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        | README file for ERAZOR III series
        |
        | ELSA graphics display driver for 
        | Windows 2000 - RC3 Build 2183 or newer
        |
        | Version: 5.07.00.228 
        |
        | Copyright (c) 1993-2000 ELSA AG, Aachen (Germany)
        |
        | ELSA AG                     Internet: http://www.elsa.de
        | Sonnenweg 11
        | D-52070 Aachen
        |
        | ELSA Inc.                   Internet: http://www.elsa.com
        | 1630 Zanker Road
        | San Jose, CA 95112
        | USA
        |
        | ELSA Asia Inc.              Internet: http://www.elsa.com
        | 7F-11, No. 188, Sec. 5
        | Nanking East Road
        | Taipei 105
        | Taiwan, R. O. C.
        |
        | ELSA Japan Inc.             Internet: http://www.elsa.com
        | Mita Suzuki Building 3F
        | 5-20-14 Shiba, Minato-ku
        | Tokyo 108-0014
        | Japan
        |
        | 01/19/2000, KLux\ MWolf


        Table of Contents:

        1       Introduction
        2       List of Installation Files
        3       Installation
        4       Known Problems
        5       Version History

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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:
        
        ERAZORX.INF           script file for the installation
        ERAZORX.CAT           catalog file
        DISK1                 source disk identifier
        README.TXT            the file you are currently reading
        LIESMICH.TXT          german version of readme.txt
        EEZXM.SY_             miniport driver (compressed)
        EEZXD.DL_             display driver (compressed)
        EOGLEZX.DL_           OpenGL ICD driver (compressed)

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3       Installation

        NOTE: This driver was designed for full functionality under
              Windows 2000 RC3, tested with Build 2183or or newer only!

3.1     Installation of the ELSA graphics driver

        First shut down your computer and exchange the graphics
        board with one of the the ERAZOR III series.

        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.
        If Windows 2000 starts, 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. 
        Open the display properties dialog by clicking the right
        mouse button on the desktop. Choose 'Settings' and click on 
        'Advanced...'. In the appearing dialog click on 'Adapter' and
        the button 'Properties'. In the appearing dialog click on
        'Driver' and 'Update Driver' to start the 'Upgrade Device Driver
        Wizard' of Windows 2000. Click on 'Next >' to close the welcome
        window and select 'display a list of known drivers...'.
        Click on 'Next'. Now 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 'C:\ERAZOR3\WIN2000').

        If you click 'OK' the update device driver window should show a 
        selection of your board. Click next or yes until the finish
        dialog appears. Click on 'Finish' and close all dialog windows.
        If required Windows 2000 will ask for restarting the computer.
        The driver installation has fished. To change the display
        resolution from the Windows default 640x480 pixel at 60 Hz
        please open the display properties dialog again and select
        'Settings'. If you click the button 'Advanced...' and choose
        'Monitor' you will be able to change the refresh rate of your
        display. Please note that the display refresh frequency should be
        75 Hz or above for ergonomic working.

        NOTE:   With the installation of the Windows 2000 driver,
                the ELSA OpenGL driver is automatically installed, too.
                Please don't use an other OpenGL driver but this
                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 EEZXD.DLL. The file EEZXM.SYS can be
        found in the directory System32\Drivers, the EEZXD.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 D3D games will not work correctly because they are not
          completely designed to run with Windows 2000.

        - This version will not work with Windows 2000 releases earlier
          than RC3.

        - There ist no automatically setup routine implemented.
          Please install this driver manually.

        - Some D3D benchmark applications like 3DMark2000 or 3DWinbench
          2000 may crash sporadically.

        - The graphics performance with D3D or OpenGL games under 
          Windows 2000 isnt as high as under Windows9x.

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5.        Version History:

          5.07.00.198
          - First BETA!- released driver for Windows 2000 RC3

          5.07.00.228
          - First official- released driver for Windows 2000
          - minor fixes for D3D and OpenGL
          - better AGP support

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