Preliminary OEM installation manual
FCC ID: OSZ37704M
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0-Introduction
The Intersil ISL37704M WLAN MiniPCI Card is a complete wireless high speed Network Interface
Card (NIC) utilizing the Intersil PRISM® 5 chip set. It provides a complete PRISM 5 reference design
evaluation platform of hardware and software to system providers or integrators requiring wireless data
communications capability and is ideal for integration into computer platforms.
It supports the IEEE 802.11a specification, providing data rates of 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6
Mbps. Access Points are available from a number of suppliers, enabling a total wireless network
solution.
• FCC Certified Under Part 15 to Operate in 5GHz ISM Band
• Support for 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6 Megabit Per Second (Mbps) Data Rates
• Supports the lEEE 802.11a Specification
• Driver Supports Microsoft® Windows® 98/SE, ME, XP, 2000 (SR1)
• Supports Dual Diversity Antennas
• Provides Wireless Data Communications to support live video applications
• Intelligent Power Control, Including 802.11 Power Save Mode
1-OEM Installation procedure
1.1 Host PC Notebook
The Intersil ISL37704M WLAN MiniPCI Card is authorized to be installed into the following host PC
notebooks:
1—IBM Thinkpad type 2652 series
1.2 Installing the miniPCI card into the host PC Notebook
a-open miniPCI slot cover of host PC Notebook housing (take the necessary ESD precautions).
b-insert miniPCI card into miniPCI slot
c-connect the host PC notebook antennas to the miniPCI card antenna connectors (Hirose type UFL
connector)
d-close miniPCI slot cover of host PC Notebook housing
1.3 Installing the software drivers
a-Start windows
b-When windows detects new hardware and asks for drivers, point to directory where the Intersil
device driver is located (for example floppy drive, cdrom , harddisk) to install.
c-after drivers are installed, restart windows.
