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Diamond ViperII Z200 Series
Windows 95/98 Drivers 4.12.01.9006-9.51.01
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This README file contains the following important information:
1. Important Note
2. Installation Notes
3. Installation Instructions
4. Issues Addressed
5. Features Added
6. Known Issues
7. 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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These drivers require DirectX 7.0 to support DirectDraw
& Direct3D applications.
NOTE: You may need to reinstall DirectX 7.0 after installing
these drivers for full DirectDraw and Direct3D support. This
can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX
InControl Tools 95 shortcuts are not compatible with Windows 98
and InControl Tools 98. It is important to uninstall any previous
version of InControl Tools (e.g. InControl Tools 95) before
installation of InControl Tools 99. Uninstall from the Control
Panel by:
1. Choosing "Add/Remove Programs"
2. Select "Diamond Multimedia Product Installation & Removal"
3. Click on the "Add/Remove" button
4. Then follow the uninstall process.
Preparing to install the Windows 9x Drivers
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Before installing the Diamond ViperII Z200 Windows 9x display
drivers, switch your display driver to the "Standard VGA".
1. Open your Control Panel and select Display.
2. Select the Settings tab and click the Change Display Type
button.
3. Click the Change button.
4. Select the Show All Devices radio button and scroll to the
top of the left window and select Standard Display Types.
5. In the right window select Standard Display Adapter (VGA).
Click OK.
3. Installation Instructions
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NOTE: This driver should automatically begin installation
upon execution. If it does not, the default extraction directory
is C:\Diamond\Update . In this directory is the INSTALL.EXE
utilty that can be used to manually install the drivers.
Manual Installation via .inf:
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Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
Start the "Display" applet program.
Select the "Settings" page, push the "Advanced..." button. Select
the "Adapter" page, then push the "Change" button in the "Adapter
Type" area.
Push the "Have Disk" button and press "OK".
Specify the path to the new drivers' .inf file and press the
<ENTER> key:
Example 1: Insert the drivers disk in the A: floppy drive,
and enter A:\.
Example 2: Type in the name of the directory where you
copied the drivers, either on your local hard
drive or on a network shared drive.
Example 3: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers
are, choose the "Browse..." button and find them.
The "Select Device" dialog box will appear. Select the adapter
that corresponds to the one you installed in your machine and
click OK.
Windows will copy the display drivers to the proper
directories on your system.
Continue choosing Close until asked to restart your machine from
the "Systems Settings Change" dialog box.
After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display
applet and select alternate screen resolutions, color depths and
related features.
4. Issue Addressed
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Improved Transformation and Lighting support.
Corrected issue with offset polygons in Soldier of Fortune.
Corrected AGP texture upload issue.
Corrected issue with Gamma properties where user changes were
not being saved across reboots.
5. Features Added
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OpenGL options now included on Diamond 3D property page.
Transformation and Lighting improvements in OpenGL and
Direct3D.
6. Known Issues
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If problems occur with high resolution 32bpp modes, lower the
refresh, resolution or color depth.
You may need to reinstall DirectX 7.0 after installing
these drivers for full DirectDraw and Direct3D support. This
can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX
This driver enables Transformation and Lighting. Using this
feature may result in visual anomalies. Performance increases or
decreases are dependent on your system speed and applications.
7. Known Limitations
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This driver is optimized for DirectX7. It is not optimized for
DirectX 6.1, however it has been tested and runs, with limitations
noted, on operating systems with either DirectX version installed
By design if both a CRT and a TV are attached and powered on,
both will be detected and Windows will boot to simultaneous
TV & CRT display. The TV must be powered off for Windows to
boot to CRT only.
SECAM is not supported.
Only one overlay surface is available in hardware. If a second
overlay stream is attempted, the video stream will play
through GDI.
Certain applications, such as Quake III, may not return properly
from APM's Monitor Shutdown. Such applications will need to be
restarted to recover. Currently, you will need to disable APM before
running affected applications.
The Gamma utility has no effect on Flat Panel Displays.
By design, Flat Panel and TV will not operate at the same time.
ICT will not be fully functional with COMCTRL32.DLL version 4.70 and
earlier. This may impact Windows 95 platforms. The problems
experienced will included :
1) The InControl Desktop Properties will not execute.
2) The InControl Desktop Manager will not execute.
3) The Diamond 3D page will not execute.
To resolve this issue you can do one of the following:
1) Install a later version of COMCTRL32.DLL from the Microsoft Web
Site. It is part of a self-extracting executable (50comupd.exe)
which can be downloaded from Microsoft's webpage through the link
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q186/1/76.ASP
Download the latest version, currently select the option
"Download 50comupd.exe (x86)" 0.49 MB.
2) Install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.
Zoran software may not install on Windows 95 and OSR2 systems.
Zoran and S3/Diamond are aware of this issue.
InControl Tools (ICT)99:
InControl Tools 99 shortcuts require a system reboot to take
effect when running under Windows 98.
Diamond ICT99 "Internet Sites" popup requires IE3.0 or above or
Netscape Communicator 4.51 or above.
After uninstalling the Update Wizard with Windows 950a or 950b,
reboot your machine to remove Start Menu entries.
Please refer to the Diamond website www.diamondmm.com for future
updates.
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Diamond Multimedia / S3, Inc. (c) 1993-2000, All Rights Reserved
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