To make installing your video card easier and more intuitive,
Diamond has provided an installation utility that will run automatically
when you insert the Diamond SuperCD. From the SuperCD, you can
learn more about Diamond and its products, install software drivers,
and read on-line product manuals.
Installing Windows® NT Software
Installing Windows® 95 Software
Installing Windows® 3.1x Software
InControl Tools for Windows® 95 Software
Installing Windows®
NT Software
- Put the SuperCD into your CD drive and start the installation
as follows:
- Windows NT 3.5x: Start the Program Manager, select
File
- Run
, then START.EXE from the root directory of the CD.
Windows NT 4.0: Click the START button in the task bar,
select the option Run and
then select START.EXE from the root directory of the CD.
- Choose English
as your language for the installation.
- Click the Start
Installation button.
- If necessary, select the hardware for which you wish to install;
this is displayed in the Product
drop-down list. The installation program usually recognizes your
hardware automatically.
- Click the Next
button.
- If desired, enter a path to which the software will be installed.
- Click the button corresponding to the type of installation
you want. If you select Custom,
a list of software components will be displayed. Click the check
boxes to specify the components you want to install.
- A README file will be displayed. Please read this file!
- After you have read the README, click Next.
- When prompted to restart your computer, choose Yes.
Windows NT 3.5x
- Select Display
in the Control Panel
window. Set the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate that
best suit your requirements and the performance of your monitor.
- Click OK.
Windows NT 4.0
- Click Start
- Settings - Control
Panel - Display
- Settings, or
click with the right mouse button on the Windows desktop, select
Properties and
Settings. Set
the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate that best suit your
requirements and your monitor's performance.
- Click OK.
Windows NT 3.5x / Windows NT 4.0
- The basic software is now installed. In Windows NT 3.5x
you can see the new STEALTH
3D 2000 PRO icon in the Control
Panel window.
Installing Windows®
95 Software
The software installation creates the InControl Tools 95 group
in the list of programs in the Start group.
When you first install your new Stealth 3D 2000 Pro card in your
system and boot Windows 95
for the first time, Windows 95 will inform you that it has discovered
new hardware and will prompt you to install drivers for it.
If you're updating an existing installation or Windows 95's Plug
and Play support doesn't request drivers when you start your system,
use the SuperCD's installation program to
install drivers and software for your card.
- Insert the SuperCD into your CD drive.
- When prompted for the location of your driver files, enter
X:\DRIVERS, where "X" is the drive letter of your CD-ROM
drive. For example, if your CD-ROM is drive D, you would type
D:\DRIVERS.
- Click OK, and the driver files will be copied to their destination
directories.
Sometimes Windows doesn't find all the files on the first try
and prompts again for the path from which to install drivers.
If this happens, use X:\DRIVERS again.
- When prompted to restart your computer, click OK. A dialog
box will appear, asking if you want to complete the installation.
If you want to install optional Diamond software, click on the
INSTALL NOW button.
If Windows 95 does not display a message
about new hardware when you start your system, put the SuperCD
into your CD drive and start the installation as follows:
- If the installation program hasn't already started, click
on the START button in the task bar, select the option RUN, and
then select START.EXE from the root directory of the SuperCD.
- Choose the language for the software installation.
- Click the START INSTALLATION button.
- Confirm your hardware if necessary and click Next.
- Select either Standard, Custom or Minimal installation and
specify a path on your hard disk to which the software should
be installed. For the first installation we recommend the Standard
installation, as all necessary programs will be installed.
Note: Custom installation allows you to choose which software
components you want to install. If you decide you don't want to
install a particular component, click on it again to de-select
it.
- When Windows 95 prompts you to restart the computer, click
Yes.
Installing Windows®
3.1x Software
Installing the Basic Software and Utilities
In order to use your board in your PC it is necessary to install
a package of basic programs, regardless of the operating system
in use. Please execute the following steps in order to install
the basic software.
Put the SuperCD in drive E: and start the installation (from E:)
as follows:
- Start the Program Manager, select 'File'-'Run',
then START.EXE from the CD.
- Choose English (E)
as your language for the installation.
- The main menu is displayed.
- Click on the Start
Installation button.
- Confirm your hardware if necessary.
- Select one of the displayed installation options, and enter
or confirm the path for the software installation.
Depending on your choice, README information or a list of software
drivers available for installation, is displayed.
- Click the Next
button and follow the instructions on the screen. The installation
program will automatically copy all the necessary files onto your
hard disk.
- To enable the new driver installation the system restarts.
Note: The monitor configuration set by default is: 640x480
resolution; 60 Hz screen refresh rate.
Set higher screen refresh rates, resolutions, or color depths
according to your monitor´s performance, for example, by
using a corresponding tuning program. Refer to the online help
for InControl Tools Lite (ICT Lite).
InControl Tool 95
for Windows® 95 Software
InControl Tools 95 provides a set of easy-access display and desktop
utilities that help you maintain a picture perfect environment
for work or pleasure.
With InControl Tools 95 you can:
- Use a popup menu to instantly switch desktop and viewport
resolutions and zoom in and out on your viewport.
- Center windows and message boxes to the viewport or desktop.
- Control other display management features--screen saver, fast
scroll, pan lock, even your hot keys and popup menus--with menu
on/off switches.
- Adjust colour and brightness of video window
- Customize TV output according to your requirements
- Adjust your system's audio volume with a handy popup slider
bar.
- Add or remove items from your left- or right-button popup
menus.
- The Setup Wizard guides you through the complete InControl
Tools customization process. It is run when you install InControl
Tools for the first time, but you can run it again any time by
clicking the InControl Tools tray icon and choosing Setup Wizard.
- For a more detailed description of the different InControl
features please refer to the online help.
Quick start instructions
When you install InControl Tools 95, a tray icon is added to your
Windows95 desktop and several new options are added to your Display
Properties dialog.
Many of the new features available to you are activated immediately
after installing InControl Tools and restarting Windows. You can
then modify or toggle any feature on or off, either through the
Display Properties dialog or directly from your enhanced desktop
(right button) menu.
To start using InControl Tools immediately after installation
and restart:
- Click your right mouse button on the Windows desktop. Your
enhanced desktop menu appears. Note that this is the same Windows95
"right-click" menu that normally appears, but with several
new items listed above the standard items. These new items are
your InControl Tools enhancements. Check all features and submenus
to review the default settings.
- Click your left mouse button on the Windows desktop. Your
popup start menu appears. Note that this is the same menu that
appears when you click the Start menu. Now, however, it's also
available as a "floating" popup menu.
You're now ready to use or customize all of these new features
(such as adding hot key shortcuts).