APPENDIX C

Troubleshooting SBC Express

Please refer to this list if you are having problems using SBC Express or if you receive an error message. If after troubleshooting, you are still having problems, then you should contact the numbers listed in Appendix A.

Step

Problem

Solution

 

 

 

Launch

The following dialog appears:

Reset your display to 256 colors or more. SBC

 

 

Express will not run in 16 color mode.

 

 

From the start menu, choose “settings->control

 

 

panel”. Double-click “Display” and choose the

 

 

“settings” tab. Select more colors from the

 

 

“colors” pull-down list.

 

 

 

Minimum

SBC Express verifies minimum requirements on

Update your computer to the recommended

Resources

several resources including hard drive space, RAM,

resource level.

 

operating system level, and processor speed and

 

 

family.

 

 

If any of these resources are under the required value,

 

 

an error will display describing which resource did not

 

 

meet the requirement.

 

 

 

 

Installing

When installing Network Interface Cards on Windows

Some of these files can be found in the SYSTEM

Network

systems the installation process may ask for the

directory or the WINDOWS directory of the

Interface Card

original installation disk.

machine. If not, you will have to provide an

 

 

installation CD-ROM for the installation of the

 

 

drivers to be successful.

 

 

 

Incompatible

This scenario can occur when a machine had a

Use the “Fix” button to launch the appropriate

Adapter

previous NIC or Network Adapter installed, but the

system control panel along with context sensitive

 

physical device is missing or was misconfigured.

help. The help provided will guide you through

 

 

the steps to disable or remove the adapter.

 

 

 

Missing Internet

This scenario can occur if Client for Microsoft

Use the “Fix” button to launch the appropriate

Protocol

Networks is not installed with the TCP/IP protocol or

control panel and context sensitive help to guide

 

if the NIC is installed without binding TCP/IP to the

you in binding TCP/IP to the network adapter.

 

NIC.

 

 

 

 

Disabled

This scenario can occur when a NIC is present in the

Use the “Fix” button with context sensitive help

Network Adapter

system, yet the adapter has been disabled.

to guide you through enabling the adapter.

 

 

 

Unknown

This scenario can occur if a NIC is physically present

Use the “Fix” button to launch the appropriate

Network

and detected by Plug-n-Play, but no drivers were

control panel and context sensitive help to guide

Interface Adapter

installed for the NIC. Windows will add this device to

you through removing the “Unknown device”.

 

the “Other Devices” section in the Device Manager.

 

 

 

 

This concludes the DSL Equipment Installation Guide

Installation Guide for Customer Self-Install: Efficient Networks® 5260, Windows 95/98/Me/2000

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