************************************************************ * Product: Intel(R) Chipset Device Software * Package version: [10.1.20266.8668-Client] * Installer version: 3.1.7.231 * Date: 06-27-2025 ************************************************************ NOTE: For the list of supported chipsets, please refer to the Release Notes ************************************************************ * CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT ************************************************************ This document contains the following sections: 1. Overview 2. System Requirements 3. Contents of the Distribution Package 3A. Public and NDA Configurations 4. List of Available Command Line Switch Options 5. Installing the Software 6. Verifying Installation of the Software and Identifying the Software Version Number 7. Troubleshooting ************************************************************ * 1. OVERVIEW ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software installs Windows* INF files to the target system. These files outline to the operating system how to configure the Intel(R) chipset components in order to ensure that the following feature functions properly: - Identification of Intel(R) Chipset Components in the Device Manager - Modern Standby requires that 0 devices report problems (no yellow bangs in Device Manager) This software can be installed in three modes: Interactive, Silent. Interactive Mode requires user input during installation; Silent Mode do not. This software is DCHU compliant D - compliant C - compliant, due to not implemented H - compliant, due to no UI components U - compliant This software also offers a set of command line switches, which provide additional installation choices. Refer to Section 4 for detailed descriptions of these switches. Note: Intel(R) Chipset Device Software uses an unusual date for the devices it is targeting. The date 07/18/1968 is symbolic - Intel was founded that day. The reason this date is used is to lower the rank of Intel(R) Chipset Device Software. This is necessary because it's a supporting utility that should not overwrite any other drivers. Updating Intel(R) Chipset Device Software is not needed - do not worry if you don't have the latest version. ************************************************************ * 2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ************************************************************ 1. It is recommended that the Intel(R) Chipset Device Software be installed onto the target system prior to the installation of other drivers. 2. Please refer to the Release Notes to view the list of chipsets that the software included with this distribution package is designed to operate with. 3. One of the following operating systems must be fully installed and running on the system before installing this software: Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 8 x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64 Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 Microsoft Windows 10 (Refer Release Notes for details.) Microsoft Windows 10 x64 Microsoft Windows* Server 2016 x64 This software is designed for the latest Service packs releases of above operating systems. To verify which operating system has been installed onto the target system, follow the steps below: a. Click on Start. b. Select Settings. c. Select Control Panel. d. Double-click on the System icon. e. Click on the General system properties tab. f. Verify which OS has been installed by reading the System information. 4. It is recommended that the software be installed on systems with at least 64MB of system memory. 5. It is recommended that there be a minimum of 5MB of hard disk space on the system in order to install this software. 6. The operating system must be fully installed and running on the system before running this software. 7. Close any running applications to avoid installation problems. Please check with the system provider to determine which operating system and Intel(R) chipset are used in the system. ************************************************************ * 3. CONTENTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION PACKAGE ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software package contains the following items: File(s) ------- SetupChipset.exe -or- Chipset__VIP.zip -or- Chipset__MUP.zip -or- Chipset__BKC.zip -or- Chipset___MUP.zip -or- Chipset___BKC.zip The string could be similar to "10.0.0", and the string could be similar to "Pre-Alpha", "Alpha", "Beta, "Public", or "NDA". ************************************************************ * 3A. PUBLIC AND NDA CONFIGURATIONS ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software supports two types of configurations, "Public" and "NDA". The Public configuration has all Intel Confidential (IC) information, such as platform codenames, stripped out of the build. The NDA configuration includes this information, as well as extra installation functionality that is not safe enough to be released publicly, but is required for validation efforts. For this reason, NDA-configured releases are not permitted to be released publicly or to anyone not possessing a Non-Dislosure Agreement (NDA) with Intel Corporation. To help identify whether a given build configured with NDA functionality, a large red notification has been added to the user interface of the installer, stating that it is an NDA build. The Public and NDA configurations are only available for production releases, "Production Candidate" (PC) and "Production Version" (PV). For non-production releases Pre-Alpha, Alpha, and Beta, it is assumed that the build will not be released publicly. Therefore, non-production releases only have one configuration, the NDA configuration. