Terratec correctly installing pci cards Manual De Usuario

This is because soundcards don’t like being installed in slots that 
must share IRQs as soundcards are particularly sensitive to 
distortion. 
 

Tip: Further information on this theme can be found in the Audio 
Tweaks tutorial available at www.terratec.com. 

 
After the installation the PC’s IRQ allocation should be checked 
for conflicts in the Windows Device Manger or the BIOS PCI 
Device Listing (important for 2000/XP), which is displayed briefly 
during boot-up. 
 

Windows 
98SE/ME 

Device Manger -> Computer -> Model by 
Connection -> Interrupt Request (IRQ) 

Windows 2000 / 
XP 

Device Manger -> View-> Resources by Type - 
> IRQ 

After removing the card from the ESD (Electro-Static-Device) bag 
simply insert it as shown above in the chosen PCI slot and screw it 
down. The PC is not running during any of this of course :). 
 

 
In general after installing a new device, only the necessary 
peripheral devices should be re-connected to the PC before 
restarting it. As soon as the system boots it should announce that 
new hardware has been found. 
 

 

 

 
Select to choose the driver yourself, which is normally the second 
option „Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)“ or „No, I 
want to select the hardware from a list “. In the dialogue that 
follows choose the path in which you unpacked the DRV file(s). 
By „update.exe“ packets point to the driver sub-folder inside the 
destination folder. 

 

This is best done using the „Browse“ function. 
 

For Windows 2000 or XP Users 
A window may appear warning you that the driver indicated