RADEON Windows 98/ME BETA Display Driver Release Notes 
Version: D7.53-010409X-308E (4.13.7103)
April 2001

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CONTENTS
1)  Driver notes
2)  Introduction
3)  Installation
4)  To Uninstall

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1)  Driver notes

The BETA display drivers found here are offered AS IS, without warranty of any kind, and have NOT been completely qualified by ATI. They are provided to meet special driver requirements, for the testing of new features and new driver offerings, and to make them available to the public in a timely manner.  Usage of these drivers is without support of any kind, and you use them at your own risk.

Please DO NOT contact ATI Technical Support or other ATI departments for assistance with the drivers provided here.  They will not have sufficient information to be able to provide technical assistance regarding unreleased drivers.  The On-line Beta Problem Report Form is your means of informing us of and issues you may have experienced.  Please see http://apps.ati.com/problem_report/problem_report.html

AGP Motherboard/Chipset Drivers:

ATI strongly recommends you install the most recent drivers for your motherboard before installing these drivers. This will help to prevent issues that may occur after updating your display driver. First check with your motherboard vendor <http://support.ati.com/faq/agp_chipset_drivers.html> for updates. Note that the following motherboard chipset vendors offer driver updates. 

http://www.intel.com 
http://www.amd.com
http://www.viatech.com
http://www.ali.com.tw
http://www.sis.com.tw

This driver includes:
- support for DirectX 8.0.
- support for Direct3D and OpenGL.
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2)  Introduction

Unless you are very comfortable with installing and un-installing drivers, we DO NOT recommend that you use the drivers provided here. ATI Technical Support or any other ATI department does NOT SUPPORT these BETA Drivers.

This driver will work only with the RADEON family of graphic chips.

** THIS SOFTWARE WILL NOT WORK WITH NON RADEON PRODUCTS **

-- This driver will not work with Windows NT or Windows 2000.
-- This driver contains support for multiple languages.
-- This is a Windows 98/ME driver set with an integrated OpenGL ICD component. This driver requires the Microsoft software OpenGL driver, OpenGL32.DLL, for proper operation.  Please ensure this file is located in your /WINDOWS/SYSTEM/ directory.  We strongly recommend that you use the OpenGL32.DLL file that has been included with your version of Windows.  If you are unsure if this file is installed on your system use Windows Explorer to browse your /WINDOWS/SYSTEM/ directory for confirmation that OpenGL32.DLL is located there.  
-- Microsoft's DirectX 8.0 or later runtime is required for use with this driver.  To obtain DirectX for home users please point your browser to: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/download.asp

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3)  Installation

THIS DRIVER SET INCLUDES A SETUP PROGRAM WHICH INSTALLS THE DISPLAY DRIVER WITHOUT INVOKING THE DISPLAY PROPERTIES SCREEN.
  
THE SETUP PROGRAM MAY TAKE A MINUTE OR MORE TO EVALUATE THE SYSTEM REGISTRY PRIOR TO INSTALLING THE DRIVER.

Installation Instructions:
1) Start Windows 98/ME.

2) Confirm DirectX 8.0 or later is installed.  DirectX for home users can be obtained from http://www.microsoft.com/directx/download.asp 

3) Confirm Microsoft's software version of OpenGL32.DLL is installed in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ directory using the instructions above.

4) Download the self-extracting driver installation file.

5) Close all programs, click the Start button.  Click the Run menu item. Click the Browse button. Browse to the directory where you downloaded the installation file.

6) Select downloaded file and press OK.

7) Follow the onscreen instructions.

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4)  To Uninstall

If you decide to install BETA drivers and encounter issues that you cannot work with, we suggest these drivers be uninstalled and that you install the supported retail drivers for your specific product found on your ATI Installation CD or the ATI Technical Support website at http://support.ati.com. 

Use Add/Remove Programs from your Windows 98/ME Control Panel to uninstall the ATI Display Drivers.