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- OS2S3DRV - S-3 DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVER INFORMATION
- 10/19/94
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- S-3 DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVER INFORMATION
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-
- Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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-
- Make sure you are using the most recent driver. Contact the
- vendor if necessary. The following S-3 drivers are available:
-
- S3-256 dated 8/04/93
- S3-256K dated 9/23/94
- S3-16M dated 11/04/94
- S-3 drivers available in XR06200
- S-3 drivers available in XR06300
- S-3 drivers available in OS/2 2.11
-
- You need to download LDF.COM, located in Dir 17 on IBM PCC BBS,
- 919-517-0001, to install the S-3 Driver. This file and the
- driver are both required for installing S-3 Drivers.
-
- The S-3 README describes a 32-bit "seamless" video driver for
- the S3** chip set. "Seamless" capability lets you run Windows**
- programs in a window on Presentation Manager* (PM) desktop.
-
- The driver takes advantage of hardware acceleration capabilities
- of the chip sets described in the S-3 data books 86C801/86C805
- GUI Accelerators and 86C928 GUI Accelerator. It conforms to
- OS/2 32-bit flat memory model and is designed to function as a
- 32-bit PM display driver under the OS/2 32-bit graphics engine
- subsystem.
-
- THIS VIDEO DEVICE DRIVER IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH THE
- OS/2 2.1 PRODUCT AND IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
- THE OS/2 PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT.
-
-
- SUPPORTED FEATURES
-
- The S-3 display driver supports the following resolutions,
- colors, and OS/2 full-screen columns/rows:
- 640 x 480 x 256 colors
- 800 x 600 x 256 colors
- 1024 x 768 x 256 colors
- 1280 x 1024 x 256 colors (2MB video memory required)
-
- OS/2 full screen 132,25
- OS/2 full screen 132,43
-
- OS/2 PM Palette Manager
- Software Motion Video
- Static mode change
-
- S-3 DISPLAY DRIVER RESTRICTIONS:
-
- A minimum of 1MB video memory is required.
-
- S-3 display driver has been tested and supports the following
- S-3 adapters or systems with chip set indicated in parentheses:
-
-
- Actix** (801)
- Actix (928)
- Diamond Stealth 24** (801)
- Diamond Stealth 24 LB** (805)
- Diamond Stealth Pro** (928)
- Diamond Stealth Pro LB** (928)
- Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 Plus (801)
- Metheus** (928)
- Video 7 Win.Pro** (801)
- IBM* ValuePoint* (805)
- Dell** 433/L (805)
- Dell 433/M (805)
- Dell 466/L (805)
-
-
- NOTE: If you have a board other than listed above and want SVGA
- support, you need to contact the vendors.
-
-
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-
- Do NOT install the S-3, OS/2 2.1 display driver on earlier
- versions of OS/2.
-
- The OS/2 ATTRIB command is used during installation. If you
- chose not to install the OS/2 System Utilities or you have
- deleted the ATTRIB command, you must use Selective Install to
- restore it before continuing.
-
- To install the S-3 display driver:
- 1. Insert a diskette into drive A (or another diskette drive).
- 2. Open an OS/2 full-screen or window session.
- 3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following command:
- A&colon.S3INST A: C: and press Enter
- where: A: is the diskette drive
- C: is the startup drive where OS/2 2.1 resides
- This command will copy all necessary files to OS/2 drive.
- 4. Perform a SHUTDOWN and restart the system.
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- NOTE: For PREINSTALLED systems only, omit steps 5-8 and
- do the following:
- A. Open the Preinstalled Essentials folder.
- B. Open the Configurations Tools folder.
- C. Open the Configure Preinstalled System object.
- D. Change the display setting to SVGA mode.
- E. Perform a SHUTDOWN and restart the system.
- F. Open the OS/2 System folder.
- G. Open the System Setup folder.
- H. Open the System object. Select the desired screen
- resolution on the Screen page of the System Settings
- notebook, and then close the notebook.
- I. Perform a SHUTDOWN and restart the system.
- This completes S-3 driver installation for preinstalled systems.
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- 5. Open an OS/2 full-screen or window session.
- 6. Run Display Driver Installation (DSPINSTL) utility program.
-
- When Display Driver Install window appears, S-3 should be the
- default choice. (To confirm default, check Primary Display
- box, select OK. This displays a pop-up window with choices
- for Super Video Graphics Array. S-3 should be highlighted.)
-
- Select OK. You are prompted to insert source directory
- (installation diskette). Insert diskette and select OK.
- After a moment, you are asked to accept preselected Install
- Using Defaults option or to select the Install Using Display
- Adapter Utility Program option.
-
- DSPINSTL determines hardware configuration by creating the
- SVGADATA.PMI file on startup drive where the OS/2 directory is
- located. If file is not created, adapter is currently
- incompatible.
