NOTE: This document describes drivers available in executable format from S3®Incorporated for its integrated multimedia accelerators.

The instructions in the document are written with the assumption that drive A: is the 3 1/2 inch diskette drive. If your system is configured differently, substitute A: with your drive letter.

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1. S3 Windows NT 4.0 Driver 11.1 Installation Instructions 1

The section provides instructions, using the installation diskette, to install the S3 Window NT 4.0 driver. The following installation procedure loads drivers and related files onto your PC.

Microsoft supplies S3 video driver files, C:\WINNT40\SYSTEM64\DRIVERS\S3.SYS and C:\WINNT40\SYSTEM64\S3.DLL. This S3 Windows NT 4.0 driver installation will overwrite these files; therefore, you may want to save the original files to a backup file or location.

1. Installation Instructions

To install the S3 display device driver for Windows NT 4.0 from diskette, do the following:

1. From the Start menu, select Settings then select Control Panel.
2. Select the Display icon, then Settings tab, then Display Type button. This will call the Display Type dialog window.
3. Select Change in the right of the Adapter Type area. Select Have Disk.
4. Place the display driver diskette in drive A: and select OK.
5. This will call the Install from Disk screen. Select Browse and Open after the s3.inf file is highlighted. Select OK to continue.
6. The Change Display dialog box will appear. Highlight the desired controller and select OK.
7. The Third Party Drivers dialog box will appear. Select Yes to continue installation.
8. The Installing Driver dialog box will appear and driver files will now be copied to your hard disk. Select OK to continue.
9. Select Close to exit the Display Type dialog box.
10. Select Close to exit the Display Properties dialog.
11. Select Yes to reboot your system from the System Setting Change dialog box.

After the system has restarted, you can change resolution by selecting the Display icon from your Control Panel.