ษอออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออป บ บ บ README FOR บ บ บ บ QD8580 PCI IDE DEVICE DRIVERS บ บ บ ศอออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออผ This document contains information about software drivers installation procedure and something user must pay attention to. If you are not familiar with DOS and WINDOWS driver installation, you can use the installation program and read this document at first. The QD8580 drivers version is Ver.2.3. This version driver adds enhanced IDE mode 4 support. A.Introduction There are four drivers in the QD8580 diskette: 1.QD8580.SYS DOS enhanced driver 2.QDICTRL.386 WINDOWS 3.1 or 3.11 enhanced driver 3.QDI1S506.ADD OS/2 2.1 enhanced driver 4.ATDISK.SYS WINDOWS NT enhanced driver If there is no EPROM in BIOS socket or on_board BIOS is disabled, DOS enhanced driver can be used to improve some disk data transfer performance ( 32_bit access and multiple sectors access). B.DOS and WINDOWS 3.1x automatic software drivers installation There is an install program in the QD8580 diskette. You can install the drivers as follows: 1. Insert the diskette in drive A and change drive from C: to A:. 2. Usually, please press: A:INSTALL 3. You will see the display: Install DOS Driver (Y/N)_ If you want to install DOS driver, please type 'Y', otherwise type 'N'. 4. Then you will be asked: Install WINDOWS Driver (Y/N)_ If you want to install WINDOWS driver, please type 'Y', otherwise type 'N'. 5. You will see: Is there any thing you want to change ? (Y/N)_ If you want to change the above choices, please type 'Y' and input them again, otherwise type 'N' and begin installation. 6. The drivers will be installed step by step. If you want install WINDOWS driver then the program will check whether there is a WINDOWS directory on your hard disk(s).For example, if there is a WINDOWS then you will see: Your WINDOWS directory : C:\WINDOWS Press ENTER to accept the input. Press ESC to quit WINDOWS driver installation. If you accept the current WINDOWS directory then just press ENTER. If you want to change the WINDOWS directory then input the correct directory name on your hard disk. After installation, please reboot your system. This installation program will modify the file CONFIG.SYS of DOS and SYSTEM.INI of WINDOWS. We will preserve their backup files as CONFIG.BAK and SYSTEM.BAK in their correspondent directories. If you need on_board BIOS, you can contact with your dealer. If you try to use other IDE card, you should uninstall the drivers before you take out QD8580 card. The drivers can be uninstalled as follows: Insert the QD8580 diskette in drive A and Change drive from C: to A:, then press: A:INSTALL /U The drivers will be uninstalled step by step as the install procedure. C. Special case installation There are two options of installation program. You can use them in some special cases. the using method is as follows: A:Install [/Option1] [/Option2] Option1 : S For slow hard disk, its data transfer rate from 3.8 to 4.4MB/s or higher. N1 For normal-1 hard disk, its data transfer rate from 4.4 to 5.0MB/s or higher. N2 For normal-2 hard disk, its data transfer rate from 5.0 to 6.3MB/s or higher. F For fast hard disk, its data transfer rate is higher than 6.3MB/s. U For uninstall the software driver(s). H For help information. Option2 : M For hard disk that supports multiple sectors READ/WRITE. O Forcing driver supports only single sector READ/WRITE. NI Use motherboard BIOS HDD interrupt service routine INT 13H. Notes: 1. Usually the default installation does not need options because the driver can configure most of hard disks automatically. If the performance has improved little after the driver installation, you can try to use options for better performance according to your hard disk. 2. /U or /H can only be used without Option2. 3. If there is an item "IDE Block Mode Transfer" in your motherboard BIOS CMOS setup program, you must set it as "Disabled" when you want to install DOS or WINDOWS driver because the drivers already use IDE block transfer mode. But if you use option /NI to install these drivers, you can set the item of motherboard BIOS as "Enabled". At this time, the configuration in the file SYSTEM.INI of WINDOWS is as below: 32BitDiskAccess = OFF device = *int13 device = QDICTRL.386 4. If you set LBA mode in motherboard BIOS CMOS SETUP for hard disk drive whose size is great than 528MB, you must FDISK it using the mode. Otherwise, you can not use the mode. 5. If you install IDE CD-ROM drive on the primary port and it can not work after installing DOS driver, you can use option /NI to try again. WARNING: If you want to use the Option1 to improve performance, you must know that the hard disk transfer rate is higher than the Option1 given, otherwise it can probably lose the data in the hard disk. D. Manual software drivers installation 1. DOS enhanced driver installation 1) Copy QD8580.SYS file to the root directory of primary HDD C:. 2) Edit CONFIG.SYS file. Add the following line into CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\QD8580.SYS For best results, it should be the first statement in the CONFIG.SYS file. 3) Reboot the system. 2. WINDOWS enhanced driver installation 1) Copy QDICTRL.386 to the subdirectory \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\. 2) Edit SYSTEM.INI file under the WINDOWS directory. You will find the following lines under [386Enh] section: 32BitDiskAccess = OFF device = *int13 device = *wdctrl You should modify these three lines to: 32BitDiskAccess = ON device = *int13 device = QDICTRL.386 If either of the above lines is not exist in SYSTEM.INI then our WINDOWS driver can not be installed. 3. OS/2 2.1 enhanced driver installation 1) Copy the QDI1S506.ADD into the \OS2 subdirectory of your system. 2) Check if the following line exists in the CONFIG.SYS file of OS/2: BaseDev = IBM1S506.ADD If the statement exists, please delete it. 3) Add this following statement in your CONFIG.SYS file. BaseDev = QDI1S506.ADD 4) Reboot your system. 4. WINDOWS NT enhanced driver installation 1) When you complete WINDOWS NT installation, enter the subdirectory \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS (For WINDOWS NT 3.5, it may be \WINNT35\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS). There is a file named ATDISK.SYS in it. Using: COPY ATDISK.SYS ATDISK.OLD to preserve it. 2) Insert the diskette in drive A and type: COPY A:\ATDISK.SYS to this subdirectory to replace the driver. 3) Then shutdown and restart the computer.