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        | README file for ELSA ERAZOR III          
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        | graphics display driver for                                    
        | Windows 2000 - Build 2183 and newer                            
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        | Version: 5.09.00.310                                        
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        | Copyright (c) 2000 ELSA AG (Aachen, Germany)        
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        | ELSA AG                     Internet: http://www.elsa.de       
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        | 52070 Aachen                                                   
        | Germany                                                        
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        | ELSA Inc.                   Internet: http://www.elsa.com      
        | 1630 Zanker Road                                               
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        | USA                                                            
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        | ELSA Asia Inc.              Internet: http://www.elsa.com      
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5                                         
        | Nanking East Road                                              
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        | Taiwan, R. O. C.                                               
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        | ELSA Japan Inc.             Internet: http://www.elsa.com      
        | Mita Suzuki Building 3F                                        
        | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku                                       
        | Tokyo 108-0014                                                 
        | Japan                                                          
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        | 07/17/2000, MKreiten\KLux\MWolf             
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        Table of Contents:                                               
                                                                         
        1       Introduction                                             
        2       List of Installation Files                               
        3       Installation                                             
        4       Known Problems                                           
                                                                         
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1       Introduction                                                     
                                                                         
        This file explains how to setup and to configure the ELSA        
        Windows 2000  driver software for your graphics board.           
                                                                         
1.2     Further Information                                              
                                                                         
        For more information on configuring installed ELSA graphics      
        drivers, refer to the Windows Help or to the help files to       
        ELSA utilities.                                                  
                                                                         
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2       List of Installation Files                                       
                                                                         
        The directory with the ELSA graphics driver for Windows NT       
        contains the following files:                                    
                                                                         
        Erazor3.inf           script file for the installation        
        Erazor3.cat           catalog file                            
        DISK1                 source disk identifier                     
        README.TXT            the file you are currently reading         
        LIESMICH.TXT          german version of readme.txt               
        eez3m.sy_             miniport driver (compressed)         
        eez3d.dl_             display driver (compressed)          
        eoglez3.dl_           OpenGL ICD driver (compressed)       
                                                                         
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3       Installation                                                     
                                                                         
        NOTE: This driver was designed for full functionality under      
              Windows 2000 RC3 (Build 2183) or newer only!               
                                                                         
3.1     Installation of the ELSA graphics driver                         
                                                                         
        First shut down your computer and exchange the graphics board    
        with the ELSA ERAZOR III.              
                                                                         
        Your graphics board requires an hardware interrupt (IRQ). Please 
        assign a unique IRQ to the slot which is related to your         
        graphics board in the mainboard BIOS if it provides this option. 
        At Windows 2000 startup, it selects the default standard VGA     
        driver or a driver provided by the graphics chip vendor.         
        Please note that none of these drivers supports the full         
        functionality which is provided by this board.                   
                                                                         
        To install this graphics driver you have to ensure to have       
        administrator rights for your Windows 2000 system. Please close  
        all running applications before installing any new driver.       
                                                                         
        There are several ways in Windows 2000 to install a display      
        adapter, a universal way is to use the 'Device Manager'.         
        Right-click the icon 'My Computer' on your windows desktop.      
        Select 'Manage' to start the Windows 2000'Computer Management    
        Console'. Select the entry 'Device Manager'. The entry of your   
        graphics adapter is located either in 'Other Devices'            
        or in 'Display Adapters'. Open the properties window for the     
        display adapter by right-clicking the entry.                     
        (If there isn't an entry for any display device, you should      
        right-click the root icon on the right Window and activate 'Scan 
        for hardware changes'.)                                          
        Select the tab 'Driver' and then 'Update Driver' to start the    
        Windows 2000 'Upgrade Device Driver Wizard'.                     
        Click 'Next  to close the welcome dialog and select 'display   
        a list of known drivers...'. Click 'Next'. Depending on where    
        the entry has been located, another dialog may appear, asking    
        what kind of Hardware should be installed. In that case, select  
        'Graphics Adapter'. After confirmation Windows starts searching  
        for known drivers. Please select the 'Have disk...' button and   
        change the entry to the location of your new drivers             
        (i.e 'E:\ELSA\WIN2000') by the 'browse...' button.               
                                                                         
        After that, the update device driver window shows a listing of   
        boards supported by the display driver. Select your hardware and 
        click 'Next  or 'Yes' until the finishing dialog appears.
        Confirm and close all dialog windows. If required Windows 2000   
        will ask for restarting the computer. The driver installation is 
        finished. To change the display resolution please open the       
        display properties dialog again (e.g by right-clicking the       
        desktop and choose 'Properties' from pop-up menu) and select     
        'Settings'. By clicking the button 'Advanced...' and choose      
        'Monitor' you will be able to change the refresh rate of your    
        display. Please note that only display refresh frequencies of    
        75 Hz or above are suitable for ergonomic working.               
                                                                         
        Your monitor should be configurated correctly also, to provide   
        proper refresh rates. To check or do this, start the display     
        properties like described above, select the 'Settings' tab,      
        click 'Advanced...', the 'Monitor' tab, 'Properties...', the     
        'Driver' tab of the following dialog and click on 'Update        
        Driver...'. The assistant asks for the monitor driver disk.      
        Please confirm everything, restarting your system won't be       
        necessary.                                                       
                                                                         
        NOTE:   With the installation of the Windows 2000 driver, the    
                ELSA OpenGL driver is automatically installed, too.      
                Please don't use any other OpenGL driver but the         
                originally provided with the installed display driver    
                files.                                                   
                                                                         
3.2     Making Installation Disks                                        
                                                                         
        To create installation disks for the ELSA graphics driver        
        you will need an empty floppy disk labeled:                      
                                                                         
        "ELSA Windows 2000 DISK 1".                                      
                                                                         
        Copy the files from the according graphics board directory       
        on the driver CD-ROM to the prepared disk.                       
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
3.3.    Determining the Version Number of the Driver via the Driver      
        Files                                                            
                                                                         
        Use the Explorer to inspect the file properties for one of       
        the files eez3m.sys or eez3d.dll. The file eez3m.sys can be 
        found in the directory System32\Drivers, the eez3d.dll file
        in the System32 directory of your Windows 2000 installation.     
                                                                         
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4.      Known Problems:                                                  
                                                                         
        - The display driver is installed successfully, but after        
          rebooting the system, the driver is not activated.             
          Your graphics board requires a free IRQ to work properly.      
          Please assign a unique IRQ to the slot which is related to     
          your graphics board. Be sure to have no hardware conlicts with 
          other installed hardware components.                           
                                                                         
        - Some programs will not work correctly because they are not     
          designed to run with Windows 2000.                             
                                                                         
        - This version will not work with Windows 2000 releases earlier  
          than RC3.                                                      
                                                                         
        - There ist no automatically setup program implemented.          
          Please install this driver manually.                           
                                                                        
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