Installing the Network Driver Using the EtherCD
Verifying the Driver Installation
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2Select the Hardware tab.
3Click Device Manager.
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If a red X or a yellow exclamation point (!) appears by the name of the NIC, the installation was not successful. See “Troubleshooting the NIC Installation” on page 57 for troubleshooting help.
After you have verified the driver has been installed properly, the next step is to install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program for Windows operating systems (see “Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program” on page 26).
Windows 2000
This section describes how to install the network driver and NIC software in a PC client running Windows 2000.
Use the following procedure to install the driver for the first time in a computer that is running Windows 2000. (If you are updating a previous installation, see “Updating the Network Driver and NIC Software” on page 28.)
Installing the Driver
1Turn on the power to the PC.
2Start Windows 2000 and log in to the Windows 2000 Administrator account.
The Windows 2000 Found New Hardware Wizard starts. The wizard detects the new NIC(s) and begins the driver installation. The Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears.
3Click Next to continue.
The Install Hardware Device Drivers screen appears.
4Insert the EtherCD in the
5Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), and then click Next. The Locate Driver Files screen appears.
6Select the
Windows finds the driver on the EtherCD.
7Click Next to install the driver.
The Hardware Install screen appears. Files are copied. Then the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard screen appears, displaying the message “Windows has finished installing the software for this device.”
8Click Finish to close the wizard.
If the System Settings Change dialog box appears, requesting that you restart your computer, click Yes to restart.
The driver installation is complete for Windows 2000. Next, verify the driver installation to confirm the NIC is properly installed.
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