Diamond Multimedia Kit/OPTi 82C929 Windows 95 Beta Drivers 1/23/96 ********************************************************************** This file contains the Windows 95 drivers for the Diamond Multimedia Kits based on the OPTi 929 sound card. This includes support for the MMKits 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000. It also contains support for the MMKit 7000's that used the OPTi 929 w/integrated wavetable. ********************************************************************** INSTALLATION PROCESS Please follow these steps below for a proper installation of the drivers for Windows 95. It is hereby assumed that you already have Windows 95 installed and have properly plugged in your Sound Card. 1. You should have the drivers on a floppy diskette ready for installation. 2. Start Windows 95 and proceed to the Control Panel folder and select (double click) the SYSTEM icon. 3. Select the Device Manager tab to display the list of devices currently present on your system. 4. Check to see if you have previously installed the device. Usually, the device name starts with "OPTi .. Sound System." If a previous instance of the device does not exist, exit the System Properties dialog box and proceed to STEP 6. 5. If the device has been installed previously, double click on the device name to expand the list of sub-devices and select "OPTi .. Sound System:..." to remove the set of devices plus this parent device. You will not be able to remove child devices which are controlled by this parent device unless this parent device is removed. Check also to see if you have previously installed any Windows Sound System or Sound Blaster audio devices or their compatibles, and if so, please remove them from the list. Once the devices have been removed, you must restart Windows 95. Additionally, remove the following from your startup files: From the config.sys, remove: "DEVICE=C:\DIAMOND\CDSETUP.SYS ... "* "DEVICE=C:\DIAMOND\XXXXX.SYS ... "* From the autoexec.bat, remove: "SET SOUND16= ... " "SET BLASTER= ... " "... MSCDEX ... "* "... SNDINIT ... " * - Note users of Sanyo CDR-H94A 2x and Pioneer DR-UA124X 4x cd-rom drives will need to leave these lines in. Users of the Hitachi CDR-7730 cd-rom will need to leave the config.sys entries and can omit the "mscdex" entry. 6. After the previous driver have been removed and the system has restarted, select (double click) the Add New Hardware icon located in the Control Panel folder to add/update the new device and it's associated drivers. 7. When prompted by Windows 95 for the Auto-Scan option for detecting new devices on your System - select NO and proceed to the next page. 8. Windows 95 will display a list of known devices that you currently wish to install. Select "Other Devices" eventhough the name of the device is included in the list. This forces Windows 95 to perform a fresh install for your device. Select Next to proceed. 9. Windows 95 will again display a list containing manufacturer names and at which point you should ignore the list and select the "Have Disk..." button. This tells Windows 95 to read special installation instructions from your diskette to correctly install the drivers for your OPTi Sound device. You will have to direct Windows 95 to the proper location of the floppy diskette. 10. Once information from the floppy diskette has been read by Windows 95, a list of devices available for installation will be displayed. This list includes options such as what type of CD-ROM that you wish to connect to your Sound Card (meaning using the connectors on your Sound Card for your CD-ROM interface). Select the correct CD-ROM type combination that you desire but make sure that the CD-ROM has already been installed and connected to your Sound Card. If you do not wish to use your Sound Card for CD-ROM support (as a CD-ROM controller), just select the basic option which includes only the Sound/Game support. If you have the MMK1000 with the Sanyo CDR-H94A 2x cd-rom drive or the MMK4000/5000 with the Teac CD-55A 4x cd-rom drive, choose the "OPTi929 Sound System: Sound/Game/MKEPanasonic CD-ROM" option. If you have the MMK2000/3000/4000/5000/6000/7000 with one of the following cd-rom drives: Toshiba XM-5302B GoldStar GCD-R540B (sometimes labeled as "Diamond cd-rom drive") Pioneer DR-UA124X Mitsumi CRMC FX-400 Sanyo CRD-254P Hitachi CDR-7730 choose the "OPTi929 Sound System: Sound/Game/IDE CD-ROM" option. 