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System Utilities D-15
D.3 Enhanced IDE Driver
The notebook’s hard disk drive uses a PCI interface. This enhanced IDE
driver improves your hard disk overall performance.
DOS and Windows 3.x
Follow these steps:
1. Insert system utilties disk 2 into the diskette drive.
2. Type the following at the DOS prompt:
C:\>a:\ide\install e
The installation program copies the necessary files to your hard disk
drive and displays the IDE setup main screen.
3. Select Setup DOS driver and press e. The DOS driver setup screen
displays.
If you want to install the Windows driver, you need to setup the
DOS driver first.
4. In the DOS driver setup screen, you need to specify the correct
VESA/PCI local bus speed; otherwise, it may result in abnormal hard
drive operation.
Select the VESA/PCI Local Bus Speed option and press e. Based on
the table below, select the correct VESA/PCI local bus speed.
CPU Speed 75 100 120 133 (MHz)
PCI Speed 25 33 30 33 (MHz)
You can verify your notebook’s CPU speed through the Advanced
Configuration screen of the BIOS Setup utility. To enter Setup, press
the no-reboot Setup button ( ). Then, press } twice to reach page
three.