User Manual

5 | Driver Installation – Option 2
Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP
Section 5.1 | Windows 98SE
NOTE: Installation processes will require the use of your original, licensed copy of Windows.
Please have your Windows CD available BEFORE proceeding with the installation.
Step 1: After you have inserted the EZ Connect g SMC2802W 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
in your machine, the Operating System will automatically recognize the adapter and prompt you
for the appropriate drivers. Click the [Next >] button to begin the installation.
Step 2: Insert the Driver CD and select the [Search for the best driver for your device] option
and click [Next >].
Step 3: Clear all checkboxes except for [Specify a location:]. Then press the [Browse] button
and look for the drivers on your CD-ROM. Browse to ?:\driver. (Note: The "?" equals the letter of
your CD-ROM drive. In most cases, this is D.)
Step 4: The system should find the drivers. Click the [Next >] button to continue the installation.
The wizard will show "SMC2802W 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card".
(Note: If the system could not find the drivers, click the [< Back] button, and select the [Display
a list of all the drivers...] option. Select [Network Adapters] from the list of devices, press [Have
Disk] and once again browse to the location of the drivers)
Step 5: Once the system has copied the SMC drivers from the CD, it may then request files from
your original Windows disk. Please insert the Windows CD at this time.
Step 6: The system will copy the files. Do NOT press [Cancel].
Step 7: Once all the necessary files are copied from the Windows CD, the driver install process
will be complete. Click [Finish] to exit the wizard.
Step 8: You will then be prompted to reboot the machine. Press [Yes]. Upon reboot, the
SMC2802W Wireless PCI Card will be initialized and ready for use.
Section 5.2 |Windows Me
NOTE: Installation processes will require the use of your original, licensed copy of Windows.
Please have your Windows CD available BEFORE proceeding with the installation.
Step 1: After you have inserted the EZ Connect g SMC2802W 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
in your machine and turned it back on, the OS will automatically recognize the adapter and
prompt you for the appropriate drivers. Select the [S
pecify the location of the driver] option.
Then click the [N
ext >] button to begin the installation.