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software does not support installation of both build configurations on a single machine, this will result in an error thrown by the Microsoft Windows* Installer framework during the second installation, manifesting as an error message in the log files and on the installer user interface when running in Interactive mode. The installer will exit. ************************************************************ * 4. LIST OF AVAILABLE COMMAND LINE FLAG OPTIONS ************************************************************ The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software supports several command line switches for various installation options. Below is a list of all the available command line switches that may be used with the program call. Command Line: SetupChipset [options] options: /? - displays this dialog /help - displays this dialog /extract - extracts all files to (cab package - drivers see below) /exenoui - launches the EXE setup without UI /exebasicui - launches the EXE setup with basic UI /exelang - launches the EXE setup using the specified language /listlangs - list languages supported by the setup /exelog - creates a log file at the specified path /proxyusername - username used by the prow /proxypassword - password used by the proxy /exenoupdates - does not check for a new version /aespassword - sets the password needed to install an AES encrypted package /prereqs - specifies wich prerequisites to be installed /noprereqs - skips prerequisite installation /newinst - install new instance /upgrdinst - upgrade an installed instance /selinst - maintain an installed instance /instname - uninstall an installed instance - options for msiexec.exe on running the MSI package Example of extracting drivers into given path (c:\temp\drivers): SetupChipset.exe /exenoui /qn ONLY_EXTRACT="c:\temp\drivers" REINSTAL=ALL REINSTALMODE=vomus Example of installing product silently: SetupChipset.exe /exenoui /qn /norestart Example of uninstalling product silently: SetupChipset.exe /x // /qn Below are the language codes used with the '-lang' switch: LCID Language -------- ------------------------ 0401 Arabic (International) 0804 Chinese (Simplified) 0404 Chinese (Traditional) 0405 Czech 0406 Danish 0413 Dutch 0409 English (United States) 040B Finnish 040C French (International) 0407 German 0408 Greek 040D Hebrew 040E Hungarian 0410 Italian 0411 Japanese 0412 Korean 0414 Norwegian 0415 Polish 041B Slovak 0416 Portuguese (Brazil) 0816 Portuguese (Standard) 0419 Russian 040A Spanish (International) 041D Swedish 041E Thai 041F Turkish ************************************************************ * 5. INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ************************************************************ 1. Verify that all system requirements have been met as described in Section 2 above. 2. Run the setup program: SetupChipset.exe 3. You will be prompted to agree to the license agreement. If you do not agree, the installation program will exit. 4. Upon successful installation you will see a screen listing Intel(R) Chipset Device Software as installed. You can view the instalation logs by clicking on View Log Files in the bottom left-hand side corner. ************************************************************ * 6. IDENTIFYING THE SOFTWARE VERSION NUMBER ************************************************************ The version numbers displayed by Device Manager for a given device may not be the same as the Intel(R) Chipset Device Software package version. The package contains several independent releases, all of which are listed at the beginning of this readme. The correct package version number is indicated at the registry entry specified in section 6 after installing using SetupChipset.exe. When installing without using SetupChipset.exe no registry entry is made. ************************************************************ * 7. TROUBLESHOOTING ************************************************************ It is assumed that the system requirements in Section 2 above have been satisfied. Issue: System locks up during Device Manager Remove or during restart. Solution: System lockup can occur during reboot as a result of several possible system issues. In the event of system lockup, reboot the machine and view Device Manager. If devices are listed properly and the system experiences no further problems, then the .INF file restore process was successful. If devices are not configured correctly, try re-running the procedures outlined in Section 3. If this does not fix the issue or further issues are experienced, reinstall the operating system. Issue: After running the setup program and rebooting the machine, Windows reports that it cannot find one of the following files: ESDI_506.pdr Solution: Click Browse in the dialog box where this issue occurs, locate the \System\IOSubsys directory. Click OK. The system should be able to locate this file in this directory and continue re-enumerating for the new devices. Issue: After running the setup program and rebooting the machine, Windows reports that it cannot find one of the following files: UHCD.SYS USBD.SYS USBHUB.SYS Solution: Click Browse in the dialog box where this issue occurs and locate the following directory: \System32\drivers Click OK. The system should be able to locate the files in this directory and continue re-enumerating for the new devices. Issue: After running the setup program and rebooting the machine, Windows reports that it cannot find the following file: ISAPNP.VXD Solution: Click Browse in the dialog box where this issue occurs and locate the \System directory. Click OK. The system should be able to locate this file in this directory and continue re-enumerating for the new devices. Issue: After performing the silent install, the HKLM\Software\Intel\InfInst key was not created. Solution: This is caused by one of the following scenarios: - The current system does not contain a supported operating system, or -or- - The current system does not contain a supported chipset. Verify that the System Requirements are met as outlined in Section 2. ************************************************************ * DISCLAIMER ************************************************************ Intel is making no claims of usability, efficacy or warranty. 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