We accept no responsibility for any damage to your computer caused by following these instructions. Do not remove your card from its protective packaging until you are earthed. Being earthed while handling computer components is important.
Static electricity can damage most PC hardware, including network cards.
Earthing yourself gets rid of this static. All desktop PCs for many years have had PCI slots but it is possible that all the slots in your PC are full. If you have a no slot for a PCI card or a Windows 95 PC and you cannot get the PCI card to work contact the help desk who can swap your PCI card for an ISA card. The 3Com PCI ethernet cards supplied by ResNet work best in a bus mastering slot. Depending on your computer, not all PCI slots may be bus mastering slots.