DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC Card User's Guide
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Troubleshooting
the Quick Install run. And the Quick Install run has indeed
produced a halt (system hangup).
If you have not been through all of those steps, then you should not
be reading this. You should be in the Software Installation section
of Chapter 2. And you should be staying on track with your Quick
Install run. Continue reading here only if your Quick Install run is
actually obstructed by a system halt (so that you can only restore
your control of the notebook PC by a restart). And only if after
your restart (which provides assurance of a "clean" DOS
environment) you have tried Quick Install once more (and
experienced the system halt once more). Only then should you
conclude that you must "unload the conflicting network driver."
Stay Cool
The first thing you need to know is that "unload the conflicting
network driver" is easier said than done. . . . This Troubleshooting
section will provide some guidance, and if you don't have a great
deal of experience in such matters, this guidance will be helpful.
But if you have easy access to a network administrator (or other
resident expert), now might be a good time to go for help. If it is
your choice to have a go at it alone, then don't be hurried or
worried. Just pour yourself a cup of coffee, relax, and read on. If
this Troubleshooting section is not sufficient guidance, and you do
not have ready access to an expert, then help may be available from
the dealer who has supplied your DFE-650, and you can also get
help by calling D-Link Technical Support at the D-Link office
nearest to you (see the list of office locations at the end of this
User's Guide).
"Unload" Really Means "Avoid Loading at Startup"
It is true that driver programs and related software modules, such as
those supplied on your D-Link DFE-650 Series Fast Ethernet PC
Card Driver diskette, are often written so that the addition of a "/u"
switch or "-u" option to the command line for loading the driver
