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* ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION *
* ACCTON EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit Adapter *
* WINDOWS NT3.51/4.0 NDIS3/4 MINIPORT DRIVER INSTALLATION *
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* Copyright (C) 1999 Accton Technology Corporation *
* All Rights Reserved. *
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The driver (EN1407.SYS) contained in the directory WINNT is for
the following Accton PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter:
Accton EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit Adapter
The driver (EN1407.SYS) conforms to the Network Driver Interface
Specification (NDIS) 4.0, and is used with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
on the X86 platform.
The NDIS 4.0 Minport Driver does not support the Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
platform; NT 3.51 must use the NDIS 3 Minport Driver.
Contents:
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(A) Installing the driver in Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
(B) Installing the driver in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
File Description
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\NT351 Subdirectory containing NDIS3 driver for EN1407-SX
OEMSETUP.INF Installation information file for Windows NT 3.51
and NT 4.0.
EN1407.SYS Accton NDIS4 Miniport driver for EN1407-SX.
WINNT.TXT This file.
(A) Installing the driver in Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
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1. Plug Accton's EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit adapter into one of the
Master PCI slots of your PCI platform.
2. Turn the power ON and then boot into Windows NT.
3. Click the "Main" icon in the Program Manager window.
4. Click the "Control Panel" icon in the Main window.
5. Click the "Network" icon in the the Control Panel window.
6. Click the "Add Adapter..." button in the "Network Settings"
dialog box.
7. Select "<other> Requires disk from manufacturer" in Network
Adapter Card list, and then click the "Continue" button in the
"Add Network Adapter" dialog box,
8. Insert the Accton EN1407-SX Driver Diskette in your floppy drive.
9. Enter the full pathname "A:" of the driver installation
information file (OEMSETUP.INF) in the "Insert Disk" dialog box,
and then click the OK button.
10. Select "Accton EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit Adapter" and then
click the OK button in the "Select OEM Option" dialog box.
11. Windows NT will copy the driver (EN1407.SYS) from A:\WINNT\NT351
(NDIS/3)to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory and the OEMSETUP.INF
from A:\ to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 but rename it to another installation
information file (OEMNADxx.INF). So the next time,if you want to add
Accton EN1407-SX adapters to your system,you do not need the floppy
diskette again.
NOTICE!! C:\WINNT is the directory where your NT O.S. is located.
12. After that, installation is completed. Accton's adapter becomes
one of those Installed Adapter Cards and the driver becomes one of
the Installed Network Software. You can see: "[x]Accton EN1407-SX
Cheetah Gigabit Adapter" within Installed Adapter Cards menu
and "Accton EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit Driver" within Installed
Network Software menu.
13. To complete network installation, remember to bind the adapter
to the transport drivers by choosing the "Bindings" button under
the Network Setting dialog box.
14. Click the OK button in the "Network Settings" dialog box.
15. Remove the Accton EN1407-SX Driver Diskette from your floppy drive.
16. Restart your computer to initialize the network function.
(B) Installing the driver in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
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Note:
Prior to installing driver, make sure you have upgraded to Service
Pack 3 or later. Also note that if your's PC model is older
(Pentium or earlier), please upgrade your BIOS to the latest
version!!
1. On the Windows NT 4.0 desktop, install Service Packet 3 (or later)
if it is not already installed. Reboot the computer after the
installation of Service Pack 3.
2. On the Windows NT 4.0 desktop, open the Properties Page for the
Network Neighborhood. Select the Adapters tab.
3. Unplug your computer and install the EN1407-SX NIC in a PCI slot.
Connect the NIC to the network using a fiber optic cable.
4. Plug your computer in and boot it to the Windows NT 4.0 desktop.
5. Open the Properties Page for the Network Neighborhood. Select the
Adapters tab.
6. Press the Add button to add an adapter.
7. Press the Have Disk button to specify an OEM driver.
8. Insert the EN1407-SX Driver Diskette into the 'A' drive.
9. Specify the 'A' drive as the location of the EN1407-SX NDIS4 device
driver, OEMSETUP.INF, and support files and press the OK button.
10. Select the "Accton EN1407-SX Cheetah Gigabit Adapter" and then press the OK
button to install the driver.
11. Complete any necessary protocol configuration.
12. Shutdown and reboot your computer.
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