HPT371 UDMA/ATA133 Controller
                    BIOS and Device Drivers Readme

      Copyright (C) 2001 HighPoint Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
                          Last updated on Nov 27, 2001

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Controller & Utility Software:
-   BIOS version: v1.1
-   Driver version: v1.1

Operating Systems:
-   Windows 98/ME
-   Windows NT 4.0
-   Windows 2000
-   Windows XP

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Please review this file for important information about compatibility issues and 
differences in operation that were discovered after our product manuals were 
created. In case of conflict among various parts of the documentation set, this 
file contains the most current information.

Contents on the driver disk
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Readme         TXT      This readme file
DISK1                   Microsoft Windows miniport disk label file 
TXTSETUP       OEM      Microsoft Windows miniport text mode setup file

WIN_XP         <DIR>
  HPT371   SYS          Microsoft Windows XP miniport driver
  HPTPRO   SYS          HighPoint Cache driver
  HPT371   INF          Microsoft Windows miniport setup file
  HPT371   CAT          Microsoft Windows CAT file

WIN_2000       <DIR>
  HPT371   SYS          Microsoft Windows 2000 miniport driver
  HPTPRO   SYS          HighPoint Cache driver
  HPT371   INF          Microsoft Windows miniport setup file
  HPT371   CAT          Microsoft Windows CAT file

WIN_NT         <DIR>
  HPT371   SYS          Microsoft Windows NT miniport driver
  HPT371   INF          Microsoft Windows miniport setup file

WIN98_ME       <DIR>
  HPT371   MPD          Microsoft Windows98/ME miniport driver
  HPT371   INF          Microsoft Windows miniport setup file
  PWR371   VXD          HPT371 power management driver


BIOS Update
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To update BIOS for HPT371 controller, please refer to your mainboard 
manual or contact the hardware vendor for updating the BIOS.


Changes from v1.0
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   o Improved driver performance
   o Support 48-bit LBA 
   o Fix BIOS BBS support


Known Problems
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1. Install OS to devices attached to HPT371 controller

   Before installing OS to devices attached to HPT371 controller, you must
   remove the drives connected to other controllers from your system temporarily.
   After OS installation complete, you can put them back.