Advantech AIMB-210 user manual Before You Begin, Introduction

4.1Before You Begin

To facilitate the installation of the enhanced display drivers and utility software, read the instructions in this chapter carefully. The drivers for the AIMB-210 are located on the software installation CD. The driver in the folder of the driver CD will guide and link you to the utilities and drivers under a Windows system. Updates are provided via Service Packs from Microsoft*.

Note! The files on the software installation CD are compressed. Do not attempt to install the drivers by copying the files manually. You must use the supplied SETUP program to install the drivers.

Before you begin, it is important to note that most display drivers need to have the relevant software application already installed in the system prior to installing the enhanced display drivers. In addition, many of the installation procedures assume that you are familiar with both the relevant software applications and operating sys- tem commands. Review the relevant operating system commands and the pertinent sections of your application software’s user manual before performing the installa- tion.

4.2Introduction

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation (CSI) utility installs the Windows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. This is needed for the proper functioning of the following features:

!Core PCI PnP services

!IDE Ultra ATA 100/66/33 and Serial ATA interface support

!USB 1.1/2.0 support (USB 2.0 driver needs to be installed separately for Win98)

!Identification of Intel® chipset components in the Device Manager

!Integrates superior video features. These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel DVD content, and MPEG-2 motion compensation for software DVD

Note! This utility is used for the following versions of Windows, and it has to be installed before installing all the other drivers:

!Windows 2000

!Windows XP

!Windows Vista

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