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- Voodoo Graphics Based 3D Accelerators Driver Kit
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- Voodoo Graphics Glide Driver Version: 2.46
- Voodoo Graphics Glide3 Driver Version: 3.00
- Voodoo Graphics DirectX Release Number : 2.16
- Voodoo Graphics DirectX Driver Version: 4.10.01.0016
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- Platform: Windows 95/98 and DOS
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- Copyright ( 1997-98 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. )
- All Rights Reserved
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- 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
- Website: http://www.3dfx.com
- News Server: news://news.3dfx.com
-
- This product may be covered by one or more of the following
- US patents: 5,724,561 5,740,343
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-
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- What's in the distribution?
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- This distribution contains Glide, Glide3, Direct3D drivers for Voodoo
- Graphics Based 3D Accelerators and the Voodoo Graphics Control Panel Applet.
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- The following Voodoo Graphics boards will function with these drivers:
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- - 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo Graphics reference boards
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- Included Files
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- 3DFXPS.DLL - Control Panel Applet
- MM3DFX.DRV - DirectDraw Driver
- MM3DFX16.DLL - DirectDraw 16 Bit DLL
- MM3DFX32.DLL - DirectDraw 32 Bit DLL
- FXMEMMAP.VXD - Voodoo VXD for Mapping Memory
- MSVCRT.DLL - Microsoft Redistributable File
- GLIDE2X.DLL - Win95/98 Glide for Voodoo2 (Supports Glide 2.31+)
- FXOEM2X.DLL - Win95/98 Glide OEM Extension DLL
- GLIDE2X.OVL - DOS Glide for Voodoo2 (Supports Glide 2.31+)
- GLIDE3X.DLL - Win95/98 Glide3 for Voodoo2
- VOODOO.INF - INF File for installing Drivers
- LICENSE.TXT - 3Dfx License Agreement
- MANIFEST.TXT - Listing and size of files
- README.TXT - This File
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- Installation
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- Requirements
- ------------
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- - Windows 95 or Windows 98
- - PC with a Pentium II, Pentium Pro, Pentium or similar processor
- - One free PCI slot (or two free PCI slots for SLI)
- - 16MB of RAM or more Suggested
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- Installation
- ------------
- The installation below can vary depending on which version of Windows
- is installed. To determine the Windows 95 version click Start,
- Settings, Control Panel. Double-click on the system icon. If the
- Windows version is 4.00.950b, Windows 95 OEM SR2 is running.
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- Existing Drivers Installed or PCI Multimedia Device shown in Device Mgr
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- 1) Start Windows and extract the drivers to a temporary directory.
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- 2) Open Device Manager (Start, Settings, Control Panel, System)
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- 3) Locate the existing reference to the card it will be listed as:
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- Reference Card: Other Devices / PCI Multimedia Device or
- Sound, Video, Game Controllers / Voodoo2
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- 4) Double Click on the card, then click the driver Tab
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- Windows 95 Standard Release users: Click "Change Driver" and choose
- "Have Disk"
- Windows 95 OEM SR2 users: Click "Update Driver" then click
- the Next Button. Click "Other
- Locations"
- Windows 98 users: Click "Update Driver" then click
- the Next Button twice on the
- Detection Dialog Box. Ensure that
- "Specify a Location" is checked and
- "Microsoft Windows Update" is not
- checked. Click Browse to continue.
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- 5) Point the driver location to where the files are extracted to and click
- OK.
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- Windows Standard Release 95 users: Select "Voodoo2 3D Accelerator"
- from the List and click OK.
- Click OK again to save changes in
- Device Manager.
- Windows 95 OEM SR2 Users: Click on Finish to continue.
- Windows 98 users: Click on Next to continue.
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- 6) You MAY then be prompted to insert the "Voodoo Graphics Drivers for
- Windows 9X" Disk. Again, point to the path you extracted the files
- to and press OK.
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- 7) Windows will copy the drivers. Reboot the system when prompted
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- 8) Install DirectX 5.0 or higher. (If not already installed)
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-
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- No Current Drivers Installed
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- 1) Start Windows and extract the drivers to a temporary directory.
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- 2) Shutdown Windows, Power off the system and install your Voodoo2
- 3D board into a PCI slot.
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- 3) Restart Windows after hardware installation.
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- 4) Windows will detect a "PCI Multimedia Device", you need to:
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- Windows 95 Standard Release users: Select "Use Driver from Mfr"
- and click OK
- Windows 95 OEM SR2 users: Click the Next Button on the
- Detection Dialog Box. Then click
- "Other Locations"
- Windows 98 users: Click the Next Button twice on the
- Detection Dialog Box. Ensure that
- "Specify a Location" is checked and
- "Microsoft Windows Update" is not
- checked. Click Browse to continue.
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- 5) Point the driver location to where the files are extracted to and click
- OK. (Windows 98: You will need to click on Next to continue)
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- 6) You MAY then be prompted to insert the "Voodoo2 Drivers for Windows 9X"
- Disk. Enter the path the drivers are extracted to and press OK.
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- 7) Windows will copy the drivers. Reboot the system when prompted
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- 8) Install DirectX 5.0 or higher. (If not already installed)
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- Troubleshooting
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- ####
-
- Problem: After installing this driver, the Control panel applet I had
- for a Voodoo Graphics card is gone.
-
-