README.TXT Driver File Contents (winnt.zip)

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*       SiS540 VGA Drivers                                                   *
*       Installation and Usage (Mar. 16, 2000)                               *
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*       Introduction                                                         *
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The contain of this document included SiS540 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. SiS540 VGA Drivers Contents
2. System Requirements
3. SiS540 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
   for Microsoft NT 4.0
4. SiS540 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
   for Microsoft Win2000 
5. SiS540 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures
   for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98
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* 1.  SiS540 VGA Drivers Contents                                            *
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SiS540 VGA Drivers Package includes one CD-Title and one diskette package. 
(For Rev. 1.02.52,  Date: 3/16/00)

SiS540 VGA Drivers CD-Title Package Contents

*  SiS540 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.

   WIN9x   <DIR>: Contains Windows 9x driver files.             
   WINNT40 <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 4.0 driver files. 
   WIN2000 <DIR>: Contains Windows Win2000 VGA/AGP driver files. 
   Utility <DIR>: Contains Windows NT 4.0 Utility files. 

SiS540 VGA Drivers Diskette Package Contents 
(No International Language Support and no utility support, only English Version
 and INF files for driver update)

   Disk1: Contains Windows NT4.0 driver INF files.
   Disk2: Contains Windows Win2000 driver INF files.
   Disk3: Contains Windows95 driver INF files.
   Disk4: Contains Windows98 driver INF files.
   Disk5: Contains Windows9x & Win2000 AGP driver files.

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* 2.  System Requirements                                                    *
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This section describes system requirements for the SiS540 VGA Driver
installationn and usage.

1. The hardware system must contain a SiS540 chipset.
2. Mouse is optional.

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* 3.  SiS540 VGA/Utility 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 SiS540 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.  SiS540 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                             *
*     for Microsoft Win2000                           		             *
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# Windows2000 (Display Driver 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 & sis540 Propertires".
6. In "Adaptor Type" area, press "Properties" button.
7. Select Drivers from "SiS 540 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 SiS540 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:\WIN2000".
    The directory in diskette package is "A:\WIN2000" at Disk#2
14. Press Next
15. Select a Device Driver "SiS 540" 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.

# Windows 2000 AGP Driver Installation
1. Go to device manager, right-click on the PCI-PCI bridge 
   which represents your AGP bridge and select "Properties". 
2. Select the "Driver" page and push the "Update Driver" 
   button. Go through the update driver wizard and on the 
   "Locate Driver Files" page select "Specify a location"
3. Enter the location of your new INF and driver.
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* 5.  SiS540 VGA/AGP/Utility Driver Setup & Usage Procedures                 *
*     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 SiS540 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\SiS540m.INF" for Win95, or 
   "D:\WIN9x\Win98\SiS540m.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 800x600x16bbp color.

# 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, 1280x1024.
   .....up to 1920x1200, depends on what max. resolution monitor can support.
6. Select Refresh rate list box to change the screen refresh rate.
7. Click "OK" or "Apply".

# Windows 95 & Windows 98 (Utility & AGP Driver Installation)
1. Place the SiS540 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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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.

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