Personal Computer User's Guide
Using the Software Support Utilities 2-1
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Your Dell system comes with software support utilities on diskette or on your com-
puter’s hard-disk drive. These software support utilities include system utilities,
system services, and bus-mastering enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE)
drivers, all of which are documented in this chapter.
For information on the additional software support utilities you received with your sys-
tem, refer to the following chapters or documents:
Video drivers — See the documentation from the video card manufacturer. (Video
drivers support the video graphics requirements of a variety of monitors and
application programs running under the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft
Windows 95 operating system.)
NOTE: Some video cards support the Windows NT 4.0 operating system only.
Refer to the documentation that came with your video card for more information.
Audio drivers — See Chapter 6, “Using the Integrated Audio Controller.”
Network interface drivers — See Chapter 5, “Using the Network Interface
Controller.”
SCSI interface drivers — See Chapter 7, “Using the Integrated SCSI Controllers.”
System utilities and services
can be used to safeguard your system and to explicitly
control certain hardware features. Refer to “System Utilities and Services” found later
in this chapter for information about these utilities.
Bus-mastering EIDE drivers
are included in the Windows 95 operating system and are
provided with your Dell system for the Windows NT 4.0 operating system. These
drivers can off-load certain functions from the system microprocessor, providing a
performance improvement during multithreaded operations. Refer to “Bus-Mastering
EIDE Drivers” found later in this chapter for information about these drivers.
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