Belkin F5U501 User manual

P73289 F5U501
Belkin Components®
FirePath™IEEE 1394
Instruction Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Belkin Components®
FirePath™IEEE 1394 card. Now, you can add three
400Mbps FireWire®ports to your Windows®98 system,
and enjoy the blazing speed and Plug-and-Play ease of
next-generation FireWire®devices.
System Requirements:
• 486 processor or faster
• 16MB memory or more
• One free PCI slot
• Windows®98 or Windows®98 SE
Package Contents
• Belkin Components®FirePath™IEEE 1394 card
• MGI VideoWave IIISE Software CD-ROM
• Registration card
• This manual
Introduction and System Requirements
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Installation
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1. Power off your computer and
disconnect all connected devices
and peripherals.
2. Open up the case of your computer. Refer to your
computer user manual for details on how to do this. Be sure
to touch any bare metal portion of your computer case to
discharge yourself of any static electricity, which can
damage your computer, or the FireWire®card.

Installation (continued)
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3. Locate the PCI slots on your computer’s main circuit board.
The PCI slots are white in color, and are made of hard
plastic. Locate a free PCI slot. Any slot will do. Remove the
metal plate that covers the rear slot corresponding to the
PCI slot you had selected. You may need a cross-head
screwdriver to remove any screws. See the image below for
your reference.
Rear Bracket
PCI Slots

4. Remove the FireWire®card from its protective static bag.
Handle it by the metal bracket only, and do not touch the
gold edge connectors. Insert the card into the PCI slot,
carefully aligning the rear bracket to the computer case.
Make sure that the card edge is fully inserted into the slot.
Installation (continued)
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Installation (continued)
5. Fasten the card
securely using the
screw that was
used to hold
the rear bracket.
6. Re-attach the case of your computer.

Installation (continued)
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7. Re-attach all your
peripherals to
your computer,
then power on
your system. As
Windows®98
boots up, it will
recognize the
new FireWire®
card in your
system. Click
on “Next”.
8. In the next dialog as shown below, select
"Display a list of …" then click on “Next”.

Installation (continued)
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9. Windows®will
then ask you for
the correct
driver to use.
Select the Texas
Instruments
driver as shown
below, then
click on “Next”.
NOTE: If Texas Instruments is not one of the choices, click on
“Show all hardware”. On the screen that appears,
under manufactures, select Texas Instruments then
under models, select Texas Instruments OHCI
Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller. The screen that
follows is an update warning prompt, click “Yes”.

Installation (continued)
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11. When Windows®is done copying and installing the proper
driver files, it will show you the final dialog below. Click on
“Finish” to end.
10. Windows®will then prompt you that it has found the driver
file for your FireWire®card. At this point, Windows®may
ask you for the
Windows®98
CD. Please be
prepared to
insert this into
the CD-ROM
drive of your
computer if
necessary.
Click “Next”
to proceed:

Installation (continued)
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That’s it! You’re all done. Now you can enjoy all the benefits of
super fast 400Mbps FireWire devices on your computer.
If you have a DV Digital camcorder, you can install the Belkin
DVcam Driver and the MGI Video Wave III SE. The Belkin DVcam
software will allow the 1394 FirePath card to capture amazing
video and sound using the MGI video-editing program.
To Install:
1. Check your Windows®version: Windows®98 or
Windows®98 Second Edition.
To check:
a. Right click (use the right mouse button to click) on the
"My Computer" icon on your desktop.
b. From the pull down menu that appears
select "Properties".
c) Under the "System" heading you will see your
Windows®version.
You will need this information to accomplish step 4.
2. Insert the CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive,
and it will automatically load. If it does not automatically
start, click on “START” then “RUN”.