STR00000="Stealth Family - Graphics and Multimedia Accelerators"
STR00008="Stealth 64 VRAM"
;Product
STR00100="Stealth 64 VRAM"
; Diamond Stealth64 VRAM FAQ
; Last revised: April 23, 1996
;-- Win 95 --
STRa1000="What driver should I use with Windows 95?"
STRa1010="The Diamond GT Drivers for Windows 95 are now available. Please view the driver update page to download the current version of this driver."
STRa1500="When running high resolution modes, my screen flickers."
STRa1510="Verify that the Diamond drivers are installed. Follow instructions listed in the question, "What driver should I use with Windows 95?"
STRa1600="After installing the Diamond drivers in Windows 95, my modem fails to connect."
STRa1610="Some users may encounter an address conflict with 8 bit devices that use I/O address 02E8h (COM4) on the ISA. This includes modems, serial port adapters, and network cards."
STRa1620="IBM originally defined the address space 02E8h-02EFh as a reserved address range, but the IBM 8514/A and successor cards started using this range as their I/O port."
STRa1630="The Stealth 64 VRAM is a 16-bit device utilizing addresses X2E8h, X6E8h, XAE8h, and XEE8h for enhanced mode register access. All 16-bits of the I/O address are decoded. \nThe AT motherboard only decodes the lower 10 bits of the I/O address, thus creating the conflict between the cards."
STRa1640="The solution is simply to remove or reassign the 8-bit I/O device to a range outside this area.\nNote that this problem exists with the generic S3 drivers included with Windows 95, and not the Diamond GT Drivers."
STRa1700="My system has reduced video performance after installing Windows 95."
STRa1710="The drivers included with Windows 95 are based on the core driver from the chip set manufacturer (S3) and were rewritten to work with Windows 95 by Microsoft."
STRa1720="Diamond has released drivers that offer better performance and allow many of the same capabilities that were available with Win 3.x such as on-the-fly resolution and color depth switching, as well as custom refresh rate control for your monitor."
STRa1730="Please view the driver update page to download the current version of this driver."
STR01000="When I start Windows 3.1x using the 64k or 16.7M color driver, I get a message from Program Manager:'Extremely Low On Memory: Not enough memory to convert all the program icons'"
STR01010="This error message is a function of Windows' use of memory, not the amount of RAM in the system, or the amount of video RAM on the card. When Program Manager uses up it's fixed amount of allocated memory to convert the icons in each group to the color depth supported by the display driver, the remaining icons will appear as black boxes."
STR01020="There are two ways to work around this Windows limitation:"
STR01030="1. If you have abnormally large groups, you may have to split the group into two or more separate groups to comply with the 64K limit for a Program Manager group. The size restriction of 64K includes information for each program item, including icon color information."
STR01040="2. Use a third party shell, such as Norton Desktop, that uses a different method for caching icon information, and can rebuild the icon cache easily. For more information on this, view the Microsoft Knowledge Base."
STR02000="I get a GPF (General Protection Fault) in the display driver when running Word Perfect 6.x using a display driver greater than 256 colors or when creating a new table."
STR02010="Performing the following will likely solve this problem:"
STR02020="1. With only the Program Manager open, find the WP icon. Select this icon, and hit the ALT+ENTER keystroke combination. To the command line property, add the following parameters:\n /FL \n to the line right after the .EXE of Word Perfect. \n Click on the OK button to close this dialog box."
STR02030="2. Open the File Manager and find the file STANDARD.WPT in the Word Perfect template directory. Delete or rename this file. Close File Manager."
STR02040="3. Open Word Perfect. The modified command line will give Word Perfect the information to create a working table template."
STR03000="The icons in Norton Desktop for Windows appear corrupt and miscolored after installing a new display driver."
STR03010="Norton Desktop for Windows caches the Windows icons in order to increase the performance of the application. When the color depth is changed the cached icon image is no longer valid. To correct this perform the following steps:"
STR03020="* Go to the Control Center and chose Quick Access \n* Select Advanced \n* In the following dialog box there is a choice to reset the icons"
STR03030="This will rebuild the icon cache file with information from the current Windows color depth. Keep in mind that this will need to be done each time the color depth it changed."
STR04000="When I run some multimedia programs and games, my display appears fragmented like a "jigsaw puzzle"."
STR04010="This is an application limitation due to the way that the application uses Device Dependent Bitmaps to control the graphics on the screen instead of the Standard Device Independent Bitmaps. There is no permanent fix available through Diamond."
STR04020="However, we do offer a work around. You can edit the SYSTEM.INI file (located in the \WINDOWS directory) and look for the [STLTH64.DRV] section (if this section does not exist, add it). If there is a line that reads "DeviceBitMaps=0" change it to "DeviceBitMaps=1".
STR04030="If the section or line is not there, simply add the following text to the SYSTEM.INI: \n [STLTH64.DRV] \n devicebitmaps=1"
STR04040="Although this work around should correct the problem with these types of games, it may cause side effects. You should restore your SYSTEM.INI file to itÆs original condition when youÆre finished playing these games, and contact your software vendor for a permanent solution."
STR04050="Currently, Paramount Interactive, the company that produces LennyÆs Music Toons, has a permanent fix available through Paramount InteractiveÆs Customer Service."
STR05000="When I run Central Point Backup, the system locks up intermittently or displays DMA errors."
STR05010="Add the following lines to the SYSTEM.INI above the [DIAMOND] section: \n [STLTH64.DRV] \n busycheck=on \n leavemmiodisabled=1 \n"
STR06000="When I run Norton AntiVirus for Windows, my system locks up as it starts to scan the system."
STR06010="Disable high memory scan from Norton AntiVirus."
STR07000="I receive an intermittent "Divide by Zero" error."
STR07010="Check the pop up menu of InControl Tools. If you see "Center to Viewport", change it to "Center to Desktop". In addition, if you have "Maximize to viewport", change it to "Maximize to desktop"."
STR08000="When InControl Tools starts, I receive an error message "Diamond InControl Fatal Error: The display initialization fils does not match your video adapter or is corrupted. "You must re-install the correct Diamond Video product to correct this problem.""
STR08010="This error message is typically cause by installing the incorrect display driver for the Diamond card in the machine. To correct this problem, verify that you are using the correct driver. Please use the Quick Driver Updates to download the correct version."
STR08020="Another possible cause of this problem is that the driver you have cannot read the Diamond BIOS information. Memory managers such as QEMM and Netroom can move or remap the BIOS information from the C000 area. To troubleshoot this problem, rename the AUTOEXEC.BAT and create a temporary CONFIG.SYS with only the following lines:\n
