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Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95 README.TXT
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Release Notes
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This is v.2.00.195 BETA of the Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers disk, with
InControl Tools 95 v.2.00.057 BETA. This driver currently supports the
following Diamond display adapters:
Stealth64 Video 2000 series
Stealth64 Video 2001 series
Stealth64 Video 3000 series
Windows95 Installation Notes
------------------------------
1. From Windows 95, select Start, then Run.
2. Insert the Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers diskette into your floppy drive.
3. In the Run dialog box, type in the following:
A:\INSTALL <enter>
Where A is the drive letter of the floppy drive containing the Diamond GT
Windows 95 Display Drivers / InControl Tools 95 diskette.
The following command line switches can be used with INSTALL:
/f This forces a Full installation (Diamond GT
display driver and InControl Tools 95).
/m This forces a Minimal installation (Diamond GT
display driver only).
/d"drive:\path" This installs InControl Tools 95 into drive:\path. Note
that the quotes around the drive and path are
required, and that either the /f or /m must be used
in conjunction with this switch.
/r This forces a system reboot after installation. Note
that either the /f or /m switches must be used in
conjunction with this switch.
/nr This prevents a system reboot after installation.
Note that either the /f or /m switches must be
used in conjunction with this switch.
uninstall This will completely uninstall the Diamond GT display
driver and InControl Tools 95.
4. From the Diamond Setup dialog box, select Next.
5. From the Hardware Check dialog box, select Next.
6. A dialog box will appear containing the path where InControl Tools 95
will be installed. The default path is:
C:\Program Files\Diamond
Select Next, or change the path as necessary.
7. The next dialog box selects the installation type. There are three
installation types, Minimal, Full, and Custom. They are defined as
follows:
Minimal: This will install only the Diamond GT display driver.
Full: This will install both the Diamond GT display driver
and InControl Tools 95.
Custom: This will allow installation of either the Diamond GT
display driver or InControl Tools 95. At the minimum,
the Diamond GT display driver must be installed during
a first-time installation.
8. If Custom was selected in step 7, a dialog box will appear allowing
selection of various items. Select the items to be installed by
clicking on them with the left mouse button. When finished, click
Next to continue.
9. At the Select Files to be copied dialog box, click Next to begin the
file copy process.
10. After the files have been copied, a Finished Installing dialog box will
appear. Remove the installation diskette from the floppy drive, then click
Finish.
11. Windows 95 will ask that the computer be restarted. Click on Yes to
restart the computer.
Known Limitations
-----------------
If these drivers are installed from "Have Disk" with the Microsoft S3 driver
already active, the Microsoft driver will overwrite the PCI frame buffer
address. The system *MUST* be powered down after installing the Diamond GT
Windows 95 display driver to remedy this issue. Note that this issue does not
occur when installing over the Microsoft VGA driver.
DDC monitors are not supported in this release. This will be addressed in the
final release of these drivers.
Using a Stealth64 Video 2001 series card at 1280x1024 8-bit desktop with a
640x480 viewport, the viewport may be displayed incorrectly.
A General Protection Fault may occur by running After Dark for Windows v.3.1.
Upgrading to After Dark v.3.2 will resolve this issue.
If you have an MVP 2000 module for your Stealth64 Video 3000 series card, you
may experience icon corruption. If this occurs, power the system off, remove
the MVP 2000 module, restart the system, enter Windows 95, then change color
depths. This will be addressed in the final release of these drivers.
To view the Online Internet Services, your World Wide Web browser must be
registered with the Windows 95 Registry.
Using Microsoft's The Fox and The Bear application in 640x480 16bpp, the
display will not be correct. This problem is being investigated.
With some BIOSes, you may encounter problems switching between the desktop and
320x200 or 320x240 DirectDraw modes. This problem is being investigated.
The following BIOSes have been tested with the Diamond GT display driver. If
you have an older BIOS and are encountering difficulties, it is recommended
that you contact Diamond Customer Service at 408-325-7100 (option 3) to get the
current version of the BIOS for your Diamond display adapter:
Stealth64 Video 2000 series: BIOS 1.02
Stealth64 Video 2001 series: BIOS 1.00, 1.01, 1.03
Stealth64 Video 3000 series: BIOS 1.04, 1.06
BIOS 2.04, 2.07
BIOS 3.00, 3.01
Stealth64 Video 3200: BIOS 1.06, 1.16
BIOS 2.06, 2.16
Issues Addressed
----------------
Increased performance.
With InControl Tools 95 enabled, a General Protection Fault may occur when
connecting to America Online. If this occurs, single left click the
InControl Tools 95 icon in the tray, select Exit, select Yes to close InControl
Tools, then reconnect to America Online.
If the Off function of DPMS is enabled, the system will not resume after the
Off state is reached.
A Note From the Diamond GT / InControl Tools 95 Development Team
----------------------------------------------------------------
We'd like to take a moment to thank you for evaluating the Diamond GT driver
and InControl Tools 95 in their BETA states. Please realize that we have
developed hundreds of thousands of lines of code, resulting in hundreds of
thousands of man-hours of testing these products, yet there still may be issues
that we haven't found. We hope that you report any issues found to our
Technical Support group via one of the methods listed below. This will
allow us to identify and resolve problems prior to the release versions of
these products. Any comments about these products can be directed to Technical
Support as well. Thanks again for helping us develop the best products
possible.
---The Diamond GT / InControl Tools 95 Development Team
Contacting DIAMOND
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If any problems or difficulties are encountered while using this driver, please
download a problem report (PDR.TXT) from any of our on-line services. You may
send the problem report to us via any of the methods below. Please do NOT call
Diamond's Technical Support for difficulties you encounter. Technical Support
cannot offer direct support for this BETA driver.
Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
ATTN: Technical Support - BETA Driver
2880 Junction Avenue
San Jose, CA 95134-1922
FAX : (408) 325-7171
BBS (to 14400) : (408) 325-7080
BBS (to 28800) : (408) 325-7175
CompuServe : GO DMNDONLINE
America Online : GO DIAMOND
MSN : GOTO DIAMONDONLINE
WWW : http://www.diamondmm.com
FTP : ftp.diamondmm.com
All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their
respective owners.
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Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-95
(408) 325-7000 All Rights Reserved
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$Id: readme.tx@ 1.27 1995/12/22 03:31:22 kevinw Exp $
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