************************************************************************ * Copyright (c) 1995-2000 VIA Technologies Inc. * * * * VIA Bus Master (Ultra DMA) PCI IDE Driver ReadMe.Txt * * for * * Win9x/WinME/WinNT * * * * This readme file is used to provide the information for * * installation, and Uninstall "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver". * * * ************************************************************************ The VIA Bus Master IDE controller is a high performance Bus Master PCI IDE controller. This "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" distribution floppy is used to utilize the DMA operation of your Hard disk/CD-ROMs drives in order to release the I/O loading from the CPU. You could refer to the related section to install the driver individually. CONTENTS *********************** 1) System Requirements 2) Distribution Package Contents 3) Windows 9x/ME Driver 4) Windows NT Driver 5) Package Version Identify 6) Silent Install Driver 7) Verifying Installation of the Driver 8) Notes 1) System Requirements * This package should be installed on the VIA Bus Master IDE chipset, VT82C580VP or later, and others' chipset will not be supported. * The "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" supports the following Operation System. Operation System Version ************************************************* Windows 95 4.00.950 or above Windows 98 4.10.1998 or above Windows ME 2499.3 Beta 3-RC1 or above Windows NT 3.51 or above 2) Distribution Package Contents This distribution floppy is compress by auto uncompressing format. You could uncompress it by execute it. The floppy by uncompressing includes these files are listed below. FLOPPY : _INST32I EX_ 296,674 06-30-00 1:50 _inst32i.ex_ _ISDEL EXE 27,648 06-30-00 1:50 _ISDel.exe SETUP EXE 73,728 06-30-00 1:50 Setup.exe OS DAT 450 06-30-00 1:50 os.dat LANG DAT 23,541 06-30-00 1:50 lang.dat _SETUP DLL 34,816 06-30-00 1:50 _Setup.dll SETUP INS 131,932 06-30-00 1:50 setup.ins DATA TAG 113 06-30-00 1:50 DATA.TAG SETUP INI 96 06-30-00 1:50 SETUP.INI _SYS1 HDR 3,905 06-30-00 1:50 _sys1.hdr _SYS1 CAB 175,466 06-30-00 1:50 _sys1.cab _USER1 HDR 4,673 06-30-00 1:50 _user1.hdr _USER1 CAB 88,700 06-30-00 1:50 _user1.cab SETUP LID 49 06-30-00 1:50 setup.lid LAYOUT BIN 609 06-30-00 1:50 layout.bin DATA1 HDR 5,315 06-30-00 1:50 data1.hdr DATA1 CAB 469 06-30-00 1:50 data1.cab INSTALL DAT 81 06-30-00 1:50 INSTALL.DAT SETUP ISS 195 06-30-00 1:50 SETUP.ISS README TXT 8,334 06-30-00 1:50 README.TXT This File RELEASE TXT 9,473 06-30-00 1:50 RELEASE.TXT Release Note \DMATOOL\SETDMA EXE 145,920 06-30-00 1:50 SETDMA.EXE \WIN9X\VATAPI VXD 8,793 06-30-00 1:50 VATAPI.VXD \WIN9X\VIAVSD INF 1,463 06-30-00 1:50 VIAVSD.INF \WINNT\VIADSK SYS 47,008 06-30-00 1:50 VIADSK.SYS Windows NT 3.51 or above DMA/PIO device driver file \WINNT\VIAIDE INF 22,410 06-30-00 1:50 VIAIDE.INF Windows NT 3.51 or above ".INF" file 3) Windows 9x/ME Driver ***************************** * Driver Installation * ***************************** Click the SETUP.EXE program and select "Install" button then it will install the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver automatically on your Windows 9x/ME system. It will copy the driver to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS and set the related registry tree. ***************************** * Driver Uninstallation * ***************************** You could remove the VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver by selecting the "Uninstall" button. It will completely remove the driver from the system. 4) Windows NT Driver ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* Click the SETUP.EXE program and select "Install" button then it will install the "VIA IDE Bus Master Driver" automatically on your Windows NT system. It will copy the driver to the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and set the related registry tree. ************************ ** Enable/Disable DMA ** ************************ The default setting is the DMA mode. You could turn off the DMA setting by running the VIADMATool. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** You could remove the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" by selecting the "Uninstall" button. It will completely remove the driver from the system. 5) Package Version Identify You could check this distribution version and release date by using the DATE\TIME displayed by using dir/p command, e.g. : SETUP EXE 59,392 mm-dd-yy hh:mi a SETUP.EXE The version number reads as 2.hh.mi, which was released on the date of mm/dd/yy. 6) Silent Install Driver Available parameters: -b, -u, -s Parameter Description -b Causes Setup.exe automatically to reboot after the silent mode install successfully. -u Uninstall driver. This parameter must works with the '-s' parameter. -s Silent install driver. Note: - A dash(-) must precede the command line parameters. - The parameters '-b' and '-u' must be specified before the '-s' parameter. Examples: setup.exe -b -s Silent install driver and reboot the computer. setup.exe -u -b -s Silent uninstall driver and reboot the computer. setup.exe -s Silent install driver but not reboot the computer. setup.exe -u -s Silent uninstall driver but not reboot the computer. 7) Verifying Installation of the Driver For Windows 9x/ME: 1. Open "Windows Explorer" from "Start Menu -> Programs". 2. Select "Show all files" from "View -> Folder Options -> View". 3. If the file "vatapi.vxd" exists in C:\Windows\System\iosubsys, the installation is successful. For Windows NT: 1. Open "Control Panel" from "Start Menu -> Settings" 2. Select "SCSI Adapters" from "Control Panel". 3. Check the "Devices" is "VIA bus master IDE drivers" or not. 4 If it is then your installation is successful. 8) Notes * It is recommended to install the CD-ROM which is not on the same channel with the hard drive for the performance issue. If you play VCD or DVD abnormally on some CD-ROM or DVD-ROM which is on the same channel with hard drive, we recommend you to setup the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM on the separately channel. * You should run the ATAPI ZIP 100MB setup program first for the WinNT 3.51/4.0 in order to use ZIP ATAPI 100MB normally on your system. If you run the VIA Bus Master setup program first and then the ATAPI ZIP 100MB setup program. After the ATAPI ZIP 100MB setup program, it will disable the VIA Bus Master driver after the installation. You could use the following steps to disable the ATAPI ZIP 100MB driver and enable the VIA Bus Master driver again. 1. Double click the "Devices" icon from Control Panel. 2. Select the service for IDE/ATAPI ZIP drive. (ex. imgatapi) 3. Press the "Startup" button and select "Disabled". 4. Press "OK" and reboot computer.