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Chapter 3 Software Setup
This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential
drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows NT4.0,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The installation procedures for all
these operating systems are all programed into an auto-run mode. What
users have to do is to read and follow the pop-up instructions to carry out
the installation. We therefore take the installation on Windows 98 as the
general illustration hereby.
The priority of drivers to be installed should also be noted. Users are
recommended to take the following installation orders :
Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation
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Support CD:
This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support CD which
contains those necessary driver files, Application Softwares and some
helpful utilities. It is a user-friendly, auto-run CD which will open itself up
in a CD-ROM automatically.
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Contents of Support CD:
For this series, user will be able to find in the Support CD the following
drivers and utilities:
1. VIA 4-in-1 Drivers;
2. AC’97 Audio Drivers;
3. Hardware Monitor Utility;
3-1 Open Support CD and choose your drivers
3-2 4-in-1 Drivers Installation
3-3 AC’97 Audio Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation
This chapter contains the following topics :
Chapter
3
Software Setup