Windows NT 4.0 Video Device Driver for S3 chipsets. Version 3.24.16 CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Device Driver Changes 1.1 Installation Procedure 2.0 Trademarks 1.0 Device Driver Changes __________________________ Changes in this driver include: Driver problems when S3 Video BIOS relocated from C0000 after addition of a PCI multifunction adapter. Resolution Fixed. When the video BIOS is not at C0000, the driver will map the Video BIOS range, but will not claim the access range using VideoPortVerifyAccessRange. This NT call was failing when the 7000-M10's CMOS setting for MPS was set to 1.4 instead of 1.1. Due to the failing call, the driver was deciding to fail identification of the Trio device. DisableUSWC registry key in S3TRIO.INF. Screen corruption seen on IBM Netfinity 5000 system. CHKDSK /F, boot-time displays no progress text Cursor restricted to top half of screen in low-res DirectDraw modes. Blue screen trap "Page fault in non-paged area" occurs intermittently after logon to Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, dual CPU (dual Xeon 400Mhz processors) system. Blue screen trap under Windows NT 4.0 after approximately 2 minutes (system idle) at NT logon screen or at desktop. 1.1 Installation Procedure __________________________ 1. Start system with Windows NT 4.0 installed. 2. IMPORTANT: When the "Please select the operating system to start..." message is displayed, select "Windows NT Server Version 4.00 [VGA mode]". 3. From "Start", select the "Settings group", then click on the "Control Panel" icon. 4. In the "Control Panel", double click on the "Display" icon. 5. In the "Settings" screen, click on the "Display Type..." button. 6. From the "Display Type" screen, and in the "Adapter Type" section, click on the "Change..." button. 7. In the "Change Display" screen, click on the "Have Disk..." button. 8. Insert the new display driver diskette into the A:\ drive, then click on the "OK" button. 9. From the list of displayed S3 devices, select your S3 device. 10. From "Third-party Drivers", click on the "Yes" button to proceed. 11. If a message appears stating the driver is already installed on the system, and asks if you want to use the current or new drivers, be sure to select the "New" button. 12. If prompted for the driver diskette a second time, click on the "Continue" button. 13. When the message "The drivers were successfully installed" is displayed, remove the display driver diskette, then click on the "OK" button. 14. Back at the "Display Type" window, click on the "Close" button. 15. Back at the "Display Properties" window, click on the "Close" button. 16. When you see the "System Settings Change" window, asking if you wish to restart your computer, click on the "Yes" window to reboot now. o NOTE: If installing Windows NT 4.00 with the S3 device currently installed in the system: Proceed through the Windows NT installation as normal. The installation program will prompt the user to choose a display mode. Choose the "Cancel" button from the "Display Settings" screen to ignore this step for now. The installation will now finish. Once Windows NT has started for the first time, proceed to follow the steps outlined above to install the driver for your S3 device. 2.0 Trademarks ______________ The following terms are trademarks of other companies: TRADEMARK OWNER S3 S3 Incorporated Windows Microsoft Corporation Windows NT Microsoft Corporation IBM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT. BY FURNISHING THIS DOCUMENT, IBM GRANTS NO LICENSES TO ANY RELATED PATENTS OR COPYRIGHTS. THIS DRIVER IS COPYRIGHTED BY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. ALL APPROPRIATE RESTRICTIONS APPLY. (End of Document)