Multitech MT9234ZPX-UPCI User's Guide download pdf (Page 10)

Chapter 3 - Hardware Installation

10 MultiModem ZPX UPCI/PCIe User Guide

Installing your MultiModem

Note: If you are using Windows, use Windows Installer to install drivers before installing the MultiModem into a

PCI slot. Refer to Chapter 2 – Windows Installation for more information.

If you are using Linux, install the hardware and then install the drivers. Refer to Chapter 4 – Linux

Installation for more information.

To install the card into your PCI-bus computer, follow the steps presented below.

1. Turn off your computer.

2. Remove the power cord and any peripheral equipment connected to the computer. Failing to do so may

damage both the MultiModem and your system. Do not power up the system until instructed to do so.

3. Remove the cover of your computer as instructed in your computer’s documentation.

Before handling the MultiModem, discharge any static in your body by touching a piece of

grounded metal such as the computer chassis. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the release of

stored static electricity that can damage electrical circuitry or components. Static electricity

is often stored in your body and discharged when you come in contact with an object of a

different potential.

Perform the procedure described in this section only at an ESD workstation using an

antistatic wrist strap. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD

protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal ground

screw (lug).

4. Carefully remove the card from its antistatic bag. Handle it only by the mounting bracket and edges. Do not

touch the gold-plated connectors along the bottom edge. (You may want to save packaging for possible future

use.)

5. Remove the slot cover for the unused PCI slot where you will install the MultiModem. Retain the screw. Refer

to your computer’s manual for instructions on removing the slot cover.

6. If installing a MT9234ZPX-PCIe in a low profile machine, you will need to change the mounting bracket to the

low profile mounting bracket that shipped with your card.

7. Install the card into the selected expansion slot in the same manner as any other add-on card. Refer to your

computer’s manual for instructions on adding cards. The card’s retaining bracket should be flush against the

system chassis.

8. Fasten the retaining bracket to the computer chassis with the screw you removed from the slot cover and

replace cover on the computer.

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