Orchid Technology Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2 Version 3 Warp Drivers v2.52 --------------------------------------- The file you have downloaded, F964WARP.EXE, contains v2.52 drivers for OS/2 Version 3 Warp for the Orchid Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64. These drivers are only for use with the Orchid Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64, based on either the S3 964 or 968 chip, and are not suitable for any other Fahrenheit model. This file contains instructions for making driver disks, and installing the drivers. You have already completed the first step, by unpacking the F964WARP.EXE file and reading this. ****************** ** SPECIAL NOTE ** ****************** If you have previously attempted to install S3's v2.42 Warp driver with Warp Full Pack, please pay special attention to "Problem 2" listed in the "Troubleshooting" section of this document before proceeding with the instructions in this document. This document is divided into the following sections: -- Considerations Before Installation -- List Of F964WARP.EXE Files When Unpacked -- Instructions For Making Floppy Driver Disks -- List Of Files On Floppy Driver Disks -- Installation Instructions -- Setting Refresh Rates -- Supported Resolutions -- Common Troubleshooting Questions -- Orchid Contact Information ---------------------------------- CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION ---------------------------------- ** These instructions assume you already have OS/2 Warp installed on your system. These drivers are suitable for either Warp for Windows, or Warp Full Pack. Some of the installation instructions in the text below will be slightly different for each the 2 packages. We have tried to make indications when that is the case. S3 reports that these drivers are also suitable for OS/2 v2.1 and v2.11. Orchid has not verified that. ** These instructions assume that your current OS/2 Primary Display driver selection is set to Video Graphics Array (VGA). You will experience problems if the driver isn't initially set to VGA. If the system is not currently configured for VGA, run selective install and restore the system to VGA. ** The installation process will require several shutdowns of the system. We recommend that before beginning installation of the drivers you close all other applications running on your system. Do not try to multitask applications during the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 driver installation process. ** The Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2 drivers will not install unless you have the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 board installed in the machine at the time of driver installation. ** Before making major changes to OS/2, like installing new drivers, it is recommended that a full back up of the OS/2 system partition be performed. ---------------------------------------- LIST OF F964WARP.EXE FILES WHEN UNPACKED ---------------------------------------- When you unpack F964WARP.EXE you should have the following files: OS2D1 ZIP 776,887 05-15-95 1:02p OS2D2 ZIP 1,389,726 04-18-95 10:33a PKUNZIP EXE 29,378 02-01-93 2:04a README 1ST 16,262 08-17-95 ------------------------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING FLOPPY DRIVER DISKS ------------------------------------------- After unpacking F964WARP.EXE, you will notice two of the files (as listed above) are compressed .ZIP files. Here are the instructions for making floppy driver disks from the ZIP files. Proper creation of the driver disks is critical to success of the installation. You will need 2 blank high density 3.5" floppy disks. 1. Insert a blank high density 3.5" floppy disk labeled S3 DRV1 into your floppy drive. 2. Change directories so that you're working from the directory on your hard drive that contains the Fahrenheit driver files listed above. 3. Type in the following command: PKUNZIP -$ OS2D1.ZIP A: NOTE: If your floppy drive letter is not "A:" then substitute the appropriate drive letter. 