Wireless N PCI Adapter RNX-N250PC2 User Manual
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Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 Hardware Installation
To install the adapter, follow these steps listed below:
1. Turn off your desktop PC and disconnect the power.
2. Remove your PC case and locate an available PCI slot on the motherboard. Remove the
metal slot cover on the back of the PC. Check with your computer manufacturer for
instructions if needed.
3. Slide the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot. Make sure that all of its pins are touching the slot's
contacts. Once the adapter is firmly in place, secure its fastening tab to your PC's chassis
with a mounting screw. Then, close your PC case.
4. Reconnect your PC’s power and turn on your desktop PC.
When the Found New Hardware wizard appears, click Cancel.
2.2 Software Installation
2.2.1 Overview
The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Windows 2000/
XP/ Vista/ 7. The Setup Wizard will install the 2.4GHz Wireless Lite-N Client Utility and drivers.
When you install the hardware prior to before installing the software, the system will prompt
“Found New Hardware Wizard”, click Cancel, and run the Setup Wizard program on the
CD-ROM.
The Setup steps for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 are very similar. The following setup steps are for
Windows XP and for Windows Vista.
2.2.2 Software Installation for Windows XP
1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and open the folder named
RNX-N250PC2. Double-click Setup.exe in the proper folder to start the installation, then
the following screen for preparing setup will appear.