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- Diamond Viper V330 Series Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95
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- Release Notes
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- This release contains:
- - Windows95: 4.10.01.0022 (Microsoft's certified WHQL driver)
- - Windows 95 ICT: 4.03.160
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- Issues Addressed/Features Added
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- Some VESA/DMT timings have been adjusted to more closely match the VESA
- specification.
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- System now recovers after sleep with FoxBear running.
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- The system no longer hangs at MFC42.DLL when installing from floppy.
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- Corruption of text when windowing a VESA mode that is not supported as
- windowed and then returning to full screen has been addressed.
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- This README file contains the following information:
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- 1. Difference between the WHQL and the Turbo driver
- 2. AGP support (intel VGARTD.VXD only for i440LX chipset)
- 3. DirectX 5
- 4. Known Limitations
- 5. Contacting DIAMOND
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- 1. Difference between the WHQL and the Turbo driver:
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- Diamond Multimedia provides now 2 driver versions:.
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- 1. The Microsoft certified WHQL driver:
- This driver version has earned Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality
- Labs (WHQL) certification; ensuring stability and compatibility.
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- 2. The Performance / Turbo driver:
- This driver version is based on the same source code as the WHQL
- certified driver above, but provides performance improvements
- by Diamond Multimedia.
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- If you should have any problems with your system, please use the
- WHQL driver for verification.
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- 2. AGP support for Intel 440LX chipset (Intel VGARTD.VXD)
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- To enjoy the benefits of an AGP motherboard in combination with your
- Viper V330 AGP, the following conditions have to be fulfilled:
- - Microsoft Windows 95, Service Release 2.1 (OSR 2.1) is running.
- This is OSR 2.0, updated with USBSUPP.EXE from Microsoft. This
- update includes the USB supplement and a new memory manager
- (VMM32.VXD) needed for the AGP Direct Memory Execute (DIME)
- feature.
- - Microsoft DirectX 5 runtime has to be installed.
- DirectX 5 is the first DirectX version that supports AGP's DIME.
- DirectX 5 will be installed during the driver installation for
- your Viper V330.
- - A virtual device manager enabling the DIME feature.
- If you install the VIPER V330 AGP graphics card's Windows 95 driver,
- please click the option "AGP support". This option installs Intel's
- VGARTD.VXD (Virtual Graphics Address Remapping Table Driver) for
- the Intel 440LX chipset. Without it your AGP graphics card is
- unable to use DIME.
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- If you have a different AGP chipset on your motherboard, please
- install and use the *.vxd driver that your motherboard manufacturer
- provides with the motherboard. Read the relevant installation
- instructions first.
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- 3. DirectX 5
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- For proper function, you need to install the DirectX 5 runtime. If you get
- these drivers from a Diamond Multimedia Installation CD, the DirectX 5
- runtime is included.
- Otherwise you can get the runtime from Microsoft:
- http://www.microsoft.com/directx/resources/dx5end.htm
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- 4. Known Limitations
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- The NVidia Riva 128 chip used on the Diamond Viper V330 requires an IRQ
- to function correctly. If no IRQ has been assigned to the card by the motherboard
- BIOS you may experience symptoms such as Windows not booting, or extremely poor
- performance. Some motherboard BIOSes allow for an option to force an IRQ to the
- VGA adapter. Often the latest BIOS will also resolve this problem. For further
- information please contact your motherboard manufacturer.
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- When running the DXSETUP.EXE program (which comes with Microsoft's DirectX
- application), the version of the Primary Display Driver will incorrectly be
- displayed as: 0.00.00.0000. This is an issue with the DXSETUP program.
- To get the correct driver information, run the DXINFO.EXE program from
- within the same directory in which DXSETUP.EXE is found (on our CD the
- directory is DirectX\DirectX5\DirectX).
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- 5. Contacting DIAMOND
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- Technical support for the installation and configuration of
- Diamond graphic boards and multimedia products, as well as
- software updates, or optional software packages, are available
- via Internet:
- http://www.diamondmm.de (Europe)
- http://www.diamondmm.com (USA)
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- All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their
- respective owners.
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- Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-98, All Rights Reserved
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