Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
6.3.0.1007  Production Version
Release Notes


December 16, 2004

Microsoft Windows* 2000
Microsoft Windows* XP
Microsoft Windows Server* 2003



DISCLAIMER: Information in this document is provided in connection with Intel® products. Intel Corporation may have patents or pending patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights that relate to the presented subject matter. The furnishing of documents and other materials and information does not provide any license, express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise, to any such patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights. Except as provided in Intel's Terms and Conditions of Sale for such products, Intel assumes no liability whatsoever, and Intel disclaims any express or implied warranty relating to sale and/or use of Intel products, including liability or warranties relating to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability or infringement of any patent, copyright or other intellectual property right. Intel products are not intended for use in medical, life saving, life sustaining, critical control or safety systems, or in nuclear facility applications. Intel may make changes to specifications and product descriptions at any time, without notice. Contact your local Intel sales office or your distributor to obtain the latest specifications and before placing your product order.

* Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
* Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright © Intel Corporation 2004

Notice: The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility Software may contain design defects or errors described as "known issues" which may cause the product to deviate from expected performance. Current characterized known issues are documented in this update.

 

Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Draft/Changes
Dec 15, 2004 Production Version 6.3.0.1007 PC 6.3.0.1007

Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility Support

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility contains support for the following Intel Chipsets:

 

Supported Operating Systems

The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility is validated on the following Microsoft operating systems.  

 

New Features 

Features Added in Production Version 6.3.0.1007

ID

Description

Features Added in Production Candidate 6.3.0.1007

ID

Description

1

Added signed cat files
2 Added EM64T decorators to E7520.INF files
3 Updated INFs to enable EM64T decorators
4 Set Win2K special registry entries with 2K INF (via decorators, actual INF is same as XP)

Features Added in Beta 6.3.0.1004

ID

Description

1

Updated the friendly name strings to official name strings
2. Added backwards compatibility updates from previous versions. Added multiple missing devices to the Install DLL. 2608, 2609, 260A, 2613-161E.

Features Added in Alpha 6.3.0.1001

ID

Description

1

Changed the major version number to 6.x from 5.x 

Features Added in Pre-Alpha 5.3.0.1001

ID

Description

1

None.  

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in Production Version 6.3.0.1007

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

N/A
Issues Resolved in Production Candidate 6.3.0.1007

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

N/A
Issues Resolved in Beta 6.3.0.1004

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

N/A
Issues Resolved in Alpha 6.3.0.1001

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

N/A
Issues Resolved in Alpha 5.3.0.1001

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

None

N/A

 

Software Sightings and/or Known Issues

ID

Information

1

 Issue: At the end of executing the Chipset Software Installation Utility the USB keyboard and mouse may stop functioning.  This problem only occurs when using Windows XP with SP1 on a system configured with a USB keyboard and/or mouse. This condition is temporary until a system reset.

Solution 1: A recommended fix has been provided by Microsoft in Knowledge Base article (822603).  For additional information, please refer
to this article located at:    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];822603 

Please use the following installation sequence:
  1.  Windows XP installed with SP1
  2.  QFE (822603)
  3.  Latest Chipset Software Installation Utility 

Solution 2: The command line flag "-Skip <Device ID>" can be used with the Chipset Installation Utility program to cause the USB2 driver not to be installed. The Device ID's for ICH4/ICH5 are 24CD/24DD.  This will cause the USB2 controller to have a yellow exclamation point in Device Manager (Usually located under Other Devices and identified as "Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller"). To install the USB2 driver right-click this entry, select update driver, and allow the system to install automatically. When completed, nothing more should be required.

2

 On an Intel® 830MP platform under Windows* Me Operating system's device manager, a green question mark is seen on the USB controller device. This is a new feature from Microsoft. This indicates that an exact (device-specific) driver is not available, and that a compatible driver has been installed. This new feature was implemented so that you can use the device, even if an exact driver is not available.

3

 When setup.exe is executed in the silent mode from the CD, the default path for dumping the log files is the CD (read-only media). This causes the install shield to exit out without updating any devices. Workaround for this issue is to use a command-line flag option:
setup -s -f2 <path name on c:> to specify a specific path for the log files.

4

 The Intel® 82801BA PCI Bridge and Intel® 82801BAM PCI Bridge components will not be updated in Windows* 2000 configurations where the IOAPIC is enabled. These changes were made in order to avoid a software hang condition seen in some systems with similar configurations.

5

 On Windows 2000 Operating system if the Intel® 82801 BA/BAM AC '97 Audio Controller device is enabled, the system may fail to enter the ACPI S3 system power state. On certain systems, the issue has been attributed to some behavior experienced with the AC '97 Audio Device driver included with Windows 2000 operating system. To address this issue install an updated device driver for the Intel® 82801 BA/BAM AC '97 Audio Controller.

6

 This software will install the ICHxSMB.INF file on systems running Windows 98SE, even though the OS natively supports the SMBus device. This is done to allow the easy update of any future SMBus driver.

7

 During the Windows setup stage; the USB keyboard and mouse may not be accessible. This is because the legacy USB driver may be inactive when Windows enters the GUI mode. There is a small window of time when it may not be possible for the system to accept user input. Since the Chipset Software Installation Utility may cause prompts during the Windows setup stage, it should be ensured that the system BIOS support for legacy USB keyboard and mouse is enabled.

8

 Older revisions of the Intel® LANDesk Software Package may cause a Device Manager warning when installed on a system after the Chipset Software Installation Utility has been executed on the system.

9

 The check for signature Block mode settings is not performed for the Windows* Me operating system environment.