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Copyright (c) 2000-2002 SiS Technologies Inc.
SiS Bus Master(Ultra DMA) PCI IDE Driver ReadMe.Txt
for
Win9x/Win2000/Millennium/XP
This readme file is used to provide the information for installation,
Install and Uninstall "SiS Bus Master PCI IDE Driver".
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The SiS Bus Master IDE controller is a high performance Bus Master PCI
IDE controller. This "SiS 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.
This package include three parts.
1. WinXP/Win2000 SCSI miniport 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 Bus Master PCI IDE/Performance 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 IDE Bus Master 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 Bus Master PCI 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 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.
8) Limitation
1.Display the IDE devices with a ¡§SCSI¡¨ word head
- Win2000 system supports the third party IDE drivers as a fake SCSI miniport
driver. No wonder, even the device is a ATA/ATAPI device she will add a head
mark ¡§SCSI¡¨ before the device model name so that the user will misunderstand
why the displayed device type is not identical to what he have.
This limitation will not have any side effect to end usre.
2.Windows 9x/ME will only support total disk size up to 128 GiB limited
by the designation of FAT32 file system.
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.