Microsoft Windows 95 Driver Installation Guide Stingray Pro (models S601e, S901e) Stingray Pro/Video (model S901V) Stingray 64 (models S1201, S1202) Stingray 64/Video (models S1201V, S1202V) (based on the ARK Logic ARK1000PV and ARK2000PV chipsets) September 11th, 1995 CONTENTS Introduction About the Windows Display Driver Diskette Installing Windows 95 After You've Installed Your Hercules Product Which Driver Do I Choose? Installling Your Hercules Product Into A Windows 95 System Using The Display Properties Dialog Box Known Limitations How Do I Get Help? Introduction ============ This guide contains the information you need to install our Windows 95 drivers for your Hercules product. One of the best features of Windows 95 is its adaptability to the way you work. No matter what the task, there's probably more than one way of accomplishing it. This is certainly true with the installation of display drivers. There are a few ways you can go about installing the drivers, so rather than document every possible route you might choose to take, we've covered a few possible methods. No matter how you install the display drivers, Windows 95 makes it very intuitive, so it's hard to go wrong. These instructions apply to the first retail release of Windows 95. If you're still using an interim build, the procedure may go a bit differently. As we've mentioned above, however, the intuitive Windows 95 interface makes it hard to make a mistake, so we doubt that you'll run into any problems. About This Archive ================== The archive you've just unpacked contains the drivers for all of the products listed above. For best results, these files should be placed in a temporary directory, such as C:\TEMP. Once you've installed the drivers according to the instructions below, you may delete the temporary copy of the drivers (although you may want to keep a copy of the archive in case you need to reinstall the drivers). Installing Windows 95 After You've Installed Your Hercules Product ================================================================== If your Hercules card is already in your system when you install Windows 95, you have two choices: you may install the high-resolution drivers as part of the Windows 95 installation procedure, or you may wait until after Windows 95 has been installed and select our high resolution drivers using the Display Properties dialog box. If you'd like to use this method, see "Using The Display Properties Dialog Box" below. To install our drivers as part of the Windows 95 installation procedure, specify the temporary directory in which you've unpacked the driver archive when prompted by the Hardware Installation Wizard. Depending on the model you're installing, you may be asked to choose from a short list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?" below. Later on, you can select your desktop area, color palette, and monitor type using the Display Properties dialog box. See "Using The Display Properties Dialog Box" below. Which Driver Do I Choose? ========================= Product Name Bus | Choose this driver Type | ----------------------------+------------------------------------ Stingray Pro VL | [Hercules] Stingray Pro Stingray Pro PCI | [Hercules] Stingray Pro | Stingray Pro/Video VL | [Hercules] Stingray Pro/Video Stingray Pro/Video PCI | [Hercules] Stingray Pro/Video | Stingray 64 PCI | [Hercules] Stingray 64 | Stingray 64/Video PCI | [Hercules] Stingray 64/Video Installing Your Hercules Product Into a Windows 95 System ========================================================= If you've already installed Windows 95 on your system, installing your new Hercules card is easy. Remove your old graphics card and install your new Hercules product according to the instructions in our Installation Guide, and then start your PC. After Windows 95 starts, a dialog box titled "New Hardware Found" will appear, and you'll be given a few options for installing the display driver. Choose Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer, then specify the temporary directory in which you've unpacked the driver archive. Depending on the model of you're installing, you may be asked to choose from a short list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?" above. Later on, you can select your desktop area, color palette, and monitor type using the Display Properties dialog box. See "Using The Display Properties Dialog Box" below. Using The Display Properties Dialog Box ======================================= The Display Properties dialog box may be used for installing (or reinstalling) a display driver or monitor adapter, or choosing your desktop area (resolution), color palette (pixel depth), and system font size. You may open this dialog box at any point within Windows 95 by clicking on the desktop with the right mouse button and selecting Properties from the pop-up menu, or by launching My Computer by double clicking its icon, selecting Control Panel, and then selecting Display. From the Display Properties dialog box, select the Settings menu. From here you may select your desktop area, color palette, and system font size. To select a display or monitor driver, click the "Change Display Type..." button near the bottom of the dialog box. This brings up the Change Display Type dialog box. If you'd like to install or reinstall your display driver, click the "Change..." button in the "Adapter Type" section. This displays the Select Device dialog box. If the driver for your Hercules product does not appear, insert our Windows Display Driver Diskette into your diskette drive, click Have Disk..., and specify the \WIN95 directory on the diskette. Depending on the model you're installing, you may be asked to choose from a short list of drivers. See "Which driver Do I Choose?" above. Remember to click Apply when you are back on the Settings menu. You can set up the refresh rates for your product by clicking the "Change..." button in the "Monitor Type" section. Choose your monitor model (or, if your monitor is not listed, one of the standard monitor types) from the Select Device dialog box. The display driver will automatically use the highest refresh rate supported by your monitor and card. It is no longer necessary to run our SETCRT.EXE utility from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. NOTE: DO NOT choose a monitor model or standard monitor type that supports refresh rates that are higher than your monitor can support. If you do, you may permanently damage your monitor. If you are unsure of what monitor model or standard monitor type to select, please refer to the documentation on your monitor or contact the manufacturer. Known Limitations ================= This release of the Windows 95 driver does not support the 1280x1024x256 non-interlaced mode or the 1600x1200x256 mode on the 2MB Stingray 64/Video. These modes will be added in a future release -- see below for information on how to find out about new releases. How Do I Get Help? ================== Please see our Installation Guide for complete instructions for contacting us. We'll be happy to help you with any questions or difficulties you may have. We've set up a page on our Internet World Wide Web site just for Windows 95 users. It contains the latest information on Windows 95 drivers and utilities, as well as the answers to our most frequently asked questions, so you'll want to check it first before contacting us. The URL is: http://www.hercules.com/support/Win95/ We're on a very aggressive Windows 95 development schedule, so if you have an Internet e-mail address, be sure to join the mailing list to keep up on the latest news. Complete instructions for subscribing to this service are in our Installation Guide as well as the README.TXT file on the Installation Diskette. *** End of File ***