Before You Begin; Introduction - Advantech AIMB-252 User Manual

3.1

Before you Begin

To facilitate the installation of the enhanced display device drivers and utility soft-
ware, you should read the instructions in this chapter carefully before you attempt
installation. The device drivers for the AIMB-252 board are located on the software
installation CD. The auto-run function of the driver CD will guide and link you to the
utilities and device drivers under a Windows system. The Intel® Chipset Software
Installation Utility is not required on any systems running Windows NT 4.0. Updates
are provided via Service Packs from Microsoft*.
Note! The files on the software installation CD are compressed. Do not
attempt to install the drivers by copying the files manually. You must use
the supplied SETUP program to install the drivers
Before you begin, it is important to note that most display drivers need to have the
relevant software application already installed in the system prior to installing the
enhanced display drivers. In addition, many of the installation procedures assume
that you are familiar with both the relevant software applications and operating sys-
tem commands. Review the relevant operating system commands and the pertinent
sections of your application software's user's manual before performing the installa-
tion.
3.2

Introduction

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation utility installs to the target system the Win-
dows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will
be configured. This is needed for the proper functioning of the following features:
Core PCI and ISA PnP services
IDE Ultra ATA 100/66/33 and Serial ATA interface support
USB 1.1/2.0 support
Identification of Intel® chipset components in the Device Manager
Integrates superior video features. These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel
DVD content, and MPEG-2 motion compensation for software DVD
Note! This utility is used for the following versions of Windows system, and it
has to be installed before installing all the other drivers:
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows XP
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