ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Copyright (c) 1998-2000 VIA Technologies Inc. ³ ³ ³ ³ VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device Driver ReadMe.Txt ³ ³ for ³ ³ DOS/Win9x/Win40/Win2000/Linux ³ ³ ³ ³ * This readme file is used to provide the information for installation ³ ³ and Uninstall "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" drivers. ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ CONTENTS *********************** 1) Hardware Recommend 2) System Requirements 3) Distribution Package Contents 4) DOS 5) Windows 95 Driver 6) Windows 98 Driver 7) Windows 2000 Driver 8) Windows NT 4.0 Driver 9) Linux Driver 10) Package Version Identify *********************** 1) Hardware Recommend The Pentinum II 266 MHz CPU (or Pentinum 200 MHz CPU) and 32 MB Ram are recommended to keep the sound quaility. 2) System Requirements * This package could be only installed after VIA VT82C686A * The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" driver package supports the drivers on the following Operation Systems. Operation System Version ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ DOS* 6.22 Windows 95 4.00.950 or above Windows 98 4.10.1998 or above Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 ,build 1381 Windows 2000 RTM or above Linux Redhat * Note : The EMM386.EXE above the DOS 6.22 handles the NMI routine unproperly when DOS program is used the NMI ISR also. 3) Distribution Package Contents This distribution floppy is compressed by auto uncompressing format. You should uncompress it first by execute it directly. The uncompressed package includes the following files listed below : FLOPPY : ³ ³ _INST32I.EX_ Setup Program ³ _ISDEL.EXE InstallShield5 related files below ³ _SETUP.DLL ³ _SYS1.CAB ³ _SYS1.HDR ³ _USER1.CAB ³ _USER1.HDR ³ DATA.TAG ³ DATA1.CAB ³ DATA1.HDR ³ LANG.DAT ³ LAYOUT.BIN ³ OS.DAT ³ SETUP.BMP ³ SETUP.EXE ³ SETUP.INI ³ SETUP.INS ³ SETUP.ISS ³ SETUP.LID ³ WDM.BAT ³ ÃÄÄÄDOS ³ INSTALL.EXE VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible setup program ³ VIAUDIO.COM VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible TSR program ³ DOS4GW.EXE Enter Protect mode Watcom DOS4GW program ³ ÃÄÄÄWIN9X ³ VIAUDIO.INF VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device installation file ³ VIAJSTIC.INF VIA AC97 PCI Audio Game port installation file ³ VIAUDIO.VXD VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device VxD driver ³ VIAWAVE.DRV VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device Wave driver ³ VIAFM.DRV VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device FM driver ³ VIAMIDE.DRV VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device MPU401 driver ³ ÃÄÄÄWIN98SE ³ VIAUDIO.INF VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device installation file ³ VIAUDIO.SYS VIA AC97 PCI Audio Deivce WDM driver ³ VIAUDIO.CAT VIA AC97 MS Digital Signature Catalog file ³ ÃÄÄÄWIN2000 ³ VIAUDIO.INF VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device installation file ³ VIAUDIO.SYS VIA AC97 PCI Audio Deivce WDM driver ³ VIAUDIO.CAT VIA AC97 MS Digital Signature Catalog file ³ ÃÄÄÄWINNT40 ³ OEMSETUP.INF VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device installation file ³ VIAUDIO.SYS VIA AC97 PCI Audio Deivce kernel mode driver ³ VIAUDIO.DLL VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device user mode driver ³ ÀÄÄÄLINUX \REDHAT 68RHT60.GZ VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device compressed file for RedHat 6.0 \CALDERA 68CLA22.GZ VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device compressed file for Caldera OPENLINUX 2.2 4) DOS A) VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Setup Program **************************************************** ** VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Setup Program ** **************************************************** Please "Enabled" the Sound Blaster setting on the BIOS first before you want to play the Sound Blaster compatible DOS games. You could follow the selecting to enable the setting on the BIOS : INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS -> Onboard Legacy Audio (Enabled) -> Sound Blaster (Disable -> Enabled) The Sound Blaster Pro Compatible sound chip is integrated into the VIA PCI audio device in order to have Sound Blaster compatible DOS games running on the system. If you want to play those Sound Blaster compatible DOS games under the real mode MS-DOS or the "Restart in MS-DOS" from Win9x. Then you should run this setup program to enable the OPL3 MIDI music. Otherwise, the music will not be heard but the sound still could be heard. If you want to play the legacy games on the Windows DOS Box then you need not to install this program. *************************************************** ** VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Installation ** *************************************************** You could enable the Sound Blaster Pro compatible funciton by using this setup program. a) You should enable the Sound Blaster first on the BIOS setting of the "On board Legacy Audio". b) Run the "install.exe". A> INSTALL c) The program will copy the relative files into the directory which you assigned. Then the program will insert the following new line into the AUTOEXEC.BAT and copy the original AUTOEXEC.BAT to AUTOEXEC.VIA. C:\VIAUDIO\VIAUDIO.COM d) Reboot the system when the installation is completed. ***************************************************** ** VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Uninstallation ** ***************************************************** You could uninstall this program by delete the line from the AUTOEXEC.BAT. C:\VIAUDIO\VIAUDIO.COM 5) Windows 9X VxD Driver ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Install" to do all of installation. After the system reboot, the driver will be installed completely. If you type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE -WDM then the WDM driver will be installed if it is on the Win98 System. b) The "PCI Audio Multimedia Device" will be displayed if the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" is detected by the PCI enumerator. Set the source destination directory to the "\WIN95" where the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" installation file, VIAUDIO.INF, for the Win95 is located. After the selection, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" and its subsystems will be installed automatically. The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" could work when the installation is completed. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Remove" to do all of uninstallation. After the system reboot, the driver will be removed completely. b) You could remove the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" from the device manager. After the uninstallation, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" and its subdevice will be removed when the removing is completed. If you want to totally remove this driver, you should delete the relative "VIAUDIO.INF" under the "\WINDOWS\INF" or "WINDOWS\INF\OTHER" directory. On the same time, you should remove the driver file under the "WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VIAUDIO.SYS". Then the driver will not install again after next boot. ************************************************* ** Sound Blaster Compatible DOS Game Supported ** ************************************************* You could play the Sound Blaster compatible DOS games with OPL3 MIDI music format on the Windows DOS box. But you need to enable the Sound Blaster on the BIOS first. Please "Enabled" the Sound Blaster setting on the BIOS first before you want to play the Sound Blaster compatible DOS games. You could follow the selecting to enable the setting on the BIOS : INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS -> Onboard Legacy Audio (Enabled) -> Sound Blaster (Disable -> Enabled) If the Sound Blaster is not enabled on the BIOS then you could only hear the OPL3 MIDI music without the wave sound. You need not to install the "VIA Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Setup Program" under the Windows. 6) Windows 98 SE (WDM) Driver ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Install" to do all of installation. After the system reboot, the driver will be installed completely. b) The "PCI Audio Multimedia Device" will be displayed if the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" is detected by the PCI enumerator. Set the source destination directory to the "\WIN98" where the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" installation file, VIAUDIO.INF, for the Win98 is located. After the selection, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" and its subsystems will be installed automatically. The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" could work when the installation is completed. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Remove" to do all of uninstallation. After the system reboot, the driver will be removed completely. b) You could remove the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" from the device manager. After the uninstallation, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" and its subdevice will be removed when the removing is completed. If you want to totally remove this driver, you should delete the relative "VIAUDIO.INF" under the "\WINDOWS\INF" or "WINDOWS\INF\OTHER" directory. On the same time, you should remove the driver file under the "WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VIAUDIO.SYS". Then the driver will not install again after next boot. ************************************************* ** Sound Blaster Compatible DOS Game Supported ** ************************************************* You could play the Sound Blaster compatible DOS games with GENERAL MIDI music format ONLY on the Windows DOS box. You need not to enable the "Sound Blaster" setting on the BIOS. The Sound Blaster emulation is done by Microsoft and the OPL3 music format is not supported anymore based on the Microsoft WDM driver archetecture. You should change the MUSIC setting on your Sound Blaster compatible DOS game from FM MIDI to GENERAL MIDI. Otherwise, there is no music heard when the Sound Blaster compatible game is played. 7) Windows 2000 Driver ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Install" to do all of installation. After the system reboot, the driver will be installed completely. b) The "PCI Audio Multimedia Device" will be displayed if the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" is detected by the PCI enumerator. Set the source destination directory to the "\WIN2000" where the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" installation file, VIAUDIO.INF, for the Win2000 is located. After the selection, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" will be installed successfully. The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" could work when the installation is completed. