======================================================================= Stealth 64 VRAM README.TXT ======================================================================= Release Notes ------------- This is v1.33 of the Stealth 64 VRAM Windows v3.1 Driver disk. Changes in v1.33 from v1.30 ----------------------------- * See Section "Bugs Fixed" below. Windows Installation Notes -------------------------- Use the INSTALL program to install the Windows 3.1 drivers from DOS or from the Windows Program Manager. * Suggestion: If you are upgrading from a previous version of the Diamond InControl Tools, you should install from DOS, not from within Windows. This will bypass errors regarding any files that may be in use and cause the installation to fail. * Suggestion: When running the Windows install use MS VGA to eliminate any OEM files that could create a conflict. * When running a windows install, if the install says "file in use, abort/continue" and the file in question is a font (*.FON) file, continue the install. * If strange errors occur and text is missing from dialogs, check for .VBX files in your \WINDOWS directory. .VBX files should only reside in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM sub-directory. Once the driver launches Windows, you will be placed in 640x480 256-color mode and prompted to select your monitor type. Select the brand monitor you have, compatible type, or use the Custom Monitor Timings to create your own configuration and custom screen centering. * Icon fonts are controlled by InControl Tools. When changing modes back to VGA or a non-Diamond driver, these settings still remain. To change back to default icon font, search the WIN.INI file for the IconTypeFace, IconTypeStyle, and IconTypeSize lines. Place a semicolon (;) in front of these lines or remove the lines entirely. * Only resolutions that have been selected as supported in the Display module will be available in the Viewport choices. If your monitor can display a resolution provided by the card, go to Display and select a monitor that offers that mode and refresh, or select Custom Monitor Timings and Add the mode. * If Windows only displays a single alphabetic character for the icon font, select a different font from the list of InControl Tools. Windows may not support the font type/size requested in the resolution and resource size displayed. * If you had screen savers loaded previously, and they seem not to load on startup any longer, see the message at the top regarding backing up important files and the limitation down below of LOAD= line being replaced and not appended. This is a limitation of the Windows 3.xx SETUP program. This does not occur with the Diamond install. Trouble Shooting Suggestions ---------------------------- All of the options listed below are to be added into a section called [STLTH64.DRV]. This section is not created during the installation of the Diamond drivers and InControl Tools. You must manually add this section. It should be added to the end of the SYSTEM.INI. * If you are experiencing random lock-ups in Windows you can add the following line to the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This type of lock-up may occur with applications that interrogate the systems memory searching for virill. LEAVEMMIODISABLED=1 -- This is set to 0 by default. * If you are encountering some lock-ups during heavy DMA transfers or your motherboard supports bus time-outs then you may try setting the following option in the [STLTH64.DRV] section of your SYSTEM.INI BUSYCHECK=ON -- This is set to OFF by default. * If you are using Lenny Music Tunes, Microsoft Art Gallery, Small Blue Planet, Ocean Below, Vampire's Coffin, D-Day, all of the Brightstart education CD's, and other similar applications, you will want to add the following line to the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. This will correct the corrupted screens you may experience during animation sequences. DEVICEBITMAPS=1 -- This is set to 0 by default. With the fix enabled you may possibly experience compatibility issues with other programs; one confirmed problem is with Adobe Illustrator v4.01. * IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a problem with the way bitmaps are treated by the application. This is not a deficiency in the driver. We have provided a means to correct this issue, until the software vendor rectifies the problem. All Edutainment vendors have been made aware of the problem and are currently taking steps to correct the bitmap issue. * Important Note for VLB Card users. If you are experiencing problems entering Windows v3.1, in 640x480x8bpp, or greater you can relocate the Linear Address of the Stealth 64 Video VRAM. Add the following line into the [STLTH64.DRV] section of the SYSTEM.INI. MEMADDR=xxxx -- This is set to 7C00 by default. Where xxxx can be only ONE of the following options: 8000 0100 0200 0400 Windows 3.1 ----------- The following Windows 3.1 drivers are included: Resolution Colors Displayed 640x480 256 65,536 16,777,216 800x600 256 65,536 16,777,216 1024x768 256 65,536 16,777,216* 1152x864 256 65,536 16,777,216* 1280x1024 256 65,536* *4 Megabytes of on-board memory required. Problems Addressed ------------------ All Resolutions, 8-bit | Quicken 4.0 CD version | Quicken Finanical Suite | Ask the Experts | Click on either expert | Video will be played back dark or with inverted colors. Mixer settings are not saved when you have a Sound Blaster 16 or AWE installed. This can be avoided by disabling the Audio Mixer in InControl Tools. All Color Depths, All Resolutions | CIC Handwriter | Load Handwriter driver | load our windows driver | open notepad or any word processing app. | write anything and get a GPF in CICREC32.DLL @ 1:0A93. 