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- WARNING: If you do not read the information presented in this readme file,
- you will have problems installing the drivers. Please pay special
- attention to the installation steps presented here in order to
- avoid any problems.
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-
- Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
-
- Gravis UltraSound (GF1) Windows 95 Drivers V1.0 (GUSGF195.ZIP)
-
- Copyright (C) 1995 by Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
- All Rights Reserved
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- Introduction
- ------------
- These files comprise the Windows 95 (tm) drivers for the Advanced Gravis
- UltraSound family of sound cards based on the GF1 chip: UltraSound Classic,
- UltraSound MAX and UltraSound ACE. The new UltraSound products based on
- the AMD InterWave chip, the UltraSound Plug & Play and Plug & Play Pro, come
- with Win95 drivers specific to those cards.
-
- This is the first of two versions of the drivers that we will be providing. The
- only thing missing with this version is that you will not be able to run your
- UltraSound games in an MS-DOS box. That version is planned for release
- at the end of January.
-
- Stay tuned for many more exciting Gravis developments including the new
- shipping UltraSound Plug & Play, Plug & Play Pro, Thunderbird, Mac
- Firebird (w/new handle), and of course our new 4-player GrIP Game
- System with 8-button GrIP-Pads. As you can see its been a very busy
- year, and we would like to thank you for your continuing support.
-
- Files Included
- --------------
- ULTRASND.INF UltraSound setup information file
- ULTRASND.DRV UltraSound driver
- GRVSULTR.VXD Ring 0 portion of the UltraSound driver
- README.EXE Readme viewer
- README. This File
-
- How to get up and Running
- -------------------------
-
- The following list of instructions is an addendum to your existing
- UltraSound manuals.
-
- 1) You need to have your UltraSound card working in DOS. A good way
- to verify that you have done this successfully is to run MIDIDEMO
- from your UltraSound directory. If you hear music, this means your
- MIDI patches and card are configured correctly.
-
- You will also need to record what your UltraSound settings are.
- You can do this by typing SET from the DOS prompt. Note the
- variable called ULTRASND. There will be a series of 5 numbers after
- the equal sign. The numbers are in the following order.
-
- Example: ULTRASND=220,1,1,11,7
-
- Baseport Address, DMA1, DMA2, IRQ1, IRQ2
-
- These settings will be required by Windows 95 for a proper
- installation, so be sure to write these down.
-
- 2) Load up Windows 95
-
- 3) Click the <START> button in the lower left corner of your main screen.
-
- 4) Select <SETTINGS>, then <CONTROL PANEL>.
-
- 5) In the Control Panel, select <ADD HARDWARE> to open the Add New
- Hardware Wizard and click <NEXT>.
-
- 6) Select <NO> when asked if you want Win95 to search for new hardware,
- and click <NEXT>.
-
- 7) Select <Sound, Video and Game Controllers> at the bottom of Hardware
- Types.
-
- 8) Click <NEXT>.
-
- 9) Click <Have Disk...> and enter the directory where you have unzipped
- the files. eg C:\TEMP or A:\
-
- 10) Click <OK>.
-
- 11) Select the type of UltraSound card you have. Either Classic, MAX, or ACE.
- Then click on <OK>.
-
- ** Windows will complain that there are conflicts. It is telling you this
- because it has found your old UltraSound drivers and cannot remove
- them automatically. If you follow the following steps carefully,
- everything will work out.
-
- 12)Click <NEXT> and Windows will copy the drivers to the appropiate
- directory.
-
- 13)Click <FINISH> at the next screen. DO NOT start the Conflict Trouble
- Shooter, or you machine may hang.
-
- 14)When Windows prompts you to reboot, be sure to answer YES.
-
- NOTE!! you must do this if you have the UltraSound Windows 3.1 drivers
- currently installed, or the machine will hang.
-
- 15)On restart, you may get a message stating "The Ultrasound Driver cannot
- be initialized because of a DRAM failure, or an I/O address conflict.
- Please consult the user's guide for troubleshooting information." This
- is normal, and is indicating that you must change the resource settings.
- Just press "OK" until the message disappears.
-
-
- Setting Up The Resources
- ------------------------
-
- 16) After reboot, Click the <START> button in the lower left corner of your
- main screen.
-
- 17) Select <SETTINGS>, then <CONTROL PANEL>.
-
- 18) Select <SYSTEM> and click on the <DEVICE MANAGER> tab.
-
- 19) Click on the <+> next to <SOUND, VIDEO AND GAME CONTROLLERS> and double
- click on <ULTRASOUND xxx> (xxx = Classic, MAX or ACE).
-
- 20) Make sure that the <ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION> checkbox is checked.
