Chapter 3 Software Setup - SOLTEK 85DIR Manual

85DIR
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Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation
• Support CD:
This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support
CD which contains those necessary driver files, Application Softwares
and some helpful utilities. It is a user-friendly, auto-run CD which
will open itself up in a CD-ROM automatically.
• Contents of Support CD:
For 85DIR, user should be able to find in the Supported CD the
following drivers and utilities supported by Intel 845 Chipset:
1. INF Utility (Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility);
2. Intel Application Accelerator ( IAA );
3. AC'97 Drivers;
4. Hardware Monitor Utility.
This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these
essential drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The installation procedures for
all these operating sistems are all programed into an auto-run mode.
What users have to do is to read and follow the pop-up instructions
to carry out the installation. We therefore take the installation on
Windows 98 as the general illustration hereby.
The priority of drivers to be installed should also be noted. Users
are recommended to take the following installation orders :
This chapter contains the following topics :
3-1 Open up the Suport CD
3-2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility ( INF Utility )
3-3 Intel Application Accelerator ( IAA )
3-4 AC'97 Audio Drivers Installation
3-5 Hardware Monitor Utility
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