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TL-WN881ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Please install the PCI Express adapter into your computer before installing the driver software from the Resource CD. 2.1 Hardware Installation 1. Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the computer. 2. Open the case and locate an available PCI Express slot. Remove the metal slot cover on the back of the PC. Keep the screws. Turn to your computer manufacturer for instructions if needed. 3. Insert the PCI Express adapter into the PCI Express slot. Make sure that all of its pins have touched the slot's contacts. Once the adapter has been firmly inserted, screw its fastening tab. Then, close your PC case. 4. Insert the power cable back into the computer and turn on your computer. When the Found New Hardware wizard appears, click Cancel. 2.2 Software Installation The adapter's Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedures for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The procedures in different systems are quite similar, therefore here takes the procedures in Windows XP for example. 1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the window below will appear. Select model TL-WN881ND. There will be a menu including: Install Driver&Utility and User Guide. Click Install Driver&Utility to begin. Figure 2-1 4

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TL-WN881ND
300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter User Guide
4
Chapter 2 Installation
Please install the PCI Express adapter into your computer before installing the driver software
from the Resource CD.
2.1
Hardware Installation
1.
Turn off your computer and unplug the power cord from the computer.
2.
Open the case and locate an available PCI Express slot. Remove the metal slot cover on the
back of the PC. Keep the screws. Turn to your computer manufacturer for instructions if
needed.
3.
Insert the PCI Express adapter into the PCI Express slot. Make sure that all of its pins have
touched the slot's contacts. Once the adapter has been firmly inserted, screw its fastening
tab. Then, close your PC case.
4.
Insert the power cable back into the computer and turn on your computer.
When the
Found New Hardware
wizard appears, click
Cancel
.
2.2
Software Installation
The adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedures for Windows 7,
Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The procedures in different systems are quite similar,
therefore here takes the procedures in Windows XP for example.
1.
Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the window below will appear. Select
model
TL-WN881ND
.
There will be a menu including:
Install
Driver&Utility
and
User
Guide
. Click
Install
Driver&Utility
to begin.
Figure 2-1