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WARNING: If you do not read the information presented in this readme file,
you will have problems installing the drivers.
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Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
Gravis UltraSound (GF1) Windows 95 Drivers V1.2 Beta (GF195B12.ZIP)
Copyright (C) 1996 by Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
All Rights Reserved
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Content
3. Removing an existing UltraSound (GF1) Windows 95 driver
4. Installation Steps
5. Hints & Tricks
6. Troubleshooting
7. Known Problems
8. Bug Reporting and Tech Support
1. Introduction
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These files set up the Windows 95 drivers for the Gravis UltraSound
family of sound cards based on the GF1 chip: UltraSound Classic,
UltraSound MAX and UltraSound ACE. Do not use these drivers on the
newer UltraSound products like the UltraSound Plug & Play, UltraSound
Plug & Play Pro or UltraSound Extreme.
With this release, DirectSound support is available on UltraSound MAX
cards. UltraSound ACE users should use the DirectSound capabilities of
their FM sound card. Native DirectSound support is not available for
UltraSound Classic cards, but some DirectSound applications will still run
through as DirectSound will provide emulation through the wave driver.
2. Content
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SETUP.EXE GF1 Driver Setup program
FOLDER.EXE Folder update program
SETRSC.EXE Resources setup program
SETUP.BMP
SETUP.INS
_INST32I.EX_
_ISDEL.EXE
_SETUP.DLL
_SETUP.LIB
GRVSULTR.VXD Ring 0 portion of the UltraSound driver
ULTRASND.INF UltraSound setup information file
ULTRASND.DRV UltraSound driver
README.EXE Readme viewer
README. This File
3. Removing an existing UltraSound (GF1) Windows 95 driver
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If you already have an UltraSound (GF1) Window 95 driver installed, you
must following these instrcutions to remove it before proceding with the
Installation.
1) Open System Properties. To do this, right click on the "My Computer"
icon on your desktop, then select "Properties". Alternatively double
click on the "System" icon in Control Panel.
2) Select the "Device Manager" tab.
3) Double click on "Sound, video and game controllers".
4) Selectn the Gravis UltraSound device. This will be either Gravis
UltraSound ACE, Gravis UltraSound Classic or Gravis UltraSound MAX.
5) Click on "remove", then select "OK".
4. Installation Steps
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The following list of instructions is an addendum to your existing
UltraSound manuals.
1) You need to have your UltraSound card working in DOS, using software
version 3.5x or later of the UltraSound software. A good way to verify
that you have done this successfully is to run MIDIDEMO from your
UltraSound directory. If you hear music, this means your MIDI patches
and card are configured correctly.
If your UltraSound DOS/Win 3.1 software is not correctly installed,
restart your computer in MS-DOS mode and install it from there. You
should skip the Windows 3.1 part of the installation by not entering
and Windows directory when prompted.
You will also need to record what your UltraSound settings are.
You can do this by typing SET from the DOS prompt. Note the
variable called ULTRASND. There will be a series of 5 numbers after
the equal sign. The numbers are in the following order.
Example: ULTRASND=220,1,1,11,7
Baseport Address, DMA1, DMA2, IRQ1, IRQ2
These settings will be required by Windows 95 for a proper
installation, so be sure to write these down.
2) Load up Windows 95
3) Run SETUP.EXE from the directory where you had unzipped the files,
eg. C:\TEMP .The setup program will guide you through the proper
steps to set up the new GF1 driver. Be sure to follow the steps in the
Gravis Window, not those in the Windows Setup Wizard.
5. Hints & Tricks
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1) First things first. Go back to Step 1 of "Installation Steps".
Ensure that you go through each step.
2) Make sure that you have the following lines in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
like those shown:
@SET ULTRASND=220,1,3,12,7
@SET ULTRADIR=C:\ULTRASND (or whatever directory the
DOS software is installed.)
@SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T1
@SET ULTRA16=32C,0,0,1,0 (UltraSound MAX cards only)
@C:\ULTRASND\ULTRINIT.EXE -ej (or -dj to disable the joysick)
Please note that the numeric settings and directory names vary among
machines, and it is very probable that you have a different settings
from the sample section above.
2) When recording from a Mic, Line or CD input, be sure you have set
your recording source correctly. You can get to this in the
UltraSound property sheet from the Control Panel/System applet.
3) Ensure that you are using the same settings in DOS as you are in
Windows 95. This will avoid any conflicts later when running DOS
games under Windows 95.
4) UltraSound MAX cards will usually work best with DMA channels set to
1 and/or 3. Using 16 bit DMA channels (5, 6 or 7) may result in
full duplex play/record not working correctly, and on some systems
wave file playback/record will not work at all.
5) On an UltraSound ACE, make sure the ULTRINIT.EXE line in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT (as shown above) uses the -dj option instead of -ej.
Since the UltraSound ACE does not have a joystick port, you do not
want to enable the joystick circuitry on the GF1 chip.
6. Troubleshooting
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1) First things first. Go back to Step 1 of "Installation Steps".
Ensure that you go through each step.
2) If you do not get sounds from a game, try using low IRQ's (i.e 7
and 5). If you still don't get sound, it may be that the game
will not produce sound on the UltraSound card whether a Windows 95
driver is present or not. To be sure, you can unload the driver
and try the game in a DOS Box without drivers. Basically, if the
game doesn't work without a Windows '95 sound driver installed,
there isn't much we can do to help with a sound driver installed.
3) If MIDI music is working but you get no digital (WAV) audio, make
sure you do not have an IRQ or DMA conflict. Using the Control
Panel/System applet, go to the UltraSound property sheet and adjust
the resources to ones that are not in conflict.
4) Win 95 may not show all resource conflicts. If you encounter any
problems, verify that the same settings work under real DOS (not a
DOS box in Win 95).
5) If you don't get sound, make sure that you have disabled "Automatic
Configuration" in the Resources Tab in the device manager for the
Ultrasound.
6) Also be sure that the "Original Configuration (Current)" check box
is checked in the Device Usage section of the General Tab in the
Device Manager.
7) If Windows doesn't boot up for some reason, try booting in safe mode
and then removing the drivers manually. After completing this process
(including rebooting afterward), try re-installing the drivers.
7. Known Problems
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1) You will not be able to get the UltraSound Mixer and Configuration
utility to work under Windows 95. These are 16-bit applications that
were intended only for Windows 3.x and will not work under Windows 95.
The setup progam will remove the associated icons for these utilities,
so that you will not run them by accident.
2) These drivers do not come with their own midi map configuration.
If you are presented a choice between UltraSound MIDI Synth and MIDI
Mapper, choose UltraSound MIDI Synth, or create your own MIDI Map.
3) Note: In the Windows 95 Volume Control, some controls appear on the
mixer but are not active. This is normal. The Volume Control applet
does not hide the controls that are not supported by the card. As
well, all of the controls may not be visible when the Volume Control
applet is run initially. To enable any of these controls, select
OPTIONS/PROPERTIES in the Volume Control applet, and then enable the
controls you would like to see on the mixer.
4) The option in the Multimedia Options screen entitled "Enable Volume
Control On TaskBar" is not enabled. This is because this function is
for controlling the master volume on the card. Because there is no
master volume hardware on the card, this control is disabled. This
is normal, and is not a defect in the driver.
8. Bug Reporting and Tech Support
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Any problems encountered should be directed to Tech Support, via the
following tech support channels:
Internet: sound@gravis.com
Voice: (604) 431-1807
Fax: (604) 451-9358
Compuserve: GO PCVENB #14 71333,350
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