PCI Express Board User’s Manual | Serial Programming Tools |
WARNING
If you are installing a PCI Express board on an ASUS A8N Series (AMD CPU) motherboard and the installation process hangs the first time, then restart the PC to reinstall it.
NOTE | The following steps use |
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Windows 2003/XP
In this section, we describe the installation procedure for Windows XP. The installation procedure for Windows 2003 is similar.
Windows 2003/XP support up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. In order to make the best use of Windows 2003/XP’s
The following procedure shows how to install the
NOTE | If you have already installed a |
| and you are installing additional boards, Windows 2003/XP will automatically detect and install |
| the new board(s) the next time you boot up the computer. In this case, proceed directly to the next |
| section, “Configuring the Ports,” to configure the ports’ serial transmission parameters. |
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1.After plugging the board into an expansion slot and powering on your PC, Windows XP will automatically detect the new board, and the Found New Hardware balloon will open in the bottom right corner of the Windows desktop.