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** a) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Remove" to do all of uninstallation. After the system reboot, the driver will be removed completely. b) You could remove the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" from the device manager. After the uninstallation, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" will be removed when the removing is completed. If you want to totally remove this driver, you should delete the relative "OEMx.INF" under the "\WINDOWS\INF" directory. On the same time, you should remove the driver file under the "WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\VIAUDIO.SYS". Then the driver will not install again after next boot. * The .cat file can't be installed from setup program and we need to use the Device Manager to check the "Digital Signed file". 8) Windows NT 4.0 Driver ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* A) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Install" to do all of installation. After the system reboot, the driver will be installed completely. B) You could follow the instructions listed below to install the driver : a) Select the "Multimedia" icon from the Control Pannel to install this driver. b) When the "Multimedia Properties" is displayed, select the "Devices" sheet then click the "Add" button. c) When the "Add" page is displayed, select the "Unlisted or Upgrated Driver" from the "List of Drivers". Then click "OK" button. d) Type the source volumn and "\WINNT40" directory where the driver located. Then click "OK" button. e) The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" will be displayed on the "Add Unlisted on Updated Driver" page. Select "OK" then the driver will be installed into the system. If you want to use the Joystick Device then follow the procedures listed below : f) Select "Joystick Devices" on the "Multimedia Properties" then click "OK" button. g) Select the joystick from the "List of Drivers" or from the "Unlisted or Upgrated Driver" which is supported from the Joystick manufactors. After the selection, the "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" and its subsystems will be installed automatically. The "VIA AC97 PCI Audio Device" could work when the installation is completed. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** You could follow the instructions listed below to uninstall the driver : A) Type <CDROM>:\VIA\Audio\SETUP.EXE to install from the setup program. Select "Remove" to do all of uninstallation. After the system reboot, the driver will be removed completely. B) You could follow the instructions listed below to remove the driver : a) Select the "Multimedia" icon from the Control Pannel to uninstall this driver. b) When the "Multimedia Properties" is displayed, select the "Devices" sheet then click the "Remove" button. c) When the "Remove" page is displayed, click the "OK" button then the driver will be removed. 9) LINUX ************************* ** Driver Installation ** ************************* You could follow the instructions listed below to install the driver : A) Login as a super user. B) Change directory accroding to the Linux version, e.g.. # mcd a:/linux/redhat for RedHat and # mcd a:/linux/caldera for Caldera OpenLinux. C) Copy compress file accroding to the Linux version to a certain directory, e.g.. # mkdir ./viaudio # mcopy a:68rht60.gz ./viaudio for RedHat 6.0 and # mcopy a:68cla22.gz ./viaudio for Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. D) Uncompress the compress file by using tar command, e.g. # tar xzvf 68rht60.gz for RedHat 6.0 and # tar xzvf 68cla22.gz for Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. E) Change directory to the relative directory to do the installation. # ./vinstall For RedHat 6.0, this program will overwrite some files, e.g. /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/soundcore.o /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/modules.dep and copy some files, e.g. /lib/modules/2.2.5/sound/viaudio.o and backup the original files as the following : /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/bak/soundcore.o.old /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/modules.dep.old For Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, this program will overwrite some files, e.g. /lib/modules/2.2.5/sound/soundcore.o and copy some files, e.g. /lib/modules/2.2.5/sound/viaudio.o and backup the original files as the following /lib/modules/2.2.5/sound/bak/soundcore.o.old then modify /etc/modules.conf After the installation, the VIA Audio Linux driver could be loaded on the Caldera OpenLinux 2.2. * Please turn on the USB Host Controller and USB 2 Host Controller on the BIOS setting first. Otherwise, the Audio function will not detect by LINUX 2.2.5 kernel. It is the LINUX 2.2.5 kernels' bug. *************************** ** Driver Uninstallation ** *************************** You could follow the instructions listed below to uninstall the driver : A) Login as a super user. B) Change directory to the relative directory to do the uninstallation by typing : # ./vunstall After the uninstallation, the the VIA PCI Audio driver will be removed from the system. 10) Package Version Identify You could check this distribution version and release date by using the DATE\TIME displayed by using dir/p command, e.g : VIAUDIO INF 11,339 05-22-99 1:03a The time column is 1:03a which means the package distribution version is 1.03 and is released on the May 22 '99.Download Driver Pack
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