4. Once all the files from OS2D1.ZIP have been extracted to your floppy disk, insert another blank high density 3.5" floppy disk labeled S3 DRV1 into your floppy drive, and give the command: PKUNZIP -$ OS2D2.ZIP A: 5. The -$ option on the PKUNZIP command line is very important. It creates volume labels on the newly created driver disks. (See next section for more information on the disk volume labels.) ------------------------------------ LIST OF FILES ON FLOPPY DRIVER DISKS ------------------------------------ Once you have created the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2 driver disks, the disk file contents should be as follows. Notice that the diskettes have the volume labels "S3 DRV1" and "S3 DRV2" (without the quotes). You may want to write those names on the disk labels. Those disk names are referenced in the instructions that follow. Volume in drive A is S3 DRV1 Directory of A:\ UNPACK2 56,864 05-14-93 10:55p TESTVER 4,316 10-21-93 1:41a UNPACK 42,698 05-15-93 11:27a S3PRF 2,825 10-21-93 1:39a CID 24,177 10-29-93 6:39p S3VIDEO DSP 171 07-01-94 11:39a TOOLS 223,458 10-29-93 6:40p CONFIG 124,954 10-21-93 3:18a BUNDLE 73,122 03-29-95 4:09p S3INST CMD 6,400 05-15-95 1:01p S3VIDEO 224,375 03-29-95 4:11p 11 file(s) 783,360 bytes 670,720 bytes free Volume in drive A is S3 DRV2 Directory of A:\ S3WIN DSP 21,900 11-16-94 11:43a S3INST CMD 6,290 03-23-95 2:31p S3WIN 1,387,807 02-03-95 1:24p 3 file(s) 1,415,997 bytes 40,960 bytes free ------------------------- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------- 1. If you are running Warp for Windows, before beginning the install make sure you have your Windows disks handy. The install program will ask for them and you can't proceed without them. 2. Boot into OS/2 and open either a Windowed or Full Screen OS/2 Command Prompt. 3. Insert the Fahrenheit driver diskette labeled S3 DRV1 into your floppy drive. 4. From the OS/2 command prompt give the command: A:S3INST A: C: (Substitute the appropriate drive letters for the 3.5" floppy drive and your OS/2 hard drive.) 5. Some instructions will be displayed on the screen, and you'll hear the floppy drive being accessed as files are copied to your hard drive. After a few minutes you'll be prompted to remove driver disk1 (S3 DRV1 disk) and put in driver disk 2 (S3 DRV2 disk). Follow the directions as indicated. 6. After the necessary files are copied from the S3 DRV2 disk, a screen will be displayed instructing you to shutdown and restart OS/2. The instructions on screen regarding DSPINSTL are for OS/2 v2.x and can be ignored for Warp. However you should follow the shutdown instructions as indicated (close the OS/2 window by typing in "EXIT", then shutdown and restart.) Don't forget to pop out the Fahrenheit driver disk you have in your floppy drive or OS/2 will complain. 7. Once OS/2 has restarted, either the OS/2 System folder or the Command Prompts screen will probably still be open on the desktop, since that's where we left off before shutdown. (If not, then open the OS/2 System folder.) Choose the System Setup icon, then choose Selective Install. 8. From the Selective Install System configuration screen select the Primary Display button. 9. You will be presented with a dialog box with display driver choices. Select "32 Bit S3 Display Drivers V2.52". You'll probably have to scroll up to find that choice. 10. Once you make the S3 selection you'll be popped back to the System Configuration Screen. From there press the "OK" button at the bottom left of the screen. 11. The OS/2 Setup and Installation screen will pop up. Don't make any changes on that screen, just press the "Install" button. 12. This next step is VERY important and the place where most installation mistakes occur. A screen titled "Source Directory" will pop up asking you to "Select the source directory.". The default drive and path name will probably be set to your where OS/2 disc can be found (a CD-ROM drive if you have one). ---> *DON'T* type in the path for the OS/2 disc. ---> *DO* insert the S3 DRV1 disk into your floppy drive, and type in the appropriate floppy driver letter for that disk, then press the "Install" button. 13. The "Monitor Configuration/Selection Utility" screen will appear. Choose the "Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type" option, and press the "OK" button. 14. Some file copy operations will start and you'll be asked to insert the second Fahrenheit driver disk (S3 DRV2). Follow the on-screen instructions as indicated. 15. If you're using Warp Full Pack, skip to step 16. If you're using Warp for Windows, at this point you'll be asked to insert some of your Windows disks. Follow the on-screen instructions as indicated. When OS/2 is done copying what it needs from the Windows disks, you'll be prompted to shutdown your system and restart OS/2. Follow the on-screen instructions as indicated. Skip to step 17. 16. If you're using Warp Full Pack, some dialog box messages will pop up indicating some of the S3 driver files you're copying on are older than existing files that are already on your hard drive, and ask you to verify that you really want to copy the older files. You should answer YES to those questions. The files mentioned should be: VGASYS.FON VGAOEM.FON VGAFIX.FON When OS/2 is done copying files, you'll be prompted to shutdown your system and restart OS/2. Follow the on-screen instructions as indicated. 