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>>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…
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 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.
NT Drivers for Multimedi
Message #100448
There currently are no Windows NT drivers for the Multimedia kit 4000. The Windows Sound system driver will work with the Sound card. I do not have a release date for a driver. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
Current Driver for Card
Message #100442
The most current version of the drivers is 1.08/1.09. The filename is library 3 is SSP109.EXE. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
S64D W/ INTERMISSION
Message #100439
See my reply to Doug. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
S64D W/ INTERMISSION
Message #100438
Try going into the configuration and putting a checkmark next to Optimize for 16 colors. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
Corel Ventura 5
Message #100423
I do not remember this being a reporte problem with the Speed Star Pro but there is an updated driver available in library 3 of this forum. The name of the file is SSP109.EXE. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
Yoy are welcome. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
You will need to choose a monitor from the list that supports similar refresh rates. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
The P9000 drivers take advantage of the accelerated features of the card. I do not know if a Viper specific driver would inrease performance. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
If you have not already done so please download PDRPT.TXT from library 3, fill it out and return it to us by Compuserve Mail, Mail, or Fax. Be sure to include specific steps that we can follow to reproduce the problem. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
Viper PCI prob w/ NT3.1
Message #100387
What type of system are you using and what brand and version of the PCI BIOS does it use? What are the specification of your monitor? –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
WIN-OS/2 font problem
Message #100215
I have never experienced this problem, but I have a report of this before. 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 can look into the problem further. Dave johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES…
#Stealth Pro NT Driver
Message #100192
Unfortunately, I do not have a contact name to give you. You can contact S3 at 408-980-5400 (voice), or 408-980-5444 by fax. Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
#Cont (GPF problem)
Message #100185
Thank you for the address. I will add that information to your Problem Report. Also, I believe it would help in working on this problem, if we had the telephone number for Evergreen Software. If you have their phone number, please forward it to us. Thank you. Dave Johnson Diamond…
Speedstar Pro with NT 3.
Message #100155
>>>>>I would like to know if there is a video driver for the Speedstar Pro used with NT version 3.5 that will support all the video modes that I am used to on Windows 3.1. I am running it now in 800×600 in 256 colors. I would like to have…
#NT 3.5 Viper 2MB drivers
Message #100150
Windows NT ships with a P9000 driver that will work with the Viper. The Viper VLB drivers that ship with NT do not work properly with an revision of the Viper. With the P9000 drivers that test does not work properly on some Viper cards. If you select yes anyway…
Stealth 24 VLB (NT 3.1)
Message #100142
NT 3.1 ships with an S3 801/805 driver that supports the Stealth 24. I would recommend using this driver. –Wayne Johnson Diamond Multimmedia Systems' ES Dept.
Viper VLB NT3.5 drvrs
Message #99747
>>When wiil driver be available for the Viper that allows adjustment of position, size and sync signal specifics. The 3.1 driver had a file that listed in ascii the values for screen setup. Why not now? Have fixed frequency monitors (64khz horz. x 60hz vert.) with no external adjustments. My…
#Windows NT drivers
Message #99746
You will want to use the Tseng Labs ET4000 driver which ships with Windows NT. Dave Johnson Diamond Multimedia, ES Dept.
#Stealth In Control bug
Message #99467
You might want to try the new beta driver that we have just released. The file name for the VLB ios VVL210.exe. I am not aware of DOS box problems with the VLB version of the Viper. What exactly are the problems you are having with them? –Wayne Johnson Diamond…
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