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Reinstalling the PCS Connection Card Driver

There is a PCS Connection Card driver for each supported Windows operating system. Unless the appropriate driver for your version of Windows is installed, you will not be able to establish a network connection with the card. This section provides instructions on verifying that you have the correct card driver installed.

Note: You must have the PCS Connection Card installation CD to complete this procedure.

Windows 98 SE

To verify that the correct driver is installed:

▶Locate the existing driver

▶Replace the driver with the Windows 98 SE driver from the PCS Connection Card installation CD.

Locating the Existing Driver

1.Close all Windows programs and open the Control Panel by selecting

Start > Settings > Control Panel.

2.Double click the System icon.

3.Click the Device Manager tab.

4.Locate the PCS Connection Card entries by using the “+” signs to expand the listings. (For example, to see all the installed modems, click the “+” sign to the left of Modems.) The card should have 3 entries:

▶The card should display under Multifunction adapters as

Sierra Wireless AirCard 550 PC Card Parent.

▶The card should display under Modems as Sierra Wireless

AirCard 550 Modem.

▶The card should display under Network adapters as Sierra

Wireless AirCard 550 Adapter.

If the listings above do not appear, identify the listing for the PCS Connection Card by ejecting the card. This causes the driver listing for the card to disappear from the list. Reinsert the card again to cause the driver listing to reappear. You can identify the entries for

Section 3: Using the PCS Connection Card

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