Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
4.00.1009 Production Version
Release Notes



March 22, 2002

Microsoft Windows* 98SE
Microsoft Windows* Me
Microsoft Windows* 2000
Microsoft Windows* XP*


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Notice: The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility Software may contain design defects or errors described as "known issues" which may cause the product to deviate from expected performance. Current characterized known issues are documented in this update.

 

Revision History


Date

Driver Revision

Draft/Changes

March 22, 2002

Production Version 4.00.1009

Production Candidate 4.00.1008

February 28, 2002

Production Candidate 4.00.1008

Beta Candidate 4.00.1006

February 14, 2002

Beta Candidate 4.00.1006

Beta Candidate 4.00.1005

Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility Support

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility contains support for the following Intel Chipsets:

Supported Operating Systems

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility is validated on the following Microsoft operating systems.  

New Features 

Features Added in Production Version 4.00.1009

ID

Description

1

Added Preload support for Intel(R) 845G/GL Chipset.

Features Added in Production Candidate 4.00.1008

ID

Description

1

Added -USB2 switch. When invoked along with the setup allows to do a NO_DRIVER install for the Intel® 82801DB/DBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller-24CD device. If this switch is not used, yellow bang would be seen for the controller unless a USB2.0 driver is loaded.

Features Added in Beta Candidate 4.00.1006

ID

Description

1

Added registry key for device ID 24CB Intel® 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller under Windows* Me operating system.

2

updated name string for device ID 244E to Intel® 82801DB PCI Bridge. Also updated the name string for the mobile device ID 2448 to Intel® 82801DBM PCI Bridge

3

Added following new switches to the installer:
-nowel: Suppresses welcome screen during installation.
-nolic: Suppresses license agreement.
-noread: Suppresses the readme
-skip xxxx: Skips installation of the device ID.

4

Added installer logging feature: The software shall log the information regarding every device updated and all the files copied to the system during installation. This information shall be recorded in the registry. The registry key path is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Intel\INFInst

5

Updated help screen to include the new switches information.

6

Added official string names for Brookdale-G chipset devices as Intel(R) 845G/GL chipset.

Issues Resolved 

 Issues Resolved in Production Version v4.00.1009

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

Corrected trade mark symbol from ® to (R) in readme.txt. The previous trade mark symbol does not display properly in certain languages.

 

 Issues Resolved in Production Candidate v4.00.1008

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

Corrected name string in registry key for Windows* 98SE OS for DID 24CC. This is corrected for ICH4-M Controller.

Windows* 98SE

2

Fixed the Windows* 2000 OS preload to not update the device 244E (PCI-PCI Bridge)

Windows 2000

3

Just an FYI. Chipset INF do not support pre-load for USB2.0. OEMs have to provide their own drivers.

 

 Issues Resolved in Beta Candidate v4.00.1006

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

 

Software Sightings and/or Known Issues

ID

Information

1

 On an 830MP platform under Windows* Me Operating system's device manager, a green question mark is seen on the USB controller device. This is a new feature from Microsoft. This indicates that an exact (device-specific) driver is not available, and that a compatible driver has been installed. This new feature was implemented so that you can use the device, even if an exact driver is not available.

2

 When setup.exe is executed in the silent mode from the CD, the default path for dumping the log files is the CD (read-only media). This causes the install shield to exit out without updating any devices. Workaround for this issue is to use a command-line flag option:
setup -s -f2 <path name on c:> to specify a specific path for the log files.

3

 The Intel® 82801BA PCI Bridge and Intel® 82801BAM PCI Bridge components will not be updated in Windows* 2000 configurations where the IOAPIC is enabled. These changes were made in order to avoid a software hang condition seen in some systems with similar configurations.

4

 On Windows 2000 Operating system if the Intel® 82801 BA/BAM AC '97 Audio Controller device is enabled, the system may fail to enter the ACPI S3 system power state. On certain systems, the issue has been attributed to some behavior experienced with the AC '97 Audio Device driver included with Windows 2000 operating system. To address this issue install an updated device driver for the Intel® 82801 BA/BAM AC '97 Audio Controller.

5

 This software will install the ICHxSMB.INF file on systems running Windows 98SE, even though the OS natively supports the SMBus device. This is done to allow the easy update of any future SMBus driver.

6

 During the Windows setup stage; the USB keyboard and mouse may not be accessible. This is because the legacy USB driver may be inactive when Windows enters the GUI mode. There is a small window of time when it may not be possible for the system to accept user input. Since the Chipset Software Installation Utility may cause prompts during the Windows setup stage, it should be ensured that the system BIOS support for legacy USB keyboard and mouse is enabled.

7

 Older revisions of the Intel® LANDesk Software Package may cause a Device Manager warning when installed on a system after the Chipset Software Installation Utility has been executed on the system.

8

 The check for signature Block mode settings is not performed for the Windows* Me operating system environment.