Intel Software: Intel® Application Accelerator 2.3
Production Version
Release Notes



 October 22,  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 22, 2002 2.3 Production Version 2164 Digitally signed CAT files included
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:  1016902

Added support for ICH4 mobile controller hub Windows* 2000, Windows XP*, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT* 4.0
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 Version - Build 2164

Reference No: 

Description

 Affected OSs

ID:  1059594 Readme contains listing of unsupported chipsets Windows* 2000, Windows XP*, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT* 4.0

 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

 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 Version - Build 2164

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