Actiontec electronic 1394 manual Configuring Windows 2000 Professional

Configuring Windows 2000 Professional

Step 1 After you have installed the PCI card in your com- puter, turn on the power and allow the system to boot normally.

Step 2 On the Windows desktop, right-click the icon for My Computer. On the menu that appears, click Proper- ties. The system properties dialog box will appear. Click the Hardware tab to bring it to the front, then click the Device Manager button.

Step 3 In Device Manager, click the plus (+) sign next to IEEE 1394 Bus Host Controller to expand that sec- tion of the listing. A listing for OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller should appear.

Note: Windows did not display anything when you started up your computer to acknowledge the fact that you had installed new hard- ware. This was because it recog- nized the modem as one corresponding with one of the generic drivers that come as part of Win- dows 2000, in this case the OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller driver. This proce- dure effectively tells Windows to use the Actiontec driver instead, which will allow you to take full advantage of the 1394 FireWire Card’s features and capabilities.

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