hardware you want to install to conclude the search.
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