-
- 21) Click on the <RESOURCES> tab.
-
- 22) Click on the <SET CONFIGURATION MANUALLY> button.
-
- 23) Uncheck the <USE AUTOMATIC SETTINGS> check box. If you leave
- this checked, you might run into conflicts later on.
-
- 24) From the List Box labelled <SETTING BASED ON> , choose the configuration
- that shows the <INPUT/OUTPUT RANGE> that corresponds to the base port
- that you recorded eariler (ie: 220).
-
- 25) Make sure that the <CONFLICT DEVICE LIST> shows "No Conflicts". If not,
- scroll down the <RESOURCE SETTINGS> list box, double click on <Interrupt
- Request> or the <DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS>, and change the value until there
- are no more conflicts.
-
- 26) Click <OK>
-
- 27) Click <YES> when asked whether you want to force the configurations.
-
- 28) Restart system when asked to.
-
- 29) You should now have fully functional UltraSound Windows 95 drivers. Enjoy.
-
-
- Setting Up The Gameport
- -----------------------
-
- 1) From the START button choose SETTINGS and then CONTROL PANEL.
-
- 2) From the CONTROL PANEL folder, select ADD NEW HARDWARE.
-
- 3) Click on the NEXT button.
-
- 4) Click on the NO radio button and then the NEXT button.
-
- 5) Select SOUND,VIDEO AND GAME CONTROLLERS and click on the NEXT button.
-
- 6) Select Microsoft as manufacturer, Gameport Joystick as model. and click
- on the Next button. (Insert the Windows 95 CD-ROM if prompted to do so.)
-
- 7) Click NEXT and then FINISH to finish installing the joystick driver.
-
-
- Hints & Tricks
- --------------
-
- 1) You do not need to have ULTRASND or ULTRA16 in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- for these drivers to work. However, the next version of these
- drivers will allow you to make UltraSound games to work in a DOS box.
- With those drivers, you will need these environment variables.
-
- 2) When recording from a Mic, Line or CD input, be sure you have set
- your recording source correctly. You can get to this in the
- UltraSound property sheet.
-
- 3) Make sure that you are using the same settings in DOS as you are in
- Win 95. This will avoid any conflicts later when running DOS games
- under Win 95.
-
-
- Troubleshooting
- ----------------
-
- 1) First thing first. Go back to step 1 of "How to get up and running".
- Make sure you go through each step.
-
- 2) If MIDI music is working but you get no digital (WAV) audio, make
- sure you do not have an IRQ or DMA conflict. Using the control
- panel, go to the UltraSound property sheet and adjust the resources
- to ones that are not in conflict.
-
- 3) Win 95 may not show all resource conflicts. If you encounter any
- problems, verify that the same settings work under real DOS (not a
- DOS box in Win 95).
-
- 4) If you don't get sound, make sure that you have disabled "Automatic
- Configuration" in the Resources Tab in the device manager for the
- Ultrasound.
-
- 5) Also be sure that the "Original Configuration (Current)" check box
- is checked in the Device Usage section of the General Tab in the
- Device Manager.
-
- 6) If Windows doesn't boot up for some reason, try booting in safe mode
- and then removing the drivers manually. After completing this process
- (including rebooting afterward), try re-installing the drivers.
-
- Known Problems
- --------------
-
- 1) You will not be able to get the UltraSound Mixer and Configuration
- utility working under Windows 95. These were intended only for
- Windows 3.1 and will not work under Windows 95. You may also
- want to remove the associated icons for these utilities, so that
- you won't run them by accident.
-
- 2) These drivers do not come with their own midi map configuration.
- If you are presented a choice between Ultrasound MIDI Synth and MIDI
- Mapper, choose Ultrasound MIDI Synth, or create your own MIDI Map.
-
- 3) Note: In the Windows 95 Volume Control, some controls appear on the
- mixer but are not active. This is normal. The Volume control applet
- does not hide the controls that are not supported by the card. As
- well, all of the controls may not be visible when the
- Volume Control applet is run initially. To enable these controls,
- select OPTIONS/PROPERTIES in the Volume Control applet, and then
- enable the controls you would like to see on the mixer.
-
- 4) The option in the Multimedia Options screen entitled "Enable Volume
- Control On TaskBar" is not enabled. This is because this function is
- for controlling the master volume on the card. Because there is no
- master volume hardware on the card, this control is disabled. This is
- normal, and is not a defect in the driver.
-
- Bug Reporting and Tech Support
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-
- Any problems encountered should be directed to Tech Support, via the
- following tech support channels:
-
- Internet: tech@gravis.com
- Voice: (604) 431-1807
- Fax: (604) 451-9358
- Compuserve: GO PCVENB #14 71333,350
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