User`s guide

2.3 Installation Procedure

To install the EB140A–TX and load the drivers, do the following:

1. From the diskette that contains the driver you are loading, read the

README.TXT ﬁle. It provides information about how to conﬁgure the

EB140A–TX.

2. Turn off the power to the PC.

3. Remove the PC system box cover.

4. Insert the card edge of the EB140A–TX into an available master PCI

option slot in the PC.

5. Connect the 10BASE–T or 100BASE–TX communications media to the

RJ45 network connector (Figure 1–3).

The driver and PHY will automatically change speed to match the

communications media speed.

6. Replace the PC system box cover.

7. Remove any diskettes from the PC disk drive.

8. Turn on the power to the PC. The link status LED is green if the

PHY found a valid link. If the LED remains off, contact the Digital

Semiconductor Information Line (Appendix A).

9. Load the driver for your operating system. Each driver is stored in its

own subdirectory on the shipped diskettes. For installation and release

information, refer to the README.TXT ﬁle on the driver diskette.

For information about additional drivers and software updates, see

Section A.5.

2–4 Preliminary—Subject to Change—July 1996