1. CP810E-M_Drivers.zip Driver
2. Readme1st.txt File Contents

Readme1st.txt Driver File Contents (CP810E-M_Drivers.zip)

ON-BOARD PERIPHERAL DRIVERS FOR Q-LITY
     CP810E-M MOTHERBOARD

This motherboard uses the Intel 810e chipset with the
82801AA I/O controller hub.  Some drivers must be installed
to optimize performance of the Intel chip set (otherwise
there will be question marks in the Device Manager
of the System control panel, indicating devices for
which a driver was not found).  On Windows XP, however,
the drivers seem to be included in the installer so
it may not be necessary to use these files.

This is the complete set of drivers for this board which
has been verified on my PIII-733 MHz system (133 MHz bus)
using Windows 98.  Most of these drivers support Windows
95 through XP.

BEFORE YOU START:

In the BIOS (hit DEL key to enter during boot):

1) I did a "load optimal settings", then had to change
the CPU ratio to 5.5x for my 733 MHz PIII (133 MHz bus).
The setting goes to 3.0x instead of what is correct for that
processor.  This function is hidden under "Hardware Monitor
Setup" (an odd place to junk it in).

2) On-chip peripherals default correctly for the Creative
Labs on-board sound chip.  If your on-board sound does not
work after loading the drivers check this in the BIOS:
OnBoard Audio         Enabled
OnBoard AC'97 Audio   Disabled

3) With a 133 MHz system bus (I jumpered this in hardware
since I did not trust "AUTO" jumper setting), with CPU
ratio 5.5x (for 733 MHz P3), I found that in order to
keep the system stable I had to change some of the DRAM
timings from "DEFAULT" or "FAST" to "SLOW".  I left
CAS# Latency SCLKS at "Auto", but I changed the following
(in Advanced Chipset Setup):

RAS-TO-CAS         Override
CAS Latency        Slow
RAS Timing         Slow
RAS Precharge Time Slow

The "Fast" settings which come up by default might be OK
for a 66 or 100 MHz system bus, but at 133 MHz they cause
frequent lock-ups, ESPECIALLY if the Intel Ultra ATA software
is loaded (#2 below).  My SDRAM is PC133 rated, Class 2.
I found that even changing only RAS-TO-CAS back to Default
would cause unstable operation, it must be in "Override"
at 133 MHz bus speed.

INSTALLATION SEQUENCE:

On Windows 9x and ME, suggest installing in the following
order (after installing the OS).  The folders are numbered
starting with a 1_, 2_, etc. indicating correct order:

1) Intel INF driver, which maps the chipset hardware to
the OS.  Quite necessary for reliable and fast performance.
Executable infinst_enu.exe in folder 1_Intel_INF.

2) Intel ultra ATA storage driver (not supported on Win95
but is on Win98 and later).  Makes your disk transfers
go fast! (if they support Ultra ATA and have the high-density
IDE cable)  If you don't have any devices that support
ultra ATA you don't need to install this.  Also, if your
system crashes frequently, even with the BIOS settings
set to maximum/slow overrides (see above), you might try
uninstalling this (Add/Remove Programs control panel) since
your hard drive might be transferring faster than your
RAM can keep up.  Executable intelata620_enu.exe in
folder 2_Intel_UATA.

3) Intel on-board video driver.  Executable win9xe67.exe
in folder 3_Intel_Video.

4) Creative Labs on-board sound driver.  This one is not an
automatic install like the ones above.  Instead, go to
Control Panels > System, click Device Manager tab.  There should
be a question mark next to an uninstalled multimedia/sound
device.  Click "Re-install Driver", "Specify Location", then
specify the folder "4_CreativeSound\English\Win9xdrv".  NOTE
that the folder COMMON must also be present and in its correct
location, otherwise the installer will encounter missing files,
so if you pass this driver on to someone else be sure to include
the entire folder "4_CreativeSound".  After the install completes,
wait at least several seconds, then reboot (even if not prompted to).

DONE.

Hope this file set is helpful.  It took me a long time to obtain
the correct drivers (fortunately I was able to get some from the
original installer CD for this board, thanks to a friend).  Unfortunately
there was no documentation for the board on the original CD, just
a readme file listing the drivers on the CD.  The lettering on the
PCB is about it for documentation on this board I think (at least
from the original vendor Q-Lity, which no longer seems to exist).