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 95 Driver 31.1 Installation Instructions 3

1. S3 Windows 95 Driver

The section provides instructions on how to use the installation diskette to install the S3 Windows 95® driver. The following installation procedure loads drivers and related files onto your PC.

1. Installation Instructions

The Windows setup program installs and modifies all of the necessary files. Follow these steps to install the Windows 95 driver.

1. Start Windows 95.
2. From the Start button click on Start, Settings, and Control Panel. This will open the Control Panel Folder
3. Double-click on the Display icon in the Control Panel folder. You can also click the right mouse button anywhere on the desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu. This opens the Display Properties Dialog box.
4. Choose the Settings tab at the top of the dialog box.
5. In the lower right part of the Settings Tab section there is a button. This button will either be labeled Change Display Type or Advanced Properties. What this button is called is dependent on the release of Windows 95 that is being used. Click on that button.
6. If the window that appears on your screen has the text Advanced Display Properties shown in the title or colorbar at the top of the dialog box then skip to step 12. If the title of the dialog box is Change Display Type go on to the next step..
7. In the Change Display Type dialog box there is a heading Adapter Type, to the right of that is a button labeled Change; click on that button. This will bring up the Select Device dialog box.
8. Please put the S3 Windows 95 Display Device Driver Diskette in the appropriate diskette drive and click on the Have Disk button. The screen will now show the Install from Disk dialog box.
9. In this box you will see a Dropdown list. That list will have an a:\ highlighted. Click OK. A second Select Device dialog box will appear with your adapter type already highlighted.. Click OK again.
10. The Windows 95 install procedure will then begin to copy the appropriate files onto your system. If at anytime during this procedure a message appears stating that one or more of the driver files is older than the files on the system , respond YES to overwrite the files message.
11. After the driver files have been copied onto your system click the Close button on the Change Display Type dialog box. Go to step 18.
12. Continued from step 6. Note: if the window that appears on your screen has the text Change Display Type shown in the title or colorbar at the top of the dialog box then go back to step 7. If the title of the dialog box is Advanced Display Properties go on to the next step.
13. The Advanced Display Properties dialog box has three tabs at the top. The first tab is Adapter. To the right of the picture of the display adapter is a button labeled Change. Click on that. This will bring up the Select Device dialog box
14. Please put the S3 Windows 95 Display Device Driver Diskette in the appropriate diskette drive and click on the Have Disk button. The screen will now show the Install from Disk dialog box.In this box you will see a Dropdown list. That list will have an a:\ highlighted. Click OK. A second Select Device dialog box will appear with your adapter type already highlighted.. Click OK again.
15. The Windows 95 install procedure will then begin to copy the appropriate files onto your system. If at anytime during this procedure a message appears stating that one or more of the driver files is older than the files on the system , respond YES to overwrite the files message.
16. After the driver files have been copied to your system click the Close button on the Advanced Display Properties dialog box. The Advanced Display Properties dialog box will now close.
17. Now click either Close or Apply on the Display Properties dialog box.
18. A Change System Settings box now appear on the screen. Click on the Yes button to restart the system.
19. The Windows 95 Driver installation is now complete.