============================================================= ALi Bus Master IDE Driver Setup Utility ============================================================= 1. Intruduction ---------------- This setup utility install ALi bus master IDE driver for Win95/98/NT. ALi Bus Master IDE driver supports DMA/UltraDMA features. 2. Install/Uninstall --------------------- Run setup.exe to install/uninstall ALi bus master IDE driver. The setup utility detects the OS version and installs the suitable driver automatically. If you want to replace your driver with other version. Be remember to use your original or a newer install program to uninstall your original driver first. Use older install program to replace or uninstall a newer driver may cause problem. 3. Attention ------------- A. When the Win95 install the software for primary and secondary channel for IDE driver, please DO NOT RESTART COMPUTER after Win95 just finish primary channel. Let Win95 continue to install software for secondary channel. After secondary channel is finished, the RESTART COMPUTER to let new installed IDE driver to take effect. B. DOS CD-ROM and IDE drivers will conflict with ALi bus master driver in Win95/98. Please remove "mscdex" command line from autoexec.bat and remove the specification "device=Your DOS CD-ROM and/or IDE driver" from config.sys. C. If some errors occur after ALi bus master driver is installed, the user can disable DMA feature of CDROM/Disk. If the error condition still exists, run setup.exe to remove ALi bus master driver. Procedure to disable DMA : - Open "System" icon from control panel. - Select "Device Manager" tab. - Open "CDROM" or "Disk Drive" and choose the device. - Double click the device and select "setting" tab. - Uncheck DMA check box. - Restart or Use attached others\ideutil.exe to set transfer mode to PIO mode. 4. Tips ------- A. "Others" subdirectory contains IDE utility (ideutil.exe) and help files (*.hlp) for Win95/98. Users can setup IDE driver relative parameters by using this utility. B. To make setup utility install IDE utility simultaneously with IDE driver. Rename "Others" subdirectory to "Util" and running setup program to install.Download Driver Pack
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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