Rosewill RC-404 Quick Installation Manual

Gigabit PCI LAN Card RC-404

Quick Installation Guide

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Features and Benefits

 Supports 32-bit PCI (and 64-bit) Bus (in master mode expansion slot)

for optimum performance

 1 x 10/100/1000Mbps Auto Negotiation and Auto MDI-X Gigabit Port
 Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 (10Base-T Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u

(100Base-TX Fast Ethernet), IEEE 802.3ab (1000BASE-T Gbit/s
Ethernet over twisted pair at 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s)), IEEE802.3x
(full-duplex flow control), IEEE802.1Q (VLAN Tag for Windows 2000
and above only)), and Priority Tag.

 Supports Full-Duplex Mode Doubles Network Data Rate to

20/200/2000Mbp

 Support Jumbo Frame at 7680 Bytes
 Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction
 Provide BootROM socket to support diskless boot function
 Plug and Play Installation for Windows OS
 Supports Wake-on-LAN for Remote Wake up
 Support Windows NT4.0, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Win7 (32/64bit),

NOVELL (4.x/5.x/6.x), LINUX2.2X/2.4X/2.6X, Free BSD, and MAC OS

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Before you Start:

Package Contents

1 x Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card
1 x Driver CD

System Requirements

 OS: Windows® 2000, XP/2003 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64 bit, WIN7 32/64

bit; NOVELL (4.x/5.x/6.x); LINUX2.2X/2.4X/2.6X; Free BSD; MAC OS.

 Pentium or equivalent PC with an available PCI slot
 CAT5/CAT5E/CAT6 UTP/STP cable

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How to Install:

Installation

Follow the instruction given below to install the Gigabit Ethernet PCI
Card.

1. Turn your computer off and remove the power plug from the
plug socket.

2. Remove the cover
from the computer
case.

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3. Remove the metal
cover plate on the
rear of a free PCI
slot.

4. Insert the card
into one free PCI
slot and screw it
firmly on the
bracket side.

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5. Insert the card
into one free PCI
slot and screw it
firmly on the
bracket side.

6. Placed the metal
cover plate on the
rear back.

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7. Place the cover
back onto the
computer.

8. Turn your
computer ’s power
back on, insert
the Driver CD into
your CD-ROM.

9. When the
Auto-run wizard
start, select the
driver apply to
your computer’s
OS to install

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10. Connect a RJ45 cable from RC-404’s port to an available
Ethernet port of your router or switch or your modem.

Troubleshooting
The computer can not detect the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card

1. Make sure that the Gigabit Ethernet PCI card is correctly plugged into
the PCI slot; if not, turn off the computer and plug it again.

2. If the Gigabit Ethernet PCI card is plugged in correctly, see if the
golden connectors on the card are clean; if not, clean the connector
surface.

3. If still not, please change another PCI slot on your motherboard.

4. Please upgrade your motherboard BIOS to the latest version. If it sill

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not work, contact your motherboard vendor asking the advanced
supporting for BIOS updated.

5. The board itself might be defective. You can try another motherboard
testing Gigabit Ethernet PCI card working or not.

Computer failed to start after inserting Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card

Turn off the computer, remove the Gigabit Ethernet PCI card, and try to
restart the computer . If the computer st art s successfully, it means that this
card has not been inserted into the PCI slot correctly. Please insert the
card firmly into the PCI slot or try another slot.

How to deal with an exclamation point on Ethernet Host controller

1. Please shutdown your computer and move the card to another
available slot then re-install Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card driver again.

2. Please point on this device then right-check on the mouse.

3. This exclamation point usually means there is a resource conflict
between the Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card and another card in your
system. Please move the card to another available slot. Restart your
computer. Windows will then re-configure itself and re-assign
resources. Check your device manager again. If the exclamation point
is still there then repeat the process until it no longer appears.

I can not use Gigabit Ethernet transfer speed

1. Please affirm your Ethernet environment supporting Gigabit structure.

2. Please use CAT6 UTP/STP cable.

How to configure 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet structure

Connect 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

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cable. Gigabit Ethernet PCI card has the ability of automatic sensing and
operating on either speed without manual reconfiguration.

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