HP 10/100 3Com 3C905C-TX Network Interface Card Installation Guide
Software Installation Procedure
12 English
Windows 98
Users
To install the network driver when your PC is running Windows 98:
1
Start the PC. Windows 98 will automatically detect a new
PCI
Ethernet Controller
. Click on
Next
to begin the installation.
2
Select
Search for the Best Driver
and click on
Next
.
3
Select
Floppy Disk Drives
only, insert
EtherDisk
®
diskette #1 in
your drive and click on
Next
.
4
When asked about what you want to install, select
The Updated
Driver (Recommended)
and click on
Next
.
5
The
3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC Management NIC
(3C905C-TX)
driver files will be automatically found, click on
Next
to begin the driver installation.
6
If prompted to insert
3Com Etherdisk for 3Com EtherLink PCI
NICs (diskette 1)
, type
A:\
at the
Copy Files From
prompt and
press E
NTER
. Similarly, insert diskette 2 and press E
NTER
when
prompted.
7
Follow the remaining onscreen instructions and enter the
location of the Windows 98 files (CAB files) when prompted,
then click on
OK
. On HP Windows 98 preloaded systems, the path
is
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
.
8
Click on
Finish
to complete the network component installation.
9
When prompted to reboot, remove your driver diskette and click
on
Yes
. The software installation is complete.
10
Windows 98 Second Edition users only:
If you want to use
the Remote Wake-Up feature of the card with ACPI Power
Management, you must enable it as follows:
11
Click on
Start
➜
Settings
➜
Control Panel
.
12
Double click on
Network
.
13
In the list, select
3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI For Complete PC
Management NIC (3C905C-TX)
and click on
Properties
.
14
In the properties window, click on the
Power Management
tab and
place a tick in the box next to
Allow the device to bring the PC out of
Standby
.
15
Click on
OK
to complete the configuration.
Confirming Installation
Checking the
Driver Installation
To confirm that the network interface card driver is properly
installed in a PC running Windows 95 or Windows 98:
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