FAQ
AV Master
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Are there any Windows 2000 drivers for AV Master?




Question: 
Are there any Windows 2000 drivers for AV Master? 

Answer: 
No. Due to hardware design limitations, AV Master cannot support Wiindows 2000 in terms of power management (ACPI) and advanced Plug&Play. Nevertheless, it is possible to work with the NT drivers under Windows 2000 in most cases (see installation notes below). Please note that the installation should only be done by experienced Windows 2000 users. We cannot guarantee that the following procedure works on any given PC system configuration. Moreover, we cannot provide technical support for AV Master under Windows 2000. Installing the product under this operating system is done at the owner's risk.
Basically, AV Master will not run in ACPI mode. Install Windows 2000 without ACPI as "standard PC". During the DOS-based part of the setup, Windows allows to integrate additional drivers by pressing F6. At this point, press the F5 key instead and choose "Standard PC". Alternatively, if the operating system is installed already, you can de-activate ACPI subsequently. Open the Device Manager and then the category "Computer". Double-click on the "ACPI" entry there. Go to Driver / Update driver. Let Windows display all drivers. Go to "Standard types" and choose "Standard PC". Windows installs some files and re-boots afterwards. All devices will be found again and installed in non-ACPI mode. Next, open Device Manager, go to "Unknown devices" (yellow question mark symbol) and double-click the "Media controller", which stands for AV Master. Click on Driver / Update driver / Display all... / Have disk and browse to the directory x:\Programs\FAST\NT\AV Master\Drv (where "x:" stands for the drive containing the AV Master programs, usually c:). Pick "FAST AV Master Kernel driver" from the list. The driver is added to the "Sound, video and game controllers" category in Device Manager. After a final re-boot, AV Master should work without problems, provided there is no IRQ double assignment. In this case, please refer to our Technote 21070.





