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Chapter 2: Installation
2.1 Hardware Installation
To install the adapter, please follow the steps listed below:
A.
Turn off your computer and unplug/disconnect
all
cables, including the
power supply.
B.
Remove your computer’s case cover.
C.
Locate an available PCI Express slot.
D.
Remove the screw that secures the back plate (the small piece of metal
that covers the opening for a PCI Express card on the back panel of your
computer), then remove the back plate.
E.
Carefully insert the adapter into the PCI Express slot. Do not touch the
metal connector on the adapter.
F.
Secure the adapter to the case using the screw you removed from the
back plate.
G.
Reattach your computer’s case cover.
H.
Reconnect the power cord and all other cables to your computer, and
then turn on your computer.
When the hardware has been successfully installed in your computer, you will
be prompted on-screen to follow the “Found New Hardware Wizard”; please
click
“Cancel”
and follow
2.2 Driver Installation
to install the driver for your
adapter.
