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* SiS620 VGA Drivers *
* Installation, Usage, and Release Document (March. 11, 1999) *
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* * All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or *
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* Introduction *
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The contain of this document included SiS620 VGA Driver installation,
usage and release information.
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* Table of Contents *
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This document contains the following sections:
1. SiS620 VGA Drivers Contents
2. System Requirements
3. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
for Microsoft NT 4.0
4. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
for Microsoft NT 5.0
5. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
for Microsoft NT 3.5x
6. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98
7. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
for OS2 4.0
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* 1. SiS620 VGA Drivers Contents *
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SiS620 VGA Drivers Package includes one CD-Title and one diskette package.
(For Rev. 1.01 and newer, Date: 03/11/99)
SiS620 VGA Drivers CD-Title Package Contents
* SiS620 VGA Drivers CD-Title Package
CD-ROM Version includes 30 languages setup utilities :
1. Simple Chinese
2. Traditional Chinese
3. Danish
4. Dutch
5. English
6. French
7. German
8. Italian
9. Japanese
10. Korean
11. Norwegian
12. Portuguese
13. Russian
14. Spanish
15. Swedish
...and so on.
Including the following file and sub-directories:
README.TXT : ASCII text file. This text file.
SISTAG : Disk Tag File for NT 3.5x
WIN9x <DIR>: Contains Windows 9x driver files.
WINNT40 <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 4.0 driver files.
WINNT50 <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 5.0 driver files.
WINNT35 <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 3.5 driver files.
OS2_40 <DIR>: Contains OSR2 4.0 driver files.
SiS620 VGA Drivers Diskette Package Contents
(No International Language Support, only English Version)
Disk1: Contains Windows NT3.5 and its disk tag file & NT4.0 driver files.
Disk2: Contains Windows NT5.0 driver files.
Disk3: Contains Windows95 driver files (1/3).
Disk4: Contains Windows95 driver files (2/3).
DisK5: Contains Windows95 driver files (3/3).
Disk6: Contains Windows98 driver files (1/3).
Disk7: Contains Windows98 driver files (2/3).
Disk8: Contains Windows98 driver files (3/3).
Disk9: Contains OSR2 4.0 driver files.
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* 2. System Requirements *
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This section describes system requirements for the SiS620 VGA Driver
installationn and usage.
1. The hardware system must contain a SiS620 chipset.
2. Mouse is optional.
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* 3. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures *
* for Microsoft NT 4.0 *
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# Windows NT 4.0 display drivers Installation:
1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings of Display Properties.
4. Select Display Type.
5. Select Change from the Adapter Type area.
6. Select Have Diskof Change Display.
7. Place the SiS620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
8. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory
storing the drivers and click "OK".
The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WINNT40".
The directory in diskette package is "A:\WINNT40" at Disk#1
9. When the "Change Display" dialog box appears, click "OK".
10.When the "Third-party Drivers" dialog box appears, click "Yes".
A message will appear stating that the drivers were successfully installed.
Click "OK". You must now restart Windows NT 4.0.
# Selecting resolution and color depth:
1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Select Color Palette to change between 16 colors,256 colors,32768 colors,
65536 colors, and 16777216 colors.
5. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the
slide bar to change resolution from 640x480,800x600,1024x768 to 1280x1024.
6. Select Test to test the resolution. If the display test screen was good
then select "Yes" when the "Testing Mode" dialog box appears. If the
display test screen was bad then select "No". Windows NT will give you an
error message.
7. Click "OK". If the display test screen was good and you select "Yes",
Windows NT 4.0 will change the mode without restarting Windows NT 4.0.
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* 4. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures *
* for Microsoft NT 5.0 *
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# Windows NT 5.0 display drivers Installation:
1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings of Display Properties.
4. Slect "Advance.." button.
5. Select Adaptor page from "Defult monitor & sis620 Propertires".
6. In "Adaptor Type" area, press "Properties" button.
7. Select Drivers from "SiS 620 properties".
8. Select "Update Driver" button.
9. An "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" Dialog showing, press Next.
10. In what do you want the Wizard to do? Choose "Display a list of the
Known drivers from this device so that I can choose a specific driver"
11. Press Next
12. Place the SiS620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
13. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory
storing the drivers and click "OK".
The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WINNT50".
The directory in diskette package is "A:\WINNT50" at Disk#2
14. Press Next
15. Select a Device Driver "SiS 620" than press Next
16. Start Device Drviers Installation, press Next
17. A "Warning" Dialog show, press "Yes" to continue the installation.
18. Press "finish"
19. Restart the computer.
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* 5. SiS 620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures *
* for Microsoft NT 3.5x *
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# Windows NT 3.5x display drivers Installation:
1. Select Control Panel from Main group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Change Display Type from Display Settings.
4. Select Change from Display Type.
5. Select Other from Select Device.
6. Place the Windows NT 3.5x Installation Disk (Disk#1)into Floppy Drive
or Place the SiS 620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
7. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory
storing the drivers and click "OK".
The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WINNT35".
The directory in diskette package is "A:\WINNT35" at Disk#1
8. Select Install and click "Yes" when the "Installing Driver"
dialog box appears.
9. Select New when the "Windows NT Setup" dialog box appears.
10.Click "Continue".
