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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Information about installed Adapter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This page shows information about your installed graphics adapter.
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- In the first group the exact name and model of your installed board are
- listed.
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- The group "Technical Information" shows some hardware details of your
- installed board:
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- Chipset
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- Video Memory
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- RAM-DAC
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- Bus
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- Under "Driver Version" the revision level of the currently installed
- driver is given. This value is only of interest if you already have an
- ELSA Driver installed and want to upgrade to a newer version.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Installpath and Packages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- On this page you can select the path to install to and the packages you want to
- install.
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- If you want detailed information about what is copied and how, select one of
- the following items:
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- Packages
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- WPS-Object
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- Drives
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- Folders
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- Installpath
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- Installation Progress
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Packages ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you don't want to copy all the files to your harddisk, or if there is
- insufficient space for copying the files to the disk, you can choose the
- packages you want to install.
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- These are the packages you might install:
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- Monitor Database:
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- The setup program needs the specs of your monitor. The monitor database
- contains specs of more than 350 monitor types, so that you usually will
- be able to supply the necessary information from there.
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- Packed Drivers:
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- The packed drivers consist of drivers for OS/2 as well as WinOS/2 in
- packed form. Copying them to your hard disk will speed up the
- installation process considerably.
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- ReadMe File:
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- This file contains last minute information about the driver, like known
- bugs, limitations, etc. This file is also displayed on the startup page
- of the setup utility.
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- Resolution Manager:
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- The resolution manager can be used to change the resolution once the
- installation process has been completed. It consists of the pages
- "Adapter Info" and "Resolution" of the installation utility.
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- TestScreen:
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- This utility allows you to test the selected resolution before accepting
- it. Showing the test screen is compulsory before a new resolution can be
- activated.
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- WinMan (Windows): If you select this item the utilities to change the
- FullScreen WinOS/2 resolution will be copied into your WinOS/2 directory.
- Please refer to the Windows driver documentation for a detailed
- description of the program.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. WPS-Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If this box is checked, the utility will create a WPS-Object of the resolution
- manager on your desktop.
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- This is only done if the item "Resolution Manager" in the listbox "Packages" is
- selected as well.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Drives ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Here you can select the drive you want to copy the selected packages to.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Folders ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Here you can select the folder you want to copy the selected packages to.
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- Double-clicking on a folder will display its sub-folders.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Installpath ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Here you can enter your installation path manually if you don't want to use the
- "Drives" and "Folders" menus for specifying it.
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- If you enter a non-existent path, it will be created.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. Installationprogress ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This gives you the percentage of installation already completed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Resolution and Monitor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The page "Resolution" allows you to choose the resolution and to specify your
- monitor.
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- Specification of the resolution consist of color depth, X/Y size and vertical
- frame rate.
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- Correct specification of your monitor is necessary to ensure it is not used
- outside its specs. After you have selected your resolution and monitor you can
- test this resolution by pressing the "TEST" button.
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- Warning: Before displaying the test screen, the utility checks if your monitor
- can support this mode. If you have specified a monitor type with a higher
- horizontal scan frequency (kHz) than that of your own monitor, your monitor can
- be DESTROYED. Please check before testing that the specification of the monitor
- is correct, with particular attention on the horizontal scan frequency.
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- We are not responsible for any damages caused by incorrect use of this utility.
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- If the standard resolutions are not sufficient for your purposes or if your
- monitor is not contained in the monitor database, press the "CUSTOM..." button.
- You will then be able to define custom resolutions and monitors.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Custom Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this dialog for specifying custom resolutions and monitors.
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- After pressing the "OK" button the program checks if the resolution you have
- entered is valid. If not, it changes the values to valid ones and lets you
- decide whether you want to use the changed resolution.
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- Warning: Make sure you have entered a horizontal scan frequency not exceeding
- the maximum horizontal frequency of your monitor, or your monitor can suffer
- severe damage. Refer to your monitor's manual for the maximum horizontal scan
- rate allowed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Information about settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Before starting the installation, you can check this summary of settings.
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- If the displayed values are correct, press the "INSTALL" button to start the
- installation.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Chipset ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The chipset is an essential part of your graphics board mainly determining the
- manner in which a graphics driver can access the functionality of your graphics
- board. The driver must be suitable for the chipset of your board. Even if
- driver versions for earlier chipsets might work for successor models, it might
- well be that they do not make use of improved facilities of your chipset. For
- this reason, be sure to always use the current drivers for your board model.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Video Memory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Video Memory contains a complete dotwise equivalent of the displayed screen
- content and is periodically read out by the chipset to the screen.
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- The maximum resolution and color depth depends on the amount of installed Video
- Memory. See the list below for some examples.
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- 1 MB Video Memory: 640 x 400 in truecolor mode
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- 2 MB Video Memory: 800 x 600 in truecolor mode
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- 4 MB Video Memory: 1152 x 864 in truecolor mode
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- 8 MB Video Memory: 1600 x 1200 in truecolor mode
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- Graphics boards of the Winner 1000 series are equipped with D-RAM, those of
- the Winner 2000 series with V-RAM. The markedly higher speed of V-RAM boards
- is due to the fact that with V-RAM the transfer of the video memory contents
- to the screen can be accomplished in parallel with other video memory
- accesses.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. RAMDAC ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The RAMDAC converts the image information read out from the video memory by the
- chipset into analog values for the monitor. The maximum pixel frequency of the
- RAMDAC directly influences the maximum possible screen resolutions and scan
- rates.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Bus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Your graphics board is connected to your computer via the bus. The capabilities
- of your bus system directly influence the speed with which display data is
- transferred to your graphics board.