3Com 3CR990-FX-97 Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program, Verifying the Driver Installation

3Installing NIC Drivers and Diagnostics For Windows

7Do either of the following:

■If the Windows 95 files were not copied to your hard drive, remove the EtherCD from the CD-ROM drive, insert the Windows 95 CD, enter the path to the CD-ROM drive, and then click OK.

■If the Windows 95 files were copied to your hard drive, enter the path to the directory containing these files, and then click OK.

Files are copied. The Systems Settings Change screen appears, prompting you to restart your computer.

8Click Yes.

NOTE: After Windows restarts, double-click the Network icon in the Control Panel and make sure the configuration settings are properly set for your network environment. Consult your system manager for assistance.

The software installation is complete. Next, verify the driver installation to confirm the NIC is properly installed.

Verifying the Driver Installation

1Right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Properties.

2Select the Device Manager tab.

3Double-click Network adapters and make sure the name of the 3CR990-FX-97 NIC appears.

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 the next section, “Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program”).

Installing the 3Com NIC Diagnostics Program

This section describes how to install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program after you have already installed the network driver. This program is for PCs running Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP Professional Edition, and Windows 98, 95, or Me.

NOTE: If you manually install the network driver by selecting options on the EtherCD Welcome Screen, you have the option of installing the network driver with or without the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program. If you have already installed the network driver together with the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program for Windows, you can ignore this section. You are ready to configure the NIC as described in Chapter 6, “Configuring the NIC.”

The 3Com NIC Diagnostics program allows you to run tests that determine the status of your network and the NIC. It also allows you to configure the NIC, view network statistics and LEDs, and access support databases.

NOTE: When you install the 3Com NIC Diagnostics program, the network driver is automatically updated to the latest version on the EtherCD.

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