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                Copyright (c) 1997-1999 VIA Technologies Inc.             
                                                                          
                  VIA Chipset Functions' Registry ReadMe.Txt                   
                                    for                                   
                                   Win9x                                  
                                                                          
   * This readme file provides the information for installation of "VIA   
     Chipset Functions' Registry".                                        
  

The setup program supports to register VIA chipset's functions in Windows 95 
and Windows 98.	These functions include host bridge, ISA bridge, USB and Power
Management.

                                CONTENTS
                        ***********************
1)  System Requirements
2)  Distribution Package Contents
3)  Windows 9x Driver
4)  OPK 
5)  Package Version Identify
6)  Verifying Installation of the Driver
7)  Notes


1) System Requirements

   * This package should be installed on the VIA South Bridge chip,
     VT82C586B or later, and others' are not supported.

   * The "VIA Chipset Functions' Registry" supports the following Operation
     Systems.

        Operation System                Version             
     
        Windows 95                      4.00.950 or above
        Windows 98                      4.10.1998 

2) Distribution Package Contents  
     This distribution floppy is compressed by pkzip utility. You 
   could uncompress it by pkunzip utility.

   The floppy by uncompressing includes these files are listed below. 

FLOPPY :
RELEASE.TXT
README.TXT
INF  <DIR> 
    VIAPMC.INF
SETUP<DIR> 
    OS.DAT
    _ISDEL.EXE
    SETUP.EXE
    LANG.DAT
    _INST32I.EX_
    _SETUP.DLL
    SETUP.INS
    _SYS1.CAB
    SETUP.BMP
    DATA.TAG
    SETUP.INI
    _USER1.CAB
    LAYOUT.BIN
    DATA1.CAB
    SETUP.LID
    INORESET.ISS
    INSTALL.ISS

3)  Windows 9x Driver
    
    ****************************
    ** Installation Procedure **
    ****************************
    Change directory to 'setup'.
    Method 1: Run setup.exe and select "install VIA Chipset Functions' Registry",
    then it will automatically install this program. The viapmc.inf is copied 
    to Windows\inf.

    Method 2: Run "setup.exe -s -f1A:install.iss". then it will automatically 
    install this program and reboot the system. The 'A:' means that the 
    package is under 'A:.'. User can copy the installation package to any 
    folder and then replace 'A:' with the path.

    Method 3: Run "setup.exe -s -f1A:inoreset.iss", then it will automatically 
    install this program without rebooting the system. The 'A:' means that the 
    package is under 'A:.'. User can copy the installation package to any 
    folder and then replace 'A:' with the path.

4)  OPK
    The viapmc.inf in 'INF' subdirectory is used for OPK use.

5)  Package Version Identify
      You could check this distribuation version and release date by using 
    the DATE\TIME displayed by using "dir setup.exe" command, e.g :
    
      SETUP    EXE        59,392  09-02-99   1:08 SETUP.EXE

    The version number reads as 1:08, which was released on the date of 09/02/99.

6)  Verifying Installation of the Driver

      You could check "viapmc.inf" in Windows\inf directory. This version and
    release date by using the DATE\TIME displayed by using "dir viapmc.inf" 
    command, e.g :
	VIAPMC   INF           550  09-02-99   1:08 viapmc.inf

7)  Notes
      
      For OPK installation, the default descriptions of registry are not updated.
    



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