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3.
PREPARE YOUR COMPUTER
Your computer is one of the biggest variables in this installation process. Please complete the following steps to ensure that everything is up to
date before installing any hardware or software from the RS-HFIQ Starter Kit.
Click on
or
in the lower left corner of the screen. Start typing ‘add or remove programs’ and before you finish typing, this
will appear:
, click on it, scroll through the list and remove any programs that you no longer use. Also remove any prior
installations of HDSDR or CFGSR that may be installed.
Restart your computer.
Click on
or
in the lower left corner of the screen. Start typing ‘windows update’ and before you finish typing, this will
appear:
, click on it and follow the instructions to update Windows if necessary.
Restart your computer.
The next step is to make sure that the drivers (especially sound device drivers), that are installed on your computer are up to date. We cannot give
step by step instructions for this because the procedure varies depending on the manufacturer and model of your computer. Check the ‘support’
section of the computer manufacturer’s website or try Google. There have been several cases where an older driver for the AC97 CODEC,
commonly used as a built-in sound device on motherboards, will cause the StarTech driver to become unstable. Updating the AC97 driver cures
this problem.
Click on
or
in the lower left corner of the screen. Start typing ‘command prompt’ and the Command Prompt icon will
appear before you finish typing. Right click on the Command Prompt icon and click on "Run as Administrator"
