WINDOWS NT 3.5 (Daytona) DRIVERS Copyright (c) 1995 Number Nine Visual Technology - All Rights Reserved Version 1.12 Release notes - July 24, 1995 Products supported : --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9FX Motion771 - Vision968 - VRAM 2MB - 4MB 9FX Motion531 - Vision868 - DRAM 1MB - 2MB 9FX Vision330 - Trio64 - DRAM 1MB - 2MB #9 GXE64 PRO - Vision964 - VRAM 2MB - 4MB #9 GXE64 - Vision864 - DRAM 1MB - 2MB Please give us your feedback using the file FEEDBACK.TXT. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 INSTALLING THE WINDOWS NT DRIVER --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before installing the driver it is recommended that you backup your driver disk. Example: diskcopy a: a: * NOTE: If you have downloaded the driver from the Number Nine BBS or other Site, the driver should be unpacked and copied to a floppy disk to be installed. In some instances installing the driver from the hard drive does not work correctly. Steps for installing the Windows NT driver --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bootup Windows NT in VGA. 2. Within the Main folder double click or enter on Control Panel. 3. Double click on the Display Icon. 4. Single click or Alt-C on "Change Display Driver" button. 5. Single click on the "Change" button adapter. 6. Single click the "Other" button. 7. It will prompt you for a manufacturer's installation disk in drive a:, put the Windows NT Driver disk into the a: drive, and press the "enter" key. 8. The System may give you a message that the driver is a Down-level driver. Disregard the statement and hit the Enter key. 9. Scroll to the bottom of the list and select the S3 compatible Graphics adapter, then single click the "Install" button. CAUTION: There are two entries for the "S3 Compatible Graphics Adapter", DO NOT SELECT THE FIRST ENTRY YOU COME TO, GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 10. A message box will come up and ask, This operation will change your system configuration. Do you want to proceed anyway? Click on the "yes" Button. 11. A window will come up about selecting the "current" or "new" driver, select the "new" button. 12. Windows NT setup will prompt you for the path, enter A:\. Now click on the "continue" button. 13. A message box will tell you that the drivers were successfully installed. Single click on the "OK" button. 14. A message box will tell you that your display setting have changed. Single click the "Restart now" button. 15. Once in Windows NT repeat steps 2 and 3. 16. Select the desired resolution, color depth and refresh rate, * NOTE * THE RESOLUTION AND REFRESH RATE THAT YOU CHOOSE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR MONITOR, DAMAGE MAY OCCUR IF YOU GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF YOUR MONITOR. 2.0 Resolutions and color depths: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number Nine Memory Pixel Refresh Product Configuration Resolution Colors Rate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vision330 1 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K 60,72,75 1024x768 256 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vision330 2 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K, 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 1280x1024 256 60,72,75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motion531 1 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K 60,72,75 1024x768 256 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motion531 2 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K, 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 1280x1024 256 60,72,75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motion771 2 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 1280x1024 256 60,72,75 1600x1200 256 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motion771 4 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1152x864 256,65K 60 1280x1024 256,65K 60,72,75 1600x1200 256,65K 60,72,75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXE64 1 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K 60,72,75 1024x768 256 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXE64 2 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K, 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 1280x1024 256 60,72,75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXE64 PRO 2 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K 60,72,75 1152x864 256 60 1280x1024 256 60,72,75 1600x1200 256 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GXE64 PRO 4 Megabytes 640x480 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 800x600 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1024x768 256,65K,16.7M 60,72,75 1152x864 256,65K 60 1280x1024 256,65K 60,72,75 1600x1200 256,65K 60,72,75 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 Known Limitations: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are no known driver defects at this time. This driver has been tested with Windows NT 3.5 Final Release build 807. Please notify Number Nine Visual Technology of any problems you encounter with this driver. The following system problems, application problems or driver limitations have been observed during testing with Release 807. 1. Windows NT with Large Fonts at 640x480 resolutions. The Large Font option at 640 resolutions results in dialog boxes that are larger than the screen and may be difficult to use. WORKAROUND: Avoid selecting Large Fonts for any 640 resolution. 2. Animated cursor fails as Default Refresh with resolution of 1280x1024x256 colors with some boards with customer bios. Customer Bios or board default may be set to Interlaced mode which is not supported by the driver. WORKAROUND: Disable the animated cursor. 3. Windows NT 3.5 with Corel Draw Photo-Paint 5.0: A mask outline may display diagonal lines instead of vertical lines. This is an application problem. 4. Windows NT 3.5 with File Manager: Extra vertical outlines may appear when scrolling to right in file list. Extra black bars may appear on left side or in bottom scroll bar when resizing the window. This problem also occurs with the VGA driver and appears to be an application problem. 5. Windows NT 3.5 with Marquee Screen Saver: When a message in a large font is used at a slow speed, the text appears to blink or cycles from light to dark. 6. Windows NT 3.5 Display Applet Test Screen: Resolution size is listed as 1152x900 instead of 1152x864. 7. Windows NT 3.5 with Paintbrush: Double clicking on Color Erase tool may not erase selected object. 8. 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