Chapter 3 Software Setup - SOLTEK SL-65EP-T User Manual

65EP-T/EP+-T
Chapter 3
Software Setup
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 65EP-T and 65EP+-T, 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. Creative Audio drivers;
4. AC'97 Audio Drivers;
5. 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.
This chapter contains the following topics :
3-1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities
3-2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility ( INF Utility )
3-3 Intel Application Accelerator ( IAA )
3-4 Creative Audio Drivers Installation
3-5 AC'97 Audio Drivers Installation
3-6 Hardware Monitor Utility
(For 65EP+-T Only)
(For 65EP-T Only)
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