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Diamond Viper V330 Series Windows 95 Drivers with InControl Tools 95
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Release Notes
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This is the Diamond Viper V330 Series Windows 95 Display Drivers
with InControl Tools 95 version 4.10.01.0020.


Installation Notes
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These drivers require DirectX 5 to support DirectDraw and Direct3D
applications.


Issues Addressed/Features Added
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Some VESA/DMT timings have been adjusted to more closely match the VESA
specification.

System now recovers after sleep with FoxBear running.

The system no longer hangs at MFC42.DLL when installing from floppy.

Corruption of text when windowing a VESA mode that is not supported as windowed
and then returning to full screen has been addressed.


Known Limitations
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The NVidia Riva 128 chip used on the Diamond Viper V330 requires an IRQ to
function correctly.  If no IRQ has been assigned to the card by the motherboard
BIOS you may experience symptoms such as windows not booting, or extremely poor 
performance. The symptoms mostly involve error messages such as "While
initializing device, VDD.  Windows Protection Error.  You must restart your
computer."  and "While initializing device, NVRM.  Windows Protection Error.
You must restart your computer."  Some motherboard BIOS' allow for an option to
"Assign IRQ for VGA".  Often times the latest BIOS will also resolve this
problem.  To correct the problem: Boot into the BIOS setup; Look for an option
to enable IRQ for VGA (may be in chipset features or PnP configuration) and set
it to enabled or on; Reboot the system and it should bypass the error.  For
further information please contact your motherboard manufacturer.

When running the DXSETUP.EXE program (which comes with Microsoft's DirectX 
application), the version of the Primary Display Driver will incorrectly be 
displayed as: 0.00.00.0000.  This is an issue with the DXSETUP program.
To get the correct driver information, run the DXINFO.EXE program from within
the same directory that DXSETUP.EXE is found (on our CD the directory is 
DirectX\DirectX5\DirectX).

Simultaneous output to a TV and a computer monitor is not supported.  To enable
output to a TV, disconnect the monitor cable from the Viper card, attach a TV
cable and restart your system.

Under some conditions of BIOS, APM, and cursor themes, when a DirectDraw
surface is active, and the systems asks the graphics card to enter a low power
S1 state, the DirectDraw surface remains active, even if the application is
minimized.  The Viper will not sleep the monitor in this condition.  Upon
return to full power-up condition, Windows and/or the application may reset
the cursor.  When this happens, a cursor previously hidden by the application
may become visible again.  The cursor will promptly disappear as soon as the
mouse is moved.  While a workaround could potentially be implemented in the
driver, this could introduce many other severe system problems in applications
or other undesired behavior.

Duke Nukem fails to enumerate available VESA 2.0 modes.  This allows you to
select modes which are unsupported, such as 320x400.

Shiny Entertainment's game MDK doesn't handle [CTRL-ESC] task switching to
the desktop properly when in D3D mode.  This can cause application or illegal
operation errors when attempting to do this.


Contacting DIAMOND
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Diamond can be reached through a number of ways:

Diamond - USA

Postal Service:
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
Headquarters
2880 Junction Avenue
San Jose, CA 95134 USA

Technical Support
7101 Supra Drive SW
Albany, OR 97321
USA

Telephone: (541) 967-2450 
Fax: (541) 967-2401
BBS: (541) 967-2444
Email: techsupt@diamondmm.com
Web site: www.diamondmm.com


Germany
Moosstrasse 18B
D-82319 Starnberg, Germany

Tech Support Telephone: +49 8151 266 330
Tech Support Fax: +49 8151 266 331
Fax On Demand: +49 8151 266 332
Mailbox: +49 8151 266 333 (Modem, up to 33,6 kbps)
Mailbox: +49 8151 266 356 (Modem, k56flex / 56 Kbps)
Mailbox: +49 8151 266 334 (ISDN, x.75)
Office, Main Number: +49 8151 266 0
web site: www.diamondmm.de


United Kingdom
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Ltd.
610 Wharfedale Rd.
Winnersh Triangle
Wokingham, Berkshire,
RG41 5TY
England

Tech Support Telephone: +44-1189-44 4444
Tech Support Fax: +44-1189-44 4445
Mailbox: +44-1189-44 4415 (Modem, up to 33.6 Kbps)
Mailbox: +44-1189-44 1312 (Modem, k56flex / 56 Kbps)
Office, Main Number: +44-1189-44 4400
web site: www.diamondmm.de
Japan
Diamond Multimedia Systems
Maruchu-Nihonbashi Bldg 4F
10-14 Nihonbashi-Tomizawacho
Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 103
Japan
Tech Support Telephone: +81-466-28-5092
Main Fax: +81-3-5695-8403
Office, Main Number: +81-3-5695-8401
web site: www.diamondmm.co.jp


France
Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
6 Boulevard General LeClerc - 15th Floor
92110 Clichy France

Tech Support Telephone: +44-1189-44 44 33
Tech Support Fax: +44-1189-44 44 45
Mailbox: +44-1189-44 4415 (Modem, up to 33.6 Kbps)
Mailbox: +44-1189-44 1312 (Modem, k56flex / 56 Kbps)
Office, Main Number: +33-1-47 56 11 57
Office, Main Fax: +33-1-47 56 11 39
web site: www.diamondmm.de

Singapore
51 Goldhill Plaza #16-06
Podium Block, Singapore 308900

Tel: +65-3539511
Fax: +65-3539510

Korea
27th Floor, Korea World Trade Center
159 Samsung-Dong Kangnam-Ku
Seoul, Korea 135-729

Telephone: +82-2-551-2743/2747
Fax: +82-2-551-2744/2720

Hong Kong
Suite 1111 , Tower II , Silvercord 
30 Canton Road , T.S.T.
Kowloon, Hong Kong

Telephone: +852-23759023
Fax: +852-23759021


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