Instruction manual

AMPDIO DRIVERS
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(e.g. 5 or 10). The IRQ will have to be reserved for use
by legacy devices in the PC BIOS settings. Note that
the entered resource settings will conflict with the PCI
bus initially. Windows will pop-up a ‘Conflict Warning’
dialog box. On this dialog, click ‘Yes’ to keep the new
resource setting. Repeat for the other resources you
wish to change.
14. When you are happy with the new resource settings,
click ‘OK’, then ‘Finish’.
15. Once the device has been installed (with resource
conflicts), reboot the computer.
16. Once the computer has rebooted, go to the Control
Panel by clicking START > Control Panel. Find and open the Windows Device Manager, for
example by selecting ‘View by: Category’, clicking on ‘Hardware and Sound’, then on ‘Device
Manager’. Make sure the new device is correctly installed. It should appear under ‘Amplicon
Analogue/Digital Counter Timer Cards’ without an exclamation mark, indicating that the card is
working.
2.3.2 Installing a card in Windows Vista
Installing a card in Windows Vista requires AMPDIO version 5.00 or later.
2.3.2.1 PCI Card
For a PCI card, Windows will detect the new hardware automatically and attempt to install the
drivers. The driver files can be installed from the AMPDIO software installation directory or from
the SOFTMAN CD-ROM.
To install the PCI card automatically on system start-up, do the following:
1. When Windows detects the new hardware, it opens the ‘Found New Hardware’ page. Click the
‘Locate and install driver software (recommended)’ option.
2. If the ‘User Account Control’dialog pops up, click ‘Continue’.
3. To the question ‘Allow Windows to
search online for driver software for
your ... ?’, click the ‘Don't search
online’ option.
4. The Found New Hardware page shows
a picture of a CD-ROM drive and
instructs you to insert the disc that
came with your hardware. If installing
the driver from the CD-ROM, insert the
SOFTMAN CD-ROM; Windows should
install the driver automatically. If
installing from the AMPDIO software
installation directory on the hard disk,
click the ‘I don't have the disc. Show
me other options’ option.