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- S3 Inc. Savage 4 Windows 9x drivers
- Windows 9x drivers 4.12.01.8010-8.20.11
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- This README file contains the following important information:
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- 1. Important Note
- 2. Installation Notes
- 3. Installation Instructions
- 4. Known Issues
- 5. Known Limitations
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- 1. Important Note
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- Please read this README file and all the supplied documentation
- BEFORE you continue the installation.
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- 2. Installation Notes
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- These drivers require DirectX 6.1 or DirectX 7.0 to support
- DirectDraw & Direct3D applications.
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- InControl Tools 95 shortcuts are not compatible with Windows 98
- and InControl Tools 98. It is important to uninstall any previous
- version of InControl Tools (e.g. InControl Tools 95) before
- installation of InControl Tools 99. Uninstall from the Control
- Panel by:
- 1. Choosing "Add/Remove Programs"
- 2. Select "Diamond Multimedia Product Installation & Removal"
- 3. Click on the "Add/Remove" button
- 4. Then follow the uninstall process.
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- Preparing to install the Windows 9x Drivers
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- Before installing the S3 Inc. Savage 4 Windows 9x display
- drivers, switch your display driver to the "Standard VGA".
- 1. Open your Control Panel and select Display.
- 2. Select the Settings tab and click the Change Display Type
- button.
- 3. Click the Change button.
- 4. Select the Show All Devices radio button and scroll to the
- top of the left window and select Standard Display Types.
- 5. In the right window select Standard Display Adapter (VGA).
- Click OK.
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- 3. Installation Instructions
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- Manual Installation via .inf for Windows 95:
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- Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
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- Start the "Display" applet program.
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- Select the "Settings" page, push the "Change Display Type" button.
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- Push the "Change" button in the "Adapter Type" area.
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- Push the "Have Disk" button and press "OK".
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- Specify the path to the new driver and press the <ENTER>
- key:
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- Example 1: Insert the drivers disk in the A: floppy drive,
- and enter A:\.
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- Example 2: Type in the name of the directory where you copied
- the drivers, either on your local hard drive or on a network
- share. This installation automatically goes to C:\Savage4
- unless you have manually changed the default extraction.
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- Example 3: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers are,
- choose the "Browse..." button are find them.
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- The "Select Device" dialog box will appear. Select the adapter that
- corresponds to the one you installed in your machine and click OK.
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- Windows 95 will copy the display drivers to the proper directories
- on your system.
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- Continue choosing Close until asked to restart your machine from the
- "Systems Settings Change" dialog box.
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- After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display
- applet and select alternate screen resolutions and color depths.
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- Manual Installation via .inf for Windows 98:
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- Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
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- Start the "Display" applet program.
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- Select the "Settings" page, push the "Change Display Type" button.
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- Push the "Change" button in the "Adapter Type" area.
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- Push the "Have Disk" button and press "OK".
-
- Specify the path to the new driver and press the <ENTER>
- key:
-
- Example 1: Insert the drivers disk in the A: floppy drive,
- and enter A:\.
-
- Example 2: Type in the name of the directory where you copied
- the drivers, either on your local hard drive or on a network
- share. This installation automatically goes to C:\Savage4
- unless you have manually changed the default extraction.
-
- Example 3: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers are,
- choose the "Browse..." button are find them.
-
- The "Select Device" dialog box will appear. Select the adapter that
- corresponds to the one you installed in your machine and click OK.
-
- Windows 98 will copy the display drivers to the proper directories
- on your system.
-
- Continue choosing Close until asked to restart your machine from the
- "Systems Settings Change" dialog box.
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- After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display
- applet and select alternate screen resolutions and color depths.
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- 4. Known Issues
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- There are no issues to note with this release.
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- 5. Known Limitations
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- This driver is not optimized for DirectX7. It is optimized for
- DirectX 6.1, however it has been tested and runson operating
- systems with either DirectX version installed.
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- Please refer to the S3 website http://www.S3.com for future
- updates.
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- S3 Inc. (c) 1993-2000, All Rights Reserved
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