K7VAT
System Board 38
Chapter 3 Software Installation
It is recommended to do a clean installation of Windows when you first install your K7VAT
(K7VAT+) motherboard. Immediately after installing Win98 or Win2000 you should install
the latest VIA drivers for the motherboard. The original VIA drivers are included on the
driver CD which accompanied this motherboard, but the latest drivers can be found at
http://www.via.com.tw/drivers/index.htm
or
www.viatech.com/drivers/index.htm.
3-1 Driver
Installation
The following installation procedure for Windows 98(SE) is a safe way of installation of all
drivers:
Boot into DOS using a start up floppy, now
Use FDISK to create DOS partition on disk (this destroys existing data on disk)
Format C: /S to format disk (this destroys existing data on disk)
Install Windows
Install the latest VIA 4in1 service pack from CD
Go to the 4 in 1 directory on the CD and run the setup.exe file
Install the latest VIA Sound driver from CD
Go to the VIA AC97 directory on the CD and run the setup.exe file
Optional: Install the latest DirectX and latest patches.
Go to the Direct X directory on the CD and run the setup.exe file
Install the latest video drivers.
This driver must have come with your AGP / PCI graphics card
Optional: Install the latest sound card drivers.
Only necessary if you use a sound card. Disable the onboard sound in that case and do
not install the VIA sound driver.
Install the other latest drivers, e.g. joystick, graphics tablet, etc
Install the applications.
The principle is to work up from the most basic software towards the higher level
applications. It may be advisable to defrag before and after installing DirectX, but this
should be unnecessary if the disk was formatted before installation.