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*  Microsoft Windows* 11 64 bit 
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*  Intel(R) Serial IO Driver 
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*  CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
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This document contains the following sections:

1.  System Requirements
2.  Installing the Software
3.  Verifying Installation of the Software
4.  Identifying the Software Version Number

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*  1.  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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1. The system must contain one of the following Intel
   Chipsets/Processors:

	 Arrow Lake - S/HX Processor 

2. The software should be installed on systems with at
   least 1 GB of system memory.

3. There should be sufficient hard disk space in the
   directory on the system in order to install this
   software.

   The drivers included with this distribution package are 
   designed to function with Windows* 11 OS available at the time of 
   release of this package.

Please check with your system provider to determine the
operating system and Intel Chipset used in your system.


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*  2.  INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
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The kit package contains two sub-packages: 
a) Installer executable: (Not available for pre-alpha release)
Double-click on the executable file to install the driver.

b) Folder with CAT, INF, SYS files for manual installation:
Locate the INF files. 
Right click on the INF file and select 
"Install" option from the menu to start the installation.


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*  3.  VERIFYING INSTALLATION OF THE SOFTWARE
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1. Launch the "Device Manager" by holding down Windows Key + X 
on the keyboard to open the tools Menus and select the "Device Manager"
from the menu.

2. Verify the following devices are installed and no yellow bang is shown. 
If not, the driver is not installed correctly.

	Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller 
	Intel(R) Serial IO SPI Host Controller 
	Intel(R) Serial IO UART Host Controller  
	Intel(R) Serial IO GPIO Host Controller
	Intel(R) Serial IO I3C Host Controller  

Drivers will not be installed for controllers that are not 
enabled by the BIOS. The list of controllers is platform/BIOS 
configuration dependent.

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*  4. IDENTIFYING THE SOFTWARE VERSION NUMBER
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1. Launch the "Device Manager" by holding down Windows Key + X 
on the keyboard to open the tools Menus and select the "Device Manager"
from the menu.

2. Select any of the following devices:

	Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller 
	Intel(R) Serial IO SPI Host Controller 
	Intel(R) Serial IO UART Host Controller 
	Intel(R) Serial IO GPIO Host Controller
	Intel(R) Serial IO I3C Host Controller  
	
3. Click on the "Driver" tab and note the driver version.

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