Windows NT Users: Your PC must be off whenever you insert or eject the AirCard.

Chapter 3: Installation on Notebook PCs

Note: Windows system files may also be required to complete the

 

installation. These files are located on the Windows NT CD and may

 

also be stored as CAB files on your hard drive. If the .CAB files are

 

not available to you, the recommendation is to copy the Windows NT

 

driver from the AirCard CD to a directory on your hard drive. The

 

 

Windows NT driver is located on the AirCard installation CD in the

Installationand Use Notebookon PCs

directory \Drivers\WinNT.

 

 

 

1.

facing up, carefully insert the AirCard into your PC Card

If your PC is on, close any Windows programs that are

 

 

running and shut down the PC.

 

2.

Attach the antenna to the AirCard, and with the label

 

 

slot. Turn on your PC.

 

 

 

3.

If the AirCard installation CD is not already in your CD-

 

 

ROM drive, insert it.

 

4.

If the CD start-up menu is displayed, use the exit option in

 

 

the lower left corner of the screen to exit the menu.

 

Verifying That the PC Card Slots Are Enabled:

5.Open the Control Panel by selecting Start > Settings > Control Panel from the taskbar.

6.Double click the PC Card icon.

7.If a window titled PC Card (PCMCIA) Properties appears, the slots are already enabled. Close this window and proceed to the next section.

8.If the PC Card (PCMCIA) Wizard appears, the slots are not yet enabled, and the wizard guides you through the instal- lation process. (Generally it is sufficient to click Next at each window.) Click Finish on the final window and you should be prompted to restart your PC. Click Yes and allow the PC to shut down. Then restart it.

Determining Whether Networking is Installed:

1.If the Control Panel is not open, select Start > Settings > Control Panel.

2.Double click the Network icon.

3.If the Network window opens, networking is already installed. Proceed to the section “Installing the Network Card Driver When Networking Is Already Installed” on page 31.

4.If a dialog box appears, prompting you to install Networking, the component has not yet been installed. Proceed to the section “Installing the Network Card Driver When Networking Has Not Been Installed” that follows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sierra Wireless 555 manual Verifying That the PC Card Slots Are Enabled, Determining Whether Networking is Installed