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- Orchid Technology
- Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64
- OS/2 Version 3 Warp Drivers v2.52
- ---------------------------------------
-
- The file you have downloaded, F964WARP.EXE, contains v2.52
- drivers for OS/2 Version 3 Warp for the Orchid Fahrenheit Pro64
- or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64. These drivers are only for use with
- the Orchid Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64, based
- on either the S3 964 or 968 chip, and are not suitable for any
- other Fahrenheit model. This file contains instructions for
- making driver disks, and installing the drivers. You have
- already completed the first step, by unpacking the F964WARP.EXE
- file and reading this.
-
- ******************
- ** SPECIAL NOTE **
- ******************
-
- If you have previously attempted to install S3's v2.42 Warp
- driver with Warp Full Pack, please pay special attention to
- "Problem 2" listed in the "Troubleshooting" section of this
- document before proceeding with the instructions in this
- document.
-
-
- This document is divided into the following sections:
-
- -- Considerations Before Installation
- -- List Of F964WARP.EXE Files When Unpacked
- -- Instructions For Making Floppy Driver Disks
- -- List Of Files On Floppy Driver Disks
- -- Installation Instructions
- -- Setting Refresh Rates
- -- Supported Resolutions
- -- Common Troubleshooting Questions
- -- Orchid Contact Information
-
-
- ----------------------------------
- CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION
- ----------------------------------
-
- ** These instructions assume you already have OS/2 Warp installed
- on your system. These drivers are suitable for either Warp for
- Windows, or Warp Full Pack. Some of the installation
- instructions in the text below will be slightly different for
- each the 2 packages. We have tried to make indications when that
- is the case. S3 reports that these drivers are also suitable
- for OS/2 v2.1 and v2.11. Orchid has not verified that.
-
- ** These instructions assume that your current OS/2 Primary
- Display driver selection is set to Video Graphics Array (VGA).
- You will experience problems if the driver isn't initially set
- to VGA. If the system is not currently configured for VGA, run
- selective install and restore the system to VGA.
-
- ** The installation process will require several shutdowns of the
- system. We recommend that before beginning installation of the
- drivers you close all other applications running on your system.
- Do not try to multitask applications during the Fahrenheit Pro64
- or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 driver installation process.
-
- ** The Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2 drivers
- will not install unless you have the Fahrenheit Pro64 or
- Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 board installed in the machine at
- the time of driver installation.
-
- ** Before making major changes to OS/2, like installing new
- drivers, it is recommended that a full back up of the OS/2 system
- partition be performed.
-
-
- ----------------------------------------
- LIST OF F964WARP.EXE FILES WHEN UNPACKED
- ----------------------------------------
-
- When you unpack F964WARP.EXE you should have the following files:
-
- OS2D1 ZIP 776,887 05-15-95 1:02p
- OS2D2 ZIP 1,389,726 04-18-95 10:33a
- PKUNZIP EXE 29,378 02-01-93 2:04a
- README 1ST 16,262 08-17-95
-
-
- -------------------------------------------
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING FLOPPY DRIVER DISKS
- -------------------------------------------
-
- After unpacking F964WARP.EXE, you will notice two of the files
- (as listed above) are compressed .ZIP files. Here are the
- instructions for making floppy driver disks from the ZIP files.
- Proper creation of the driver disks is critical to success of the
- installation. You will need 2 blank high density 3.5" floppy
- disks.
-
- 1. Insert a blank high density 3.5" floppy disk labeled S3 DRV1
- into your floppy drive.
-
- 2. Change directories so that you're working from the directory
- on your hard drive that contains the Fahrenheit driver files
- listed above.
-
- 3. Type in the following command:
-
- PKUNZIP -$ OS2D1.ZIP A:
-
- NOTE: If your floppy drive letter is not "A:" then
- substitute the appropriate drive letter.
-
- 4. Once all the files from OS2D1.ZIP have been extracted to your
- floppy disk, insert another blank high density 3.5" floppy
- disk labeled S3 DRV1 into your floppy drive, and give the
- command:
-
- PKUNZIP -$ OS2D2.ZIP A:
-
- 5. The -$ option on the PKUNZIP command line is very important.
- It creates volume labels on the newly created driver disks.
- (See next section for more information on the disk volume
- labels.)
-
-
-
- ------------------------------------
- LIST OF FILES ON FLOPPY DRIVER DISKS
- ------------------------------------
-
- Once you have created the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64
- OS/2 driver disks, the disk file contents should be as follows.
- Notice that the diskettes have the volume labels "S3 DRV1" and
- "S3 DRV2" (without the quotes). You may want to write those names
- on the disk labels. Those disk names are referenced in the instructions
- that follow.
