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Diamond ViperII Z200 Series
Windows NT 4.0 drivers 4.1024.900.0019
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This README file contains the following important information:
1. Important Note
2. Installation Notes
3. Installation Instructions
4. Known Issues
5. Known Limitations
1. Important Note
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Please read this README file and all the supplied documentation
BEFORE you continue the installation.
2. Installation Notes
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We recommend that you have installed Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack
5 (require at least Service pack 3), and are running the Standard
VGA driver (640x480x16 color) before you install the Diamond
ViperII Z200 NT 4.0 drivers. If you are running a different
graphics mode, please re-configure for Standard VGA.
3. Installation Instructions
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Manual Installation via .inf:
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1. Start system with Windows NT 4.0 installed.
2. IMPORTANT: When the "Please select the operating system to
start..." message is displayed,
select "Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]".
3. From "Start", select the "Settings group", then click on the
"Control Panel" icon.
4. In the "Control Panel", double click on the "Display" icon.
5. In the "Settings" screen, click on the "Display Type..."
button.
6. From the "Display Type" screen, and in the "Adapter Type"
section, click on the "Change..." button.
7. In the "Change Display" screen, click on the "Have Disk..."
button.
8. Locate the desired .inf file on your driver CD or
elsewhere, then click on the "OK" button.
9. From the list of displayed Diamond devices, select your
Diamond device.
10. From "Third-party Drivers", click on the "Yes" button to
proceed.
11. If a message appears stating the driver is already installed
on the system, and asks if you want to use the current or
new drivers, be sure to select the "New" button.
12. If prompted for the driver files' location a second time,
click on the "Continue" button.
13. When the message "The drivers were successfully installed" is
displayed, and the drivers were loaded from a floppy
diskette, remove the display driver diskette, then
click on the "OK" button.
14. Back at the "Display Type" window, click on the "Close"
button.
15. Back at the "Display Properties" window, click on the "Close"
button.
16. When you see the "System Settings Change" window, asking if
you wish to restart your computer, click on the "Yes"
window to reboot now.
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NOTE: If installing Windows NT 4.0 with the Diamond device
already installed in the system:
Proceed through the Windows NT installation as normal.
The installation program will prompt the user to choose
a display mode. Choose the "Cancel" button from the
"Display Settings" screen to ignore this step for now.
The installation will now finish. Once Windows NT has
started for the first time, proceed to follow the steps
outlined above to install the driver for your Diamond
device.
4. Known Issues
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Win Tune 98 video test results in blue screen.
5. Known Limitations
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To uninstall the Windows NT drivers you will need to rerun the
ViperII Z200 Series install program and deselect the features
that were installed.
InControl Tools (ICT)99:
InControl Tools 99 shortcuts require a system reboot to take
effect when running under Windows NT.
Diamond ICT99 "Internet Sites" popup requires IE3.0 or above or
Netscape Communicator 4.51 or above.
Launching multiple Netscape Communicators via the "Internet
Sites" popup will result in empty Communicators. Only one Site
should be launched at a time.
Please refer to the Diamond website www.diamondmm.com for future
updates.
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Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-2000, All Rights Reserved
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