Hardware Manual Install

[tgxiii]

2.4C P4
Abit IS7
GeForce FX 5600
Corsair 512MB RAM

My computer won't recognize my AVerMedia DVD EZMaker PCI analog video capture card. How do I install it manually? I downloaded the latest drivers from AVerMedia, but it's not an executable file.

[JohnE.]

Is the driver in a .zip file and is there an .inf file in the .zip?
If yes on both counts: unpack the .zip file to a temporary directory, start the Add Hardware Wizard and follow through until you get to a "Have Disk" button and point it at the .inf file that's in the dir where you unpacked the .zip.

[tgxiii]

Sorry... forgot to mention I'm using Windows XP Pro. Yeah, the drivers are in a ZIP file. I unpacked them on a temporary directory.

Okay, I went to Add Hardware. It's asking me "Have you already connected this hardware to your computer?" I clicked yes. Next, I choose "Add a new hardware device." At this point, if I choose "Search for and install the hardware automatically" it doesn't find the hardware. It then goes to a window where I'm supposed to choose the category of hardware. The choices:

Display adapters
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
IEE 1394 Bus host controllers
Imaging devices
Infrared devices
Modems
Multi-port serial adapters
Network adapters
NT Apm/Legacy Support
PCMCIA adapters
PCMCIA and Flash memory devices
Ports (COM & LPT)
Printers
SCSI and RAID controllers
Sound, video, and game controllers
System devices
Tape drives

Which one do I choose?

[tgxiii]

Update: I chose "Show All Devices." Since AVerMedia isn't listed, I chose "Have Disk..." I went to the directory with the drivers and selected them. The problem is, after selecting the drivers, I am faced with window where I'm supposed to choose which hardware the driver is for, but no hardware is listed.

[tgxiii]

Would it be safe to insert the PCI card into the computer while it's on? Maybe Windows will detect that a new device has been inserted if I insert it while it's on.