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Alacritech Accelerator Users Guide 2-11
2.3 Hardware First Installation
Note: The Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack must be
installed prior to installing Alacritech software. If
Scalable Networking Pack is not installed, you will get the
following popup and be unable to complete the
installation.
1. Install the Alacritech Accelerator using the procedure in
the Alacritech Hardware Installation Guide.
2. Once the hardware has been installed, start the system.
On start up the Microsoft Found New Hardware Wizard
will be launched. When the Found New Hardware
Wizard is launched, decide whether you want to connect
to Windows Update or install drivers that shipped with
the product. Select an option and Click Next to continue
Insert your Alacritech Driver Installation CD into the
system.
Select the appropriate installation. If the
installation is launched from the HTML page on the CD,
and default security settings are set on the browser, there
may be several pop-ups asking if you want to run this
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package. Once you select run, the setup wizard will
launch.
3. Selecting No, not this time will prompt the Found New
Hardware Wizard to locate the drivers. Since the drivers
were installed in a previous step select Install from a list
or specific location. Drivers are located in one of the
following directories on the CD:
a. \snp\x86 (32-bit drivers)
b. \snp\amd64 (64-bit drivers)