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Alfie · 03-08-2002, 07:51 AM

The Via 4in1 drivers and their installation are decided by two factors,Via chipset and Operating system.
If you had an older Via chipset(socket 7,for example,you might want to load the 4in1,if you're using Win95a,if you're using Win95b,98,98se,ME,you may only need the agp driver and miniport driver,etc.
As you're using XP and a newer chipset,the 4in1 is not needed,and in fact will be rejected by XP.
So,Via offers the 4in1 for XP,but it is in reference to older systems,hence the confusion.
It use to be that in order to find the drivers for your motherboard,you would have to search Via for your specfic chipset,the 4in1 covers all their chipsets.
To sum up,no,you don't need them!

03-08-2002, 07:51 AM	#3
Alfie Member (13 bit) Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 4,956	The Via 4in1 drivers and their installation are decided by two factors,Via chipset and Operating system. If you had an older Via chipset(socket 7,for example,you might want to load the 4in1,if you're using Win95a,if you're using Win95b,98,98se,ME,you may only need the agp driver and miniport driver,etc. As you're using XP and a newer chipset,the 4in1 is not needed,and in fact will be rejected by XP. So,Via offers the 4in1 for XP,but it is in reference to older systems,hence the confusion. It use to be that in order to find the drivers for your motherboard,you would have to search Via for your specfic chipset,the 4in1 covers all their chipsets. To sum up,no,you don't need them!