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Stealth 3D Series Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95 README.TXT
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Release Notes
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This is version 4.03.00.3211 of the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Windows 95
Display Drivers with InControl Tools 95 version 4.03.121.
I. Windows 95 Installation Notes
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A. If Windows 95 is already installed
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1. When you first install the video card in the system and power on,
Windows 95 will inform you that it has discovered a new
"PCI VGA-Compatible Display Adapter" and will prompt you to install
drivers for it.
If Windows 95 does not display a message about new hardware when you
start your system, go on with item 6.
2. Insert the SuperCD into your CDROM drive. When prompted for the location
of your driver files, enter X:\DRIVERS, where "X" is the drive letter
of your CD-ROM drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, you would
type D:\DRIVERS.
3. Click OK, and the driver files will be copied to their destination
directories.
Sometimes Windows doesn't find all the files on the first try and
prompts again for the path from which to install drivers. If this
happens, use X:\DRIVERS again.
4. When prompted to restart your computer, click OK. A dialog box will
appear, asking if you want to complete the installation. If you want
to install optional Diamond software:
5. Once Windows 95 restarts you will want to click the "Start" button, then
choose "Run...".
6. Insert the Diamond SuperCD into the appropriate drive and within
the "Run" dialog box type the following:
"x:\START" where x is the corresponding letter of the drive containing
the Diamond SuperCD with Stealth 3D 3000 Windows 95 Display Drivers.
7. Once the Diamond SuperCD window appears choose the language for the
software installation.
8. Click the "Start Installation" button.
9. Confirm your hardware if necessary and click "Next".
10. A dialog box will appear containing the path where InControl Tools 95 will
be installed. The default path is:
"C:\Program Files\Diamond"
Change the path as necessary.
Select the installation type. There are three installation types:
Minimal, Full and Custom. They are defined as follows:
Minimal: This will install only the Diamond Stealth 3D
Series Display Driver.
Standard: This will install both the Diamond Stealth 3D
Series Display Driver and InControl Tools 95.
Custom: This will allow installation of either the
Diamond Stealth 3D Series Display Driver or
InControl Tools 95. At the minimum, the Diamond
Stealth 3D Series Display Driver must be installed
during a first-time installation.
For the first installation we recommend the STANDARD installation.
11. If "Custom" was selected in step 15, a dialog box will appear allowing the
selection of various items. Select the items to be installed by clicking on
them with the left mouse button. When finished, click "Next" to continue.
12. At the "Select Files to be copied" dialog box, click "Next" to begin the
file copying process.
13. After the files have been copied you will want to click "Finish" in order to
complete the installation.
14. Windows 95 will ask that the computer be restarted. Click on "Yes" to
restart the computer.
15. Once Windows 95 restarts, you will have successfully installed the software
for your Diamond Stealth 3D Series. The InControl Tools 95 Wizard will then
guide you the rest of the way. Thank you for choosing Diamond!
B. Installing Windows 95 after installing the Stealth 3D
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1. If you install Windows 95 after you have installed the Stealth 3D Series,
Windows 95 will use a generic S3 driver for the Stealth 3D Series. In order
to install the provided Diamond Stealth 3D Series Windows 95 Display
Drivers, complete the following steps.
2. First right click on "My Computer" and select "Properties". Now select the
"Device Manager" tab.
3. Under "Display adapters" you will want to highlight "S3" and click "Remove".
Then click "OK" to confirm the device removal.
4. Next select "No" when Windows 95 prompts you to restart the computer. Note:
you will want to keep the "Device Manager" open in order to proceed with the
installation.
5. From this point on, you will be able to complete the installation by
continuing with Step 4 which is provided within the section above labeled:
"A. If Windows 95 is already installed".
II. Diamond Refresh Utility
----------------------------
The Diamond Refresh Utility allows you to select the refresh rate for your
monitor which suits you best in addition to providing a display centering
utility. You may want to have your monitor's manual or specifications with you
while using this utility.
A. To access the Display Centering Utility:
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1. Click your right mouse button anywhere on the Windows background. The
Windows desktop menu will appear.
2. Next choose "Properties" in order to bring up the "Display Properties" dialog
box.
3. Now select the "Refresh" tab.
4. Move your mouse cursor to the screen area on the monitor graphic. You will
notice that the mouse cursor changes to a hand.
5. Press and hold your left mouse button and move the screen graphic up, down or
to either side. Note that your screen is repositioned dynamically as you
move the mouse.
6. Release your mouse button when your screen is centered. Note: You can also
change the screen position dynamically by simultaneously pressing your <Alt>
key and either the left, right, up or down directional arrow keys.
7. A confirmation message opens to let you verify the change. Click "Yes" to
confirm the change or "No" to revert to the previous screen position. If you
don't make a choice, the message box is dismissed after a few seconds and the
screen reverts to it's previous position.
B. To access the Monitor Refresh Utility:
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1. Click your right mouse button anywhere on the Windows background. The
Windows desktop menu will appear.
2. Next choose "Properties" in order to bring up the "Display Properties"
dialog box.
3. Now select the "Refresh" tab.
4. In the lower portion of the dialog box, open the refresh dropdown list by
clicking on the downward-pointing arrow to the right of the list viewer.
The list contains all available refresh rates for the currently selected
monitor type, viewport size and color palette. Note that some
configurations offer only one choice.
5. If more than one refresh rate is available, you are provided the ability to
select a new one.
6. If you select a new refresh rate, a confirmation message box opens. If the
new refresh rate appears stable, you can click "Yes" to confirm the
selection. If you click "No" or wait a few seconds, the previous refresh
rate is restored.
Features Added
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None
Problems Addressed
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- 3D WinBench 97: Problems with quality test for "Alpha Transparency" and
"Fog Vertex and Alpha".
- Fixed bugs in Direct 3D engine.
Known Limitations
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Windows 95 and problems while playing Video-CD or CDI
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Our MPEG playback MCI driver uses the Win95 driver for the CD-ROM
drive. If Win95 doesn't support your CD-ROM controller (the CD-ROM
drive is connected on a IDE port and using the Win95 controller
driver for the IDE controller), there are 2 workarounds:
- Using the DOS real-mode driver:
Install the CD-ROM driver in the CONFIG.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE (from
the \WINDOWS\COMMAND directory) in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Additionally, it
could be possible to disable the 32-bit mode for the drives.
- Using a secondary IDE controller:
Use a secondary IDE controller (normally address 170, IRQ 15 or
10) supported by Win95. If you use your CD-ROM at this port, the
problem should be solved. Only possible if your motherboard uses
only one IDE controller (normally address 1F0, IRQ 14). You can
use a second IDE port on newer soundboards with a IDE port (no
soundboards with CD-ROM interfaces for special xxx-drives) or a
simple ISA IDE controller.
Contacting DIAMOND
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Diamond can be reached through a number of ways.
Information on how to contact DIAMOND can be found in the product
documentation.
All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their
respective owners.
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Diamond Multimedia (c) 1997
European Division All Rights Reserved
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