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Dual Planar Voodoo Rush Board Drivers
Voodoo Rush Glide Driver Version: 2.46
Voodoo Rush Glide3 Driver Version: 3.00
Voodoo Rush DirectX Driver Version: 2.16
2D Alsc. Display Driver Version: 4.10.01.2073
Copyright ( 1996/1997/1998 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. )
Copyright ( 1997 Alliance Semiconductor )
All Rights Reserved
3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
4435 Fortran Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
Phone: 408.935.4400
This product may be covered by one or more of the following
US patents: 5,724,561 5,740,343
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What's in the distribution?
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This distribution contains DirectDraw and Glide drivers for Voodoo Rush
when running with Alliance AT25 (AT3D). The DirectDraw portion of the
drivers supports Direct3D when using DirectX 5.0.
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Installation
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Requirements
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- Windows 95
- PC with a Pentium or Pentium Pro Processor and a free PCI slot
- 16MB of RAM
- DirectX 5.0
Upgrade Existing AT25/Voodoo Rush Drivers
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1) Start Windows 95
2) Extract the files for the AT25/Voodoo Rush driver to a directory.
3) Click Start, Contol Panel. Double-click on Display.
4) Click the settings tab
5) Click Change Display Type
6) Under Adapter Type, Click Change
7) Click Have Disk
8) You will be prompted as follows:
Windows 95 Standard Release users: Enter the path to the extracted drivers
Windows 95 OEM SR2 users: Click the Next Button, no updated
drivers will be found. Click on
"Other Location" then enter the path
to the extracted drivers.
9) When asked to choose a device, select "Alliance 3D + Voodoo Rush"
10) You may then be prompted to insert the Windows 95 Alliance 3D + Voodoo
Rush Driver Disk. Enter the path to the drivers again.
11) Windows will copy the drivers. Reboot the system when prompted
12) Install DirectX 5.0
Fresh Installation
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NOTE: It is suggested that the extracted drivers be copied to a
floppy when executing a fresh installation.
1) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to
Standard VGA
2) If you have an exisiting 3Dfx Voodoo based card also remove the
following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\CurrentControlSet\DirectDrawDrivers
3) Power off system and remove your existing 2D card and any Voodoo
based cards
4) Install the AT25 and Voodoo Rush Combo Card in a free PCI Slot
5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post
6) Start Windows 95
(Once Windows 95 starts you may be notified that no video device
exists, click Cancel if this message appears)
7) Windows 95 will detect a new VGA Compatible Display, you need to:
Windows 95 Standard Release users: Select "Use Driver from Mfr"
and click OK
Windows 95 OEM SR2 users: Click the Next Button on the
Detection Dialog Box
8) Insert this floppy in the A: drive and point the driver location to
A:\
9) You may then be prompted to insert the Windows 95 Alliance 3D+ Voodoo
Rush Driver Disk. Again, enter A:\ and press OK.
10) Windows will copy the drivers from the Floppy, Reboot the system
when prompted
11) After reboot, verify that Windows 95 runs. If Windows 95 hangs,
power the system off and verify that the Voodoo Rush Daughterboard
is installed correctly and is functioning.
12) Install DirectX 5.0.
Limitations
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Running 640x480,16 Color will run SUPERVGA.DRV or VGA.DRV. No Voodoo
Rush features will be used. Switch to a different resolution or color depth.