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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.10.01.0204-0005
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| WINNER 1000/T3D
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| (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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| Nanking East Road
| Taipei 105
| Taiwan, R. O. C.
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| Japan
|
| 09/30/99, MWolf
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, 32768 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
ELSAT3D.INF Installation file for driver and tools
ELSAT3D.CAB display driver
WINMAN.CAB Property page ELSA Settings
DRVTOOLS Folder with enhanced tools like WINMan Suite
and ELSAinfo.
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 First installation of ELSA Display Driver
First install Windows 95/98 without special drivers for the ELSA
graphics board. The installation procedure should
find a PCI VGA-compatible display adapter and ask for a
"Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer".
- Push the "OK"-button
- "Copy manufacturer's files from:"
CD-Drive: this directory (e.g.: E:\WINNER\1000T3D\WIN9x)
The neccessary files will be copy and Windows 95/98 asks
for restart.
- Push the "Yes"-button
Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart
now".
3.2 Manuell installation of ELSA Display Driver
under Windows 95
- Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right
mouse button on the desktop or select per Control Panel
-> "Display".
- Select the Property Page "Settings"
- Click on "Advanced Properties"
- Push the button "Change...". A dialog "Select Device" will
pop up.
- Push the button "Have Disk..." and "Browse..."
- change to the 'drivers' directory on the WINNERware CD.
- Select your ELSA display adapter in the "Devices" list.
- Close the dialog "Select device". At this time the
screen may flicker for a moment. This is not a bug! Windows
is trying to find out, which graphics modes are available with
this driver.
- Please answer the following questions with "OK" or "Apply" and
reboot the system.
- Now you can select resolution and color depth in the main
dialog "Properties for Display". For the first installation
you should select 1024x768 in HiColor. This configuration
is available for all memory configurations on all ELSA
Boards.
- Close "Properties for Display" by "OK" or "Apply
After the restart the configuration of the ELSA display adapter
driver starts from the Windows desktop.
- Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right
mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel -> Display.
- Select the Property Page "Settings" or "ELSA Settings".
- Property Page Settings:
Standard-Windows-Dialog for changing resolution, color
depth and font size.
- Property Page ELSA Settings:
ELSA Settings gives you full control to configure your ELSA
display adapter perfectly. You can change resolution, color
depth and refresh rate.
Manuell installation of ELSA Display Driver
under Windows 98
- Start the dialog "Display Properties" by clicking the right
mouse button on the desktop or select per Control Panel
-> "Display".
- Select the Property Page "Settings" and than select "advanced"
, "Adapter" - "Change".
- The "Update Device Driver Wizard" starts and helps you
through the installation procedure for the new graphics
boards display driver. Select "Next"
- In this dialog push the first checkbox push the "Next"
button check "Specify a location" and change to the WIN9x
directory on the WINNERware CD for your WINNER/T3D board.
- Press "OK" or "Apply" to install the specified driver.
- If you use an ELSA monitor, make the same procedure for
"Monitor Type" in the "Monitor" dialog.
- Close the "Display Properties" dialog. At this time the
screen flickers a moment. This is not a bug! Windows tries to
find out, which graphics modes are available with this
driver.
- Now you can select resolution and color depth in the main
dialog "Display Properties". For the first installation
you should select 1024x768 and 256 colors. This configuration
is available for all memory configurations on all ELSA
Boards.
- Close "Display Properties" by "OK" or "Apply".
After the restart the configuration of the ELSA display adapter
driver starts from the Windows desktop.
- Start the dialog "Display Properties" by clicking the
right mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel
-> Display.
- Select the "Advanced" "Settings" or "ELSA Settings".
- Property Page Settings:
Standard-Windows-Dialog for changing resolution, color
depth and font size.
- Property Page "ELSA Settings":
"ELSA Settings" gives you full control to configure your ELSA
display adapter perfectly. You can change resolution, color
depth and refresh rate.
Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart
now".
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 4.10.01.0201-0002
- first released version
Version 4.10.01.0202-0006
- display errors in higher Resolution are fixed
- the memorysize under ELSA Info is fixed
- bugfix leaving Media Player 5.1
Version 4.10.01.0203-0003
- fixed some crashes if using 3D benchmark programs
Version 4.11.01.0204-0005
- based on S3 version 1.00.37 ( supports DirectX 6.0 )
- fixed sporadic shrinking of display
- fixed wrong displayment of refresh rate in ELSA settings
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5. Release notes
DirectDraw/Direct3D support
The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D, 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 DirectX 6.
To install DirectDraw/Direct3D start the program DX6ENG.EXE in
the directory \MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\WIN95\ENG on the ELSA CD.
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6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
hints on work arounds.
- this driver don´t support multiscreen under Windows 98
- the resolution 512x386 can causes on some older monitors no
picture.
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