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- miro.plus high-speed drivers - Install Disk
- for Windows NT (tm) Version 3.5 operating system
- Version 1.00 04-Apr-95
-
- miro Computer Products AG
- Carl-Miele-Str. 4, D-38112 Braunschweig
- P.O.Box 3452, D-38024 Braunschweig
- Phone (+49) (0)531 / 2113-0
- Fax (+49) (0)531 / 2113-99
- Hotline (+49) (0)531 / 2113-666
-
-
- Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
-
- NOTE:
- The drivers on the disk have been developed for the Windows NT
- Workstation Version 3.5 (final release, build 807). Any installation
- under a beta or so-called "release candidate" Windows NT version is
- possible, but may not function properly.
-
-
- 1.) Disk contents
- 2.) Single-screen configuration
- 2.1) Supported boards
- 2.2) Hardware installation
- 2.3) Driver installation
- 2.4) Changing the resolutions
- 2.5) Supported resolutions and frequencies
- 3.) Deleting drivers
- 4.) In case of problems
-
-
- 1.) Disk contents
-
- - README.TXT : Instructions (this file)
- - LIESMICH.TXT : Instructions German
- - OEMSETUP.INF : Installation script for SETUP program
- - MIRO100. : File for disk identification
- - CRYSTALS.SYS : Miniport-(kernel)-driver
- - CRYSTALS.DLL : Display-(Win32)-driver
-
-
- 2.) Single-screen configuration
-
-
- 2.1.) Supported boards
-
- - miroRAINBOW Win : 8 Bit (256 colours) / 16 Bit (65k colours) / 32 Bit (16,7M colours)
- - miroMAGIC S4 : 8 Bit (256 colours) / 16 Bit (65k colours) / 32 Bit (16,7M colours)
- - miroCRYSTAL 32S : 8 Bit (256 colours) / 16 Bit (65k colours) / 32 Bit (16,7M colours)
- - miroCRYSTAL 24S : 8 Bit (256 colours) / -- / 32 Bit (16,7M colours)
- - miroCRYSTAL 16S : 8 Bit (256 colours) / 16 Bit (65k colours) / 32 Bit (16,7M colours)
-
-
- 2.2.) Hardware installation
-
- Install your graphics board as described in the Hardware Manual
- supplied with your board.
-
-
- 2.3.) Driver installation
-
- It is required that you have installed Windows NT 3.5 with a
- graphics driver for your VGA board.
-
- a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
-
- b) Start the "Display Tool" to select/change the video display.
-
- c) In the "Display Settings" window click the "Change Display Type"
- button.
-
- d) In the "Display Type" window you get information on the current
- display driver. Click the "Change" button.
-
- e) The "Select Device" window offers an overview of all display
- drivers supplied with Windows NT 3.5. Click the "Other" button.
-
- f) In the "Install From Disk" window you are requested to insert
- the installation disk "A:\". If necessary, overwrite the default
- selection. Click "OK" to confirm.
-
- g) The "Select Device" window appears again. At the end of the
- display driver list there is also the driver for your miro board.
- Select the "miroCRYSTAL" driver for all boards
- supported by this installation disk. Click the "Install" button.
- Confirm the following warning.
-
- h) If you had already installed the driver, you are asked whether
- you want to install the old or the new driver. Start the
- installation of a new driver by clicking the "New" button.
-
- i) You are requested again to insert the installation disk
- under A:\. If necessary, overwrite the default. To confirm the
- installation, click the "Continue" button. When the message about
- a successful installation appears confirm. Confirm the message
- telling you that the driver is only available after restarting
- the computer.
-
- j) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
- in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
- "Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display type" window.
- To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
- window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
-
- k) After the restart the driver which has just been installed is
- active with the lowest resolution (640 x 480, 256 colours, 60 Hz).
- To change this setting, proceed with 2.4.).
-
- If problems occur with the display driver when restarting
- the system, you can reselect the VGA driver by using the
- "Windows NT Version 3.5 [VGA mode]" option in the boot menu.
- If this doesn`t solve the problem use the "last good menu"
- option to reselect the old configuration.
-
- If this does not help either, use the Windows-NT-setup-disk/-CD
- and the "Emergency Repair Disk" to repair your system. The
- "Emergency Repair Disk" should include a configuration with a
- VGA driver "640x480, 16 colors" because your system runs properly
- with this driver in any case. To repair your system select the
- "Inspect configuration registry" and "SYSTEM (System Configuration)"
- options only.
-
- If your system uses another display driver, you need the
- installation disk to enable the "miroCRYSTAL" driver again.
- You can, however, use the driver already installed on your
- hard disk by clicking the "Current" button (see h)).
-
-
- 2.4.) Changing the resolutions
-
- a) In the "main" group start the "Control Panel" program.
-
- b) Start the "Display Tool" to select/change the video display.
-
- c) The "List All Modes" button lists the resolutions your
- board supports and the number of colours and frequencies.
- Double-click to select a resolution.
-
- d) You can also use the "Desktop area" slider, the
- "Color Palette" and the "Refresh Frequency" windows to
- select a resolution. Keep in mind that the settings are
- interdependent. If you select an invalid setting, the
- other options change so that a valid setting is restored.
-
- e) To check the selected resolution in a testscreen, click
- the "Test" button and confirm.
-
- - Is the selected resolution/frequency displayed on the monitor?
- - Is the correct resolution specified?
- - Are the arrows in the testscreen margins visible?
- - Are the coloured and the hatched areas displayed correctly?
-
- f) After five seconds the testscreen disappears and you see the
- workspace again. If the resolution on the testscreen is OK,
- confirm the "Testing Mode" window with "Yes".
-
- g) You can restart the computer immediately by clicking "Restart Now"
- in the "Display settings change" window. You can also click the
- "Don┤t Restart Now" button to go back to the "Display type" window.
- To close this window click "Close". To close the "Display settings"
- window click "OK". Use the Program Manager to restart the system.
-
- h) After the restart the new resolution is active.
-
- i) If you do not like the resolution, click "No" in the "Testing Mode"
- window. After another message has appeared, you are back in the
- "Display Settings" window. Select another resolution and continue
- with e) or close the Display Tool by clicking the "Cancel" button.
-
- The "Font Size" window allows you to select another font size
- (see d)). If you have not installed the fonts of the selected
- size, you are requested to insert the installation disk under
- A:\. Overwrite the default with the drive letter of you CD drive
- and enter the path \i386. Insert the Windows NT Version 3.5 CD
- in your CD drive so that the required files can be copied to your
- hard disk.
-
-
- 2.6.) Supported resolutions and frequencies
-
- The driver timings come close to the VESA standard.
- Horizontal and vertical refresh rates are approximate data and
- may change with the technical and market development.
- The timings for the 1408x1024 resolutions are not part of
- the VESA standards but are adapted to them by miro.
-
- - miroRAINBOW Win, miroMAGIC S4, miroCRYSTAL 32S
- 640 x 480: 31.5kHz/60Hz 37.5kHz/75Hz (256, 65k, 16.7M colours)
- 800 x 600: 38kHz/60Hz 47kHz/75Hz (256, 65k, 16.7M colours)
- 1024 x 768: 48.5kHz/60Hz 60kHz/75Hz (256, 65k, 16.7M colours)
- 1280 x 1024: 64kHz/60Hz 80kHz/75Hz (256, 65k colours)
- 1408 x 1024: 66kHz/60Hz 74kHz/70Hz (256, 65k colours)
-
- - miroCRYSTAL 16S
- 640 x 480: 31,5kHz/60Hz 37,5kHz/75Hz (256, 65k, 16.7M colours)
- 800 x 600: 38kHz/60Hz 47kHz/75Hz (256, 65k, 16.7M colours)
- 1024 x 768: 48.5kHz/60Hz 60kHz/75Hz (256, 65k colours)
- 1280 x 1024: 64kHz/60Hz 80kHz/75Hz (256 colours)
- 1408 x 1024: 66kHz/60Hz 74kHz/70Hz (256 colours)
-
- - miroCRYSTAL 24S
- 640 x 480: 31,5kHz/60Hz 37,5kHz/75Hz (256, 16,7M colours)
- 800 x 600: 38kHz/60Hz 47kHz/75Hz (256, 16,7M colours)
- 1024 x 768: 48,5kHz/60Hz 60kHz/75Hz (256, 16,7M colours)
-
-
- 4.) Deleting drivers
-
- Delete drivers you do not need anymore by enabling
- another driver using the Display Tool of the Control
- Panel program and by restarting the sytem afterwards.
- Then use the File Manager to delete the display driver
- (extension .DLL) under \WINNT35\SYSTEM32 and the
- miniport driver (extension .SYS) under
- \WINNT35\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.
-
-
- 5.) In case of problems
-
- In case of problems with the VGA DOS box in the
- fullscreen mode ask your dealer or miro for an update
- of the BIOS-ROM. In some cases an unsynchronized image
- may stabilize by switching between the window and the
- fullscreen mode of the VGA DOS box.
-
- The VGA DOS boxs only supports the resolutions
- available for a 'standard VGA', e.g. display modes of
- up to 320x200 pixels with 256 colors or 640x480 pixels
- with 16 colors. If a DOS application tries to use a
- higher resolution, the VGA DOS box, or, in the worst
- case, the hole system might crash.
-
- miroTWINFACE dual-screen configuration and miro Video Address
- (Control Panel extension) are not available for miroRAINBOW Win,
- miroMAGIC S4, miroCRYSTAL 32S miroCRYSTAL 24S and miroCRYSTAL 16S.
-
- - eof
-