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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.10.01.0301-0020
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| ERAZOR II
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| Copyright (c) 1994-99 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
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| ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de
| Sonnenweg 11 LocalWeb : +49-(0)241-938800
| D-52070 Aachen
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| ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 2231 Calle De Luna
| Santa Clara, CA 95054
| USA
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| ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
| Nanking East Road
| Taipei 105
| Taiwan, R. O. C.
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| ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com
| Mita Suzuki Building 3F
| 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
| Tokyo 108-0014
| Japan
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| 03/01/99, MWolf/MKreiten
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, 65536 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
ELSAEIID.CAB display driver file for ERAZOR II
ELSAVE3D.CAB Property page ELSA 3D Settings
WINMAN.CAB Property page ELSA Settings
ELSAEII.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!
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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.
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4. Revision History
This section describes changes to the previous releases of this
disk.
Version 4.10.01.0100-0003
- first released version
Version 4.10.01.0100-0012
- Bugfix for e.g. Need for Speed 3, Powermanagment
Version 4.10.01.0200-0003
- implementation of capabilities to define new timings by the
ELSA Settings
- enhanced 3D Settings
Version 4.10.01.0200-0007
- optimized implementation of capabilities to define new timings
by the ELSA Settings.
Version 4.10.01.0200-0012
- better Performance
- optimized 3D capabilities
- some minor fixes if using with older Pentium systems
- optimized performance on systems with ALI V chipsets
Version 4.10.01.0200-0016
- ECO - MODE bug fixed
- newer version of "ELSA Settings" integrated
- Unreal -- several visual artifacts are corrected
- Descent3 demo -- texture problems are corrected
- Rogue Squadron - W-buffering problems are corrected.
- 3DStudio MAX 2.0 and higher - significant changes in terms of
look and performance.
- Caligari TrueSpace 4.0 occasional crashes fixed
- SolidWorks 98 fixes some rendering anomolies
Version 4.10.01.0301-0009
- Implementations for software DVD with ELSAmovie
- New WINman (ELSA Settings) integriert
- OpenGL enhancements
Version 4.10.01.0301-0020
- based on nVidias detonator build
- some miscellaneous features added
- performance optimized
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5. Release notes
5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support
The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from
DirectX 5/6, 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 5/6.
To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your
ERAZOR CD or start the DXSETUP.EXE in the folder:
Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX5\directx oe better:
- the DX6core.exe in:
Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\WIN98
- and for Windows95 the DX6xxx.exe in:
Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\WIN95\DE
Drive:\.....\DE for the german version of Windows 95
Drive:\.....\FR for the french version of Windows 95
Drive:\.....\EN for the englich version of Windows 95
5.2 AGP and Windows 95/98
AGP is supported only by the Windows version OSR-2.1 or higher.
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"
If your mainboard has no Intel chipset it may be necessary to
install a chipset specific software patch to get best support
and performance using the AGP port.
Normally this patch should be delivered on CD with your system
or mainboard. Otherwise you may get the newest patches on the
internetsites of the chipset vendors.
Other chipset vendors are, e.g.: VIA, SIS, ALI.
http://www.via.com.tw/
http://www.sis.com.tw/
http://www.ali.com.tw/
If you have any questions about full AGP support on non Intel
mainboards please consult your distributor.
5.3 Free defineable refreshrates (monitor timings)
It is necessary to install and use the specified INF - file
delivered with your monitor. For information about to install
please look above or use the windows documentation.
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6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
hints on work arounds.
- for maximum performance the AntiAliasing checkbox in: Display
Properties - Settings - Advanced - 3D Settings - More 3D,
should be set to "Disable"
- If you install the ELSA Display Driver over an nVIDIA Display
Driver, the key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\OpenGLDrivers\RIVATNT will not actualised.
Replace "nv3ogl.dll" with "ELSAEIIO.DLL"
- Do not use "Custom Direct3D Settings" -names with more than
twenty characters in the "3D-Settings" property tabs. Some
failures may occure while using WINMANSuite.
- Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to
corruption of textures in some cases
- The DirectDraw resolution 480x360 works with too low frequency
for most monitors. Please take a look at 5.3.
- OpenGL screen savers oftenly crash if an additional suspend
is executed by the system or manually.
- Switching VESA modes to windowed mode (normaly an error
pops up) leads to system crash
- Windows suspend during active 3D applications may cause system
crash in Windows 95
- For best display quality, in the 'More Direct3D' section of 3D
Settings Texel Alignment should be set to "upper left corner".
- Mouse trails are not displayed, because the Riva chip
accelerates this Windows functionality in hardware
- Mode 480X360 won┤t work correctly.
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