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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:
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- Stealth64 Video 2000 series
- Stealth64 Video 2001 series
- Stealth64 Video 3000 series
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- Windows95 Installation Notes
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- 1. From Windows 95, select Start, then Run.
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- 2. Insert the Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers diskette into your floppy drive.
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- 3. In the Run dialog box, type in the following:
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- 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:
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- /f This forces a Full installation (Diamond GT
- display driver and InControl Tools 95).
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- /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.
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- /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.
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- 5. From the Hardware Check dialog box, select Next.
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- 6. A dialog box will appear containing the path where InControl Tools 95
- will be installed. The default path is:
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- C:\Program Files\Diamond
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- Select Next, or change the path as necessary.
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- 7. The next dialog box selects the installation type. There are three
- installation types, Minimal, Full, and Custom. They are defined as
- follows:
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- Minimal: This will install only the Diamond GT display driver.
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- Full: This will install both the Diamond GT display driver
- and InControl Tools 95.
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- 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.
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- 9. At the Select Files to be copied dialog box, click Next to begin the
- file copy process.
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- 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.
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- 11. Windows 95 will ask that the computer be restarted. Click on Yes to
- restart the computer.
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- Known Limitations
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- With some BIOSes, you may encounter problems switching between the desktop and
- 320x200 or 320x240 DirectDraw modes. This problem is being investigated.
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- 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:
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- 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
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- Issues Addressed
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- Increased performance.
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- 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.
-
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- A Note From the Diamond GT / InControl Tools 95 Development Team
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- 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
-
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- 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.
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- 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
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-
- 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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