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- OPTi 82c930 Windows NT Audio Driver LATEST INFORMATION
- (Version 1.00)
- 1/12/95
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- 0. What is new in this release
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- This is the first OPTi 82c930 audio driver release for Windows NT version
- 3.51. This Windows NT driver provides the following support for OPTi
- 82c930 based sound card:
- Wave playback/capture
- Midi playback
- Mic recording
- Volume control
- Driver installation/configuration
- IDE CD-ROM support
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- 1. SOFTWARE PACKAGE CONTENTS
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- The OPTi 82c930 Windows NT Audio Driver installation package contains
- the following files:
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- - OEMSETUP.INF - Windows NT driver installation text file
- - SND930.DLL - Windows NT user mode driver for OPTi 82c930.
- - SND930.SYS - Windows NT kernel mode driver for OPTi 82c930.
- - SNDINIT.SYS - Windows NT kernel mode driver for setting OPTi
- 82c930 on-board IDE CD-ROM interface.
- - README.NT - This help file.
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- 2. INSTALLATION PROCESS
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- The installation process assumes that Windows NT v3.51 has been installed.
- Refer to documents for Windows NT installation.
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- Step 1:
- Insert OPTi 82c930 sound card in the system. Refer to your menu for
- proper sound card hardware installation.
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- Step 2:
- Logged on Windows NT in Administrator mode. Windows NT audio
- driver can't be installed or modified unless Windows NT is started
- in Adminstrator mode.
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- Step 3:
- Choose the Drivers icon in the Control Panel Window.
- Remove all of the following previously installed audio drivers:
- Windows Sound System
- OPTi 82c930
- Restart system.
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- Step 4:
- Start Windows NT in Administrator mode.
- Choose the Drivers icon in the Control Panel Window.
- Choose the Add button in the Drivers dialog box.
- Select "Unlisted or Updated Driver" and choose the OK button.
- Insert the OPTi 82c930 Windows NT installation diskette in floppy
- drive and choose the OK button.
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- Step 5:
- A setup dialog box will appear.
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- Select the I/O address, Interrupt, and DMA for OPTi 82c930.
- Choose the CD-ROM Interface Settings for selecting whether to enable
- or disable the on-board IDE CD-ROM interface.
- Choose the OK button when you finish selecting the settings.
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- Step 6:
- Choose the Restart Now button to have the new driver and any changed
- driver settings to take effect when Windows NT restart.
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- 3. CHANGING DRIVER SETTINGS AFTER INSTALLATION
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- Driver settings can be changed after installation.
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- Step 1:
- Logged on Windows NT in Administrator mode.
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- Step 2:
- Choose the Drivers icon in the Control Panel Window.
- Select OPTi 82c930 in Installed Drivers Dialog box.
- Choose Setup button.
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- Follows Step 5 and 6 of INSTALLATION PROCESS above.
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- 4. INSTALLATION DETAILS
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- The Windows NT driver installation does the following:
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- - Copy files to your hard disk.
- SND930.SYS, SND930.DLL, SNDINIT.SYS and README.NT are
- copied to the NT system directories.
- - Create/Update configuration information in the registry
- The following two Keys are created in the registry under
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services path:
- snd930
- sndinit
- - Reboot system.
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- 5. CD-ROM INSTALLATION NOTES
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- The CD-ROM Interface Settings in driver setup provides the choice of
- enable or disable the 82c930 on board IDE CD-ROM interface (Default to
- disabled). It DOESN'T install the NT IDE CD-ROM driver.
- It's your responsibility to install the NT IDE-CD ROM driver.
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- To install an IDE CD-ROM drive that is connected to 82c930:
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- - Make sure there is no secondary IDE port that is enabled on
- your system motherboard or another add-on card.
- - Choose "Enable IDE CD-ROM Interface" check box. This instructs the
- kernel mode driver sndinit.sys to enable the 82c930 on board
- secondary IDE port 170h and IRQ15 upon NT boot time.
- - To install the Windows NT IDE CD-ROM driver (ATAPI.SYS), please refer
- to the Windows NT System Guide.
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