ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
º º
º Compex RE100TX 10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter º
º (C) Copyright PDS, 1999. All Rights Reserved. º
º º
ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
³ INTRODUCTION ³
ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
The installation for the NDIS4 driver for Windows 98 is menu driven
through the Windows 98 interface. The directory structure provided on the
driver diskette has been setup for automatic OEM installation. The file
"RE100ND4.INF" is the setup file in the root directory used by Windows 98.
Follow the guidelines in the Microsoft Windows 98 manuals for more details.
WINDOWS 98 Installation
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
Most system comes with pre-installed Windows 98. This installation steps
assumed your PC has Windows 98 pre-installed.
1) Power OFF the PC and install RE100TX card in a free PCI slot.
Ensure the PCI slot supports busmastering and is enabled.
2) When Windows 98 starts, Windows 'Add Hardware Wizard' will automatically
detect and found the new PCI card and display the message,
"PCI Etenret Card"
Insert RE100TX driver disk in floppy disk drive A and click NEXT button.
3) Windows then provide the followin options to look for the RE100TX driver.
o - Search for the best driver for your device
(Recommanded)
o - Display a list of all the drivers in the specific location
so you can select the driver you want.
Chose the first one and click NEXT,
3) Windows then let you mark on one or more of the following
_/ - Floppy Disk Drive
o - CR-ROM
o - Specifiy a location
Check only on "Floppy Disk Drive" option and click NEXT,
* Hint:- If you have not inserted the driver disk after you click NEXT,
insert the RE100TX driver disk and click BACK button to back
step once then click NEXT button again to read the disk.
4) Windows will display the following;
"Compex RE100TX 10_100 PCI Fast Ethernet(NDIS4)"
Click NEXT, to start copy the driver.
5) Windows will contiune to copy all related files from Windows 98
CDROM. When completed it will prompt to Restart the machine.
At this point you may want to add and/or change to other network
protocols, Windows clients, and other services.
Then click "NO" and Windows will start up to the Active desktop.
Click on the Network applet in Control Panel to add/or make the
changes. Refer to Windows manual for more details.
Click YES if you do not intend to add additional services, clients
and protocols.
By default, Windows 98 install only the following;
o- Client for Microsoft Network
o- Compex RE100TX 10_100 PCI Fast Ethernet(NDIS4)
o- TCPIP
If your machine will share it resources, add Files and Printing
share services.
Refer to Windows help for details on adding these.
6) When completed, Windows will again prompt to restart the machine.
Click YES.
7) When Windows restarted, Compex RE100TX PCI adpater is ready to
access the network.
Uninstall RE100TX Windows 98 driver
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
After the first successfully installation for RE100TX PCI adapter, if for any
reason you removed the network adapter entry in Network applet in Control Panel,
and do a reinstallation of the adapter, you do not need to insert the driver
disk again. Windows will be automatically detected the adapter and install
the driver after the first installation.
For this reason if there is a update driver, you have to uninstall the adapter
driver from Windows first before new driver can be installed.
To uninstall the adapter driver files do the following,
A) First run UNRE98.bat to remove the driver.
i) From Windows goto DOS prompt and run UNRE98.bat from the disk
\WIN98 directory.
e.g.,
A:\WIN98\UNRE98
ii) To proceed to remove the drivers, press any key to continue.
If you changed you mind, press CTRL-C to abort.
B) Then goto Control Panel | Network applet| to remove the adapter from
the network list.
C) Answer YES to restart Windows.
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.