****************************************************************************** * * * SiS630 VGA Drivers * * Installation and Usage (Mar. 2, 2000) * * * * * All brand or product names mentioned are trademarks or * * registered trademarks of their respective holders. * * * ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** * Introduction * ****************************************************************************** The contain of this document included SiS630 VGA Driver installation, usage and release information. ****************************************************************************** * Table of Contents * ****************************************************************************** This document contains the following sections: 1. SiS630 VGA Drivers Contents 2. System Requirements 3. SiS630 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft NT 4.0 4. SiS630 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft Win2000 5. SiS630 VGA Driver Setup & Usage Procedures for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98 ****************************************************************************** * 1. SiS630 VGA Drivers Contents * ****************************************************************************** SiS630 VGA Drivers Package includes one CD-Title and one diskette package. (For Rev. 1.01f, Date: 03/02/2000) SiS630 VGA Drivers CD-Title Package Contents * SiS630 VGA Drivers CD-Title Package CD-ROM Version includes 30 languages setup utilities : 1. Simple Chinese 2. Traditional Chinese 3. Danish 4. Dutch 5. English 6. French 7. German 8. Italian 9. Japanese 10. Korean 11. Norwegian 12. Portuguese 13. Russian 14. Spanish 15. Swedish ...and so on. Including the following file and sub-directories: README.TXT : ASCII text file. This text file. WIN9x : Contains Windows 9x driver files. WINNT40 : Contains Windows NT 4.0 driver files. WIN2000 : Contains Windows Win2000 VGA/AGP driver files. Utility : Contains Windows NT 4.0 Utility files. SiS630 VGA Drivers Diskette Package Contents (No International Language Support and no utility support, only English Version and INF files for driver update) Disk1: Contains Windows NT4.0 driver INF files. Disk2: Contains Windows Win2000 driver INF files. Disk3: Contains Windows95 driver INF files. Disk4: Contains Windows98 driver INF files. Disk5: Contains Windows9x & Win2000 AGP driver files. ****************************************************************************** * 2. System Requirements * ****************************************************************************** This section describes system requirements for the SiS630 VGA Driver installationn and usage. 1. The hardware system must contain a SiS630 chipset. 2. Mouse is optional. ****************************************************************************** * 3. SiS630 VGA/Utility Driver Setup & Usage Procedures * * for Microsoft NT 4.0 * ****************************************************************************** # Windows NT 4.0 display drivers Installation: 1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group. 2. Select Display icon. 3. Select Settings of Display Properties. 4. Select Display Type. 5. Select Change from the Adapter Type area. 6. Select Have Diskof Change Display. 7. Place the SiS630 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive. 8. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory storing the drivers and click "OK". The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WINNT40". The directory in diskette package is "A:\WINNT40" at Disk#1 9. When the "Change Display" dialog box appears, click "OK". 10.When the "Third-party Drivers" dialog box appears, click "Yes". A message will appear stating that the drivers were successfully installed. Click "OK". You must now restart Windows NT 4.0. # Selecting resolution and color depth: 1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group. 2. Select Display icon. 3. Select Settings. 4. Select Color Palette to change between 16 colors,256 colors,32768 colors, 65536 colors, and 16777216 colors. 5. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480,800x600,1024x768 to 1280x1024. 6. Select Test to test the resolution. If the display test screen was good then select "Yes" when the "Testing Mode" dialog box appears. If the display test screen was bad then select "No". Windows NT will give you an error message. 7. Click "OK". If the display test screen was good and you select "Yes", Windows NT 4.0 will change the mode without restarting Windows NT 4.0. ****************************************************************************** * 4. SiS630 VGA/AGP Driver Setup & Usage Procedures * * for Microsoft Win2000 * ****************************************************************************** # Windows2000 (Display Driver Installation) 1. Go to device manager, right-click on "Video Controller(VGA Compatible)" and select "Properties". 2. Select the "Driver" page and push the "Update Driver" button. 3. In "Upgrade Device Driver Wizard" Dialog , press Next. 4. In what do you want the Wizard to do? Choose "Display a list of the Known drivers from this device so that I can choose a specific driver" 5. Press Next. 6. In Hardward types , chooes "Display adapter" and press Next. 7. Then Select "Have Disk" button. 8. Place the SiS630 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive. 9. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory storing the drivers and click "OK". The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WIN2000". The directory in diskette package is "A:\WIN2000" at Disk#2. 10. Press Next. 11. Select a Device Driver "SiS 630" than press Next. 12. Start Device Drviers Installation, press Next. 13. A "Warning" Dialog show, press "Yes" to continue the installation. 14. Press "finish". 15. SiS630 Properties , press "Close" 16. Restart the computer. # Windows 2000 AGP Driver Installation 1. Go to device manager, right-click on the PCI-PCI bridge which represents your AGP bridge and select "Properties". 2. Select the "Driver" page and push the "Update Driver" button. Go through the update driver wizard and on the "Locate Driver Files" page select "Specify a location" 3. Enter the location of your new INF and driver. ****************************************************************************** * 5. SiS630 VGA/AGP/Utility Driver Setup & Usage Procedures * * for Microsoft Windows 95 & Windows 98 * ****************************************************************************** # Windows 95 & Windows 98 (Display Driver Installation) 1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group. 2. Select "Display" icon. 3. Select "Settings" index in the display properties sheet. 4. Select "Change Display Type" button. 5. Select "Change..." button in "Adapter Type" group. 6. Select "Have Disk" button. 7. Place the SiS630 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive. 8. When the "Install from Disk" dialog box appears, type the directory storing the drivers and click "OK". The directory in CD-Title is at "D:\WIN9x\Win95\SiS630m.INF" for Win95, or "D:\WIN9x\Win98\SiS630m.INF" for Win98. 9. When the "Change Display" dialog box appears, click "Close". 10.Select "Close" or "Apply" button from display properties sheet. 11.A message will appear stating you must restart the windows 95 system, select "yes" to restart. 12.After restarting, windows 95 or Windows 98 will run on 800x600x16bbp color. # Selecting resolution, color depth, and refresh rate: 1. Click "Start" menu and select Control Panel from Settings group. 2. Select Display icon. 3. Select Settings. 4. Select Color Palette to change between 16 color, 256 color, Hi color, and True color. 5. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024. .....up to 1920x1200, depends on what max. resolution monitor can support. 6. Select Refresh rate list box to change the screen refresh rate. 7. Click "OK" or "Apply". # Windows 95 & Windows 98 (Utility & AGP Driver Installation) 1. Place the SiS630 CD-Title Disk into CDROM Drive. 2. Click "Start" menu and select "Run..." menu item. 3. In "Run" dialog, typing the source execution file then press "OK". The execution file in CD-Title is at "D:\WIN9x\SETUP.EXE". 4. A setup successful dialog will appear when setup complete, user can choose restart system now or restart later. # Windows 95 OSR2 Q&A In Windows 95 OSR2, it provids a default MCI driver -- "Active Movie" to replace the "Xing" or "Compcord" or "MediaMedics" MCI driver. But using Active Movie has some problems because the Active Movie MCI command sets are not very compelete. (End of Document)