Avance Logic AC'97 Sound System Software    ver:A2.40

                        Installation and Setup





Driver & Application Installation/Removal Procedure For Avance AC'97 Codec:

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<<< For Win98/Win2000/WinME (WDM driver) >>>



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Setup Driver/Application at first time:

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Step 1. Before installing the Avance AC'97 Drivers & Applications, Press the

        [Cancel] button if Windows detect the PCI Multimedia Audio device. 

          

Step 2. Insert the "Avance AC'97 Drivers & Applications" CD into the CD-ROM 

        drive and run the setup.exe program to finish the installation. 



Step 3. Click on [Next/OK/Go] to continue the procedure. If the Windows popup 

        "Digital Signature Not Found" message, press [Yes] to continue the 

        installation.

        

Step 4. Finally, select to restart the system and press [Finish] to complete

        the installation.  



        The system will reload the drivers and do some adjustments in the INF

        file if so required.



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Update Driver/Application:

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Step 1. Follow Step 2,3,4 described in [Setup at first time] above to complete

        the procedure.



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Remove Driver/Application:

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Step 1. Go to Start\Settings\Control Panel.



Step 2. Select [Add/Remove Programs] icon.



Step 3. Select "Avance AC'97 Drivers and Applications" and press [Change/Remove]

        button.



Step 4. Click on [Next/OK/Go] to finish the uninstallation.        



Step 5. At the end of the procedure, select to restart the system and press

        [Finish] to complete the uninstallation.





<<< For WinNT 4.0 (NT4 driver) >>>



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Setup Driver/Application at first time:

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    Ignore Step 1, and follow the same procedure in Win98.



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Update Driver/Application:

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    The same procedure in Win98.

    

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Remove Driver/Application:

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    The same procedure in Win98.



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Silent Installation:

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Run "Setup -s -f2<path\LogFile>"

i.e. setup -s -f2c:\mylog.log 





Note: AVRack only works fine under WinNT 4.0 after installing

      Service Pick 3 or later.





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Version Informations:

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WDM driver for Win98SE/WinMe/Win2000 : 5.10.00.3530

VXD driver for Win95/Win98Gold       : 4.05.00.3009

VXD Software wavetable driver        : 5.05.1

NT4 driver for Windows NT4           : 4.03.00.3012

NT4 software wavetable driver        : 4.03.00.2001



AvRack for Win98/Me/2000             : 2001.06.01.00

AvRack for Win95/NT4                 : 2001.06.01.01



Avance Sound Effect Manager          : 4.1

Avance Sound Effect Manager for NT4  : 2.3



Driver/Application Setup Program     : 4.52



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History:

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A2.40 - (compare to A2.30)



1.  Enable ALC201 3.3V function (INF optional)

2.  Auto Power down DAC/ADC (INF optional)

3.  Avoid scandisk problem on some machines

4.  Fix HCT system test for VIA 686 (ACPI / Stress Device I/O)

5.  Change version number to 5.10.00.xxxx for WinXP versioning requirement

6.  Save/Restore recording mux setting

7.  Improve compatibility with PCTel MR card

8.  Fix hang problem while burn-in PowerDVD on some machines.

9.  Fix IBM ViaVoice Mixer problem.

10. Add MIC 20dB Boost control on recording MIC source line

11. Add Subsystem IDs

12. The drivers included in this package has passed logo for ALC201.