# | README file for | | ELSA Windows 95/98 Display Driver, ver 4.11.01.0300-0016 | | SYNERGY II | | (c) 1999 ELSA AG (Aachen, Germany) | | ELSA AG Internet : http://www.elsa.de | Sonnenweg 11 | D-52070 Aachen | | ELSA Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 1630 Zanker Road | San Jose, CA 95112 | USA | | ELSA Asia Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5 | Nanking East Road | Taipei 105 | Taiwan, R. O. C. | | ELSA Japan Inc. Internet : http://www.elsa.com | Mita Suzuki Building 3F | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku | Tokyo 108-0014 | Japan | | 08/23/1999, ju Contents 1. Overview 2. Contents 3. Installation 4. History 5. Release Notes 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Overview This file explains how to setup and to configure the ELSA Windows 98 driver software for your ELSA graphics board. The driver supports 256, 65536 and 16 Million colors in all resolutions available on used ELSA board. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Contents This directory contains the following files: README.TXT the file you currently look at LIESMICH.TXT german version of README VERSION.TXT Version info about driver and tools ELSASII.CAB display driver file for SYNERGY II ELSASII.INF Installation file for driver and tools ELSAVE3D.CAB Property page ELSA 3D Settings WINMAN.CAB Property page ELSA Settings MMPOWER.INF File for multiscreen sessions under Windows 98, if Synergy II is second board. In case of trouble during or after installation, please make sure you have all the files mentioned above! ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Installation 3.1 Installing ELSA graphics board for Windows 98 First install the Standard-VGA driver, then shut down your computer and exchange the graphics board with your Synergy II. 3.2 Installing downloaded driver packages Driver packages from the web are self-extracting EXEs. The files are temporary copied to e.g. c:\elsainst directory and an automatic driver setup is started. Tools are installed, too. After finishing the setup or canceling the procedure the extracted installation files are deleted, including the temporary created folder. 3.3 Microsoft WHQL confirm way to install After Windows recognized the ELSA graphics adapter choose 'Have Disk...'. If you are updating the driver manually, select 'change...' in the advanced settings of the diplay properties. Now browse through the paths and select the proper display driver subdirectory (e.g. SYNERGY2\WIN9X).Windows will copy the driver files and prompt you to reboot the computer. After restarting, Windows is running with the ELSA display drivers active. If your ELSA graphics adapter is not the primary display adapter in Windows 98, you have to activate the hardware by clicking on the connected monitor bitmap in the global windows display settings. You have to install the tools ELSA Info and WINman Suite manually in this case. You can find the file ELSATOOL.INF in the folder DRVTOOLS. Please install the tools via the right mouse button. 3.4 Installation extension The drivers installation routine will additionally create the ELSA Settings and ELSA 3D Settings property pages and install an OpenGL ICD. The drivers setup included in self-extracting driver packages or the driver disk will install additional tools like WINman Suite and ELSAinfo. In case your graphics adapter is provided with video I/O capabilities, the setup will install the software components for these devices, too. In all following Windows sessions you can change the resolution without rebooting your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Revision History This section describes changes to the previous releases of this file. Version 4.11.01.0200-0020 - first released version Version 4.11.01.0200-0024 - EDID and Flat Panel support Version 4.11.01.0300-00016 - improved LC-Display Support - improved 3D-Performance - Bugfixing ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Release notes 5.1 DirectX (DirectDraw/Direct3D support) It is strictly recommended that you install DirectX5 or higher to make sure that the display driver works correctly. The display driver do support DirectDraw/Direct3D from DirectX 5/6, but to use it in an application, you must install DirectDraw/Direct3D. The Microsoft DirectDraw/Direct3D components are not included in the standard retail version of Windows 98. You need an installation of DirectX 5/6. DX6core.exe in: CD-Drive:\Winware\MSAPPS\DIRECTX6\ 5.2 Problems with Mainboards If your mainboard has no Intel chipset it may be necessary to install a chipset specific software patch to get best support and performance using the AGP port. Normally this patch should be delivered on CD with your system or mainboard. Otherwise you may get the newest patches on the websites of the chipset vendors. Other chipset vendors are, e.g.: VIA, SIS, ALI. http://www.via.com.tw/ http://www.sis.com.tw/ http://www.ali.com.tw/ If you have any questions about full AGP support on non Intel mainboards please consult your distributor. 5.3 Free defineable refreshrates (monitor timings) It is necessary to install and use the specified INF - file delivered with your monitor. For information about to install please look above or use the windows documentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Known Bugs and Operating Notes This section documents known anomalies or problems and gives hints on work arounds. - If you install the ELSA display driver on a system with an previously installed nVIDIA driver, the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ OpenGLDrivers\RIVATNT will not be updated. Replace "nv3ogl.dll" with "ELSAEIIO.DLL" manually. - Do not use "Custom Direct3D Settings" -names with more than twenty characters in the "3D-Settings" property tabs. Some failures may occur while using WINMANSuite. - Task switching while 3D applications are active leads to corruption of textures in some cases - The horizontal frequency of resolution 480x360 works is too low for most monitors. Please take a look at 5.3. - OpenGL screen savers crash if an additional suspend operation is executed by the system or manually. - Switching VESA modes to windowed mode leads to a system crash. - For best display quality, in the 'More Direct3D' section of 3D Settings Texel Alignment should be set to "upper left corner". - Mouse trails are not displayed. - In Windows 98 it may happen that the Synergy II does not work as a secondary device. Windows has problems to initialize properly the BIOS of the graphics board, if the size of the BIOS file is larger than 32kB. In this case please install the file MMPOWER.INF via right mouse button from the folder \SYNERGY2\WIN9X. -------------------------------------------------------------------