*** Rendition V1000 Reference Drivers *** Version: 2.1 beta2 - November 14th, 1997 These drivers are beta reference drivers. They are not supported by Rendition, Inc. or by board manufacturers. They are provided to users of Rendition based products on an "as is" basis, without warranty. They may not be disassembled or reverse-engineered. These drivers may not work on your system, or you may lose enhanced functionality provided by your board manufacturer's drivers. Make sure you retain a copy of your existing drivers before installing these drivers. Check with your board manufacturer to get updated, supported drivers. The fixes present in these reference drivers should make their way into your board manufacturers' next release, dated later than November 14th 1997. Please check with your board manufacturer, or on Rendition's WWW site at www.rendition.com to locate more recent driver releases. -- Installation Instructions for v1000 Reference Drivers Open Control Panel Open Display Select the Settings tab Click the Advanced Properties button Click the Change button Click Have Disk button Click the Browse button Change to the directory where the drivers are located (ie on the CD) Once you have found the proper directory, there should be a "V1000.INF" visible in the left window pane. Click OK Click OK again Click OK again (Rendition Verite 1000 PCI should be visible in the window) At this point, the drivers are being installed. Once they have been installed, you will need to restart Windows (you should be automatically prompted you to do this). Trouble shooting If for some reason you have any problems after installing these drivers, try the following first. Install the latest "BIOS" update from your board manufacturer. BIOS updaters can often be found on the board maker's web site. If you still have problems, try the following: On your CD, there is a program called "PHX2105.COM" (this should be located in the same general vacinity as where you found the drivers. Copy this file to your root directory on your C: drive. Then, edit your "Autoexec.bat" and add the following line: C:\PHX2105.COM This will load the TSR version of our latest BIOS. If you wish to disable having this load every time you start your PC, then "REM" out the above line in your "Autoexec.bat" file (just add REM infront of the line and save).