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- 3DLABS GLINT WINDOWS 95 DRIVER
- ==============================
- Display Driver Beta Ver 0.95
-
- This Readme describes how to install the above driver
- release. It also lists the bug fixes and enhancements in this release.
-
- 1) Installation
- 2) New Display Driver Features
- 3) Display Driver Bugs Fixed
-
-
- 1) Installation
- ===============
- *** IMPORTANT *** If you are installing a Windows 95 GLINT driver for
- the first time, you must carefully follow the instructions below.
- Specifically you should physically remove any GLINT card from your
- machine before installing Windows 95. You should also ensure that you
- do not plug in your GLINT card until after you have installed the
- Windows 95 GLINT drivers. This is due to a bug in the Windows95
- configuration manager. 3Dlabs are working with Microsoft to resolve
- this.
-
- 2.1 If you have not yet installed Windows 95, then before doing
- so power down your machine and physically remove the
- GLINT card. Then install Windows 95 using your VGA boot card.
-
- 2.2 If you installed Windows 95 with a GLINT card physically
- present in your system or you plugged in your GLINT card
- before you installed the drivers, you may need to remove
- some incorrect registry entries that the configuration
- manager may have created:
- Right click on the "My Computer" ICON, and select "Properties".
- Access the Device Manager.
- Expand "Other Devices" (if present).
- Select "PCI Display Adaptor" (if present).
- Click the "Remove" button.
- Follow the instructions and allow the machine to reboot.
-
- 2.3 Install the new drivers as follows:
- Open the control panel, and start the "Add New Hardware" wizard.
- When prompted check the box to tell Windows 95 NOT to search
- for the new hardware and click "Next".
- Select the "Display adaptor" class, and "Next".
- Click "Have Disk" and follow the instructions to start
- installing from the GLINT driver floppy.
-
- 2.4 Upon completion the machine will offer to shutdown to enable
- you to install the new hardware. Accept the shutdown request,
- and when you have powered down, physically install the
- Montserrat board.
-
- 2.5 On reboot Windows 95 will recognise the board, select the
- correct display driver, and will then offer to reboot. Do
- NOT allow it to do so, but instead:
- Select "Continue".
- Right click on the "My Computer" ICON, and select "Properties".
- Access the Device Manager.
- Expand "Display adapters".
- Select your existing VGA compatible display adapter.
- Uncheck the "Orignal Configuration (Current)" box.
- Allow the machine to reboot when prompted.
-
- 2.6 Check the Device Manager to ensure the GLINT drivers are being
- used. The icon for the VGA card should contain a monitor which
- is crossed out where the GLINT driverÆs icon should be just a
- monitor. If the GLINT icon is crossed out, then there were
- additional problems with the installation. This can happen if
- you plugged in the GLINT board before you installed the
- drivers. Check the properties for the GLINT board. If there
- is a resource conflict with the VGA driver, you may need to
- remove the VGA driver from the Device Manager and reboot.
-
- 2.7 You should now have a working GLINT driver running at
- 640x480 256 colors. Use the Display Control Panel to change
- to other resolutions.
-
-
- 3) New Display Driver Features
- ==============================
- Release 0.95
- -----------
- ò Support for Direct3D.
-
-
- 4) Display Driver Bugs Fixed
- ============================
- Release 0.95
- -----------
- ò Fixed Z Buffer allocation problems.