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Ultra 100 IDE card Windows 95/98 Drivers Installation Instructions
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A. Although ATAPI devices (e.g. CD-ROM, LS-120) can be detected by the IDE BIOS
   on booting up, they will not work until the driver is loaded.
B. The ATAPI device connected to Ultra 100 IDE card may not be used as a boot drive. 
C. To save time, install the Windows 95/98 with the hard drives and CD-ROM drives
   connected to the on-board IDE ports first. Then follow section II) below.
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Table of Contents
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I)   Windows 95/98 Fresh Installation Instructions.
II)  First time installing CMD driver with existing Windows 95/98.
III) Update CMD driver on Windows 95/98 system with existing CMD driver.
IV)  Optimization using Configuration Utility.


I) Windows 95/98 Fresh Installation Instructions. 
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Follow these instructions in this section if you are freshly installing 
Windows 95/98.

You may start up Windows 95/98 installation from CD. If your CD-ROM drive is
not bootable, your can start up with floppy diskettes.

1. Install Windows 95/98 using the onboard IDE controller. Do not plug in
   Ultra 100 IDE card at this time.

2. When the operating system installation is completed and system is up and 
   running. Insert the driver diskette into a 3.5" floppy drive.

3. Press the "start" button on the Windows 95 status bar.

4. Select "Run..."

5. Type "a:\win9x\setup"; where "a" is the identifying letter for the 3.5" 
   floopy drive.

6. After the Setup program copies the driver files from diskette to hard drive,
   it will prompt "Shutdown the system and install the CMD IDE controller."
   Click on "OK" and remove the driver diskette from the floppy drive.

7. When the system begin to restart, shut down the system.

8. Insert the Ultra 100 IDE card into a PCI slot that supports bus-master DMA.
   (Your computer's manual should identify the bus-master slots.)

9. Connect your hard drives to the Ultra 100 IDE card.

10. Power up the system.  The IDE BIOS should automatically detect the drives
    connected to it once power-up is complete.

11. System will go through the enumeration process and detect new hardware.
    At the end of the process, Windows will prompt "to finish setting up
    your new hardware, you must restart your computer."  Simply select "No"
    for this message and all the other messages that follow.  Do a manual
    restart from desktop instead (start -> shut down -> restart).


II) First time installing IDE driver with existing Windows 95/98.
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If you have an existing Windows 95/98 system and just obtain a
Ultra 100 IDE card, you need to run the Setup program to install
the driver before you insert the Ultra 100 IDE card into you system.  
The Setup.exe is located in the \win9x of the driver diskette.

1. Place the installation files on a floppy diskette. Make sure
   all of the files are in the same directory.

2. Press the "Start" button on the Windows 95/98 status bar.

3. Select "Run...".

4. Enter "Setup" with the full path of the installation files. For 
   example, if the driver diskette is drive A, then type "A:\win9x\setup".

5. After the Setup program copies the driver files from diskette to hard drive,
   it will prompt "Shutdown the system and install the CMD IDE controller."
   Click on "OK" and remove the driver diskette from the floppy drive.

6. When the system begin to restart, shut down the system.

7. Plug in the Ultra 100 IDE card. Connect the hard drives to it. Power up
   the system.

8. System will go through the enumeration process and detect new hardware.
   At the end of the process, Windows will prompt "to finish setting up
   your hew hardware, you must restart your computer." Simply select "No"
   for this message and all the other messages that follow. Do a manual
   restart from desk top instead (start -> shut down -> restart).


III) Update IDE driver on Windows 95/98 with existing CMD driver.
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With the Ultra 100 IDE card already plugged in and the driver already 
installed. The driver upgrade can be done by running the same Setup program.

1. Follow the same steps (step 1 to 5) as shown in section (II).

2. After reboot.  The new driver will be loaded by the Windows.
     

IV) Optimization using Configuration Utility.
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Utility that allows user to change the controller configuration is provided.
It can be accessed once the driver is installed. When the driver is installed
using the setup program, the configuration will be set to a default mode which
maximizes the performance of the drives connected. In most cases, this means
the controller is tuned to highest transfer mode supported by the drives. If
a user wishes to change this default setting, it can be done through this 
Configuration Utility in "system properties".

If you wish to configure the driver for optimal performance, follow the 
following steps:

1. Open "System Properties" and click on the Device Manager tab.
   "System Properties" can be accessed by two ways. The first method is
   through the Control Panel by the mouse sequence:
     "Start Button -> Settings -> Control Panel -> System".
   The second method is to right click on the "My Computer" icon and then
   select Properties.

2. Under "Hard Disk Controllers" you should see 
     "CMD PCI-0649 Bus Master PCI to IDE Controller",
     "Primary CMD Bus Master IDE Controller", and 
     "Secondary CMD Bus Master IDE Controller".
   Double click on one of the latter two that corresponds to the channel
   that you wish to configure. Select the "Settings" tab.

3. Change the "PCI Bus Speed" to match the PCI speed of your computer.
   If you have a 66MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz, 166MHz, or 200MHz system, the
   bus speed is likely to be 33MHz. If you have a 60MHz, 90MHz, 120MHz,
   or 150MHz, then the bus speed is likely to be 30MHz. If you have a
   75MHz system, then the bus speed is likely to be 75MHz.

4. Normally after the driver is installed, the "16-Bit PIO" and "Use LBA 
   Mode on Small Drives" options will be unchecked and "Enable DMA on 
   ATAPI Drives" option is checked. "Enable DMA" could be either checked
   or unchecked depending on the transfer mode supported by the drive.  
   Generally you want to leave them as default. However,user can change 
   them to different setting. These option are defined as following:

	16-Bit PIO = access IDE data register in 16-bit instead of 32-bit.
                     This only applies to some older drives that does not
                     support 32-bit data access. Newer drives should all
                     supoort 32-bit access nowadays.

        Use LBA Mode on Smaller Drives = use LBA mode to access smaller
					 drive.  Only apply to older drive.
                                         Newer drives support LBA mode and
                                         does not need this feature.

	Enable DMA on ATAPI Drives = set the transfer mode of the ATAPI 
                                     drive (CD-ROM, CD-R/W, tape...) to 
                                     the highest DMA transfer mode supported
                                     by the drive. 

        Enable DMA = set the transfer mode to the highest DMA transfer mode
                     supported by the drive.

5. "Enable DMA" option indicates whether DMA mode is enabled on this drive.
   A "No Override" setting means the Controller will transfer data using 
   the highest (fastest) mode that the drive claims it supports. If 
   "Enable DMA" is checked and "No Override" setting is chosen, the drive
   will run DMA mode if the drive supports it (UDMA for most newer drives).  
   If "Enable DMA" is unchecked and "No Override" setting is chosen, the 
   drive will run PIO mode even if it supports MDMA and UDMA modes.  

   When you specify other settings other than "No Override", The "Enable DMA"
   option will be gray out indicating the drive will be forced to either PIO,
   MDMA or UDMA modes regardless of what the drive can support.  Even though
   the "Enable DMA" option is gray out. It will still be checked if a DMA 
   mode is chosen (MDMA or UDMA).

6. After you change the setting. Click "OK".

7. Sytem will prompt you with the following message "You must restart your 
   computer before the settings will take effect. Do you want to restart
   your computer now?" When this message appears, select "Yes".

8. After the system is restarted, the new settings will apply.
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How To Update Drivers Manually

After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.

  • Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).

  • If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.

  • Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.

  • Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.

  • Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.

  • From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.

  • Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.

Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.

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