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WINDOWS NT DRIVER SETUP INFORMATION
for
Blade 3D
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Windows NT Device Drivers Feb 1999
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Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Supported Resolutions
3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT Version 4.0
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1.0 Introduction
This Accelerated Driver runs on the following products:
Trident Blade 3D PCI/AGP local bus adapter
The Graphics Device Drivers supplied here are for the Microsoft
Windows NT operating system version 4.0.
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2.0 Supported Resolutions.
256 colors 65000 colors 16.7 million
Resolutions 8 bpp 16 bpp 32 bpp
640 x 480 2/4/8MB 2/4/8MB 2/4/8MB
800 x 600 2/4/8MB 2/4/8MB 2/4/8MB
1024 x 768 2/4/8MB 2/4/8MB 4/8MB
1280 x 1024 2/4/8MB 4/8MB NA
1600 x 1200 2/4/8MB 4/8MB NA
2/4MB - Supported on 2 or 4 Megabyte Trident products
NA - Not Supported
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3.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT
This driver package containing:
- SGIUL40.SYS (Trident linear addressing video miniport driver)
- BIOSDL32.SYS,
- P208.SYS,
- COMMBIOS.SYS, (Porsche BIOSDLL set)
- DTV.SYS (To handle Digital TV)
- SGIUL40.DLL (Trident 256/64K/16M colors accelerated video display driver)
- TRIDENT.INF (setup files used by Windows NT Setup program)
- README (This README file for Windows NT Version 4.0)
- TDISPLUS.DLL (Trident Utility program, for TV output)
Procedure:
1. Run the Windows NT display Setup program located in the Control Panel,
Select Display Icon. Double click it to bring up Display Property page.
Select "Settings" Tab on the Display Property page.
2. Click "Display Type..." button from the Display Settings options.
3. Select "Change..." button from the Display Type options.
4. Select "Have Disk..." button from the Select Device options.
5. Windows NT will prompt you for the correct path where the driver is loaded.
6. Choose "Trident Video Accelerator 3D Adapter" from the
list of drivers.
7. Then follow the procedures provided by Windows NT to complete installation.
8. Restart Windows NT. Windows NT will start up with default mode
using the Trident drivers.
9. Choose desired resolution, color depth and refresh rate from the
Display Setting applet, and restart Windows NT.
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.