# | README file for ERAZOR II | | ELSA graphics driver disk for Windows NT 4.0 build 1381. | | Version: 4.04.00.94 | | (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany) | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 2231 Calle De Luna | Santa Clara, CA 95054 | USA | | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5 | Nanking East Road | Taipei 105 | Taiwan, R. O. C. | | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | Mita Suzuki Building 3F | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku | Tokyo 108-0014 | Japan | | 04/07/1999, Mwolf Table of Contents: 1 Introduction 2 List of Installation Files 3 Installation 4 Known Problems ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Introduction This file explains how to setup and to configure the ELSA Windows NT driver software for your graphics board. 1.2 Further Information For more information on configuring installed ELSA graphics drivers, refer to the Windows Help or to the help files to ELSA Utilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 List of Installation Files The directory with the ELSA graphics driver for Windows NT contains the following files: I386 folder for driver files SETUPDIR language specific files _INST32I.EX_ Installshield files used by setup _ISDEL.EXE Installshield files used by setup _SYS1.CAB archive with files used by the system _USER1.CAB archive with files used by the system DATA.TAG DATA1.CAB archive with files used by the system DISK1 Disk1 identifier file ERAZOR2.INF installscript for the graphics adapter INSERV.INI initialization file for the setup LANG.DAT language specific files LAYOUT.BIN LIESMICH.TXT german version of readme.txt OS.DAT operatingsystem specific (NT, W9x ...) README.TXT file you´re currently reading SETUP.BMP ELSA Setup Logo SETUP.EXE startable setup program SETUP.INI initialization file for setup SETUP.INS steering script used by setup SETUP.LID ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Installation NOTE: This driver was designed for full functionality under Windows NT 4.0 only! It is possible to install the driver on three different ways: - Using the dialog "Display Properties" (3.1) - If installing Windows NT (3.2) - Using the selfinstalling Setup.exe (3.3) 3.1 Installation of the ELSA graphics driver NOTE: First install the Standard-VGA driver, then shut down your computer and exchange the graphics board with the ERAZOR II. In the Taskbar/Start/Settings, click on "Control Panel" and then select "Display Properties". Alternatively, you can right-click the desktop and in the appearing popup menu, select "Properties". Select "Settings" and then "Display Type". In the upcoming window you can use the "Change" button to select your ELSA graphics board. You will get the "Change Display" dialog box with a variety of available drivers. On the lower right-hand of the dialog box select the button "Other...". The dialog "Install from disk" appears with an indication of path or floppy drive ("A:\"). Change the entry to the path where the driver files for your board are located (e.g."\GLoria\Synergy\WINNT40") and confirm with "Continue". Now a list of ELSA graphics drivers is displayed. Select the driver for your board. Confirm the dialog. The driver is installed after confirming the warning that a third-party driver will be installed. NOTE: Under Windows NT 4.0, graphics drivers cannot be loaded dynamically. This is a limitation of the operating system. To activate the ELSA driver the computer has to be restarted. Please press >>Yes<< in the relevant dialog. The system will reboot and the initial installation is finished. The initial installation of ELSA drivers for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 installs the driver in a resolution of 640*480 pixel at 60Hz refresh. NOTE: With the installation of the Windows NT 4.0 driver, the ELSA OpenGL driver is automatically installed. 3.2 Making Installation Disks To create installation disks for the ELSA graphics driver you will need an empty floppy disk labeled "ELSA Windows NT 4.0 DISK 1". Copy the files from the according graphics board directory on the driver CD-ROM to the prepared disk. 3.3 Automatically installation procedure using Setup.exe You have to select the graphicsadapter´s driver location and start the Setup.exe. Please answer all the questions made by this tool and restart Windows NT after this procedure to activate the driver. 3.4 Testing the Installation and Determining the Driver Version Number 3.4.1 Testing the Installation From the Start menu, select "Settings" and in the Control Panel launch "Display". Select the tab "Settings" and then the button "Change configuration...". The following dialog gives information about the manufacturer, the version number and the current driver files. NOTE: If you see "Version Information missing ", you did not set US English as the system language. This problem will appear in all non-American NT installations. This is a limitation of the operating system. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Known Problems - If you do not have installed the Service Pack 3 (or higher) for NT4, AGP display cards only run in standard VGA mode. Please install a service pack 3 or higher to fix this problem! - If you own a multi processor board with BX- GX- or newer chipset you have to install the Service Pack 4. Otherwise the system will not work correctly. You will find both service packs on this WINERWare CD. - The display driver is installed successfully, but after rebooting the system the driver is not activated. Your graphics board requires an IRQ. Please assign a unique IRQ to the slot which is related to your graphics board. Information about how to do this you will find in the manual, delivered with your systems mainboard. - Video playback may result in pixel errors. Please install the Intel Indeo 5 video codec. - If the ELSA PCI graphics board is not recognized, try another PCI slot. Some mainboards have PCI slots which are not PCI compliant. - There are some problems reported in combination with mainboards using ALi chipsets together with AMD K6-2 CPUs. Please contact the manufacturer of your mainboard to get more information about this. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 History Version 4.03.00.46 - first released driver for Erazor II Version 4.03.00.60 - Erazor II SD-RAM support enabled Version 4.04.00.86 - some minor bugfixes for OpenGL - better overall performance Version 4.04.00.94 - some minor bugfixes - better performance