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| README file for ERAZOR II Beta driver
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| ELSA graphics driver for Windows NT 4.0 build 1381.
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| Version: 4.05.00.118
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| Copyright (c) 1993-99 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
| Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800
| D-52070 Aachen
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| ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 2231 Calle De Luna
| Santa Clara, CA 95054
| USA
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| ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
| Nanking East Road
| Taipei 105
| Taiwan, R. O. C.
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| ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| Mita Suzuki Building 3F
| 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
| Tokyo 108-0014
| Japan
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| 06/30/1999, MWolf
Table of Contents:
1 Introduction
2 List of Installation Files
3 Installation
4 Known Problems
5 History
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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.
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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
_ESCAN.EXE
_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
CheckPent*III*.* Katmai - support check
DATA.TAG
DATA1.CAB archive with files used by the system
DISK1 Disk1 identifier file
ERAZOR3.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エ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
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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 III.
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."D:\Erazor3\WINNT40\i386") 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エ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.
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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!
To use the new instructionset features of Pentium III pro-
cessors it is recommended to install the Windows NT service
Pack no. 5 or newer.
- 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.
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5 History
Version 4.03.00.46
- first release for Erazor II
Version 4.03.00.60
- support for Erazor II SD-RAM
Version 4.04.00.86
- some minor bugfixes for OpenGL
- better performance
Version 4.04.00.94
- some minor bugfixes
- better performance
Version 4.05.00.118
- bugfixes for ALi Chipset mainboards
- better OpenGL performance
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