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Dave, >> Also, I believe it would help in working on this problem, if we had the telephone number for Evergreen Software.
NT3.5 & Stealth 64 PCI
Message #101470
My machine keeps stopping working, the screen just freezes and so does the mouse and keyboard and the rest of network, this is the server !. The app that was being used at the time of crash is Superbase it was in the process of redrawing a window on the…
Wayne, thank you for you response. The bios on my Stealth card is dated 7/01/94 and I am using a ISA SMC card. I have inadvertently solved my problem by moving one of the SMC card drivers into my WFWG Windows directory. NT now shows Video0 at 0xA0000 and Video0…
Viper and NT3.5
Message #101418
Please Help!! I upgraded my Viper Bios to 2.04 and NT3.5 still freezes up if I run a Dos shell. I have co workers who have newer Vipers that do NOT have this problem with the P9000 drivers. Can I send my board back and have it exchanged or upgraded…
Sorry – didnt mention how to set up 3.1 drivers over 3.5. Simple. Just copy s3.dll and s3.drv from the diamond driver disk over the ones that are installed. They go in 2 different dirs – cant remember offhand where tho. I did this from dos. If you dont have…
>>Seemed like a good idea. I took them home and tried installing them. Didn't seem to be a good idea. I forget why off hand. But I didn't feel like wrestling with it any, so I just axed it and reverted. Maybe later this week I'll have some patience. But…
The InControl Tools are not availble for the Viper VLB, or Viper PCI. The drivers you have are the most current version prior to the 2.10 beta driver. Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
Yes, Windows NT 3.5 ships with Microsoft's S3 928 driver that supports the Stealth Pro card. Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
Are you using the keyboard, or the monitor controls to center the screen? You will want to have DOS centered, then enter S64DMODE, select custom, then select the resolution, then frequencies to use. When the box appears on the screen, use your arrow keys, on the keyboard, to center the…
The Windows NT 3.1 drivers will not work with Windows NT 3.5. What version of the BIOS do you have for the Viper PCI? Have you contacted Microsoft regarding this issue? The Viper PCI, and Weitek P9000 drivers that ship with Windows NT 3.5, are Microsoft's drivers. Dave Johnson Diamond…
Microsoft's driver for the Viper for Windows NT 3.5, does not support the 1Mb Viper VLB cards. I do not have any information regarding whether or not Diamond is working on a driver to support the 1Mb version of the board. You may want to contact Microsoft regarding this issue.…
Microsoft's driver for the Viper for Windows NT 3.5, does not support the 1Mb Viper VLB cards. I do not have any information regarding whether or not Diamond is working on a driver to support the 1Mb version of the board. You may want to contact Microsoft regarding this issue.…
The S3.sys driver is the only one that I am aware of. I have used this driver some and I believe that it is accelerated and takes advantage of the enhnaced features of the Stealth 64. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
>>>>I am using the Diamond Speedstar 64 PCI card in a Micron 486. In the 640 X 480 X 256 mode I cannot print curved lines from either AutoSketch or MathCad (both Windows programs). When I switch to the 640 X 480 X 16 mode, all works well.
Microsoft should be releasing Weitek P9100 drivers with in the next few weeks on a supplemental diskette. We are also working on Viper SE drivers for Windows NT 3.5. I do not have a release date but they should be available sometime around the end of the year. –Wayne Johnson…
>>>>1. Which drivers have I to choose for this card The Stealth 64 PCI or the Stealth 64 VRAM ? I have a PCI card with VRAM, TO PCI OR TO VRAM thath's the question
>>>>>bought me a Stealth 64 DRAM with 2 megs, plugged it i an tried to install it under windows – but I can't get IControl to work! The icon appears where it should be, but everytime I double-click it – nothing happens. During installation I got a message, that the…
I do not know of any Windows NT 3.5 driver that supports resolution switching on the fly. I have heard that this will be included as a feature in a future release of Windows NT. Windows 95 already supports this. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
We currently do not have a Stealth 32 driver for Windows NT 3.5. I do not know why the Microsoft driver does not support higher refresh rates. I beleive it should and might possibly be a problem with the driver. You might want to contact Microsoft and see if they…
>>>>>For some reason, I am unable to get good, clear screen fonts in WPWin6.0a with the Stealth64VRAM PCI. I have a MAG DX17 monitor (which I set to custom since I could not find the exact model on the setup list). I like using Times New Roman but the screen…
No printing SpeedstarPro
Message #101158
I use a Speedstar Pro with Windows for Workgroups 3.11. Do you know that you cannot print True Type Fonts with any sizes between 50 and 59 pt using Word for Windows 6.0? The problem disappears if I use the standard VGA-driver (advice from Microsoft Central Europe Forum). I've tried…
I am using BiOS v1.03. And yes, I have talked to MS about the problem and they say it sounds like it is hardware related since they have had no other calls regarding Diamond adapters losing sync. Thanks Robert
NT 3.5 and Stealth64
Message #101095
Hello everyone! Happy Holidays to you all! I was wondering if there will be a release for new drivers and utilities for NT 3.5? If so, where can I get my hands on it? If not, are there any plans to do so? Thanks for your excelent help in this…
which card for NT 3.5
Message #101087
I'm looking for decent vlb/pci graphic cards supported on the NT 3.5 hardware compatibilty list to build our pentium systems with, they need to be bug free with standard MS apps such as office/access etc. preferably running manufacturers drivers instead of generic NT ones. q1. Which diamond cards would be…
Best NT 3.5/OpenGL card?