-
- 7. When DSPINSTL has completed, open OS/2 System folder, open
- System Setup folder, and open System object. The Screen
- page of the Settings notebook lists supported resolutions
- for your configuration. Select one and close notebook.
- 8. Perform a SHUTDOWN and restart the system.
-
-
- SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY APPLY
-
- 1. While using WordPerfect** for Windows 5.2 you might find
- that an incorrect font is being selected. If this occurs:
- A. Exit WordPerfect.
- B. Edit \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\WIN.INI file using OS/2 System
- Editor.
- C. Locate the "ìfont " section in the file.
- D. Change the entries:
- FROM TO
- symbolg.fon symbole.fon
- helvg.fon helve.fon
- tmsrg.fon tmsre.fon
- courg.fon coure.fon
- E. Save the file and open WordPerfect.
- 2. A repaint problem may occur when running EXCEL** 4.0 for
- WINDOWS seamlessly. If this occurs change to full screen.
- 3. Please do not select the 1280x1024x256 non-interlaced option
- with Diamond Stealth adapters.
- 4. Action bar pull-downs may be blacked out when multiple
- WIN-OS2 seamless applications are launched in separate VDM
- sessions simultaneously. Launch each application separately
- or simultaneously in the same VDM session.
-
-
- RSPDSPI PROCEDURE
-
- Use this procedure, instead of the SETVGA command, if you need to
- return to VGA mode. Follow procedure after starting OS/2 from
- Installation Diskette and pressing Esc to go to command prompt.
- NOTE: X: is startup drive where OS/2 resides
-
- Case 1: You installed OS/2 from diskettes
-
- A. If RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS\INSTALL\ directory type the
- following and press Enter after each one:
-
- X:
- CD X:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:A:\ /T:X:
- where: A: is diskette drive you used to install OS/2
-
- B. If RSPDSPI.EXE is NOT in the \OS2\INSTALL\ directory:
-
- 1.Insert Installation diskette 8 and unpack
- RSPDSPI.EXE with following command and press Enter:
-
- X:\OS2\UNPACK A:\INSTAID X: /N:RSPDSPI.EXE
- where: A: is drive containing diskette 8
-
- 2. Type following commands and press Enter after each one:
-
- X:
- CD X:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:A:\ /T:X:
- where: A: is diskette drive you used to install OS/2
-
- Case 2: You installed OS/2 from CD-ROM or a LAN
-
- A. If RSPDSPI.EXE is in the \OS\INSTALL\ directory type the
- following commands and press Enter after each one:
-
- X:
- CD X:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:E:\OS2SE21\ /T:X:
- where: E: is CD-ROM or LAN drive
-
- B. If RSPDSPI.EXE is NOT in \OS2\INSTALL\ directory.
-
- 1.Unpack RSPDSPI.EXE with the following command
- and press Enter:
-
- X:\OS2\UNPACK E:\DISK_8\INSTAID X:/N:RSPDSPI.EXE
- where E: is the CD-ROM or LAN drive
-
- 2. Type the following command and press Enter after each one:
-
- X:
- CD X:\OS2\INSTALL
- RSPDSPI /PK:VGA /SK:NONE /S:E:\OS2SE21\ /T:X:
- where: E: is CD-ROM or LAN drive
-
-
- KNOWN PROBLEMS:
-
- - DOS SESSIONS MAY SHRINK TO 1/3 ORIGINAL SIZE.
-
- RESOLUTIONS:
- Edit the CONFIG.SYS file to reflect the following change:
- (where X: is your OS/2 system drive letter)
- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA, BVHSVGA)
- DEVICE=x:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS
- to
- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
- DEVICE=x:\OS2\MDOS\VVGA.SYS
-
-
- - AFTER INSTALLING S-3 SVGA, THE SYSTEM DISPLAYS A BLACK
- SCREEN WITH BLINKING CURSOR IN UPPER LEFT CORNER.
-
- SYMPTOMS:
- 1. There is a hardware conflict. Two or more devices are
- sharing the same IRQ, I/O address, and/or DMA parameters.
- 2. The latest drivers are NOT being used or another vender's
- drivers are in use and are currently incompatible.
- 3. An incompatible video mode is installed.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- 1. Make sure there are no hardware conflicts between video
- adapter and other devices.
- 2. Make sure you are using the most recent and correct S-3
- driver.
-
- PROCEDURES:
- 1. Start the system from the A: drive and go to the command
- prompt using the OS2 diskettes.
- 2. Run RSPDSPI to set the system back to VGA.
- 3. Restart the system. The desktop appears.