11. Select Next and Windows 95 will proceed to install the drivers needed for your device and configure your device accordingly. Once your device has been successfully configured, Windows 95 will prompt you to restart your system - select No to skip this restart process since you should have your Sound Card properly plugged in and installed. If however your Sound Card has not been correctly installed, you will have to select Yes to restart Windows 95. TIPS 1. MMKit 1000 users with the Sanyo CDR-H94A 2x cd-rom must still load the "cdsetup.sys" and "sjcd.sys" lines. Make sure that the /p parameter on each line, which specifies the port address, matches. It must also match the address assigned under the resources tab for the "OPTi929 Sound System: Sound/Game/MKEPanasonic CD-ROM". Note - this device will have an exclamation mark over it in this configuration. 2. MMKit 4000/5000 users with the Teac CD-55A 4x cd-rom must obtain the new protected mode driver. The current filename for this driver, as posted by Diamond, is "TEAC_W95.EXE". This name may chage with possible future revisions. If you are unable to locate it contact Diamond Multimedia Systems for the current filename. CONNECTING EXTERNAL DEVICES Wave Table Device To enable driver support for your Wave Table device, you will need to reconfigure the "OPTi .. Sound System: Sound/Game.." device properties and change the settings to use "Basic Configuration 0." RECONFIGURATION OF RESOURCES The resources for OPTi 82C929 should be reconfigurable on-the-fly unless due to a similar conflicting device present in the system. To reconfigure the resources, use the SYSTEM icon located in your Control Panel folder and choose Device Manager. From Device Manager, double click the "OPTi .. Sound System" option and the list of sub-devices will be displayed. Double click on the "OPTi .. Sound System: Sound/Game..." device to change the desired resources for this parent and it's child devices. Once resources have been changed, the driver will be reconfigured to operate with the new resources and function as before. You may be asked to restart your system and at which point you may select No since Windows 95 should have reconfigured your device accordingly. AUDIO SUPPORT under WINDOWS 95 DOS BOX DOS Game support has been added for this release and is fully functional. During the setup for your DOS games, you must ensure that the current resources assigned to the sound card matches with the current settings requested by your DOS game. To find out what resources are currently assigned to the sound card, proceed to open the properties box associated with the "OPTi .. Sound System" (Device Manager) and select the Resource tab. From the Resources box, you should see the current I/O Address range for Input/Output Range Number 1. We recommend the 220 Hex address range as opposed to the 240 Hex be selected as most games support 220 Hex by default. We also recommend the Interrupt and Direct Memory Access settings of 7 and 1 respectively. Reconfigure these resources as appropriate and select OK for Device Manager to dynamically change and update your current resources and configure the hardware. At this point, you may setup your DOS game with the settings which you have just configured. Also, if you have a Wave Table Device on board or attached to your sound card, you should also follow the recommended steps above but this time check on the "OPTi .. MPU-401" device settings instead. You will need it's current settings if you wish to enable General MIDI support in your DOS games. To ensure an ideal environment for DOS games, it is recommended that you modify the Idle Sensitivity property of your DOS Game environment to High. To do this, press the ALT+ENTER keys to change to a DOS Box Window (if not already in a Windowed session) and click on the top left hand corner of the DOS Box Window. A drop down menu will appear and at which point you should select Properties. Select the Misc tab and proceed to modify the above mentioned property. Contacting DIAMOND ------------------ Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. ATTN: Technical Support 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose, CA 95134-1922 Voice (TechSupt): (408) 325-7100 Voice (Main) : (408) 325-7000 FAX : (408) 325-7171 BBS (to 14400) : (408) 325-7080 BBS (to 28800) : (408) 325-7175 CompuServe : GO DIAMOND America Online : GO DIAMOND MSN : GOTO DIAMONDONLINE WWW : http://www.diamondmm.com FTP : ftp.diamondmm.com Internet E-Mail : 75300.3673@compuserve.com %% END %%