MS Windows 3.1 TRIDENT TVGA Drivers =================================== (UC5.1 11/93) This diskette contains these high-resolution drivers for Windows 3.1: TRIW1024.DRV -- 1024x768-16C Large Font TRIT640.DRV -- 640X480-256C TRIT800.DRV -- 800X600-256C TRIT1024.DRV -- 1024X768-256C TRIT8005.DRV -- 800X600-256C (512K DRAM required) TRIH640.DRV -- 640x480-32768C (386 CPU & 1M DRAM required) TRIX640.DRV -- 640x480-65536C (386 CPU & 1M DRAM required) TRIH800.DRV -- 800X600-32768C (386 CPU & 1M DRAM required) TRIX800.DRV -- 800X600-65536C (386 CPU & 1M DRAM required) TRIC640.DRV -- 640x480-16MC (386 CPU & 1M DRAM required) This file tells how to install the Windows drivers on your computer. NOTE: If you select a driver that requires more video memory than is available in the video subsystem, Windows will not operate correctly. Run Windows SETUP and select a driver with the appropriate video subsystem memory requirement. Installing the Video Drivers and Power Management Feature Under Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Graphic Installation Interface lets you easily install the Trident video drivers and power management feature from within Windows. Follow these steps: 1. First install MS Windows 3.1 using the standard IBM VGA driver. 2. Make sure Windows 3.1 is working properly. Have your Windows 3.1 Setup diskettes on hand, as the installation process requires them. 3. Run Windows 3.1 and select the MAIN group in the Program Manager. 4. Insert the this diskette in a floppy drive, such as drive A. 5. Select FILE MANAGER in the MAIN group, then select the floppy drive that this diskette is in ( e.g., drive A:). 6. Double-click on the file TINSTALL.EXE, which resides in the \WIN subdirectory of this diskette. TINSTALL copies ALL driver files into a subdirectory named TRIDENT on your hard disk. If desired, you can use another directory name instead of the default name, TRIDENT. TINSTALL also copies the font files that the drivers use from your Windows Setup diskettes to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. NOTE: TINSTALL expects to find certain font files on certain Windows Setup diskettes. If you have a European-language version of Windows, such as German, some font files are on different diskettes. When the program does not find a file on a diskette, a Check Diskette window opens. Select the "As It Was" option in this window. Then continue with the installation, inserting Windows Setup diskettes in the floppy drive in sequential order, until the program finds all the files it needs and finishes the installation. The program creates a program group named GRAPHICS DRIVER & UTILITIES. This window contains GRAPHICS SETUP and POWER MANAGEMENT icons. (The POWER MANAGEMENT icon occurs only on TGUI9400CXi and the later chips, it does not occur on the 8900/9000 series chips.) 7. Click GRAPHICS SETUP, then select VIDEO DRIVER SETUP. Select a suitable driver and click Setup. Follow the instructions to finish Setup. VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) ----------------------------------------------- The POWER MANAGEMENT program, in the DRIVER & UTILITIES program group, is designed for energy-saving monitors that conform to the VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard. If your monitor meets the VESA DPMS specification, you can use POWER MANAGEMENT to decrease monitor energy consumption. The program offers three power-down modes: 1. Standby (minimum power savings) 2. Suspend (substantial power savings) 3. Off state (maximum power savings) The program monitors mouse and/or keyboard activity. When it detects no activity for a specified delay period, the program signals the monitor to enter the selected power-down mode. NOTE: 1. Be sure your monitor supports the VESA DPMS standard before using the POWER MANAGEMENT program. If your monitor does not support DPMS, it may malfunction or operate unpredictably when you enable the program. 2. Power Management Program ONLY supports TGUI9400CXi and the later chips, it does not run correctly on the earlier TVGA chips. Power Management Program Options -------------------------------- Delay Time - First, DISABLE the program (click the Enable/Disable button at the bottom of the window so Enable shows, indicating that the program is Disabled). Then set a delay time, from 0 to 999 minutes, for each mode. The monitor first enters the power-down mode with the shortest delay time. When it reaches the next-shortest delay time, it enters the corresponding mode. And last, it enters the power-down mode with the longest delay time. We recommend that you leave OFF STATE with the longest delay time, because the monitor cannot enter any other mode from OFF STATE. Clock On/Off - Turns the delay timer display (the digital display in the upper left of the window) on or off. The display shows only when the program is ENABLED. Clock Alarm - When the alarm is set, the computer beeps for 5 seconds before entering a power-down mode. Touch Types - Selects which device(s) to monitor for activity. The delay timer will reset to the specified delay time when activity is detected on the selected device(s). Password - After you select a password and ENABLE the option, you must enter your password before the monitor can exit any power-down mode it has entered. USE THIS FEATURE WITH CARE! If you forget the password, you may be "locked in" at one power down mode. Auto Start/ - Auto Start automatically loads the program in a minimized icon Uninstall at the bottom of the Windows desktop each time you start Windows. Uninstall cancels the automatic start feature. Keep in mind that the button label is the OPPOSITE of the active state. Test - Lets you test the sequence of power-down modes. Enable/ - Enables or disables the Power Management program. Keep in mind Disable that the button label is the OPPOSITE of the active state. Exit - Closes the program window. Selecting a Driver Through Windows SETUP ---------------------------------------- If you don't want the GRAPHICS DRIVER & UTILITIES program group in your Windows Program Manager, you can select a high-resolution driver with Windows SETUP. 1. First install MS Windows 3.1 using the standard IBM VGA driver. 2. Make sure Windows 3.1 is working properly. Exit Windows. 3. Change to your Windows 3.1 directory (e.g., c:\WINDOWS). 4. At the DOS prompt, type SETUP. When the program opens, highlight the Display field under System Information. 5. Insert this disk in your floppy drive and select the display driver option "Other (requires diskette...)". 6. When prompted, enter the path of this disk (e.g., A:\WIN). 7. Select a suitable driver. 8. Follow the program instructions to finish SETUP. Installing the Trident Drivers Over a Network --------------------------------------------- You cannot install Windows drivers on a network with SETUP/N, using the SETUP method described previously. The driver files are not copied correctly to the network Windows directory or the local Windows directory, because the standard SETUP program uses Microsoft COMPRESS to expand the compressed files, while SETUP/N does not. Here is the solution: 1. Expand the five Windows 3.1 disks to your network Windows directory, following the directions in "Getting Started with Microsoft Windows," pages 6-9. 2. Use the same method to expand the Trident Windows drivers to the same network Windows directory. 3. Run SETUP/N to install Windows, following the directions in the "Getting Started" manual. Select "Other" as the Trident Video Driver. 4. Enter the path of the TRIDENT drivers (i.e., your Windows network directory). 5. Select a suitable TRIDENT driver. 6. Follow the program instructions to finish SETUP/N. *****