D-Link DFE-550FX User Guide - Page 11

Installation, Unpacking, Installing the Adapter

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D-Link DFE-550FX Adapter Installation Installation of the DFE-550FX 100 Mbps Adapter requires installing the hardware first. Once the interface card has been installed into the host computer, the software can be installed. Unpacking CAUTION: Under ordinary circumstances, a DFE-550FX interface card will not be affected by static electricity. However, it is good practice to eliminate static charges by touching a sizable metal object before handling the adapter card. Open the shipping carton and carefully remove all items. In addition to this User's Guide, ascertain that you have: • One DFE-550FX Adapter. • DFE-550FX Software Diskette. Installing the Adapter 1. Shut down the computer, unplug its power cord, and remove the cover. 2. If your order does not include the Boot ROM option, go ahead to Step 3. If your order includes the Boot ROM option, then install the Boot ROM Chip by plugging the chip into the Boot ROM Socket on the DFE-550FX card. The notched end of the Boot ROM Chip must be aligned with the notched end of the Boot ROM Socket. Opposite alignment will destroy the Boot ROM Chip! 3. Firmly insert the contact edge of the DFE-550FX card into any 4

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D-Link DFE-550FX Adapter
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Installation
Installation of the DFE-550FX 100 Mbps Adapter requires
installing the hardware first. Once the interface card has been
installed into the host computer, the software can be installed.
Unpacking
CAUTION
:
Under ordinary circumstances, a DFE-550FX interface
card will not be affected by static electricity. However, it
is good practice to eliminate static charges by touching
a sizable metal object before handling the adapter
card.
Open the shipping carton and carefully remove all items. In
addition to this User's Guide, ascertain that you have:
One DFE-550FX Adapter.
DFE-550FX Software Diskette.
Installing the Adapter
1.
Shut down the computer, unplug its power cord, and remove
the cover.
2.
If your order does not include the Boot ROM option, go ahead to
Step 3.
If your order includes the Boot ROM option, then
install the Boot ROM Chip by plugging the chip into the Boot
ROM Socket on the DFE-550FX card.
The notched end of the
Boot ROM Chip must be aligned with the notched end of the
Boot ROM Socket. Opposite alignment will destroy the Boot
ROM Chip!
3.
Firmly insert the contact edge of the DFE-550FX card into any