Message #101083
Can you tell me which of your VL-B cards is most suitable for high-performance use under Windows NT 3.5 for 3D OpenGL use and development? Do you have a card that has built-in 3D, and specifically OpenGL acceleration? What kind of and how much RAM can it have, and what…
Kevin, Please try using a lower refresh rate, and possibly a lower resolution. Also, what are the specifications for the monitor? Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
>>My first problem was with a windows message about invalid true tupe, and the MS DOS window would not work.>And now when I exit any win program I have icons, but no text, and seemingly locked up.
InControl error?
Message #101057
>>I just loaded a Stealth 64Dram into my 486/DX2-66. It works fine so far except that when InControl is loaded (iconized) and I try to run CsNAV to call CServe I get a Divide by zero error – otherwise is works fine. I just downloaded the latest 1.21 version and…
Please download a Problem Report form from our file library, fill it out, and return it to us via fax, mail, or email, so we may look into the problem further. Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
Stealth64PCI and NT 3.5
Message #101038
>>I have the same configuration as you (P90 Intel motherboard, Stealth 64 DRAM) and I can't get NT 3.1 or 3.5 working. When setup goes into VGA mode, I can read the build version as other info. Then the screen goes blank. I have a MAG 17XF monitor with an…
Stealth64PCI and NT 3.5
Message #101037
>>e recently purchased 10 P90 PCI machines with Intel motherboards and the Stealth 64 DRAM driver which comes with NT 3.5 does not work in any mode (blanks the screen and doesn't come back). The strange thing is that the 3.1 driver works great– except for the alert boxes regarding…
stealth 32 power mngment
Message #101035
The InControl Tools do not enable or disable the DPMS support according to what monitor is selected, so you should be able to use the DPMS support no matter which monitor you select. To use the DPMS, you will need to be sure to select a screen saver (this is…
#stlth64VRM NT3.5 SYNC
Message #100995
>>I am using an NEC 4FG monitor at 60HZ which is that the monitor manual states is the only rate that I can run it at 1152. The problem happens with all of the drivers I have tried. Under Windows 3.1 this problems never occures, so it can't be the…
>>I don't beleive that Viper or the P9000 drivers supplied by Microsoft supports a 1 mb Viper card. We do not have an a Windows NT 3.5 driver at this time.
Stealth 64 and NT 3.5
Message #100950
Hello There, I have a problem with Windows NT and a Stealth 64 video card. The problem is that when I run up NT the screen goes blank part way through the blue screen start up process, and never recovers. Even pressing the reset button will not bring the screen…
Wayne, Thanks for the prompt response. Of course, I am not overly disappointed (or surprised) that the Stealth-64 VRAM does not support interlaced modes. That will tend to speed the replacement of my eight-year-old Multisync II. Just one more little question, though. I ran WinBench 4.0 and got a graphics…
>>>>I recently installed a Speedstar 64 in my DECpc 450ST. I'm running Windows NT 3.5 and I'm having some problems with the drivers that come with NT 3.5.>Even more curious is a friend with the same screen and card – he manages to get the high res mode without problems.…
Both Window NT 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5 ship with an S3 801/805 driver that supports the Stealth 24. I would recommend using this driver. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
The Speed Star Pro does not currently have the In Control Tools. I do not know if this will be added to the driver or not. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
You are welcome. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
The Stealth 64 VRAM does not support interlaced modes. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
I don't beleive that Viper or the P9000 drivers supplied by Microsoft supports a 1 mb Viper card. We do not have an a Windows NT 3.5 driver at this time. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
The Stealth 64 driver supplied with Windows NT does not support resolution switching on the fly. I am not aware of any Windows NT drivers that support this. I have heard that Windows 95 supports this and that it will also be supported in the next release of Windows NT.…
The P9000 drivers that ship with Windows NT 3.5 require 2 mb of memory on the Viper card. We currently do not have a Viper driver for Windows NT 3.5. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
What is the proper usage of the STLBIOS.EXE file? I thought I read something about using this file in my config.sys or autoexec.bat to load the Stealth 24 VLB ROM BIOS into memory rather than having the cpu have to access the slower rom bios chip itself. Is this correct?…
Stealth Driver for NT3.5
Message #100621
Hello, I have a Stealth 64 DRAM PCI and Windows NT 3.5. After installing the graphics driver the system told me that I have an old driver. I should install a newer version. Is a version for NT 3.5 already available? Thank you Franz
Thanks for the phone and FAX numbers. At least I can continue to pursue the problem for now. Regards, Reza
#Stealth-64 Interlaced
Message #100564
I know that it seems crazy to ask for interlaced modes with this card, but I am upgrading my display subsystem in two steps. Because I got a great price on a Steath-64 VRAM last weekend, I went for that first. Now I am saving my pennies for a new…
Jeff, >>Please tell me how you got through the install process. As I said at the beginning of this thread, I have an Intel P90 Motherboard and after setup switches to VGA mode the screen goes haywire. The boot sector has been updated but I can't get past this point…
Conrad, >>I have exactly the same problem with the same kit. It only seems to occur (to my knowledge) on Intel motherboards. >If you get this sorted, could you let me know. Thanks.
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