1. asus.zip Driver
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Readme.txt Driver File Contents (asus.zip)

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*** Instructions for installing TX97 motherboards and LS-120 drives ******
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***           Useful if re-installing machine from scratch             ***
***                 Readme v1.10        14/6/97                        ***
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               BIOS settings for the LS-120 on TX97
               ------------------------------------

Set the BIOS to the typical values as normal (e.g. no ECP etc). Then check
the following: 
Standard CMOS    : Set floppy drives A,B to none
BIOS features    : Virus disabled (in order to install Windows 95)
                   Boot A,C
                   Boot floppy seek disabled
Chipset Features : Onboard FDC disabled
Power Management : User Def;
                   Susp, Stby :> Off
                   DPMS off
                   Soft off

All this enables the machine to be able to boot off 1.44Mb / 120Mb etc.


            Getting Windows 95 to fully recognise devices
            ---------------------------------------------

Should you have to re-install a fresh install of Windows 95 SR2.0 then you
will find that the LS-120 is recognised fine, i.e. for both 1.44Mb and
120 Mb operations you use the 'Floppy A' in My Computer/Explorer.

However, Device Manager will report the IDE controller as standard PCI /
DUAL PCI etc since it has no support for the 82371AB controller. DO NOT
use the drivers on the CD which came with the motherboard to solve this
problem. If you did, this will cause an 'A' drive 1.44Mb device and a 120Mb
removeable drive appear in My Computer/Explorer, and generally mess things
up with the machine taking 5 minutes to access one file from the floppy!

Instead, copy the MACHINE.INF and MSHDC.INF from the A:\TX97 directory
into the C:\WINDOWS\INF directory. Refreshing the drive controllers in 
device manager should now mean that it picks up the 82371AB controller fine
AND you will only get ONE reference in My Computer/Explorer to the LS-120.
Also, the 'Unknown device' (PCI Bridge) in device manager will now
disappear.

You can now install the USB update to SR2 if you require. Afterwards, copy
the updated USB.INF from A:\USB into C:\WINDOWS\INF.

                      CD-ROM device support in DOS
                      ----------------------------

Typically, the current machines that come with an LS-120 have them as Slave
to a Panasonic 24x Master CD-ROM drive. However, R&D seem to think that it
might be better to have the Master and Slave switched around; hopefully
we shall see soon which is best.

Most cd-rom drives seem to work fine with the LS-120, and the real-mode
drivers can be installed in the usual way.

You can use the CR_ATAPI.SYS v5.17x to load DOS support for the Panasonic
24x cd-rom, but it will intermittantly take extraordionarily long (15+secs)
to load the driver on bootup. A better solution seems to be to load
ATAPIMGR.SYS (found in A:\LS120) in the CONFIG.SYS and then to load the 
latest IDE/DVD Panasonic driver SR_ASPI.SYS (in same directory) instead
of CR_ATAPI.SYS. There is a sample AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS in that
directory if this is of any help.

Unfortunately, Windows 95 sees ATAPIMGR.SYS and goes into MS-DOS 
compatability mode. To combat this, edit your C:\WINDOWS\IOS.INI file and
add the line ATAPIMGR.SYS    ; MKE ATAPI Manager as described in the
Engineering Change Notice no. 9713061. There is also an example IOS.INI
file in A:\LS120.

The above information seems to be correct. Please tell me if there are any
mistakes in it after trying it out for yourselves.
							=> RCO.