Digital Equipment Corporation NDIS 3.1 MiniPort driver installation guide for Windows NT 3.5x, NT4.0 The drivers named "DE305" conform to the NDIS31 MiniPort Spec. It can support Windows NT3.5, NT3.51, NT4.0 and Windows 95 with different oemsetnt.inf file. This driver also support the Windows NT 3.1 but user must replace NDIS.SYS by NT 3.5 DDK's NDIS.SYS (\DDK\SRC\NETWORK\NT31BIN\I386\FREE\NDIS.386) File description: DE305.SYS : NDIS31 MiniPort driver OEMSETNT.INF : NT3.5x drivers information file (A:\) README.TXT : Readme file NOTE: OEMSETNT.INF file in Digital driver diskette A:\ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Installing driver on Microsoft Windows NT3.5x, NT4.0 ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1) In the Main group of NT, choose the Control Panel icon. 2) In the Control Panel window, choose the Network icon. 3) In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the Add Adapter button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears. 4) In the list of network cards, select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer", and then press <Enter> button. 5) Insert this driver disk in drive A, enter drive and pathname A:\ and then choose the OK button. 6) In the Select OEM Option dialog box, you will see DE305 DIGITAL EtherWORKS ISA Adapter in the menu, use OK button to install it. 7) And then DE305 DIGITAL EtherWORKS ISA Card Setup dialog box appear, you can specify "IRQ level" and "I/O Port Address" of the adapter plugged in your PC. However, this NDIS 3.1 mini port driver has support auto IO, IRQ scan for DE305 DIGITAL adapter, so driver can work even user select a wrong IO port and IRQ. For multiple cards installation, specify correct IO port and IRQ is necessary. 8) After that, installation is completed. Digital's adapter becomes one of those Installed Adapter Cards and driver become one of those Installed Network Software. You can see: "[0x]DE305 DIGITAL EtherWORKS ISA Adapter" within Installed Adapter Cards menu and "DE305 DIGITAL EtherWORKS ISA Adapter Driver" within Installed Network Software menu. 9) Now, the SYSTEM have already copied DE305.SYS from A:\WINNT\INTEL351 directory to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and the OEMSETNT.INF form A:\ to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 but renamed it to other installation information file. So next time, if you want to add Digital's adapters to your system, you do not need floppy diskette again. 10) To complete network installation, remember binding the adapter to transport drivers by choosing "Bindings" button under Network Setting dialog box. 11) Restarting your system you will acquire network service. Trademarks: Microsoft Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.Download Driver Pack
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Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
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