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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.12.01.0106-0000
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| GLoria II
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| Copyright (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
| Sonnenweg 11
| D-52070 Aachen
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| ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 1630 Zanker Road
| San Jose, CA 95112
| USA
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| ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
| Nanking East Road
| Taipei 105
| Taiwan, R. O. C.
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| ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| Mita Suzuki Building 3F
| 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
| Tokyo 108-0014
| Japan
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| 11/29/99, MWolf/Mliedtke
Contents
1. Overview
2. Contents
3. Installation
4. History
5. Release Notes
6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
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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.
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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
ELSAG2.CAB display driver file for ELSA GLoria II
ELSAG2.INF Installation file for driver and tools
ELSAEXST.CAB Property page "ELSA Driver Settings"
WINMAN.CAB Property page "ELSA Settings"
ST3DSET.CAB Property page "ELSA 3D Revelator" (optional)
DRVTOOLS Folder containing extended Tools as ELSAinfo,
WINman Suite, ELSA Videocontrol, VideoIO and
ELSA 3D Revelator (VideoIO and ELSA 3D Revelator
are only optional available, - depending on the
used graphicsboard or 3D shutter glasses -
hardware.)
In case of trouble during or after installation, please make
sure you have all the files mentioned above!
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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.
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 easier way to install the driver or the driver
is downloaded as selfextracting *.EXE File from the web you
should first confirm Windows request to install a "PCI Standard
VGA adapter". Later you can start the *.EXE or install it
manually by driver CD.
3.1 Installation from driver CD
During a running Windows 95/98 session insert the driver CD
into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is
started and guides you through the 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 EXE files.
These files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory
and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed
automatically, too. After finishing or canceling the setup, the
extracted installation files are deleted, including the
temporary created folder.
3.3 Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install
After Windows has 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" property pages and
installs an OpenGL ICD.
The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages
or the driver CD will install additional tools like "ELSA
WINMANSuite" and "ELSAinfo". In case your graphics adapter
is provided with video I/O capabilities, the setup will install
the software components for these devices, too.
In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution
without rebooting your system.
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4. Revision History
This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
disk.
Version 4.11.01.0106-0000
- first released version
- full DirectX 7 support added (it is strongly recommended to
use the newest version of Microsoft DirectX 7 to get the best
performance.)
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5. Release notes
5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support
The display driver supports 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 95. You need an installation of at least DirectX7.
To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the your driver CD or start
the DX7*.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) 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.
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6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
hints on work arounds.
- 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.
- The DirectDraw resolution 480x360 works with too low frequency
for most monitors. Please take a look at 5.3.
- Windows suspend during active 3D applications may cause system
crashes in Windows 95
- Mouse trails are not displayed, because the Riva chip
accelerates this Windows functionality in hardware
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