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- File:WINSVGA.fax 4/20/94
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- TITLE: 940112 OS/2 FOR WINDOWS (FERENGI) SVGA DRIVER
- INSTALLATION DSPINSTL NOT BE USED FOR CHANGING
- RESOLUTIONS
-
- DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
-
- 1. Under OS/2 2.1 for Windows an error was generated running
- DSPINSTL when trying to select the monitor, the chipset
- or the resolution (i.e. from 640x480xx256 to 1024x768x256), and
- the system crashes. THIS PROCEDURE SHOULDN'T BE REPEATED.
-
- 2. SVGA driver installation did not complete.
-
- SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:
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- 1. Generate SVGADATA.PMI file from DOS full screen by typing
-
- SVGA ON.
-
- 2. Close all sessions and applications, especially those
- with Command Prompts. This ensures that there will be no
- interference with driver installation if a driver file or
- DLL is in use, because they become write protected during
- the install process.
-
- 3. Follow Details of Resolution precisely.
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- DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
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- 1. Double-click on OS/2 System, System Setup, then Selective
- Install.
-
- 2. At System Configuration screen, check Primary Display
- (even if at an SVGA resolution), then click on OK button.
-
- 3. At Primary Video Adapter screen, verify that SVGA has
- been selected, then click on OK button.
-
- 4. At OS/2 Setup and Installation screen, make no
- selections but click on Install button.
-
- 5. At the next screen where prompted for Source Directory,
- indicate A:\ unless it needs to be the drive for the CD-ROM or
- the drivers are loaded in another directory on the
- harddrive, in which cases, change to the correct drive and
- path where the drivers are stored.
-
- 6. Click on Install.
-
- 7. When prompted, insert diskettes (normally starting with
- Disk 6 from OS/2 Installation through Disk 11. This varies with
- the size of diskettes being used).
-
- 8. With OS/2 system files updated, select Install using
- Default for Monitor. Then click on OK.
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- Pg 2
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- 9. The screen should darken and ask for for Video
- Resolution to be selected.
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- 10. Highlight desired resolution, then click on OK.
-
- 11. When prompted for Source Directory, it should be A:\
-
- 12. Load Display Driver disk 1 in A: drive, then click on
- Install.
-
- 13. Installation will include Display Driver diskettes 1 &
- 2, then will prompt for Windows drivers diskettes (out of 6,
- the system will prompt for the appropriate ones for the
- resolution selected).
-
- 14. After completing the installation, the system will
- prompt to shut down and reboot. DO NOT PERFORM SHUTDOWN at
- this time.
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- 15. Click on OK.
-
- 16. Go into DOS full screen, change to OS2 directory by
- typing: CD OS2 then hit <Enter>.
-
- 17. Type: SVGA ON then hit <Enter>.
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- 18. Type: EXIT then hit <Enter>.
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- 19. Perform Shutdown and Reboot.
-
- Special Notes about installation of High-resolution drivers.
-
- Different monitors and video cards affect the successful
- loading of drivers. Some configurations may require use of utility
- diskettes supplied by the video card manufacturer to ensure setup of
- correct refresh rates.
-
- Following is a partial listing of video cards and the
- utilities that apply to them. These are all DOS-based and must be run from
- full screen session prior to loading the SVGA drivers. Some
- require a line to be added to the autoexec.bat to execute properly.
-
- Questions regarding these utilities should be addressed to
- the respective technical support representatives.
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- Diamond Speedstar Plus & 24 VMODE
- Orchid Prodesigner IIs DYNASCAN
- Trident 8900c TVGACRTC
- Cirrus Logic CLMODE
- STB Powergraph SETMODE
- Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 FSCAN
- Diamond Speedstar Pro PROMODE
- Diamond Speedstar 24x 24XMODE
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