Triones
Bus Master EIDE/ATAPI Device Drivers for Intel PIIX
Revision 3.70
(October 10,1997)
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. MS-DOS / WINDOWS
3. Windows 95
4. Windows NT 4.0
5. Novell 4.X
6. SCO UNIX 5.0
7. SEEVER UTILITY
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1. I N T R O D U C T I O N
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The PIIX Bus Master EIDE/ATAPI Device Drivers created by TRIONES
Technologies, Inc. has the following features:
1. Takes advantage of the PIIX chipset bus mastering capability
and support bus mastering IDE on both IDE hard disks and ATAPI CD-ROM
drives. This greatly reduces the CPU utilization and increases the
data transfer rate.
2. Supports advanced data transfer timing modes. The PIO mode can be up
to mode 4, and the DMA mode can be up to Ultra DMA/33 mode 2.
3. Supports LBA mode and Multiple-Block (or Multiple-Sector) commands.
This readme file will describe the setup procedures for the PIIX Bus
Master Device Driver for each operating system. The PIIX Bus Master
Device Drivers can only be used on motherboards with the PIIX chipset and
the system BIOS must properly initialize the PIIX chipset IDE interface
for the Bus Master IDE operation.
Do not use any other add-in IDE (PCI or ISA) card in the system.
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2. M S - D O S / W I N D O W S
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Please refer to README.TXT in the \BMIDE\DOSWIN directory.
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3. W I N D O W S 9 5
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Please refer to README.TXT in the \BMIDE\WIN95 directory.
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4. W I N D O W S N T 4 . 0
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Please refer to README.TXT in the \WINNT.40 directory.
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5. N O V E L L 4.X
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Please refer to README.TXT in the \BMIDE\NOVELL.4x directories
repectively.
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6. S C O U N I X 5.0
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Please refer to README.TXT in the \BMIDE\SCOUNIX.50 directory.
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7. S E E V E R U T I L I T Y
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SEEVER.EXE is a utility that will display the build information for all
PIIX device drivers. To use this utility type SEEVER and the file
name. You will see information about the device driver and when it was
created. The purpose for this utility is to keep track of the different
versions of the device drivers that might be released in the future.
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COPYRIGHT:
Copyright (c) Triones Technologies, Inc. 1994-1997, All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior
written consent of Triones Technologies, Inc. Fremont, CA. 94538
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
IN NO EVENT WILL TRIONES BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY
TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN PARTICULAR, TRIONES SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE
COSTS OF REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, OR DATA.
TRADEMARKS:
MS-DOS, Windows, MS, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows for WorkGroups
311 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
NOVELL 4.x are registered trademarks of NOVELL, Inc.
SCO UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX systems Laboratory, Inc.
CHANGES:
The material in this manual is for information only and is subject to
change without notice. TRIONES reserves the right to make changes in
the product design without reservation and without notification to its
users.
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.