8-bpp All Resolutions, using the UNIDRV.DLL (Epson and Cannon Printer) | Open Windows HELP | Search | select any topic | print topic | GPF in UNIDRV.DLL at C:1D04. 8bpp All Resolutions | Open Arthur's Teacher Trouble | Click on either LET ME PLAY or READ TO ME | on the 1st & 2nd screen, when the characters move across the room, part of the character's heads are left behind. 8/16-bpp All Resolutions | Open WinFax Pro 4.0 | open an existing fax from Send Log | select Show from Annotate | then open the Line menu | You will get missing lines and arrows shown in the pull down menus. 8-bpp All Resolutions | Open ADAM 2.2 | START | the image will be broken into several pieces when DEVICEBITMAPS set to 0. Tried w/ DEVICEBITMAPS=1 will get GPF in STLTH64.DRV at 8:06CF when zooming into the image. 8/16-bpp All Resolutions | Open Word for Windows v6.0 | View | select HEADER & FOOTER | Type in a few lines of text | highlight a part of the line | change the point size of the font | then highlight another part of the line & change the font size again | GPF will occur in STLTH64.DRV at 1:4139 or 1:21B9. 8-bpp All Resolutions| PowerPoint 4.0 | Blank Presentation | OK | use 1st layout | OK | type in some text | Select New Slide | use 1st layout | OK | Insert | Picture | pick any BMP comes w/ Windows | save it | open PP Viewer | open the saved file | SHOW | picture is blacked out. 8-bpp All Resolutions | Open Just Grandma & Me | click on Option button | select page 2 | part of image is left behind. Tried with DEVICEBITMAP=1 or 0, same problem. 8-bpp All Resolutions | Open Math Workshop | click on the door of the Math Workshop house | click on New Player and enter the player's name | OK | turn off the TV and Exit | you will get garbage and a blank screen. All Color Depths All Resolutions | Open Carmen SanDiego USA | the introduction screen is scrambled. 8 bpp All Resolutions | Open Ruff Bores (by Living Books) | click on the "Option" button | click on the right arrow until page 5 | OK | click on the bottom right cloud and part of the image will be left behind. 8 bpp All Resolutions | Open Word for Windows v6.0 | File | New | Normal | OK | Insert | Frame | drag & draw a box about 1 x 5 inches | type about 5 lines of text | modify the text with a different font, size, Bold, Italic, etc... | a GPF occur in STLTH64.DRV at 1:4F54. All Color Depths All Resolutions | Open Microsoft Works for Windows v3.0 | click on START WORKS NOW button | pick WORD PROCESSOR options | press to program manager | shell out to DOS full screen | exit DOS prompt | to get back WORKS | the whole document will turn black. The following items require a SYSTEM.INI switch be changed: ----------------------------------------------------------- 1024x768x8/16/32bpp, D-Day select Media Tour Menu and by Theme | select Army topics and choose "Artillery : Allied AntiTank Weapons" | No video displayed (or fragmented video displayed) All resolutions All Color depths, The Vampires's Coffin, At the intro screen, the screen will fade in and out very very slowly. PROJECTR caused a GPF in module GDI.EXE @ 0001:0F6A All resolutions, 8bpp, Lenny's Music Toons, Horizontal line appears and picture is corrupt. All resolutions, 8bpp, MS Art Gallery, picture appears corrupt. Known Restrictions: ------------------- Dinosaur Safari from Creative Media. This product does not operate properly under Windows, the vendor can be contacted at 503-241-1530. You cannot select "User Defined..." as a monitor type until you restart Windows and are using the new driver. This will be fixed in the retail release of the driver. Desktop resolution switching while playing .AVI files will cause the .AVI display to become distorted. 800x600x32bpp, 1024x768x32bpp, Small Blue Planet, "Runtime Error : Stack Overflow" when the application is loaded. NOTE: This will occur with ALL 32bpp drivers. Any mode, Shell to DOS | Run S64MODE | CUSTOM | Select 1024x768x65k (or 16M) | Select a refresh rate | Kicks out of Windows to DOS. Cold boot required. However, choosing 1024x768x256 or 800x600x65k or 16M or 640x480x65k or 16M are OK. All resolutions, 16/24bpp, Paintbrush, Print to HP LaserJet 4 | Prints nothing. Run Landmark Speed - it will drop you to a dos prompt. This is a limitation of the application, if you run a DX2/66 in non-turbo mode, the program will work fine, in turbo mode the system hangs, this is a issue with the application itself, not the driver. Some monitors which do not support DPMS will start scrolling until entering into Sleep mode. Contacting DIAMOND ------------------ Diamond can be reached through a number of ways: Postal Service : Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose, CA 95134 Voice (Main) : (408) 325-7000 Voice (TechSppt): (408) 325-7100 [M-F 6-7; Sat 8-4 Pacific] [plus 24hr automated help] FAX (Main) : (408) 325-7070 FAX (Support) : (408) 325-7171 BBS (to 2400) : (408) 325-7080 BBS (9600+) : (408) 325-7175 CompuServe : GO DMNDONLINE America Online : GO DIAMOND All product names listed are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners. ======================================================================= Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. 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