# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 9x Driver Disk, ver 4.10.01.0401-0004 | | VICTORY Erazor LT | | Copyright (c) 1994-98 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany) | | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 2231 Calle De Luna | Santa Clara, CA 95054 | 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 | | 10/30/98 MWolf/MLiedtke 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 9x. The driver supports 256, 65536 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 ELSAVEL.CAB display driver file for VICTORY ERAZOR LT ELSAVE3D.CAB Property page ELSA 3D Settings WINMAN.CAB Property page ELSA Settings ELSAVEL.INF Installation file for driver and tools In case of trouble during or after installation, please make sure you have all the files mentioned above! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Installation 3.1 Installing ELSA graphics board for Windows 95/98 Remove your "old" VGA and put the ELSA graphics board into your computer. If your ELSA graphics adapter contains a VGA-switch, be sure that it's position is set to the "1" position (VGA enabled). On startup Windows 95/98 detects the ELSA graphics board as "PCI early VGA Device" or a "PCI standard VGA adapter" and prompts for a manufacturer disk. Advanced users can now install as described in 3.3, Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install. If you prefer an easy way to install the driver or the driver is downloaded as EXE from the web you should first confirm Windows request to install a "PCI Standard VGA adapter". Later you can start the EXE or install by WINNERware CD. 3.1 Installation from WINNERware CD During a running Windows 95/98 session insert the WINNERware CD into your CD-ROM. Normally after the CD is read, a setup is started and guides through installation. In case 'Auto Insert Notification' is disabled in your system, the setup has to be started manually by double clicking its icon in the root of CD. Now you can choose the components to be installed. After rebooting the system your monitor is recognized and installed. A resolution and color depth can be chosen now. 3.2 Installing downloaded driver packages Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXEs. The files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed, too. After finishing the setup or canceling the procedure the extracted installation files are deleted, including the temporary created folder. 3.3 Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install After Windows recognized the ELSA graphics adapter choose 'Have Disk...'. If you are updating the driver manually, select 'change...' in the advanced settings of the diplay properties. Now browse through the ELSA CD and select the proper display driver subdirectory (e.g. GLORIA\SYNERGY\WIN9X\STANDARD).Windows will copy the driver files and prompt you to reboot the computer. After restarting, Windows is running with the ELSA display drivers active. If your ELSA graphics adapter is not the primary display adapter in Windows 98, you have to activate the hardware by clicking on the connected monitor bitmap in the global windows display settings. 3.4 Installation extension The drivers installation routine will additionally create the ELSA Settings and ELSA 3D Settings property pages and install an OpenGL ICD. The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages or the WINNERware CD will install additional tools like WINman Suite and ELSAinfo. In case your graphics adapter is provided with video I/O capabilities, the setup will install the software components for these devices, too. 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 display driver. Version 4.10.01.0303-0002 - First released version Version 4.10.01.0303-0003 - Bugfixes Version 4.10.01.0401-0004 - DPMS Bugfixes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Release notes 5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from DirectX, 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 5 or higher. To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your WINNERware CD. 5.2 AGP and Windows 95 AGP is supported only by the Windows version OSR-2.1. This is available after upgrading a Windows 95b (OSR2) version by the USB-Update 'USBSUPP.EXE'. The version number of your installed Windows can be found in the registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Version and VersionNumber. The Entries for OSR-2.1 are: Version "Windows95" VersionNumber "4.03.1212" or "4.03.1214" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. 6.1 Version 4.10.01.0401 6.1.1 Installation over an nVIDIA-driver If you install the ELSA Display Driver over an existing nVIDIA display driver, the key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OpenGLDrivers\ RIVA128 will not be actualized. Please replace "nv3ogl.dll" with "elsavelo.dll" 6.1.2 OpenGL The hardware support for OpenGL only works at 16Bpp up to 800x600 Pixel. Please make sure to backup your registryfiles(system.dat and user.dat) before editing your Windows registry. Some OpenGL based screensavers, e.g. 3D Pipes, may crash some systems if working in powersaving modes. 6.1.3 There may occure misrepresentation of colors and displays by viewing MPEG files with "ELSA Motion" extension boards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------