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- Orchid Technology
- General Guide for Configuring the Display
- options for Windows 95
-
-
- Changing resolutions
- ====================
- Changing of resolutions is dramatically different for Windows 95
- than it is for Windows 3.1x. Currently, to change resolutions
- for the Orchid Technology video cards, users can select the Orchid
- Icon in the Control Panel and select the desired resolution and
- color palette. Changing resolutions in Windows 95 is quite
- different. First of all, if an Orchid Icon is visible in the
- Windows 95 Control Panel, please refer to the "Other Issues"
- section and read how to remove the Orchid Icon from the Control
- Panel. If the Orchid Icon is used for any reason, Windows 95 may
- become unstable.
-
- To change resolutions and color palette in Windows 95, you can
- do the following:
-
- 1) Launch the Control Panel which is located under "My
- Computer" if using the Explorer interface.
-
- 2) Double-click on the "Display" Icon and select "Settings"
- from the tabs
-
- 3) The "Color Palette" option allows users to select the
- amount of colors to run Windows 95 at. The corresponding
- colors to the displayed options are:
-
-
- High Color (16 bit) 65,535 colors
- High Color (24 bit) 16.7 Million colors
- High Color (32 bit) 16.7 Million colors.
-
-
- If a selected palette is not supported for a chosen
- resolution, then the next available resolution for the
- selected palette will automatically be selected by
- Windows 95.
-
-
- For example, if the Desktop area is set
- for 1024x768 at 16 bit. If a user selects
- 24 bit color which may only be supported at
- 640x480 (depending on video card),
- Windows 95 will automatically adjust the
- resolution to 640x480.
-
-
- 4) Before choosing the resolution, select the size of the
- color palette. To change the resolution, simply move the
- slide bar under the "Desktop area" until the desired
- resolution is displayed. If the resolution is not valid
- for the chosen color palette, then the next available
- palette for the resolution will be selected by Windows 95.
-
-
- For example, if a video card supports 16 bit
- color for 1024x768, and a user wants to
- select 24 or 32 bit color, Windows will
- automatically set the palette to 16 bit color.
-
-
- If, for some reason, Windows 95 will not allow a supported
- palette or resolution to be selected, make sure the
- proper monitor type is selected. If an incorrect monitor
- is selected, the resolution may not be supported for the
- specified monitor.
-
-
- Changing display drivers
- ==================
- There are two ways to change the display drivers in Windows 95.
- The first way is to select the "System" icon from the Control
- Panel, the other way is to select the "Display" icon from the
- Control Panel. This readme will detail how to change the display
- drivers both ways. With some of Orchid Technology video cards
- (i.e. Kelvin series, Fahrenheit 64 series) an Orchid group will be
- created during the driver installation. This Icon needs to be
- removed from the associated group.
-
- Changing the display driver via the "System" icon:
-
- 1) Double-click on the "System" icon in the Control Panel
-
- 2) From the tabs select "Device Manager" and double click
- on the "Display adapters" line.
-
- 3) You should now see the display driver that is loading,
- highlight the display driver and click on the "Properties"
- button
-
- 4) From the Properties display, select "Driver" from the tabs
- and click on the "Change Driver" button
-
- 5) Select "Show All Devices" to view all possible video
- drivers, or if you have a diskette, click on the "Have
- Disk" button.
-
- 6) Select OK until the prompt to restart Windows and select
- "Yes".
-
-
-
- Changing Display Driver through the "Display" icon
-
- 1) Double-click on the "Display" icon in the Control Panel
-
- 2) From the tabs, select "Settings" and click on the
- "Change Display Type"
-
- 3) To change the video card type, click on the "Change"
- button that is next to the "Adapter Type" field. If you
- want to change the monitor type, click on the "Change"
- button that is next to the "Monitor Type" field.
-
- 4) Select "Show All Devices" to view all possible devices,
- or if you have a diskette, click on the "Have Disk"
- button.
-
- 5) Select OK until the prompt to restart Windows and select
- "Yes".
-
-
- Other Issues
- =========
-
- 1) Removing the Orchid Icon in the Control Panel
-
- The Orchid Icon that shows up the Control Panel is only
- for Windows 3.1x. The icons should be removed from the
- Control Panel. To do so, simply delete the associated CPL
- file from the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. The following
- listing will list which CPL file is associated with the
- particular Orchid Technology video cards.
-
- Video Card CPL File for Video Card
- ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Celsius VLB CELSETUP.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit 1280 ORCHIDF.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit 1280 + series FAHSETUP.CPL or
- ORCHIDF.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit VA series FAHSETUP.CPL and
- SNDSETUP.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit 64 F64PANEL.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit PRO 64 F64PANEL.CPL
-
- Fahrenheit PRO Video 64 F64PANEL.CPL
-
- Kelvin 64 KELVINCP.CPL
-
- Kelvin MPEG KELVINCP.CPL
-
- Pro Designer II/IIS PDSETUP.CPL
-
- 2) Magnify and Virtual Screen are not supported in
- Windows 95.
-
- 3) If you select an incorrect video card driver, Windows 95
- will run in "Safe Mode", this mode essentially boots with
- a standard VGA driver. Once in Safe Mode, follow the
- instructions for changing the display driver. It is
- recommended to let Windows 95 detect the video card and
- load the appropriate drivers.
-
-
-