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| README file for
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| ELSA Windows 95/98 Driver Disk, ver 4.10.01.0303-0004
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| VICTORY Erazor AGP/ PCI
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| Copyright (c) 1994-98 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
|
| 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
|
| 08/11/98, MWolf
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.
NOTE:
It is not possible to use a TV and a computer monitor at the same
time!
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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
ELSAVEAD.DRV display driver file for VICTORY Erazor
ELSAVEAX.DLL driver extension (DirectDraw/Direct3D HAL)
ELSAVEAV.VXD virtual mini display driver VICTORY Erazor
ELSAVEAI.INF device information file for VICTORY Erazor
ELSAVEAA.DLL driver extension
ELSAVEAR.VXD driver extension
ELSAVEAS.DLL driver extension
VGARTD.VXD AGP-support for Windows 95 OSR-2.1
ELSAVE3D.DLL "ELSA 3D Settings" utility
ELSAVE3D.INF "ELSA 3D Settings" utility setupfile
ELSAVEA2.VXD VxD for Multimonitor-Support (only Win98)
ELSAVEAO.DLL OpenGL-ICD file
ELSA3D_DE.DLL Language extension for "ELSA 3D Settings"
EVE3D_FR.DLL Language extension for "ELSA 3D Settings"
ELSAVE3D.HLP Helpfile for "ELSA 3D Settings"
EVE3D_DE.HLP Helpfile for "ELSA 3D Settings"
EVE3D_FR.HLP Helpfile for "ELSA 3D Settings"
WINMAN.EXE "ELSA Settings" utility
WINMAN.DLL "ELSA Settings" extension
WINMAN.INF "ELSA Settings" information file
WINMAN.MON "ELSA Settings" extension
WINMAN-J.HLP "ELSA Settings" helpfile
WINMAN-F.HLP "ELSA Settings" helpfile
WINMAN-E.HLP "ELSA Settings" helpfile
WINMAN-D.HLP "ELSA Settings" helpfile
WINMAN-J.CNT "ELSA Settings" extension
WINMAN-F.CNT "ELSA Settings" extension
WINMAN-E.CNT "ELSA Settings" extension
WINMAN-D.CNT "ELSA Settings" extension
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 First installation of ELSA Display Driver
First install Windows 95/98 without special drivers for the
ELSA graphics board. The installation procedure should
find a PCI VGA-compatible display adapter and ask for a
"Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer".
- Push the "OK"-button
- "Copy manufacturer's files from:"
CD-Drive: this directory (e.g.: E:\VICTORY\ERAZOR\WIN95)
The neccessary files will be copy and Windows 95/98 asks
for restart.
- Push the "Yes" or OK button to restart
Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart
now".
3.2 Manuell installation of ELSA Display Driver
- Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right
mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel.
- Select the Property Page "Settings"
- Push the button "Change Display Type...". A dialog "Change
Display Type" will pop up.
- Push the button "Change..." inside the frame "Adapter Type".
You will see the "Select Device" dialog.
- In this dialog push the button "Have Disk..." and change to
the WIN95 directory on the ELSAware CD for your WINNER board.
- Select in the "Manufacturer" list ELSA WINNER Display Driver
and in the list "Models" your WINNER board.
- If you use an ELSA monitor, make the same procedure for
"Monitor Type" in the "Change Display Type" dialog.
- Close the dialog "Change Display Type". At this time the
screen flickers a moment. This is not a bug! Windows tries to
find out, which graphics modes are available with this
driver.
- Now you can select resolution and color depth in the main
dialog "Properties for Display". For the first installation
you should select 1024x768 and 256 colors. This configuration
is available for all memory configurations on all ELSA
Boards.
- Close "Properties for Display" by "OK" or "Apply
now".
After the restart the configuration of the ELSA display adapter
Driver starts from the Windows desktop.
- Start the dialog "Properties for Display" by clicking right
mouse button on the desktop or per Control Panel.
- Select the Property Page "Settings" or "ELSA WINman".
- Property Page Settings:
Standard-Windows-Dialog for changing resolution, color
depth and font size.
- Property Page ELSA WINman
ELSA WINman gives you full control to configure your ELSA
display adapter perfectly. You can change resolution, color
depth and refresh rate, screen position etc.
Normally you need to boot your system. Push the button "Restart
now".
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 4.10.01.0177
- first released version
Version 4.10.01.0201
- some minor bugfixes
Version 4.10.01.0202
- some minor bugfixes
Version 4.10.01.0210
- some minor bugfixes
- better TV out performance
Version 4.10.01.0300
- better performance and output quality
- Integration of OpenGL support
- Feature "ELSA 3D Settings" integrated
Version 4.10.01.0302
- fixed an optical bug with follow up menues
- Anti-Aliasing will only work with graphic adapters with
more than 6 MB RAM on it.
- fixed optical colorbugs on modes with 256 colors
Version 4.10.01.0303
- fullscreen on PAL TV out implemented
- "More 3D" in "3D Settings" bug fixed for Windows 95
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5. Release notes
5.1 DirectDraw/Direct3D support
The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from DirectX 5,
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.
To install DirectDraw/Direct3D use the CDSETUP from your
WINNERware CD or start the DXSETUP.EXE in the folder:
Drive:\ELSAWARE\DDRAW\DIRECTX
5.2 AGP and Windows 95/98
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"
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.
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6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes
This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives
hints on work arounds.
6.1 Version 4.10.01.0302 or higher
6.1.1 Installation over an existing nVIDIA-driver
If you install the ELSA Display Driver over an nVIDIA Display Driver,
the key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
OpenGLDrivers\RIVA128 will not actualised. Replace "nv3ogl.dll" with
"elsaveao.dll"
6.1.2 "OpenGL"
The hardware support for OpenGL only works only at 16 bpp colordepth
up to screenmode 800x600 Pixel.
OpenGL based screensavers, e.g. 3D Pipes, may occur some
malfunctions on some systems if powermangement is activated.
6.1.3 "G-Police" on TV
If the game "G-Police", - possibly other applications too,
has blit errors, you have to disable the Direct3D
Anti-Aliasing-Support in the "ELSA D3D-Settings".
(Only with graphics hardware with less than 6 MB RAM)
6.1.4 "Quickres" change on TV
If you change the colordepth with "Quickres" on TV-Out and after that
restarts in DOS-Mode, the screen remains black. So please always
reboot your PC after changing the screenmode.
6.1.5 There may occur misrepresentation of colors and displays by viewing
MPEG files with "ELSA Motion" extension boards.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.