VIA 4-in-1 4.27 BETA available

[AL77]

I have only ever used the Via AGP and IRQ routing miniport driver on an Asus p3v4x (Apollo Pro 133a), based on information from the the Chipset FAQ on Via's site.

So I've used the Microsoft IDE bus master drivers (DMA checked in Device Manager) since last June and I've never had a problem. HD Tach gave me scores representative for the HDD in the system (Maxtor 6800 Plus) with a 56-57 MB/s burst rate, which implies that UDMA 66 is functional. I can't compare scores with the Via IDE drivers, but they've always seemed fine to me in opening applications or copying large files or directories..BTW, does anyone know what the 'Inf' portion of the Via 4in1 does, I've never used it, and I don't see how it could really do anything beneficial?

 

[AL77]

Xerox Man, there is info on Via's site regarding uninstalling the Via IDE driver under Win98, however, it doesn't mention anything about Win2K

Q: How do I uninstall the VIA Busmaster driver and reinstall my Windows default drivers?

A:To uninstall our drivers you must run the .exe file. You will be given 2 options: Install or Uninstall. Upon choosing Uninstall, the driver will be removed and Windows will automatically restore the default drivers. After uninstalling, the Windows 98 Device Manager may say that the VIA driver is still installed. Although the device manager shows the VIA driver to be there, it could have been removed. This is how to check to see if your default Windows driver has been reinstalled:

1.go into "Run" on the Windows startup menu and type in "regedit"
2. go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/services/class/hdc
3. then look inside one of the subfolders for the "port driver"

Shown next to the "port driver" it will show "EDSI_506.pdr". If it shows VIA instead, then the VIA driver has not been removed . Even if the Windows default driver has been restored, it still may show the VIA driver in the Device manager. This means that you are using the default MS drivers but Windows fails to recognize it. This is a minor issue with Windows 98.

 

[MassMhz]

4.27 slows video performance and does not include some other drivers as 4.26 does,but they can be downloaded seperately.

 

[tjll11a]

I have ATI Radeon was wondering how can i tell its running at 4x

 

[John]

tj, www.h-oda.com and get wcpuid

 

[tjll11a]

thanks that worked