D-Link DFE-650TX Product Manual - Page 34
Stay Cool, Unload Really Means Avoid Loading at Startup
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DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card User's Guide the Quick Install run. And the Quick Install run has indeed produced a halt (system hangup). If you have not been through all of those steps, then you should not be reading this. You should be in the Software Installation section of Chapter 2. And you should be staying on track with your Quick Install run. Continue reading here only if your Quick Install run is actually obstructed by a system halt (so that you can only restore your control of the notebook PC by a restart). And only if after your restart (which provides assurance of a "clean" DOS environment) you have tried Quick Install once more (and experienced the system halt once more). Only then should you conclude that you must "unload the conflicting network driver." Stay Cool The first thing you need to know is that "unload the conflicting network driver" is easier said than done. . . . This Troubleshooting section will provide some guidance, and if you don't have a great deal of experience in such matters, this guidance will be helpful. But if you have easy access to a network administrator (or other resident expert), now might be a good time to go for help. If it is your choice to have a go at it alone, then don't be hurried or worried. Just pour yourself a cup of coffee, relax, and read on. If this Troubleshooting section is not sufficient guidance, and you do not have ready access to an expert, then help may be available from the dealer who has supplied your DFE-650, and you can also get help by calling D-Link Technical Support at the D-Link office nearest to you (see the list of office locations at the end of this User's Guide). "Unload" Really Means "Avoid Loading at Startup" It is true that driver programs and related software modules, such as those supplied on your D-Link DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card Driver diskette, are often written so that the addition of a "/u" switch or "-u" option to the command line for loading the driver 32 Troubleshooting
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