Windows NT Driver for
Digital EtherWORKS 1000 PCI Adapters
(DEGPA-SA)
Contents:
1. Directory Contents
2. Installation
3. Customization
4. Known Bug
5. Troubleshooting
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* DIRECTORY CONTENTS *
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This directory contains the Windows NT device drivers for
the Digital EtherWORKS 1000 PCI adapter (DEGPA).
Alpha and Intel platforms are supported for Windows NT 4.0.
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* INSTALLATION *
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For general installation instructions, refer to the "Windows NT
System Guide". The chapter on the "Control Panel" contains a
section that describes the installation of network cards in detail.
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* CUSTOMIZATION *
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For most configurations, no customization of the driver should be
necessary. After installing the WINNT driver, click on the
"Configure" button after highlighting the desired controller under
"Network Settings". For help on any of the selections that appear
in the dialog box just click on the "Help" button.
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*Known Bug*
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When examining adaptor properties via Control-Panel->Network->Adaptor
->Digital EtherWORKS 1000->Properties, closing the window by clicking
the Cancel button and existing the Control Panel will result a message
to restart the computer, even though nothing has been changed to the
adaptor settings.
Work-around: Ignore the restart message by clicking No when being prompted
to restart.
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* TROUBLESHOOTING *
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* If Windows NT has poor performance, due to excessive transmit
underruns or CRC errors ...
- This problem may be due to the DEGPA adapter not
getting enough bandwidth to keep up with outgoing or
incoming packets. Move the DEGPA adapter to a
higher priority slot. Contact your system vendor to
determine the relative priority of slots in your system.
* If Windows NT will not boot after using REGISTRY EDITOR ...
- The Windows NT registry editor is used to modify the
Windows NT registry database. DO NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE
REGISTRY unless you are absolutely sure of what you are
doing. You could render your machine UNBOOTABLE.
Registry values can be edited interactively through the
Registry winnt\system32\regedt32.EXE
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
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.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.