# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver. 4.12.01.0100-0002 | | ERAZOR X | | Copyright (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany) | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 1630 Zanker Road | San Jose, CA 95112 | USA | | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5 | Nanking East Road | Taipei 105 | Taiwan, R. O. C. | | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | Mita Suzuki Building 3F | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku | Tokyo 108-0014 | Japan | | 10/13/99, MLiedtke/MWolf Contents 1. Overview 2. Contents 3. Installation 4. History 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Overview This CD contains the ELSA Display Driver for Microsoft Windows 95/98. The driver supports 256, 65536 and 16 Million colors in all resolutions available on used ELSA board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Contents This directory contains the following files: README.TXT the file you currently look at LIESMICH.TXT german version of README VERSION.TXT Version info about driver and tools ELSAEZX.CAB display driver file for ERAZOR X ELSAEZX.INF installation file for driver and tools ELSAEXST.CAB property page "ELSA DriverSettings" WINMAN.CAB property page "ELSA Settings" ST3DSET.CAB property page "ELSA 3D Revelator" (optional) GAMMACTL.MPG settings - movie (optional - only on CD) GAMMACTL.CAB property page "ELSA ColorControl" DRVTOOLS folder containing extended tools as ELSAinfo, WINman Suite, and ELSA 3D Revelator (ELSA 3D Revelator is only optional available) In case of trouble during or after installation, please make sure you have all the files mentioned above! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Installation 3.1 Installing ELSA graphics board for Windows 95/98 Remove your "old" VGA and put the ELSA graphics board into your computer. If your ELSA graphics adapter contains a VGA-switch, be sure that it's position is set to the "1" position (VGA enabled). On startup Windows 95/98 detects the ELSA graphics board as "PCI early VGA Device" or a "PCI standard VGA adapter" and prompts for a manufacturer disk. Advanced users can now install as described in 3.3, Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install. If you prefer an easy way to install the driver or the driver is downloaded as EXE from the web you should first confirm Windows request to install a "PCI Standard VGA adapter". Later you can start the EXE or install by CD. 3.1 Installation from CD During a running Windows 95/98 session insert the CD into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is started and guides through installation. In case 'Auto Insert Notification' is disabled in your system, the setup has to be started manually by double clicking its icon in the root of CD. Now you can choose the components to be installed. After rebooting the system your monitor is recognized and installed. A resolution and color depth can be chosen now. 3.2 Installing downloaded driver packages Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXEs. The files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed, too. After finishing the setup or canceling the procedure the extracted installation files are deleted, including the temporary created folder. 3.3 Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install After Windows recognized the ELSA graphics adapter choose 'Have Disk...'. If you are updating the driver manually, select 'change...' in the advanced settings of the diplay properties. Now browse through the ELSA CD and select the proper display driver subdirectory (e.g. GLORIA\SYNERGY\WIN9X\STANDARD).Windows will copy the driver files and prompt you to reboot the computer. After restarting, Windows is running with the ELSA display drivers active. If your ELSA graphics adapter is not the primary display adapter in Windows 98, you have to activate the hardware by clicking on the connected monitor bitmap in the global windows display settings. 3.4 Installation extension The drivers installation routine will additionally create the "ELSA Settings", "ELSA Driver Settings", "ELSA ColorControl", "ELSA ChipGuard" property pages and installs an OpenGL ICD. The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages or on the CD will install additional tools like "WINman Suite", and "ELSAinfo". In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution without rebooting your system. After installing and restaring the system the advanced features will be installed and activatd for your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Revision History This section describes changes to the previous releases of this disk. Version 4.12.01.0100-0002 - first released version - complete DirectX7 support added (strongly recommended) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Release notes 5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from DirectX7, but to use it in an application, you must install DirectDraw/Direct3D. The Microsoft DirectDraw/Direct3D components are not included in the standard retail version of Windows 9x. You need an installation of DirectX7. To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your CD or start the DXsetup.exe in the folder: Drive:\APPS\DIRECTX7 5.2 AGP and Windows 95/98 AGP is supported only by the Windows version OSR-2.1 or higher. This is available after upgrading a Windows 95b (OSR2.0) version by the USB-Update 'USBSUPP.EXE'. The version number of your installed Windows can be found in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Version and VersionNumber. The Entries for OSR-2.1 are: Version "Windows95" VersionNumber "4.03.1212" or "4.03.1214" If your mainboard has no Intel chipset it may be necessary to install a chipset specific software patch to get best support and performance using the AGP port. Normally this patch should be delivered on CD with your system or mainboard. Otherwise you may get the newest patches on the internetsites of the chipset vendors. Other chipset vendors are, e.g.: VIA, SIS, ALI. http://www.via.com.tw/ http://www.sis.com.tw/ http://www.ali.com.tw/ If you have any questions about full AGP support on non Intel mainboards please consult your distributor. 5.3 Free defineable refreshrates (monitor timings) It is necessary to install and use the specified INF - file delivered with your monitor. For information about to install please look above or use the windows documentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. - if there are flashing effects visible while playing 3D games with "3D Stereo" feature enabled, please make sure that the checkbox "poll with interrupts enabled" under: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Game Controllers -> Advanced is enabled. - if using the "no wait for vsync" option under "ELSA Driver Settings" "3D Revelator" stereo support won´t work. -if "3D Revelator" is activated the Transform & Lighting capability is temporary deactivated. - if using this graphics board with Windows9x on mainboards with VIA chipsets (MVP3, Apollo, a.s.o.) it is strongly necessary to install the VIA AGP driver patch "VIAGARTD.VXD" version 3.3 or newer. You can download this patch at: HTTP://www.via.com.tw or ask your system distributor. - for maximum performance the AntiAliasing checkbox in: Display Properties - Settings - Advanced - Driver Settings - More 3D, should be set to "Disable" - Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to corruption of textures in some cases - OpenGL screen savers oftenly crash if an additional suspend is executed by the system or manually. - Windows suspend during active 3D applications may cause system crash in Windows 95 - Mouse trails are not displayed, because the Riva chip accelerates this Windows functionality in hardware - Under Windows 95 there are problems with topical games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------