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- Diamond ViperII Z200 Series
- Windows 95/98 Drivers 4.12.01.9007-9.51.03
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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. Issues Addressed
- 5. Known Issues
- 6. 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 7.0 to support DirectDraw
- & Direct3D applications.
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- NOTE: You may need to reinstall DirectX 7.0 after installing
- these drivers for full DirectDraw and Direct3D support. This
- can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX
-
- 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 Diamond ViperII Z200 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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- NOTE: This driver should automatically begin installation
- upon execution. If it does not, the default extraction directory
- is C:\Diamond\Update . In this directory is the INSTALL.EXE
- utilty that can be used to manually install the drivers.
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- Manual Installation via .inf:
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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 "Advanced..." button. Select
- the "Adapter" page, then 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 drivers' .inf file 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 shared drive.
- Example 3: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers
- are, choose the "Browse..." button and 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 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, color depths and
- related features.
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- 4. Issue Addressed
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- Resolves black box issues with SuperBike 2000.
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- Resolves crosshair and menu issues with Rogue Spear:
- Urban Operations.
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- Resolves corruption issues in Need For Speed: Porsche
- Unleashed.
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- 5. Known Issues
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- If problems occur with high resolution 32bpp modes, lower the
- refresh, resolution or color depth.
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- You may need to reinstall DirectX 7.0 after installing
- these drivers for full DirectDraw and Direct3D support. This
- can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX
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- This driver enables Transformation and Lighting. Using this
- feature may result in visual anomalies. Performance increases or
- decreases are dependent on your system speed and applications.
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- 6. Known Limitations
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- This driver is optimized for DirectX7. It is not optimized for
- DirectX 6.1, however it has been tested and runs, with limitations
- noted, on operating systems with either DirectX version installed
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- By design if both a CRT and a TV are attached and powered on,
- both will be detected and Windows will boot to simultaneous
- TV & CRT display. The TV must be powered off for Windows to
- boot to CRT only.
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- SECAM is not supported.
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- Only one overlay surface is available in hardware. If a second
- overlay stream is attempted, the video stream will play
- through GDI.
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- Certain applications, such as Quake III, may not return properly
- from APM's Monitor Shutdown. Such applications will need to be
- restarted to recover. Currently, you will need to disable APM before
- running affected applications.
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- The Gamma utility has no effect on Flat Panel Displays.
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- By design, Flat Panel and TV will not operate at the same time.
-
- ICT will not be fully functional with COMCTRL32.DLL version 4.70 and
- earlier. This may impact Windows 95 platforms. The problems
- experienced will included :
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- 1) The InControl Desktop Properties will not execute.
- 2) The InControl Desktop Manager will not execute.
- 3) The Diamond 3D page will not execute.
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- To resolve this issue you can do one of the following:
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- 1) Install a later version of COMCTRL32.DLL from the Microsoft Web
- Site. It is part of a self-extracting executable (50comupd.exe)
- which can be downloaded from Microsoft's webpage through the link
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q186/1/76.ASP
- Download the latest version, currently select the option
- "Download 50comupd.exe (x86)" 0.49 MB.
- 2) Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.
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- Zoran software may not install on Windows 95 and OSR2 systems.
- Zoran and S3/Diamond are aware of this issue.
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- InControl Tools (ICT)99:
- InControl Tools 99 shortcuts require a system reboot to take
- effect when running under Windows 98.
- Diamond ICT99 "Internet Sites" popup requires IE3.0 or above or
- Netscape Communicator 4.51 or above.
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- After uninstalling the Update Wizard with Windows 950a or 950b,
- reboot your machine to remove Start Menu entries.
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- Please refer to the Diamond website www.diamondmm.com for future
- updates.
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- Diamond Multimedia / S3, Inc. (c) 1993-2000, All Rights Reserved
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