Windows2000 Video Device Driver for S3 chipsets.
****Installing your new S3 Video Driver for Windows2000****
1. Start system with Windows2000 installed.
2. IMPORTANT: When the "Please select the operating system to start..." message
is displayed, select the Windows2000 line that includes "[VGA mode]".
3. From "Start", select the "Settings group", then click on the
"Control Panel" icon.
4. In the "Control Panel", double click on the "Display" icon.
5. In the "Settings" screen, click on the "Display Type..." button.
6. From the "Display Type" screen, and in the "Adapter Type" section, click
on the "Change..." button.
7. In the "Change Display" screen, click on the "Have Disk..." button.
8. Insert the new display driver diskette into the A:\ drive, then click on
the "OK" button.
9. From the list of displayed S3 devices, select your S3 device.
10. From "Third-party Drivers", click on the "Yes" button to proceed.
11. If a message appears stating the driver is already installed on the
system, and asks if you want to use the current or new drivers, be sure
to select the "New" button.
12. If prompted for the driver diskette a second time, click on the
"Continue" button.
13. When the message "The drivers were successfully installed" is displayed,
remove the display driver diskette, then click on the "OK" button.
14. Back at the "Display Type" window, click on the "Close" button.
15. Back at the "Display Properties" window, click on the "Close" button.
16. When you see the "System Settings Change" window, asking if you wish to
restart your computer, click on the "Yes" window to reboot now.
NOTE: If installing Windows2000 with the S3 device currently installed
in the system:
Proceed through the Windows2000 installation as usual. The installation
program will prompt the user to choose a display mode. Choose the
"Cancel" button from the "Display Settings" screen to ignore this step
for now. The installation will now finish. Once Windows2000 has started
for the first time, proceed to follow the steps outlined above to install
the driver for your S3 device.
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.