User guide

Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Tips
Rev 3.3 May.02 103
Installation and Use
on Notebook PCs
2 The AirCard should display under Modems as Sierra
Wireless AirCard 555 Modem
.
3 The AirCard should display under
Network adapters as
Sierra Wireless AirCard 555 Adapter.
If the listings above do not appear, identify the listing for
the AirCard by ejecting the AirCard. This causes the driver
listing for the AirCard to disappear from the list. Reinsert
the AirCard again to cause the driver listing to reappear.
You can identify the entries for the AirCard by observing
which entries are affected when you eject and reinsert the
AirCard.
Replacing the Driver
1. If the installation CD is not already in your CD-ROM
drive, insert it. If the CD start-up menu appears, use the
exit option in the lower left corner of the screen to exit the
menu.
2. Under Network adapters, click the AirCard entry.
3. Click the Properties button.
4. Click the Driver tab.
5. Click the Update Driver… button to launch the Update
Device Driver Wizard.
6. Click Next.
7. Select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you
can select the one you want
and click Next.
8. Click the Have Disk… button to open the Install From Disk
window.
9. Enter d:\Drivers\Win95 (if you are running Windows 95) or
d:\Drivers\Win98 (if you are running Windows 98) where d is
the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive. Click
OK.
10. Click OK.
11. Click Next.
12. Click Finish.
13. Click No when prompted to restart your PC.
14. In the Control Panel Device Manager window, select the
AirCard listing under
Modem.
15. Repeat steps 3 to 12.
16. Restart your PC.
The correct driver should then be installed.
Windows 2000
To verify that the correct driver is installed: