Cyclone System Board Manual
Chapter 5: Installing Device Drivers
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Installing Device Drivers
This chapter explains how to install the software device
drivers and utilities necessary to utilize the sound and
graphics support. Other drivers and utilities are available
through our online services.
About Device Drivers
Device drivers are necessary for the computer system to
communicate with devices such as CD-ROM drives,
sound controllers, graphics adapters or devices that are
not natively supported by the system BIOS. Once started,
device drivers remain active in the background of the
computer system. Usually a device driver is added to the
CONFIG.SYS file, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or both.
Installing the Sound Drivers
Once you have connected your external sound devices,
you can install the sound drivers. NOTE: If you are
installing a CD-ROM drive, it is recommended you
install it before setting up the sound devices. See Install-
ing a CD-ROM Drive in Chapter 3.
1.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 on connecting
external sound devices.
2.
If you previously installed another sound card, re-
move it and all associated files. If you are using Win-
dows 3.1x, you must also remove all associated files
from the WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files. (For more
information, please contact the sound driver manu-
facturer.)
3.
Start your computer system.
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