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Intel PIIX4 INF Update Installer for Windows 95 If you must reinstall the Windows 95 operating system, you also need to run the Intel PIIX4 INF Update Installer for Windows 95 immediately after installing the operating system. The update enables Windows 95 to detect and configure Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) devices controlled by the integrated 82371AB component. To install the update, perform the following steps: 1. Use the Dell Program Diskette Maker (in the Dell Accessories program group) to make a diskette copy of update software from the disk image on the hard-disk drive. 2. Insert the diskette labeled Windows 95 Intel Support Driver Ver. A00 into drive A. 3. Click the Start button and then click Run. 4. Type a:\setup.exe and press . 5. Click Next on the Welcome Screen. The license agreement opens in the Notepad application program. 6. View the text file and close the Notepad application program when you are ready to proceed. 7. Click Yes to continue. A dialog box lists the information (.inf) files on your system that will be revised by the update software. 8. Click Next to continue. 9. Click OK to start the update. 10. When the update is complete, remove the diskette from the diskette drive and click OK to restart your system. During start-up, the operating system detects new hardware and the Update Device Driver Wizard screen appears. 11. Click Next to continue. The system finds the hardware device driver on the hard-disk drive and installs it. 12. Click Finish to continue the start-up routine. When Windows 95 finishes loading, a dialog box appears informing you that the system configuration settings have changed and prompting you to restart your system. 13. Click OK to restart the system. Accessing Online Documentation The online System User's Guide installed on your harddisk drive contains information on the following topics: • How to use the online System User's Guide • System features • Drivers and utilities • System Setup program • Configuring expansion cards • Securing your computer • Connecting external devices • Maintaining the system • Contacting Dell The guide also contains a glossary of commonly used terms and abbreviations. The System User's Guide is located in the Dell Accessories program group or folder. To print any of the topics from this guide, display the topic you want on your screen and select Print Topic from the File menu. To print a pop-up topic in Windows 95 or Windows NT, right-click inside the topic and select Print Topic. Getting Help Dell provides a number of tools to help you if you don't understand a procedure described in this guide or if your system does not perform as expected. For information on these help tools, see the chapter titled "Getting Help" in your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide or the "Contacting Dell" section in the online System User's Guide. Introduction 1-7

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Introduction
1-7
Intel PIIX4 INF Update Installer for
Windows 95
If you must reinstall the Windows 95 operating system,
you also need to run the Intel PIIX4 INF Update Installer
for Windows 95 immediately after installing the operating
system. The update enables Windows 95 to detect and con-
figure Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) devices
controlled by the integrated 82371AB component.
To install the update, perform the following steps:
1.
Use the Dell Program Diskette Maker (in the Dell
Accessories program group) to make a diskette
copy of update software from the disk image on
the hard-disk drive.
2.
Insert the diskette labeled
Windows 95 Intel Sup-
port Driver Ver. A00
into drive A.
3.
Click the Start button and then click Run.
4.
Type
a:\setup.exe
and press <Enter>.
5.
Click Next on the Welcome Screen.
The license agreement opens in the Notepad applica-
tion program.
6.
View the text file and close the Notepad applica-
tion program when you are ready to proceed.
7.
Click Yes to continue.
A dialog box lists the information (
.inf
) files on your
system that will be revised by the update software.
8.
Click Next to continue.
9.
Click OK to start the update.
10.
When the update is complete, remove the diskette
from the diskette drive and click OK to restart
your system.
During start-up, the operating system detects new
hardware and the Update Device Driver Wizard
screen appears.
11.
Click Next to continue.
The system finds the hardware device driver on the
hard-disk drive and installs it.
12.
Click Finish to continue the start-up routine.
When Windows 95 finishes loading, a dialog box
appears informing you that the system configuration
settings have changed and prompting you to restart
your system.
13.
Click OK to restart the system.
A
ccessing Online
Documentation
The online
System User’s Guide
installed on your hard-
disk drive contains information on the following topics:
•
How to use the online
System User’s Guide
•
System features
•
Drivers and utilities
•
System Setup program
•
Configuring expansion cards
•
Securing your computer
•
Connecting external devices
•
Maintaining the system
•
Contacting Dell
The guide also contains a glossary of commonly used
terms and abbreviations.
The
System User’s Guide
is located in the Dell Accesso-
ries program group or folder.
To print any of the topics from this guide, display the
topic you want on your screen and select Print Topic
from the File menu. To print a pop-up topic in Win-
dows 95 or Windows NT, right-click inside the topic and
select Print Topic.
G
etting Help
Dell provides a number of tools to help you if you don’t
understand a procedure described in this guide or if your
system does not perform as expected. For information on
these help tools, see the chapter titled “Getting Help” in
your
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
or the
“Contacting Dell” section in the online
System User’s
Guide
.