-
-
-
- Volume in drive A is S3 DRV1
- Directory of A:\
-
- UNPACK2 56,864 05-14-93 10:55p
- TESTVER 4,316 10-21-93 1:41a
- UNPACK 42,698 05-15-93 11:27a
- S3PRF 2,825 10-21-93 1:39a
- CID 24,177 10-29-93 6:39p
- S3VIDEO DSP 171 07-01-94 11:39a
- TOOLS 223,458 10-29-93 6:40p
- CONFIG 124,954 10-21-93 3:18a
- BUNDLE 73,122 03-29-95 4:09p
- S3INST CMD 6,400 05-15-95 1:01p
- S3VIDEO 224,375 03-29-95 4:11p
- 11 file(s) 783,360 bytes
- 670,720 bytes free
-
-
-
- Volume in drive A is S3 DRV2
- Directory of A:\
-
- S3WIN DSP 21,900 11-16-94 11:43a
- S3INST CMD 6,290 03-23-95 2:31p
- S3WIN 1,387,807 02-03-95 1:24p
- 3 file(s) 1,415,997 bytes
- 40,960 bytes free
-
-
- -------------------------
- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- -------------------------
-
- 1. If you are running Warp for Windows, before beginning the
- install make sure you have your Windows disks handy. The
- install program will ask for them and you can't proceed
- without them.
-
- 2. Boot into OS/2 and open either a Windowed or Full Screen OS/2
- Command Prompt.
-
- 3. Insert the Fahrenheit driver diskette labeled S3 DRV1 into
- your floppy drive.
-
- 4. From the OS/2 command prompt give the command:
-
- A:S3INST A: C:
-
- (Substitute the appropriate drive letters for the 3.5" floppy
- drive and your OS/2 hard drive.)
-
- 5. Some instructions will be displayed on the screen, and you'll
- hear the floppy drive being accessed as files are copied to
- your hard drive. After a few minutes you'll be prompted to
- remove driver disk1 (S3 DRV1 disk) and put in driver disk 2
- (S3 DRV2 disk). Follow the directions as indicated.
-
- 6. After the necessary files are copied from the S3 DRV2 disk, a
- screen will be displayed instructing you to shutdown and
- restart OS/2. The instructions on screen regarding DSPINSTL
- are for OS/2 v2.x and can be ignored for Warp. However you
- should follow the shutdown instructions as indicated (close
- the OS/2 window by typing in "EXIT", then shutdown and
- restart.) Don't forget to pop out the Fahrenheit driver disk
- you have in your floppy drive or OS/2 will complain.
-
- 7. Once OS/2 has restarted, either the OS/2 System folder or the
- Command Prompts screen will probably still be open on the
- desktop, since that's where we left off before shutdown. (If
- not, then open the OS/2 System folder.) Choose the System
- Setup icon, then choose Selective Install.
-
- 8. From the Selective Install System configuration screen select
- the Primary Display button.
-
- 9. You will be presented with a dialog box with display driver
- choices. Select "32 Bit S3 Display Drivers V2.52". You'll
- probably have to scroll up to find that choice.
-
- 10. Once you make the S3 selection you'll be popped back to the
- System Configuration Screen. From there press the "OK"
- button at the bottom left of the screen.
-
- 11. The OS/2 Setup and Installation screen will pop up. Don't
- make any changes on that screen, just press the "Install"
- button.
-
- 12. This next step is VERY important and the place where most
- installation mistakes occur. A screen titled "Source
- Directory" will pop up asking you to "Select the source
- directory.". The default drive and path name will probably
- be set to your where OS/2 disc can be found (a CD-ROM drive
- if you have one).
-
- ---> *DON'T* type in the path for the OS/2 disc.
-
- ---> *DO* insert the S3 DRV1 disk into your floppy drive, and
- type in the appropriate floppy driver letter for
- that disk, then press the "Install" button.
-
- 13. The "Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility" screen will
- appear. Choose the "Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type"
- option, and press the "OK" button.
-
- 14. Some file copy operations will start and you'll be asked to
- insert the second Fahrenheit driver disk (S3 DRV2). Follow
- the on-screen instructions as indicated.
-
- 15. If you're using Warp Full Pack, skip to step 16. If you're
- using Warp for Windows, at this point you'll be asked to
- insert some of your Windows disks. Follow the on-screen
- instructions as indicated. When OS/2 is done copying what it
- needs from the Windows disks, you'll be prompted to shutdown
- your system and restart OS/2. Follow the on-screen
- instructions as indicated. Skip to step 17.
-
- 16. If you're using Warp Full Pack, some dialog box messages
- will pop up indicating some of the S3 driver files you're
- copying on are older than existing files that are already on
- your hard drive, and ask you to verify that you really want
- to copy the older files. You should answer YES to those
- questions. The files mentioned should be: VGASYS.FON
- VGAOEM.FON
- VGAFIX.FON
-
- When OS/2 is done copying files, you'll be prompted to
- shutdown your system and restart OS/2. Follow the on-screen
- instructions as indicated.
-
- 17. Once OS/2 has restarted the "System Setup - Icon View" will
- probably still be open on the desktop since that's where we
- left off before shutdown. (If not, open your OS/2 System
- folder, then choose the System Setup icon.) From the System
- Setup - Icon View screen, choose the System icon.
