3.2.2 Drivers menu

The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.

Intel Chipset Inf Update program

This item installs the Intel® Chipset INF Update Program that enables Plug-n-Play INF support for Intel chipset components. This utility installs to the target system the Windows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. Refer to the online help or readme file that came with the utility.

Intel Application Accelerator Driver

This item installs the Intel Application Accelerator for Microsoft® Windows® 98SE/ ME/NT4.0/2000. This program is designed to improve performance of the storage sub-system and overall system performace.

Install the INF Driver before installing the Intel Application Accelerator.

SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application

This item installs the AC’ 97 SoundMAX audio driver and application to activate the 6-channel audio features.

BroadCom 4401 LAN Drivers

This item installs the BroadCom® BCM4401 drivers to support 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX networking.

Important note on BCM4401 LAN controller

If you installed the BCM4401 controller drivers, the default setting, Wake Up Frame, allows system wake-up from S1, S3, and S4 sleep modes. If you wish to wake-up the system from S5 mode (shut down mode), you must manually change the Wake-On-LAN settings to Magic Frame.

To adjust Wake-On-LAN settings:

1.Right-click My Computer icon on your desktop, and select Properties to display the System Properties window.

2.On the System Properties window, click on the Hardware tab. Click on the Device Manager button to display the Device Manager window.

3.On the Device Manager window, click the plus sign (+) opposite the Network adapters item to show the ASUSTeK/BroadCom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. Double-click the item.

ASUS P4PE-X motherboard user guide

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