Intel® Chipset Device Software
8.2.0.1014 Production Version
Release Notes

March 5, 2007

Microsoft® Windows 2000 family, x86

Microsoft® Windows XP™ family, x86

Microsoft® Windows XP™ Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 family, x86

Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 family, x64

Microsoft® Windows Vista*

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Revision History

Date

Driver Revision

Draft/Changes

March 5, 2007

PV 8.2.0.1014

PV 8.2.0.1012

January 2, 2007

PV 8.2.0.1012

PC 8.2.0.1010

November 8, 2006

PC 8.2.0.1010

Beta 8.2.0.1007

September 25, 2006

Beta 8.2.0.1007

Alpha 8.2.0.1004

May 31, 2006

Alpha 8.2.0.1004

Pre-Alpha 8.2.0.1001

April 13, 2005

Pre-Alpha 8.2.0.1001

Initial Release

Intel® Chipset Device Software Support

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

  • Intel® E7210 Chipset
  • Intel® E7220 Chipset
  • Intel® E7221 Chipset
  • Intel® E7230 Chipset
  • Intel® E7320 Chipset
  • Intel® E7520 Chipset
  • Intel® E7525 Chipset
  • Intel® E8500 Chipset
  • Intel® E8501 Chipset
  • Intel® 848P Chipset
  • Intel® 865G Chipset
  • Intel® 865PE Chipset
  • Intel® 865P Chipset
  • Intel® 865GV Chipset
  • Intel® 875P Chipset
  • Intel® 910GE Express Chipset
  • Intel® 910GL Express Chipset
  • Intel® 910GML Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915G Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915P Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GL Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915PL Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915PM Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GM Express Chipset
  • Intel® 915GMS Express Chipset
  • Intel® 925X Express Chipset
  • Intel® 925XE Express Chipset
  • Intel® 940GML Chipset
  • Intel® 945G Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945GM Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945GMS Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945P Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945PL Express Chipset
  • Intel® 945PM Express Chipset
  • Intel® 955X Express Chipset
  • Intel® 955XM Express Chipset
  • Intel® 975X Express Chipset
  • Intel® 5000 Series Chipset
  • Intel® 3000/3010 Chipset
  • Intel® 3000/3010/3100 Chipset
  • Intel® 5000 Series Chipset
  • Intel® Q963 Chipset
  • Intel® Q965 Chipset
  • Intel® P965 Chipset
  • Intel® G965 Chipset
  • Intel® 946GZ Chipset
  • Intel® 946PL Chipset
  • Intel® 946GL Chipset
  • Intel® GM965 Chipset
  • Intel® PM965 Chipset
  • Intel® GL960 Chipset
  • Intel® 943GML Express Chipset

Supported Operating Systems

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

  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 family, x86
  • Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 family, x64
  • Microsoft® Windows XP™ Professional x64 Edition
  • Microsoft® Windows XP™ family, x86
  • Microsoft® Windows 2000 family, x86
  • Microsoft Windows Vista*

New Features 

Features Added in PV 8.2.0.1014

ID

Description

1

Installer is now signed with a class 3 digital signature

Features Added in PV 8.2.0.1012

ID

Description

1

Fixed 965m signature filename issue.  In a previous release, the file was named crestln.cat.  It has been renamed to 965m.cat.

Features Added in PC 8.2.0.1010

ID

Description

1

New user interface with associated localization changes

2

The Intel® Chipset Device Software has been updated to use the Intel® Package Manager

3

Fixed issue where a yellow bang on the SMBus device was seen in the Device Manager

4

WHQL signature files have been added

5

For the compressed ZIP distribution of this software, the INFs for Vista are located within the “Vista” directory rather than the “All” directory.

Features Added in Beta 8.2.0.1007

ID

Description

1

The Intel® Chipset Device Software has been updated to use the latest Intel® Installation Framework 2 installer code.

2

For the compressed ZIP distribution of this software, the INF's for all supported operating systems are now in the “All” directory of the ZIP file.

3

The -intelide command line flag option has been removed. The installer will load pciide.sys or intelide.sys based on whichever is currently loaded.

 

Features Added in Alpha 8.2.0.1004

ID

Description

1

Fixed & WHQL’d the following INFs that had an incorrect character ( – ) this character caused double byte languages to display different characters.

·  5000xzvp.inf, 945.inf, 965g.inf, and Ich8core.inf.

2

Added Broadwater device ID's 2980 and 2981 with associated Friendly Name Strings to 965g.inf and WHQL’d infs.

3

Added Whitmore Lake device ID's and Friendly Name Strings and WHQL’d infs.

 

Features Added in Pre-Alpha 8.2.0.1001

ID

Description

1

Pre-Alpha release contains Device Ids for Crestline ICH8M Chipset.

Issues Resolved

Issues Resolved in PV 8.2.0.1014

Reference

Description

 Affected OS's

1

ICH8M and ICH8M-E devices are now properly identified with the correct device ids in the Device Manager

All

Software Sightings and/or Known Issues

ID

Information

1

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.

2

 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.

3

 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.

4

The language registry key, which should be located at : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\Chipset\Language=[3 letter language code], does not exist after install.