RELNOTE.TXT Driver File Contents (655_All_Drivers.zip)

Chips and Technologies, Inc.
DR-HiQV(65550)
HiQVideo Media Driver Package
for Windows 95


Revision:   Version 1.1.0
Release Date:  July 11, 1996
============================

1.    Fixed a problem where the screen would go blank when
      switching modes with the Microsoft Display Test program running
      at the full screen DOS prompt with F65550 ES1.7.

2.    Fixed a problem where the system would hang in WinStone 96
      with the Lotus 123 Spread Sheet program running in 1024x768x16bpp
      mode.

3.   Fixed a problem which occurred when the DirectDraw driver
     was running with the FoxBear game in the 800x600 and 1024x768
     STNDD panels in simultaneous mode.

4.   Fixed a panning problem that occurred when the mouse was
     moved after grabbing an icon.

5.   Fixed a problem when running the Borland Turbo Debugger.

6.   Fixed a double cursor problem.

7.   Disabled video capture for all 800x600 and 1024x768 DSTN and
     TFT panels in 16bpp modes.

8.   Added CRTPanning=1 in the [Display] section of the
     system.ini file to force CRT/NTSC Panning without the BIOS
     function 5F50 DL[4] support.

9.   Fixed a problem where the selected Display Type(LCD, CRT,
     Both) in Full Screen DOS would change when exiting Full Screen
     DOS and returning to the Windows desktop.

10.  Modified the 16BPP modes from 5-5-5(32K color) to 5-6-5(64K
     color).

11.  Fixed the differences in the alignment and the palette to
     control the noise problem in F65550 ES 1.5/1.6.

12.  Fixed a problem with restoring DOS VM in Japanese Windows
     after changing to the US environment by typing CHEV US command in
     the DOS VM environment.

13.  Fixed the problem with the flashing Windows 95 logo when
     booting Windows 95.

14.  Modified the driver to adjust the video window alignment for
     the high bandwidth modes.

15.  Fixed the problem with Video Capture/Playback and VxD.

16.  Fixed the problems in VxD.

17.  Fixed the AVI corruption problem with overlay surfaces in the
     8bpp modes.

18.  Added support for DirectDraw off-screen overlay surfaces for
     software codecs (DVIDEO.DLL).

19.  Adjusted the video display skew for the interlaced modes.

20.  Fixed a problem where panning would not work properly while
     playing an AVI file and switching the display to CRT.

21.  Fixed the problem with the hardware cursor and popup while
     loading Windows 95.

22.  Modified the driver to correct a problem with panning in
     4bpp and 24bpp modes.

23.  Fixed the problem where double screens would appeared in the
     4bpp drivers.

24.  Fixed the problem with popup where the popup was
     disappearing when Windows 95 was shutdown and restarted in DOS.

25.  Fixed the problem where the gray text did not appear gray in
     the disabled menu items.

26.  Added panning capability to support NTSC/PAL modes.

27.  Disabled vertical interpolation if the MClock is less than
     38MHz for TFT panels.

28.  Disabled vertical interpolation for Flat Panel and
     Simultaneous display modes for STN-DD panels.

29.  Modified the driver to allow the software cursor to be
     visible in a playback window.

30.  Fixed the cursor problem when running the HCT AVI test.

31.  Added a flag to disable error checking when more than one
     multimedia client wants to access the multimedia hardware at the
     same time.

32.  Fixed a problem with Microsoft's "QuickRes" application.

33.  Fixed the video corruption problem in Merry-Go-Round AVI
     file from Winbench 96.

34.  Fixed the problem in full screen DOS where setting mode 12h
     from mode 3+ sometimes showed a blank screen.

35.  Fixed the problems in the DirectDraw drivers.

36.  Fixed the display corruption problem in Mode72 when
     switching between full screen DOS and the DOS box in Japanese
     Windows 95 by pressing Alt+Enter.
Download Driver Pack

How To Update Drivers Manually

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.

server: web4, load: 1.23