README.TXT Driver File Contents (AC97AUDIO.zip)

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*       SiS630/730S series Integrated Audio 7018 Drivers                     *
*       Installation and Usage (Dec. 12, 2000)                               *
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*       Introduction                                                         *
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The contain of this document included SiS630/540 Audio Driver installation,
usage and release information.

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*       Table of Contents                                                    *
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This document contains the following sections:

1. SiS630/540 Audio Drivers Contents
2. System Requirements
3. SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft DOS
4. SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft NT 4.0 
5. SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft Windows95 
   & Windows 98
6. SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft Windows 2000
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* 1.  SiS630/540 Audio Drivers Contents                                      *
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SiS630/540 Audio Drivers Package includes one CD-Title and one update package. 
(For Rev. 1.05,  Date: 07/19/00)

SiS630/540 Audio Drivers CD-Title Package Contents

   Including the following file and sub-directories:
   README.TXT  : ASCII text file. This text file.

   DOS      <DIR>: Contains DOS driver files.   
   WINNT40  <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 4.0 driver files.   
   Setupdir <DIR>: Contains Setup directories
   WIN2000  <DIR>: Contains Windows2000 WDM driver files.             
   WIN95_98 <DIR>: Contains Windows95/98 Vxd driver files. 
   WIN98SE  <DIR>: Contains Windows98SE WDM driver files. 
   WINME    <DIR>: Contains WindowsME WDM driver files. 
   AudioRack<DIR>: Contains SiS AudioRack application.
   App	    <DIR>: Contains HotKey control support for notebook.
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* 2.  System Requirements                                                    *
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This section describes system requirements for the SiS630/540 Audio Driver
installationn and usage.

1. The hardware system must contain a SiS630/540 chipset with Audio function 
   enabled.
2. Mouse is optional.

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* 3.  SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                       *
*     for Microsoft DOS                                                      *
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If you want to have sound under real mode Dos environment, such as MSDOS 6.22 
or Windows95/98->press F8->select Command Prompt only or Windows95/98->Shutdown->
 Restart in MS-DOS Mode. then you need to do the following.

Install DOS Legacy driver by setup utility:
1. To install the driver please run "SETUP.EXE -lg"

Install DOS Legacy driver manually:
1. Copy all the files under this directory and Win95_98\gm10mb.sam to your hard disk 
drive, for example C:\DOSAUD.
2. Please make sure HIMEM is already installed. Add this line in your config.sys
     DEVICE = C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
   For Windows, you don't have to do so because Windows loads HIMEM automatically.
3. Add 2 lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT file
     C:\DOSAUD\SNDINIT.EXE/INIT
     C:\DOSAUD\SNDTSR.EXE
   Or you can run SNDINIT.EXE/INIT then SNDTSR.EXE directly under real mode DOS 
   command prompt whenever you want to install the driver.


SiS also provides a basic diagnostics under real DOS environment.

 1. Run SNDINIT.EXE without any parameter then press OK to see some
    configuration diaglogs.

 2. Make sure Sound device is enabled and select proper Base Port, DMA
    Channel and SB IRQ that are not being used by other devices.

 3. Enable ADLIB if you want to have wavetable synthesis music for ADLIB
    FM.


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* 4.  SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                       *
*     for Microsoft NT 4.0                                                   *
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By manual Setup
0. If SiS audio driver has been installed into your system, you must remove 
   the previous driver and restart your computer. Then, installing the new driver. 
1. Click on Start->Settings->Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Multimedia icon, then select the Devices tab. 
3. Click on the Add button, then select Unlisted or Updated Driver from the 
   list box. Click on OK. 
4. You will now be prompted to insert or locate the vendor-provided driver 
   disk. Enter the path to this directory.
5. A dialog box titled Add Unlisted or Updated Driver will appear. Make sure 
   the sound card driver is selected, then click OK.
6. Once the drivers have been copied to your system, you will be prompted to 
   reboot. Go ahead and reboot at this time.
By Setup utility
    run SETUP.EXE in this directory.
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* 5.  SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                       *
*     for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98                                  *
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To install Windows 95/98/ME driver, please run SETUP.EXE in this directory. 
  
1. Running SETUP.EXE Automatically installs WDM or VxD driver base on the O.S 
version. WDM driver will be installed for Windows 98SE and WinME, and VxD driver
 will be installed for Windows 98OEM (first edition, 4.10.1998) and Windows 95.
2. To force installing VxD driver for Windows 98SE, please run
"SETUP.EXE -vxd" using Windows Start->Run
3. To update the driver, just run SETUP.EXE directly. SETUP will overwrite the 
old driver with the current one.
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* 6.  SiS630/540 Audio Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                       *
*     for Microsoft Windows 2000                                             *
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By manual setup
1. Click on Start->Settings->Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the System icon, then select the Hardware tab. 
3. Click on the "Hardware Wiazrd" button, then "Add/Remove Hardware Wizard" 
   will be popped up.
4. Click on Next button, then select "Add/Troubleshoot a device" from the 
   list box.
5. Click on Next button, then "Found Now Hardware Wizard" will be popped up.
6. Click on Next button, then select "Search for a suitable driver for my 
   device" from the list box.
7. Click on Next button, then specify the driver location from the list box.
   If you specify the location on a floppy disk or CD-ROM driver, insert the 
   floppy disk or CD before clicking Next button.
8. Click on Next button, then assign correctly the path of the driver. 
   Click OK butten.
9. If "Digital Signature Not Found" wizard is popped up, ignore it and click 
   on YES button to continue the installation.
10. Click on Finish butten after the installation is complete.
11. Once the installation is complete, the "System Settings Change" message will
    be pop up. Click on YES button to reboot the computer. 
By Setup Utility
     run SETUP.EXE in this directory. Or run setup.exe -s for silent install.

Note:
Please do not use SILENT INSTALL after remove audio device. If you remove audio device, 
then please restart computer first, then doing silent install.

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* 7.  SiS630/540 AudioRack Installation			                     *
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1. run SETUP.EXE with parameter -ar (setup -ar), then AudioRack will also be 
installed automatically with driver.


Download Driver Pack

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.

For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

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