17. Once OS/2 has restarted the "System Setup - Icon View" will probably still be open on the desktop since that's where we left off before shutdown. (If not, open your OS/2 System folder, then choose the System Setup icon.) From the System Setup - Icon View screen, choose the System icon. 18. The System Settings screen will probably come up open to the "Screen" page. If not, select the Screen page by clicking on the "Screen" page tab. Now you can select the resolution and number of colors you prefer. The changes you make won't take effect until after you shutdown and reboot OS/2. That completes the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 OS/2 driver installation process. If you need to change resolution or color choices in the future, just make your changes from the System icon like you did in steps 17 and 18. --------------------- SETTING REFRESH RATES --------------------- To configure the refresh rates for the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 card, you will need to run the MONSET application from a pure DOS environment. The following procedure will only need to be executed once (unless you need to change your refresh rate selections for some reason). 1. To set the refresh rates for the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 card you will need to load the MONSET utility, from the Orchid Utilities section of our DOS driver disk installer program, INSTALL. If you have questions about this utility you can find more detailed information in your Fahrenheit manual. 2. Run MONSET from the \FAHR64 directory. When you select and save your refresh selections, they will be stored on the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 board's EEPROM, making them functional under MS DOS. The next steps make them functional in OS/2. 3. Boot into OS/2. Open a full screen or windowed DOS session. Type in the command: C:\OS2\SVGA ON (Substitute the appropriate driver letter for your OS/2 hard drive.) 4. Step 3 forces OS/2 to update the SVGADATA.PMI file with your new refresh rate settings. Shutdown OS/2, then reboot to activate the new settings in SVGADATA.PMI. If you ever need to change the refresh rates, repeat the steps in this section from the beginning. --------------------- SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS --------------------- The following resolutions and color depths are supported for the Fahrenheit Pro64 under OS/2 Warp. 256 65k 16M ----------------------------------- 640x480 Y Y Y 800x600 Y Y Y* 1024x768 Y Y Y* 1280x1024 Y Y* * Requires 4MB of VRAM The following resolutions and color depths are supported for the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 under OS/2 Warp. 256 65k 16M ----------------------------------- 640x480 Y Y Y 800x600 Y Y Y* 1024x768 Y Y Y* 1280x1024 Y Y* 1600x1200 Y* * Requires 4MB of VRAM -------------------------------- COMMON TROUBLESHOOTING QUESTIONS -------------------------------- Here is a summary of the most common problems Orchid Technical Support sees with installation of these drivers. Problem 1 --------- OS/2 keeps asking you to insert Fahrenheit/S3 driver disks, and when you do, it doesn't recognize them as valid Fahrenheit or S3 driver disks. This is caused by improper creation of the driver disks. Please review the sections titled "Instructions for Making Floppy Driver Disks", and "List Of Files On Floppy Driver Disks" in this document. Problem 2 --------- OS/2 gives the following error message, "Display driver installation detected an invalid argument count in a configuration file (.DSC). Check the configuration files(s)." This is most commonly caused by previous driver installations. If you are working with OS/2 Full Pack, and had tried installing the v2.42 S3 drivers, the DSPINSTL.EXE file was replaced. Fortunately the installer backs up the existing version before it. You should see these 2 files in your OS2\INSTALL directory: DSPINSTL.EXE 145,560 10-21-93 DSPINSTL.SAV 169,048 01-12-95 To correct the "invalid argument" error delete the 10-21-93 version of DSPINSTL.EXE, and rename the 01-12-95 version to DSPINSTL.EXE. That should get rid of the DSC error message. Problem 3 --------- If after choosing an S3 driver and restarting OS/2 your screen rolls continuously or displays multiple screen images, the refresh rate for the resolution you chose is set incorrectly for your monitor. You'll have to boot with a DOS diskette and change the refresh rate set on the Fahrenheit Pro64 or Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 card. See the section in this document titled "Setting Refresh Rates" for more information.