Intel
Software: Intel® Application Accelerator 2.3
Production Version
Release
Notes
October 14, 2002
Microsoft* Windows* XP
Microsoft* Windows* 98 Second Edition
Microsoft* Windows*
Millennium Edition
Microsoft* Windows* NT* 4.0 (Service Pack
3.0+)
Microsoft* Windows* 2000 Professional
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Revision History
Date |
Driver Revision |
Build Number |
Draft/Changes |
October 14, 2002 | 2.3 Production Candidate 1.0 | 2160 | Resolved issues since 2.3 Beta Candidate 3.0 |
August 2, 2002 | 2.3 Beta Candidate 3.0 | 2144 | Resolved issues since 2.3 Beta Candidate 2.0 |
July 12, 2002 | 2.3 Beta Candidate 2.0 | 2143 | Resolved issues since 2.3 Beta Candidate 1.0 |
June 14, 2002 | 2.3 Beta Candidate 1.0 | 2135 | 2.3 Baseline |
New
Features
Features Added in 2.3 |
Reference No: |
Description |
Release Name |
ID: 261674 | Command line switch, PIO_ALL, added in order to set devices to PIO state for debugging purposes | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 262911 | Support added for Dynamic Advanced Power Management, which allows Intel(R) Application Accelerator to automatically change the APM state of the hard drive (targeted for mobile systems) | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 260771 | D3 Cold State support added to driver to provide the ability for the system to power off a hard drive while the system is awake (targeted for mobile systems) | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 261141 | Support for standard ACPI methods (_GTM, _STM, _GTF) added | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 263186 | Install switch and setupcfg.sys parameter support added in order to support standard ACPI methods | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 263187 | Registry entries added in order to enable Dynamic Advanced Power Management | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 262933 | Support for Dynamic Advanced Power Management added to user interface for Intel(R) Application Accelerator | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 265444 | Removed support for ICH3 and ICH4 mobile controller hubs | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 267333 | Removed device IDs for ICH3 and ICH4 mobile controller hubs from INF files | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
Issues
Resolved
Issues Resolved in 2.3 Production Candidate 1.0 - Build 2160 |
Reference No: |
Description |
Affected OSs |
ID: 1040236 | Language list in readme.txt file should correlate to Product Requirements Document | Windows* 2000, Windows XP*, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT* 4.0 |
ID: 1040237 | PIO_ALL switch not listed in readme.txt file | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1041204 | Microsoft* HCT 11 PCI Compliancy test fails | Windows XP |
ID: 1043900 | After setting password, resume from standby (S3 power management state) becomes very unstable | Windows 2000 |
ID: 1044019 | Cache size defaulting to 8MB on systems with greater than 256MB memory installed | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1034949 | Error message not shown as expected when launching Intel(R) Application Accelerator with no reboot | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: |
Issues Resolved in 2.3 Beta Candidate 3.0 - Build 2144 |
Reference No: |
Description |
Affected OSs |
ID: 1031102 | CD-ROM disappears from My Computer and from Windows* Explorer. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1034087 | Correct method not invoked when supporting D3 Cold. | Windows XP |
ID: 1035183 | System hangs when hard drive spins up. | Windows 2000 |
ID: 695097 | Intel(R) Application Accelerator fails to install properly: secondary controller has yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager. | Windows 98 Millennium |
ID: 1032612 | Blue screen error with setupcfg.sys parameter set to 4 to install driver via setup.exe. | Windows XP |
ID: 1024106 | Transfer modes not set correctly when changes made via user interface. | Windows NT 4.0 |
Issues Resolved in 2.3 Beta Candidate 2.0 - Build 2143 |
Reference No: |
Description |
Affected OSs |
ID: 213435 | Strings need updating to reflect Dynamic Advanced Power Management feature name. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1028956 | Duplicate listings of Dynamic Advanced Power Management strings in companion applet. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1028213 | Hot swapping of flash storage card causes hard drive set as primary master to disappear in companion applet. | Windows XP |
ID: 263229 | Fixed Dynamic Advanced Power Management settings failure on secondary channel. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1028324 | Windows* Explorer is shown after reboot for setting change. | Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 695071 | Intel(R) Application Accelerator causes blue screen or operating system hang. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1029427 | Using setupcfg.sys file to update Advanced Power Management setting does not update registry. | Windows 2000 |
ID: 1028259 | 'Incompatible hardware' warning message not shown on appropriate chipsets. | Windows 98 Second Edition |
ID: 1027301 | PIO_ALL switch does not change transfer modes. | Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium |
ID: 1021129 | Incorrect PnP IDs in idechndr.sys file. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1017833 | Enabling special pool feature with instructions in Microsoft* Knowledge Base article causes blue screen. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1013878 | Microsoft* PREfast found errors in bus and channel driver. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1027462 | ACPI failure on secondary channel. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1028153 | LS-120 recognized as removable disk if added to system after installation of Intel Application Accelerator. | Windows XP |
ID: 1028518 | Incorrect status returned by driver. | Windows XP |
ID: 1027096 | Blue screen on resume from standby (S3 power management state) or hibernate (S4 power management state. | Windows XP |
ID: 1001817 | Can't read LS-120 drive after inserting floppy drive for second time. | Windows XP |
ID: 695203 | Wrong command issued by driver. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1029591 | Blue screen upon installation of Intel Application Accelerator | Windows XP |
ID: 1031836 | Status register not written to after error condition occurs. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
Issues Resolved in 2.3 Beta Candidate 1.0 - Build 2135 |
Reference No: |
Description |
Affected OSs |
ID: 1016890 | Version information needs to be updated. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1016105 | Failure to invoke error message when attempting to run more than one instance of user interface. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1003287 | Copyright date in readme.txt file needs to be updated. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1017437 | Intel(R) Application Accelerator installation incompatible with particular CD-RW device. | Windows XP |
ID: 260728 | Device register set incorrectly for 48-bit LBA commands. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1000787 | Missing channels after uninstall of driver component. | Windows 2000, Windows XP |
ID: 1012796 | No end-line character before beginning of license agreement. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 261697 | Localization strings need to be updated. | Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 |
ID: 1019655 | Resume from standby (S3 power management state) is slower than native. | Windows XP |
ID: 1022501 | Instances of resume time are slower than native. | Windows XP |
Components Contained in this Release
Components Contained in 2.3 Production Candidate 1.0 - Build 2160 |
Component |
Filename |
Version |
Windows* 2000/XP Driver |
IdeChnDr.SYS |
2.3.0.2160 |
Windows* 98/SE/Me Driver |
IntelATA.MPD |
2.3.0.2160 |
Windows* 98/SE/Me SMART VSD Driver |
IntelVSD.VXD |
2.3.0.2160 |
Windows* NT* 4.0 Driver |
IntelATA.SYS |
2.3.0.2160 |
Intel Application Accelerator |
IntelATA.EXE |
2.3.0.2160 |