- 4. Make sure that none of the devices share the IRQ,
- DMA, or I/O address parameters. Video devices usually use
- IRQ 2/9 and I/0 address 02E8. Token ring adapters and
- Network cards often use these same parameters. Parameters
- can vary from system to system.
- 5. Make sure you have the latest version OS2 drivers for
- installation. If the ServicePak or a release containing
- the S-3 drivers is installed, you must use the drivers that
- came with them.
- 6. Reinstall the S-3 drivers using the DSPINSTL command.
- 7. Restart your system.
-
-
- - DS600 VIDEO BOARDS BY INFOTEL IS CURRENTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH
- THE IBM S-3 DRIVERS
-
- SYMPTOMS:
- After installing the IBM S-3 drivers you cannot open seamless
- WINOS2 sessions, DOS window sessions, and there is no
- winos2 background processing.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- The board is only supported in VGA, therefore it is highly
- recommended to only run in VGA mode. You can contact the
- vender for drivers available in OS/2, but drivers are
- currently incompatible because it uses an external clock
- architecture like the STB Powergraph. The DS600 is actually
- a STB Powergragh board under a different name and uses
- S3-928 chipset.
-
- - S-3 CONSIDERATIONS AFTER INSTALLING XR06200
-
-
- SYMPTOMS:
- 1. After installing XR06200 and setting the system to run in
- SVGA mode, desktop displays a gray desktop, the scroll bars
- and icons are black. Edit the SVGADATA.PMI file.
- 2. If you are using the 256 color mode, and the desktop
- appears to be darker than other color modes, edit the
- SVGADATA.PMI file located in the \OS2 directory.
-
- RESOLUTION:
- 1. If system is not useable: Bring system to VGA mode, by
- following instructions for RSPDSPI.
-
- If desktop is useable: Go to step 3.
-
- 2. Install SVGA support with DSPINSTL. Do NOT restart system.
- 3. Open an OS/2 Session.
- 4. Go to the OS2 subdirectory, type:
- X: and press Enter
- (X: drive where OS/2 resides)
- X:CD\OS2 and press Enter
- 5. Edit the SVGADATA.PMI file. Type:
- E SVGADATA.PMI and press Enter
- 6. Scroll to the section called [Cleanup]
- 7. Change the following statement from:
- HI-COLOR DAC by ....
- to:
- HI-COLOR DAC by unknown
- 8. Save the file.
- 9. SHUTDOWN and restart system to make the changes effective.
-
-
- - S3 FUNCTIONAL RESTRICTIONS
-
- After Dark for Windows images that move from left to right
- do not perform properly at 640x480x16M resolution.
-
- To avoid a General Protection fault while loading Ventura
- Publisher for Windows, make sure it is in one of the 256 color
- resolutions.
-
- To avoid a trap in Lotus 1-2-3 for OS/2, do not run the program
- at 16.7 million colors.
-
- WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows produce a general protection
- fault when the "Print Preview" option is selected while using
- 800x600x64K or 600x480x16 million color mode.
-
- You receive satisfactory results using the software motion
- video feature of MMPM/2 should in 256-color mode. In 64k-color
- mode, you may see unusual MMPMCS results. The software motion
- video feature is currently incompatible in 16 million color
- mode. The software motion video feature takes advantage
- of a 1MB aperture on video adapters and systems where it is
- available to improve the performance of video playback in 64k
- color modes. For systems with non-standard locations, the actual
- physical address of the aperture must be provided in the
- following CONFIG.SYS statement:
-
- SET VIDEO_APERTURE=xxxh
-
- Where xxx is a hexadecimal value in units of 1MB, representing
- the actual physical address to map to the aperture. For
- example, the IBM PS/ValuePoint Systems must have the statement:
-
- SET VIDEO_APERTURE=400h
-
- To use a physical address at 1GB.
-
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- TRADEMARKS
-
- The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- IBM Corporation in the United States and/or other countries:
- IBM
- Presentation Manager
- OS/2
- ValuePoint
-
- The following terms are trademarks or registered trademarks of
- other companies as listed:
-
-
- Trademark Owner
- Actix Actix Corporation
- Dell Dell Corporation
- Diamond Stealth 24 Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth 24 LB Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth Pro Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- Diamond Stealth Pro LB Diamond Computer Systems, Inc.
- EXCEL Microsoft Corporation
- Orchid Fahrenheit Orchid Technology
- Metheus Metheus Corporation
- S3 S3 Incorporated
- Video 7 Win.Pro Video Seven, Inc.
- Windows Microsoft Corporation
- WordPerfect WordPerfect Corporation
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- including without limitation, warranties of fitness and
- merchantability with respect to the information in this document.
- By furnishing this document, IBM grants no licenses to any
- related patents or copyrights.
-
- This driver is copyrighted by International Business
- Machines Corporation. All appropriate restrictions apply.
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