# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.10.01.0204-0005 | | WINNER 1000/T3D | | (c) 1999 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany) | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 1630 Zanker Road | San Jose, CA 95112 | USA | | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5 | Nanking East Road | Taipei 105 | Taiwan, R. O. C. | | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | Mita Suzuki Building 3F | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku | Tokyo 108-0014 | Japan | | 09/30/99, MWolf Contents 1. Overview 2. Contents 3. Installation 4. History 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. - this driver donīt support multiscreen under Windows 98 - the resolution 512x386 can causes on some older monitors no picture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------