=============================================================================== Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95 README.TXT =============================================================================== Release Notes ------------- This is v.2.00.195 BETA of the Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers disk, with InControl Tools 95 v.2.00.057 BETA. This driver currently supports the following Diamond display adapters: Stealth64 Video 2000 series Stealth64 Video 2001 series Stealth64 Video 3000 series Windows95 Installation Notes ------------------------------ 1. From Windows 95, select Start, then Run. 2. Insert the Diamond GT Windows 95 Drivers diskette into your floppy drive. 3. In the Run dialog box, type in the following: A:\INSTALL Where A is the drive letter of the floppy drive containing the Diamond GT Windows 95 Display Drivers / InControl Tools 95 diskette. The following command line switches can be used with INSTALL: /f This forces a Full installation (Diamond GT display driver and InControl Tools 95). /m This forces a Minimal installation (Diamond GT display driver only). /d"drive:\path" This installs InControl Tools 95 into drive:\path. Note that the quotes around the drive and path are required, and that either the /f or /m must be used in conjunction with this switch. /r This forces a system reboot after installation. Note that either the /f or /m switches must be used in conjunction with this switch. /nr This prevents a system reboot after installation. Note that either the /f or /m switches must be used in conjunction with this switch. uninstall This will completely uninstall the Diamond GT display driver and InControl Tools 95. 4. From the Diamond Setup dialog box, select Next. 5. From the Hardware Check dialog box, select Next. 6. A dialog box will appear containing the path where InControl Tools 95 will be installed. The default path is: C:\Program Files\Diamond Select Next, or change the path as necessary. 7. The next dialog box selects the installation type. There are three installation types, Minimal, Full, and Custom. They are defined as follows: Minimal: This will install only the Diamond GT display driver. Full: This will install both the Diamond GT display driver and InControl Tools 95. Custom: This will allow installation of either the Diamond GT display driver or InControl Tools 95. At the minimum, the Diamond GT display driver must be installed during a first-time installation. 8. If Custom was selected in step 7, a dialog box will appear allowing selection of various items. Select the items to be installed by clicking on them with the left mouse button. When finished, click Next to continue. 9. At the Select Files to be copied dialog box, click Next to begin the file copy process. 10. After the files have been copied, a Finished Installing dialog box will appear. Remove the installation diskette from the floppy drive, then click Finish. 11. Windows 95 will ask that the computer be restarted. Click on Yes to restart the computer. Known Limitations ----------------- If these drivers are installed from "Have Disk" with the Microsoft S3 driver already active, the Microsoft driver will overwrite the PCI frame buffer address. The system *MUST* be powered down after installing the Diamond GT Windows 95 display driver to remedy this issue. Note that this issue does not occur when installing over the Microsoft VGA driver. DDC monitors are not supported in this release. This will be addressed in the final release of these drivers. Using a Stealth64 Video 2001 series card at 1280x1024 8-bit desktop with a 640x480 viewport, the viewport may be displayed incorrectly. A General Protection Fault may occur by running After Dark for Windows v.3.1. Upgrading to After Dark v.3.2 will resolve this issue. If you have an MVP 2000 module for your Stealth64 Video 3000 series card, you may experience icon corruption. If this occurs, power the system off, remove the MVP 2000 module, restart the system, enter Windows 95, then change color depths. This will be addressed in the final release of these drivers. To view the Online Internet Services, your World Wide Web browser must be registered with the Windows 95 Registry. Using Microsoft's The Fox and The Bear application in 640x480 16bpp, the display will not be correct. This problem is being investigated. With some BIOSes, you may encounter problems switching between the desktop and 320x200 or 320x240 DirectDraw modes. This problem is being investigated. The following BIOSes have been tested with the Diamond GT display driver. If you have an older BIOS and are encountering difficulties, it is recommended that you contact Diamond Customer Service at 408-325-7100 (option 3) to get the current version of the BIOS for your Diamond display adapter: Stealth64 Video 2000 series: BIOS 1.02 Stealth64 Video 2001 series: BIOS 1.00, 1.01, 1.03 Stealth64 Video 3000 series: BIOS 1.04, 1.06 BIOS 2.04, 2.07 BIOS 3.00, 3.01 Stealth64 Video 3200: BIOS 1.06, 1.16 BIOS 2.06, 2.16 Issues Addressed ---------------- Increased performance. With InControl Tools 95 enabled, a General Protection Fault may occur when connecting to America Online. If this occurs, single left click the InControl Tools 95 icon in the tray, select Exit, select Yes to close InControl Tools, then reconnect to America Online. If the Off function of DPMS is enabled, the system will not resume after the Off state is reached. A Note From the Diamond GT / InControl Tools 95 Development Team ---------------------------------------------------------------- We'd like to take a moment to thank you for evaluating the Diamond GT driver and InControl Tools 95 in their BETA states. Please realize that we have developed hundreds of thousands of lines of code, resulting in hundreds of thousands of man-hours of testing these products, yet there still may be issues that we haven't found. We hope that you report any issues found to our Technical Support group via one of the methods listed below. This will allow us to identify and resolve problems prior to the release versions of these products. Any comments about these products can be directed to Technical Support as well. Thanks again for helping us develop the best products possible. ---The Diamond GT / InControl Tools 95 Development Team Contacting DIAMOND ------------------ If any problems or difficulties are encountered while using this driver, please download a problem report (PDR.TXT) from any of our on-line services. You may send the problem report to us via any of the methods below. Please do NOT call Diamond's Technical Support for difficulties you encounter. Technical Support cannot offer direct support for this BETA driver. Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. ATTN: Technical Support - BETA Driver 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose, CA 95134-1922 FAX : (408) 325-7171 BBS (to 14400) : (408) 325-7080 BBS (to 28800) : (408) 325-7175 CompuServe : GO DMNDONLINE America Online : GO DIAMOND MSN : GOTO DIAMONDONLINE WWW : http://www.diamondmm.com FTP : ftp.diamondmm.com All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners. =============================================================================== Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (c) 1993-95 (408) 325-7000 All Rights Reserved =============================================================================== $Id: readme.tx@ 1.27 1995/12/22 03:31:22 kevinw Exp $ ===============================================================================