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INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR THE ETHERNET DRIVER S53C885.SYS
This file describes the features and use of the Symbios Logic
Ethernet device driver for the Windows 95 and Windows NT operating
system environments. It is divided into the following sections:
Installing Your S53C885.SYS Driver on Windows 95
Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette
New System Installation
Existing System Installation
Existing System Manual Installation
Installing Your S53C885.SYS Driver on Windows NT
Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette
New System Installation
Existing System Installation
******** Installing Your S53C885.SYS Driver on Windows 95 ********
* Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *
Copy the files listed below (supplied to you on diskette) to the
root directory of a clean diskette, and use this Symbios Driver
diskette during installation.
For NDIS version 4 used on Windows 95 OEMSR2
S53C885.INF
S53C885.SYS
For NDIS version 3 used on Windows 95
S53C8853.INF
S53C8853.SYS
* New System Installation *
This procedure installs the S53C885.SYS driver onto a Windows 95
system. Use this procedure when initially upgrading to Windows 95.
Windows 95 automatically adds the driver to the registry and
copies the driver to the appropriate directories.
1. Initiate Windows 95 Setup according to the Microsoft
instructions.
2. Setup displays a New Hardware Found - PCI Ethernet Bus Control-
ler dialog box. Select "Driver from disk provided by hardware
manufacturer" and click OK.
3. Insert the Symbios Driver diskette into drive A: (or B:) (the
one prepared in * Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *) and
click OK. If using drive B:, select it from the pick list.
4. Windows 95 automatically copies the appropriate driver files
and rebuilds its driver database.
5. A "System Settings Change" dialog box is displayed. Remove the
diskette from the drive and click Yes to restart the computer.
At this point, Windows 95 Setup completes and the new driver is
operational.
* Existing System Installation *
This procedure installs the S53C885.SYS driver onto an existing
Windows 95 system.
1. Add the Ethernet adapter to the system.
2. Boot Windows 95.
3. Windows displays a New Hardware Found - PCI Ethernet Bus Con-
troller dialog box. Select "Driver from disk provided by hard-
ware manufacturer" and click OK. If Windows does not display
the new hardware found dialog, proceed to the manual installa-
tion instructions.
4. Insert the Symbios Driver diskette into drive A: (or B:) (the
one prepared in * Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *) and
click OK. If using drive B:, select it from the pick list.
5. Windows 95 automatically copies the appropriate driver files
and rebuilds its driver database.
6. A "System Settings Change" dialog box is displayed. Remove the
diskette from the drive and click Yes to restart the computer.
At this point, Windows 95 Setup completes and the new driver is
operational.
* Existing System Manual installation *
This procedure installs the S53C885 driver onto an existing
Windows 95 system which has not automatically detected the
Ethernet adapter.
1. Boot Windows 95.
2. Click Start. Move to Settings, Control Panel, and click.
3. Double-click on the System icon.
4. Click on the Device Manager tab.
5. Either double-click on the Other entry, or click once on the
plus sign to the left of it.
6. Select the PCI Ethernet Bus Controller entry. Click the
Properties button.
are installed for this device.
8. Click the Change Driver... button.
9. In the Select Hardware Type dialog box, select Network.
10. In the Select Device dialog box, click the Have Disk button.
11. Insert the Symbios Driver diskette in drive A: (or B:) (the
one prepared in * Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *) and
click OK. If using drive B:, select it from the pick list.
12. The Select Device dialog box should display "Symbios 53C885
PCI-SCSI Fast Ethernet Adapter". Click OK.
13. The Driver tab is updated to display the new driver files. To
install these driver files, click OK. (Do NOT click the Change
Driver... button.) The driver files are copied and a new
driver database is built.
14. A "System Settings Change" dialog box is displayed. Ignore the
message saying to turn off your computer and change hardware
settings. Remove the diskette from the drive and click Yes to
shut down the computer. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete or the system
reset button to restart the system.
At this point, the new driver is operational.
********* Installing Your S53C885.SYS Driver on Windows NT *******
Symbios Logic provides both an Intel and a DEC ALPHA set of
install files. The installation procedure is identical for both
types of systems.
* Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *
Copy the files listed below (supplied to you on diskette) to the
root directory of a clean diskette, and use this Symbios Driver
diskette during installation.
A53C885.DLL
A53C885.SYS
A53C8853.SYS
S53C885.DLL
S53C885.SYS
S53C8853.SYS
S53C885.HLP
OEMSETUP.INF
* New System Installation *
This procedure installs the S53C885.SYS driver onto a Windows NT
system. Use this procedure when initially installing Windows NT.
Windows NT automatically adds the driver to the registry and
copies the driver to the appropriate directories.
1. Initiate Windows NT Setup according to Microsoft instructions.
2. Setup displays a dialog asking "how this computer should
participate on a network". Select the button "This computer
will participate on a network" and check the "Wired to the
network" box. Then select the Next button.
3. Select the button "Select from list" at the next dialog. Then
select the "Have Disk" button.
4. Insert the Symbios Driver diskette into drive A: (or B:) (the
one prepared in * Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *) and
click OK. If using drive B:, select it from the pick list.
5. Choose the "NT 4.0 NDIS 4 Symbios Logic 53C885 Fast Ethernet
Driver" if you are using Windows NT 4.0 or later. Otherwise
choose the "NT 3.51 NDIS 3 Symbios Logic 53C885 Fast Ethernet
Driver". Then select the OK button.
6. Continue to install any other adapters or protocols as directed
by the Windows NT setup. To use the default settings, choose
the Next button four times.
7. At this point, the S53C885 Ethernet Setup dialog should appear.
You can choose the interface to use if you want or click on OK
to use the default setting which automatically chooses the
proper interface.
8. Continue to install Windows NT and configure the networking
interfaces. You are done with the Symbios Logic specific
portion of the Windows NT setup.
* Existing System Installation *
This procedure installs the S53C885.SYS driver onto an existing
Windows NT system.
1. Add the Ethernet adapter to the system.
2. Boot Windows NT.
3. Open the Control Panel and Double-click on the Network icon.
4. Windows NT will prompt "Windows NT networking is not installed.
Do you want to install it now?". Answer yes.
5. Check the "Wired to the network" box. Then select the Next
button.
6. Select the button "Select from list" at the next dialog.
Then select the "Have Disk" button.
7. Insert the Symbios Driver diskette into drive A: (or B:) (the
one prepared in * Preparing a Symbios Driver Diskette *) and
click OK. If using drive B:, select it from the pick list.
8. Choose the "NT 4.0 NDIS 4 Symbios Logic 53C885 Fast Ethernet
Driver" if you are using Windows NT 4.0 or later. Otherwise
choose the "NT 3.51 NDIS 3 Symbios Logic 53C885 Fast Ethernet
Driver". Then select the OK button.
9. Continue to install any other adapters or protocols as directed
by the Windows NT setup. To use the default settings, choose
the Next button four times.
10. At this point the S53C885 Ethernet Setup dialog should appear.
You can choose the interface to use if you want or click on OK
to use the default setting which automatically chooses the
proper interface.
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.