5.6.4. Installing a DM3 PCI or CompactPCI Board on a Windows 2000 System

When scanning the PCI bus, Windows 2000 uses an inf file to correlate a discovered device with a driver binary file that would be loaded for the scanned device. In this case, you need to direct the system to this inf file. The inf file makes the system aware of the name and manufacturer of the Intel® Dialogic board. The inf file also keeps track of the device in the device manager. If you don't point the system to the inf file, a Found New Hardware Wizard will appear every time you reboot the computer.

The following procedure describes how to point the system to the inf file when installing a DM3 PCI or CompactPCI board. The following steps need only be followed for Windows 2000 systems that have a system release that does not support Plug and Play drivers.

1. Install the Intel® Dialogic System Software (refer to Chapter 2, Intel® Dialogic® System Release 5.1.1 Installation Procedures and Chapter 3, Intel® Dialogic® System Release 5.1.1, Feature Pack 1 Installation Procedures).
2. After installation, make sure that the following file is included in the DRVR directory under the Intel® Dialogic system directory: dlgcdm3_nt4.inf
3. Insert the Intel® Dialogic PCI or cPCI board following the instructions in the hardware Quick Install Card. Make sure that this is the only new PCI device that is being added to the system.
4. Reboot the system and log on. After the login is completed the system automatically detects the presence of the Intel® Dialogic board and starts the Found New Hardware Wizard. The purpose of the wizard is to give you an opportunity to direct the system towards the inf file for the new hardware you have just added.
5. Click Next on the Welcome dialog box. The Install Hardware Device Drivers dialog box appears. It asks you to choose a location for the driver.
6. Select the radio button Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended).
7. Click Next. The Locate Driver Files dialog box appears. It has a series of check boxes.
8. Check the box next to Specify a location.
9. Click Next.
10. Click the Browse button and point to the dialogic\drvr directory under the Intel® Dialogic system directory.
11. Click OK.
12. In the Driver Files Search Results dialog box, verify that the file dlgcdm3_nt4.inf was found by Windows as a driver for the new device.
13. The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears and it displays the name of the Intel® Dialogic board that it finished installing. Make sure the correct name appears.
14. Click Finish. This finishes the installation of this board.

To add subsequent supported Intel® Dialogic PCI or cPCI boards, you can shut down the system, insert the board, and reboot the system. Upon booting up, the system will:

• scan the new board
• automatically locate the inf file
• find the name of the newly inserted board.

This can be checked inside the device manager.

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