================================================================================ Stealth 3D Series Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95 README.TXT ================================================================================ Release Notes ----------------- This is version 4.10.01.0069 of the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Windows 95 Display Drivers with InControl Tools 95 version 4.03.147. This driver supports DirectX 5. I. Windows 95 Installation Notes --------------------------------- A. If Windows 95 is already installed -------------------------------------- 1. When you first install the video card in the system and power on, Windows 95 will inform you that it has discovered a new "PCI VGA-Compatible Display Adapter" and will prompt you to install drivers for it. If Windows 95 does not display a message about new hardware when you start your system, go on with item 6. 2. Insert the SuperCD into your CDROM 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. 3. 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. 4. 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: 5. Once Windows 95 restarts you will want to click the "Start" button, then choose "Run...". 6. Insert the Diamond SuperCD into the appropriate drive and within the "Run" dialog box type the following: "x:\START" where x is the corresponding letter of the drive containing the Diamond SuperCD with Stealth 3D 2000 Pro Windows 95 Display Drivers. 7. Once the Diamond SuperCD window appears choose the language for the software installation. 8. Click the "Start Installation" button. 9. Confirm your hardware if necessary and click "Next". 10. A dialog box will appear containing the path where InControl Tools 95 will be installed. The default path is: "C:\Program Files\Diamond" Change the path as necessary. Select the installation type. There are three installation types: Minimal, Full and Custom. They are defined as follows: Minimal: This will install only the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Display Driver. Standard: This will install both the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Display Driver and InControl Tools 95. Custom: This will allow installation of either the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Display Driver or InControl Tools 95. At the minimum, the Diamond Stealth 3D Series Display Driver must be installed during a first-time installation. For the first installation we recommend the STANDARD installation. 11. If "Custom" was selected in step 15, a dialog box will appear allowing the selection of various items. Select the items to be installed by clicking on them with the left mouse button. When finished, click "Next" to continue. 12. At the "Select Files to be copied" dialog box, click "Next" to begin the file copying process. 13. After the files have been copied you will want to click "Finish" in order to complete the installation. 14. Windows 95 will ask that the computer be restarted. Click on "Yes" to restart the computer. 15. Once Windows 95 restarts, you will have successfully installed the software for your Diamond Stealth 3D Series. The InControl Tools 95 Wizard will then guide you the rest of the way. Thank you for choosing Diamond! B. Installing Windows 95 after installing the Stealth 3D --------------------------------------------------------- 1. If you install Windows 95 after you have installed the Stealth 3D Series, Windows 95 will use a generic S3 driver for the Stealth 3D Series. In order to install the provided Diamond Stealth 3D Series Windows 95 Display Drivers, complete the following steps. 2. First right click on "My Computer" and select "Properties". Now select the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Under "Display adapters" you will want to highlight "S3" and click "Remove". Then click "OK" to confirm the device removal. 4. Next select "No" when Windows 95 prompts you to restart the computer. Note: you will want to keep the "Device Manager" open in order to proceed with the installation. 5. From this point on, you will be able to complete the installation by continuing with Step 4 which is provided within the section above labeled: "A. If Windows 95 is already installed". II. Diamond Refresh Utility ---------------------------- The Diamond Refresh Utility allows you to select the refresh rate for your monitor which suits you best in addition to providing a display centering utility. You may want to have your monitor's manual or specifications with you while using this utility. A. To access the Display Centering Utility: -------------------------------------------- 1. Click your right mouse button anywhere on the Windows background. The Windows desktop menu will appear. 2. Next choose "Properties" in order to bring up the "Display Properties" dialog box. 3. Now select the "Refresh" tab. 4. Move your mouse cursor to the screen area on the monitor graphic. You will notice that the mouse cursor changes to a hand. 5. Press and hold your left mouse button and move the screen graphic up, down or to either side. Note that your screen is repositioned dynamically as you move the mouse. 6. Release your mouse button when your screen is centered. Note: You can also change the screen position dynamically by simultaneously pressing your key and either the left, right, up or down directional arrow keys. 7. A confirmation message opens to let you verify the change. Click "Yes" to confirm the change or "No" to revert to the previous screen position. If you don't make a choice, the message box is dismissed after a few seconds and the screen reverts to it's previous position. B. To access the Monitor Refresh Utility: ------------------------------------------ 1. Click your right mouse button anywhere on the Windows background. The Windows desktop menu will appear. 2. Next choose "Properties" in order to bring up the "Display Properties" dialog box. 3. Now select the "Refresh" tab. 4. In the lower portion of the dialog box, open the refresh dropdown list by clicking on the downward-pointing arrow to the right of the list viewer. The list contains all available refresh rates for the currently selected monitor type, viewport size and color palette. Note that some configurations offer only one choice. 5. If more than one refresh rate is available, you are provided the ability to select a new one. 6. If you select a new refresh rate, a confirmation message box opens. If the new refresh rate appears stable, you can click "Yes" to confirm the selection. If you click "No" or wait a few seconds, the previous refresh rate is restored. Features Added -------------- DirectX 5 support. Problems Addressed ------------------ None Known Limitations ----------------- The S3 Live Video software cannot be uninstalled through the Diamond Multimedia Product Installation & Removal. However, you can uninstall the software by running the setup.exe located on disk 3 of the Win'95 Drivers set. Windows 95 and problems while playing Video-CD or CDI ----------------------------------------------------- Our MPEG playback MCI driver uses the Win95 driver for the CD-ROM drive. If Win95 doesn't support your CD-ROM controller (the CD-ROM drive is connected on a IDE port and using the Win95 controller driver for the IDE controller), there are 2 workarounds: - Using the DOS real-mode driver: Install the CD-ROM driver in the CONFIG.SYS and MSCDEX.EXE (from the \WINDOWS\COMMAND directory) in AUTOEXEC.BAT. Additionally, it could be possible to disable the 32-bit mode for the drives. - Using a secondary IDE controller: Use a secondary IDE controller (normally address 170, IRQ 15 or 10) supported by Win95. If you use your CD-ROM at this port, the problem should be solved. Only possible if your motherboard uses only one IDE controller (normally address 1F0, IRQ 14). You can use a second IDE port on newer soundboards with a IDE port (no soundboards with CD-ROM interfaces for special xxx-drives) or a simple ISA IDE controller. Contacting DIAMOND ------------------ Diamond can be reached through a number of ways. Information on how to contact DIAMOND can be found in the product documentation. All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners. ======================================================================= Diamond Multimedia (c) 1997 European Division All Rights Reserved =======================================================================