A message will appear stating that the drivers were successfully
installed. Click "OK". You must now restart Windows NT 3.51.
# Selecting resolution and color depth:
1. Select Control Panel from Main group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Color Palette to change between 16 colors, 256 colors, 32768
colors, 65536 colors, and 16777216 colors.
4. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the
slide bar to change resolution from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and
1280x1024.
5. Select Test to test the resolution.
If the display test screen was good then select "Yes" when the
"Testing Mode" dialog box appears. If the display test screen was bad
then select "No". Windows NT will give you an error message.
6. If the display test screen was good and you select "Yes", Windows
NT 3.5x will prompt you to restart Windows NT 3.5x
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* for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98 *
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# Windows 95 & Windows 98 (Display Driver Installation)
1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select "Display" icon.
3. Select "Settings" index in the display properties sheet.
4. Select "Change Display Type" button.
5. Select "Change..." button in "Adapter Type" group.
6. Select "Have Disk" button.
7. Place the SiS620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
8. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory
storing the drivers and click "OK".
The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WIN9x\Win95\SiS620V.INF" for Win95, or
"D:\WIN9x\Win98\SiS620V.INF" for Win98.
9. When the "Change Display" dialog box appears, click "Close".
10.Select "Close" or "Apply" button from display properties sheet.
11.A message will appear stating you must restart the windows 95 system,
select "yes" to restart.
12.After restarting, windows 95 or Windows 98 will run on 640x480x256 color,
75NI.
# Selecting resolution, color depth, and refresh rate:
1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Select Color Palette to change between 16 color, 256 color, Hi color,
and True color.
5. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the
slide bar to change resolution from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and
1280x1024.
6. Select Refresh rate list box to change the screen refresh rate.
7. Click "OK" or "Apply".
# Windows 95 & Windows 98 (Utility Installation)
1. Place the Windows 95 & Windows 98 Installation Disk into Floppy Drive or
Place the SiS620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
2. Click "Start" menu and select "Run..." menu item.
3. In "Run" dialog, typing the source execution file then press "OK".
The execution file in CD-Title is at "D:\WIN9x\SETUP.EXE".
4. A setup successful dialog will appear when setup complete, user can
choose restart system now or restart later.
# Windows 95 OSR2 Q&A
In Windows 95 OSR2, it provids a default MCI driver -- "Active Movie"
to replace the "Xing" or "Compcord" or "MediaMedics" MCI driver. But
using Active Movie has some problems because the Active Movie MCI
command sets are not very compelete.
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* 7. SiS620 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures *
* for OSR2 4.0 *
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OS/2 Warp 4 introduced a new graphics adapter device driver (GRADD)
architecture that makes it easier to support new hardware as it becomes
available. Enhanced PM applications performance can be realized when using
accelerated GRADD drivers.
This graphics drivers are currently compatible with OS/2 4.0
with Fixpak 5 or later. Since Fixpak 5 or later enables the use of
GRADD drivers, you should restore your system to VGA before uninstalling
to a fixpak level that is prior to Fixpak 5.
# PRELIMINARY STEPS
1. If you previously installed SVGA support, return to VGA resolution using
the procedures in "Setting Your Display to VGA Mode" later in this README
before you install this driver.
# INSTALLATION
1. Place the OSR2 4.0 Installation Disk (Disk#9)into Floppy Drive
or Place the SiS 620 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive.
2. Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 window session.
3. At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following command to copy all
necessary files to the OS/2 drive:
SiSINST
Then press Enter.
The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\os2_40".
The directory in diskette package is "A:\os2_40" at Disk#9
4. When prompted to do so, remove the diskette from drive A, perform a
shutdown, and then restart your computer.
5. When the system reboots, do the following:
a. Open the OS/2 System folder.
b. Open the System Setup folder.
c. Open the System object.
d. When the Settings notebook appears, select the Screen tab. Then go
to Screen page 2.
e. On Screen page 2, select your display from the display list. If your
display does not appear in the list, select Default.
f. Return to Screen page 1 and select a resolution.
g. Close the Settings notebook.
h. Perform a shutdown and restart your computer.
NOTES:
1) During the installation of this driver, DISPLAY.LOG and DSPINSTL.LOG
files are created in the OS2\INSTALL directory. These files identify the
OS/2 system files that were updated and indicate whether the installation
was successful. The contents of these files might be useful if you need to
report an installation problem to IBM.
2) Installation of the GRADDs uses the Dspinstl utility shipped with OS/2 4.0.
This utility can fail if if finds a "*.dsc" file which is not a dspinstl
description file. During testing, it was found that installation of
SystemView for OS/2 client may leave behind a file called "commonag.dsc" on
the root of the bootdrive. This file is not a Dspinstl description file
and will cause Dspinstl to fail. If you have this problem, simply rename
or delete the problem file. If an incorrect description file is
encountered, it will be noted in the above log(s).
# SETTING YOUR DISPLAY TO VGA MODE. Use the following procedures to return to VGA mode.
1. Turn on your computer. If your computer is already on, press
Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart it.
2. When a small white box appears in the upper left-hand corner of your
screen, press Alt+F1.
3. When the Recovery Choices screen appears, press function key F3.
Your display adapter is restored and can work in VGA mode. If you want to
install a new display adapter or video device driver, refer to the User's
Guide to OS/2 Warp.
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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.