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Sprint Nextel 550 User Manual

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Section 3: Using the PCS Connection Card

3F: Troubleshooting Tips (Notebook PC) 103

3.

Double click the

System

icon.

4.

Click the

Hardware

tab.

5.

Click the

Device Manager…

button.

6.

Locate the PCS Connection Card entries by using the “+” signs to
expand the listings. (For example, to see all the installed modems,
click the “+” sign to the left of

Modems

.) The card should

have 3 entries:

The card should display under

Multifunction adapters

as

Sierra Wireless AirCard 550 PC Card Parent

.

The card should display under

Modems

as

Sierra Wireless

AirCard 550 Modem

.

The card should display under

Network adapters

as

Sierra

Wireless AirCard 550 Adapter

.

If the listings above do not appear, identify the listing for the
PCS Connection Card by ejecting the card. This causes the driver
listing for the card to disappear from the list. Reinsert the card again
to cause the driver listing to reappear. You can identify the entries for
the PCS Connection Card by observing which entries are affected when
you eject and reinsert the card.

Updating the Driver

1.

If the installation CD is not already in your CD-ROM drive, insert it.
If the CD start-up menu appears, use the

exit

option in the lower left

corner of the screen to exit the menu.

2.

Right click

Sierra Wireless AirCard 550 PC Card Parent

(or the card

listing under

Multifunction adapters

) to display a pop-up menu.

3.

Select

Properties

in the pop-up menu to open the Properties

window.

4.

Click the

Driver

tab.

5.

Click the

Update Driver…

button to open the Upgrade Device Driver

Wizard.

6.

Click

Next

on the first window of the Found New Hardware Wizard to

proceed to the next window.

7.

Select

Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I

can choose a specific driver

and click

Next

.

8.

Click the

Have Disk…

button.