-
- 18. The System Settings screen will probably come up open to the
- "Screen" page. If not, select the Screen page by clicking on
- the "Screen" page tab. Now you can select the resolution and
- number of colors you prefer. The changes you make won't take
- effect until after you shutdown and reboot OS/2.
-
- That completes the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2
- driver installation process. If you need to change resolution
- or color choices in the future, just make your changes from the
- System icon like you did in steps 17 and 18.
-
-
- ---------------------
- SETTING REFRESH RATES
- ---------------------
- To configure the refresh rates for the Fahrenheit Pro64 or
- Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 card, you will need to run the
- MONSET application from a pure DOS environment. The
- following procedure will only need to be executed once
- (unless you need to change your refresh rate selections
- for some reason).
-
- 1. To set the refresh rates for the Fahrenheit Pro64 or
- Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 card you will need to load the
- MONSET utility, from the Orchid Utilities section of
- our DOS driver disk installer program, INSTALL.
- If you have questions about this utility you can find
- more detailed information in your Fahrenheit manual.
-
- 2. Run MONSET from the \FAHR64 directory. When you select and
- save your refresh selections, they will be stored on the
- Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 board's EEPROM,
- making them functional under MS DOS. The next steps make
- them functional in OS/2.
-
- 3. Boot into OS/2. Open a full screen or windowed DOS session.
- Type in the command:
-
- C:\OS2\SVGA ON
-
- (Substitute the appropriate driver letter for your OS/2 hard
- drive.)
-
- 4. Step 3 forces OS/2 to update the SVGADATA.PMI file with your
- new refresh rate settings. Shutdown OS/2, then reboot to
- activate the new settings in SVGADATA.PMI. If you ever need
- to change the refresh rates, repeat the steps in this section
- from the beginning.
-
-
- ---------------------
- SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS
- ---------------------
-
- The following resolutions and color depths are supported for the
- Fahrenheit Pro64 under OS/2 Warp.
-
- 256 65k 16M
- -----------------------------------
- 640x480 Y Y Y
- 800x600 Y Y Y*
- 1024x768 Y Y Y*
- 1280x1024 Y Y*
-
- * Requires 4MB of VRAM
-
-
- The following resolutions and color depths are supported for the
- Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 under OS/2 Warp.
-
- 256 65k 16M
- -----------------------------------
- 640x480 Y Y Y
- 800x600 Y Y Y*
- 1024x768 Y Y Y*
- 1280x1024 Y Y*
- 1600x1200 Y*
-
- * Requires 4MB of VRAM
-
-
-
-
-
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-
-
-
- --------------------------------
- COMMON TROUBLESHOOTING QUESTIONS
- --------------------------------
-
- Here is a summary of the most common problems Orchid Technical
- Support sees with installation of these drivers.
-
- Problem 1
- ---------
- OS/2 keeps asking you to insert Fahrenheit/S3 driver disks, and
- when you do, it doesn't recognize them as valid Fahrenheit or S3
- driver disks. This is caused by improper creation of the driver
- disks. Please review the sections titled "Instructions for
- Making Floppy Driver Disks", and "List Of Files On Floppy Driver
- Disks" in this document.
-
- Problem 2
- ---------
- OS/2 gives the following error message, "Display driver
- installation detected an invalid argument count in a
- configuration file (.DSC). Check the configuration files(s)."
- This is most commonly caused by previous driver installations.
- If you are working with OS/2 Full Pack, and had tried installing
- the v2.42 S3 drivers, the DSPINSTL.EXE file was replaced.
- Fortunately the installer backs up the existing version before
- it. You should see these 2 files in your OS2\INSTALL
- directory:
-
- DSPINSTL.EXE 145,560 10-21-93
- DSPINSTL.SAV 169,048 01-12-95
-
- To correct the "invalid argument" error delete the 10-21-93
- version of DSPINSTL.EXE, and rename the 01-12-95 version to
- DSPINSTL.EXE. That should get rid of the DSC error message.
-
-
-
- Problem 3
- ---------
- If after choosing an S3 driver and restarting OS/2 your screen
- rolls continuously or displays multiple screen images, the
- refresh rate for the resolution you chose is set incorrectly for
- your monitor. You'll have to boot with a DOS diskette and change
- the refresh rate set on the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64
- card. See the section in this document titled "Setting Refresh Rates"
- for more information.
-
-
- --------------------------
- ORCHID CONTACT INFORMATION
- --------------------------
- Telephone support is available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m.
- to 5 p.m. PST at (510)661-3000. Additional software drivers and
- upgrades are available through Orchid's 24-hour Bulletin Board
- Service (510)683-0327 (14.4K baud, 8N1). Access Orchid support
- via our CompuServe forum. Enter GO ORCHID at any ! prompt to
- enter the Orchid section of the Multimedia B Vendor Forum.
-
-
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-
-
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- -- documentation revised 08/95 Orchid Technology Technical Support
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