Chapter 3 Software Setup - SOLTEK SL-85DRV User Manual

Series SL-85DRV
Chapter
Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation
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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.
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Contents of Support CD:
For this series, user will be able to find in the Support CD the following
drivers and utilities supported by Chipset VIA Apollo P4X266:
1. VIA 4-in-1 Drivers;
2. AC'97 Drivers;
3. Hardware Monitor Utility;
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Optional Floppy Diskette:
For SL-85DRV
ise RAID Drivers will also be added to the package for the IDE RAID
setup.
This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential
drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME and Windows 2000. The
installation procedures for all these operating sistems are programed into
an auto-run mode. What users have to do is 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. On occasion of RAID
Drivers installation where different status of your operating systems re-
quires different installation procedures, we also insert respective installa-
tion procedures for various operating systems.
The priority of driver installation should also be noted. Users are recom-
mended to take the following installation order:
3-1 Open Support CD and choose your drivers
3-2 4-in-1 Drivers Installation
3-3 AC'97 Audio CODEC Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation
3-5 Promise RAID Drivers Installation
( for SL-85DRV
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Software Setup
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and SL-85DRV -X, a floppy diskette containing Prom-
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and SL-85DRV
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-X only )