Windows 95 Nic Driver; Dell-Installed Windows 95 Service Release 2 - Dell Precision 410 User Manual

6. Click the Adapters tab in the Network Control
Panel, and then click Add to access the Select Net-
work Adapter window.
7. Click Have Disk. Insert the NIC driver diskette 1
into drive A, type a:\, and then click OK.
The Select OEM Option dialog box appears.
8. Select 3Com Fast EtherLink XL NIC (3C905) for
the 10/100 Mbps NIC, and then click OK.
9. When prompted, remove the NIC driver
diskette 1 from the diskette drive and insert the
NIC driver diskette 2.
10. When the operating system has finished copying
files from the NIC driver diskette 2, click Close in
the Windows Welcome screen. Then click Close in
the Network window.
11. If you are prompted, enter information about
your specific network.
See your system administrator for information.
12. Click Yes in the Network Settings Change win-
dow to restart your system.

Windows 95 NIC Driver

The Windows 95 operating system automatically detects
and installs the NIC driver. The following subsections pro-
vide instructions for reinstalling the NIC driver on systems
running a Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Release 2
operating system. Instructions for reinstalling the NIC
driver on systems running a Windows 95 operating system
not installed by Dell are also included.
To determine your operating system version, click the
Start button, point to Settings, and click the Control
Panel. Double-click the System icon to access the System
Properties window, and click the General tab. If your sys-
tem version is 4.00.950 B, then the operating system is
Dell-installed Windows 95 Service Release 2. The sys-
tem version is 4.00 for Windows 95 operating systems
not installed by Dell.
NOTE: The instructions in the following two subsections
are for the Windows 95 Network Driver Interface Specifi-
cation (NDIS) 3.0 driver. See "Using the NDIS 2.01
Driver With Windows 95" found later in this section for
information on using the NDIS 2.01 driver with Win-
dows 95.

Dell-Installed Windows 95 Service Release 2

To reinstall the NIC driver in a system running Dell-
installed Windows 95 Service Release 2, perform the
following steps:
1. Use the Dell DiskMaker program (located in the
Dell Accessories program folder) to make a dis-
kette copy of the NIC drivers installed on your
hard-disk drive.
2. Connect the network cable to the back of your
computer.
See "Network Cable Requirements" found earlier in
this chapter for detailed instructions.
3. Verify that the integrated NIC is enabled and
connected to its network.
See "NIC" in Chapter 3 for more information.
4. Start the Windows 95 operating system.
5. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and click
the Control Panel. Then double-click the System
icon.
6. In the System Properties window, click the Device
Manager tab.
7. In the list of system devices, double-click Other
Devices. Then select PCI Ethernet Controller.
8. Click Properties to access the PCI Ethernet Con-
troller window.
9. Select the Driver tab, and then click Update
Driver.
The Update Device Driver Wizard starts.
Using the Network Interface Controller 5-3