1. siside201a_2kxp.zip Driver
2. README.TXT File Contents

README.TXT Driver File Contents (siside201a_2kxp.zip)

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               Copyright (c) 2000-2002 SiS Technologies Inc.                                                                                       
               SiS Mini IDE (Ultra-DMA) Driver ReadMe.Txt           
                                    for                                  

                     Win9x/Win2000/Millennium/XP                               

      This readme file is used to provide the information for installation,

       Install and Uninstall "SiS Mini IDE Driver".    
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    The SiS Ultra-DMA IDE controller is a high performance Bus  Master  PCI
  IDE controller. This "SiS Mini 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.

  This package include three parts.
  1. WinXP/Win2000 Mini IDE driver: Which can support SiS ATA133 chipset.
  2. Win98/WinME IFSHook driver: Which can enlarge the file system cache.
  3. IDE utility: Which can display the IDE device current mode and other information.

                                CONTENTS
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1)  System Requirements
2)  Windows 9x/Windows Millennium Driver
3)  Windows 2000/Windows XP Driver
4)  Package Version Identify
5)  Silent Install Driver
6)  Verifying Installation of the Driver
7)  Notes
8)  Limitation


1) System Requirements

   * This package should be installed on the SiS Bus Master IDE chipset,
     SiS630 or later, and others' chipset will not be supported.

   * The "SiS Mini IDE Driver" supports the following Operation System.

        Operation System                Version
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        Windows 98                      4.10.1998
	Windows 2000			2195
	Millennium			RTM
	XP				5.1.2600.0 or above
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2)  Windows 9x/Melliennum 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 "IFSHook VXD driver" automatically on your Windows 9x
    system. It will copy the driver to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ and add it to system.ini.

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    ** Driver Uninstallation **
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    You  could remove the "IFSHook VXD driver" by selecting the
    "Uninstall" button. It will completely remove the driver from the sytsem.

3)  Windows 2000/ Windows XP 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 "SiS Mini IDE Driver" automatically on your Windows
    system. It will copy the driver to the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS  and  set
    the related registry tree.

    Win2000 note:
    After first reboot, Win 2000 will find IDE controller, you just press 
    ENTER "Next" and do not select anything.

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    ** Driver Uninstallation **
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      You  could remove the "SiS Mini IDE Driver" by selecting the
    "Uninstall" button. It will completely remove the driver from the sytsem.


4)  Package Version Identify

      The setup program will display the released data and version for this package.

5)  Silent Install Driver

   Run setupxp.bat for WinXP.
   Run setup2k.bat for Win2K.
   Run setup9x.bat for Win98/Millennium.


6)  Verifying Installation of the Driver

    For Win98/Millennium:
        1. Edit system.ini and search sisidepx.vxd. If can find it 
           then installation is successfully.


    For Windows 2K/XP:
        1. Open "Control Panel".
        2. Select "Device Manager" from "Control Panel".
        3. Check the "IDE controller" is "SiS Ultra-DMA IDE Controller" 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.

       It can not remove previous version completely when using this version
     to uninstall and it have to uninstall by corresponding version.  

8) Limitation

	1.Windows 9x/ME will only support total disk size up to 128 GiB limited 
	  by the designation of FAT32 file system.