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³ Copyright (c) 1995-1999 VIA Technologies Inc. ³
³ ³
³ VIA Bus Master(Ultra DMA) PCI IDE Driver ReadMe.Txt ³
³ for ³
³ Win9x/WinNT ³
³ ³
³ * This readme file is used to provide the information for installation,³
³ Enable/Disable DMA and Uninstall "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver". ³
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The VIA Bus Master IDE controller is a high performance Bus Master PCI
IDE controller. This "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" distribution floppy
is used to utilize the DMA operation of your Hard disk/CD-ROMs drives in
order to release the I/O loading from the CPU. You could refer to the
related section to install the driver individually.
CONTENTS
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1) System Requirements
2) Distribution Package Contents
3) Windows 9x Driver
4) Windows NT Driver
5) Package Version Identify
6) Verifying Installation of the Driver
7) Notes
1) System Requirements
* This package should be installed on the VIA Bus Master IDE chipset,
VT82C580VP or later, and others' chipset will not be supported.
* The "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" supports the following Operation
System.
Operation System Version
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Windows 95 4.00.950 or above
Windows 98 4.10.1998
Windows NT 3.51 or above
2) Distribution Package Contents
This distribution floppy is compress by auto uncompressing format. You
could uncompress it by execute it.
The floppy by uncompressing includes these files are listed below.
FLOPPY :
³ SETUP.EXE "WIN9x/WINNT" Setup Program
³ DATA.TAG InstallShield5 related files below
³ SETUP.INI
³ _INST32I.EX_
³ _ISDEL.EXE
³ _SETUP.DLL
³ _SYS1.CAB
³ _USER1.CAB
³ DATA1.CAB
³ LANG.DAT
³ LAYOUT.BIN
³ OS.DAT
³ SETUP.BMP
³ SETUP.INS
³ SETUP.LID
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³ VIADSK.MPD Windows 9x DMA/PIO device driver file
³ VIAIDE.INF Windows 9x ".INF" file
³ VIAIDE.VXD Windows 9x VIA .VSD device driver file
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VIADSK.SYS Windows NT 3.51 or above DMA/PIO device driver file
VIAIDE.INF Windows NT 3.51 or above ".INF" file
3) Windows 9x Driver
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** Driver Installation **
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Click the SETUP.EXE program and select "Install" button then it will
install the "VIA IDE Bus Master Driver" automatically on your Windows 9x
system. It will copy the driver to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS and set
the related registry tree.
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** Enable/Disable DMA **
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The default setting is the DMA mode. You could turn off the DMA setting
by running "SETUP.EXE" again and select the "Enable/Disable DMA" button
to disable the DMA mode.
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** Driver Uninstallation **
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You could remove the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" by selecting the
"Uninstall" button. It will completely remove the driver from the sytsem.
4) Windows NT Driver
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** Driver Installation **
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Click the SETUP.EXE program and select "Install" button then it will
install the "VIA IDE Bus Master Driver" automatically on your Windows NT
system. It will copy the driver to the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS and set
the related registry tree.
You should follow the procedure listed below to complete the install-
ation.
a) Select the "SCSI Adapters" icon on the "Control Pannel"
b) Select the "Add.." button on the "Drivers" sheet.
c) Select the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver" and click "OK" button.
d) Reboot the sytem.
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** Enable/Disable DMA **
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The default setting is the DMA mode. You could turn off the DMA setting
by running "SETUP.EXE" again and select the "Enable/Disable DMA" button
to disable the DMA mode.
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** Driver Uninstallation **
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You could remove the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Device Driver" by running
the "SETUP.EXE" again to uninstall the driver. "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE
Device Driver" will not be started by this operation. You could restart
it latter if it is necessary. After the reboot, the default "IDE CD-ROM (
ATAPI) Dual-channel PCI IDE Controller" driver will be started.
If you want to totally remove the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Device Driver"
then you could follow the steps listed below.
a) Select the "SCSI Adapters" icon on the "Control Pannel"
c) Select the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver".
b) Select the "Remove" button on the "Drivers" sheet.
d) Reboot the sytem.
5) Package Version Identify
You could check this distribuation version and release date by using
the DATE\TIME displayed by using dir/p command, e.g :
SETUP EXE 59,392 mm-dd-yy hh:mi a SETUP.EXE
The version number reads as 2.hh.mi, which was released on the date of mm/dd/yy.
6) Verifying Installation of the Driver
For Windows 9x:
1. Open "Control Panel" from "Start Menu -> Settings".
2. Open "System" in "Control Panel" and select the "Device Manager".
3. Select "Hard disk controllers" and check if the "VIA Bus Master
PCI IDE Controller(Ultra DMA)" controller is existing or not.
4 If it is then your installation is successful.
For Windows NT:
1. Open "Control Panel" from "Start Menu -> Settings"
2. Select "SCSI Adapters" from "Control Panel".
3. Check the "Devices" is "VIA bus master IDE drivers" or not.
4 If it is then your installation is successful.
7) Notes
* It is recommended to install the CD-ROM which is not on the same
channel with the hard drive for the performance issue.
If you play VCD or DVD abnormally on some CD-ROM or DVD-ROM which
is on the same channel with hard drive, we recommand you to setup
the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM on the separatly channel.
* You should run the ATAPI ZIP 100MB setup program first for the
WinNT 3.51/4.0 in order to use ZIP ATAPI 100MB normally on your
system.
If you run the VIA Bus Master setup program first and then the ATAPI
ZIP 100MB setup program. After the ATAPI ZIP 100MB setup program, it
will disable the VIA Bus Master driver after the installation. You
could use the following steps to disable the ATAPI ZIP 100MB driver and
enable the VIA Bus Master driver again.
1. Double click the "Devices" icon from Control Panel.
2. Select the service for IDE/ATAPI ZIP drive. (ex. imgatapi)
3. Press the "Startup" button and select "Disabled".
4. Press "OK" and reboot computer.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.