INSTRUCTIONS ON CHANGING PARALLEL PCI PORT ADDRESS RANGE TO 378
USING WINDOW'S SAFE MODE BOOT
(USEFUL FOR SCANNERS, ETC.)
APPLIES TO WINDOWS 95/98/Me

1) Go to Control Panel Add Remove Programs and uninstall everything
related to your scanner and printer from here.

2) Shut down and reboot into the BIOS setup on your computer.
Enter the Integrated Peripheral menu and change your computer's
parallel port address to 3bc or 278. Save these new settings and
exit the BIOS and boot into Windows. Consult your motherboard's
manual for instructions how to enter the BIOS setup and where to
find the setting for your motherboard's parallel port address.

3) As you are booting up (before you see the Win98 Splash Screen),
tap the F8 key. This will take you to the Windows Startup Menu.
If you do not see the Startup Menu before the splash screen, then
you missed it and you must boot back into Windows,
then reboot normally and tap that F8 key until you get to the
Windows Startup Menu by tapping the F8 key.  

4) Choose Safe Mode (number 3) and boot into Windows Safe Mode.

5) Once you are in Safe Mode go to Device Manager by right-clicking
on My Computer then Properties then click the Device Manager tab.

6) In Ports COM and LPT, double-click the Lava Parallel PCI
and enter resources. Click Set Configuration Manually and then
uncheck Use Automatic Settings.

7) Double-click the words Input Output Range and delete the
settings in there and type the following settings in there instead:

  0378-037F
  
then click OK

8) Double-click the words Interrupt Request and type in 10.
Click OK.

9) Click OK for the Lava Parallel PCI.

10) If there is more than one reference to the Lava Parallel PCI
in Ports COM and LPT then perform steps 6-9 for the other references
to the Lava Parallel PCI also.

11) Exit out of Device Manager and let Windows reboot in Normal mode.

12) Once you are back into Windows reinstall the software
for your scanner and printer.