Chips and Technologies, Inc. 655XX Flat Panel OEM Driver Utilities Revision: 1.0.6 Release Date: January 15, 1996 ==================================== WINDOWS 95 This utility program is designed to work with Microsoft Windows 95. CHIPSDSP.DLL CHIPSDSP.DLL is located on the CHIPS Windows 95 driver disk. This file is a Windows 95 based utility for selecting display type and refresh rate. It is a Display Properties Refresh window that is automatically installed when installing CHIPS Windows 95 display drivers. The Display icon is in the Control Panel group. To invoke the Display icon, simply click on the Start button, go to Settings, click on Control Panel and then double click on the Display icon. Click on the property sheet with the heading Refresh. How to use the utility DISPLAY DEVICE allows you to select the display type from the following: CRT only LCD (Flat Panel) only Both CRT and LCD (Flat Panel) REFRESH RATE allows you to select the refresh rate from the following: Interlaced 56 Hz 60 Hz 70 Hz 72 Hz 75 Hz NOTE: 1. The refresh rates that are supported by the selected monitor are the only refresh rates that will show and be selectable. 2. The above Refresh Rates may not be supported by all CHIPS products. WINDOWS DEFAULT allows you to return to the default refresh rate setting for the selected monitor in Windows 95. CHIPSDSP.RTF This file is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities) in the CHIPSDSP subdirectory. The visible text strings for CHIPSDSP.HLP (Help file) are stored in the CHIPSDSP.RTF file. The OEM may modify or translate the text strings to other languages by editing the CHIPSDSP.RTF file using Microsoft Word for Windows Version 7.0. After the text strings are modified, open CHIPSDSP.HPJ from Microsoft Help Workshop in Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0. The file must be recompiled by selecting "Save and Compile". After recompiling, the CHIPSDSP.HLP will display the edited text strings in the language of your choice. To distribute the modified CHIPSDSP.HLP file with Windows 95 Disk 1, please note the following: Copy CHIPSDSP.HLP onto Disk 1 to overwrite the existing file. CHIPSDSP.RC This file is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities) in the CHIPSDSP subdirectory. The visible text strings for CHIPSDSP Applet are stored in the CHIPSDSP.RC file. The OEM may modify or translate the text strings to other languages by using the Microsoft Visual C++ Developer Studio version 4.0 to edit the CHIPSDSP.RC file. Once the text strings are modified, the file must be recompiled by the Resource Compiler located in the Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0. To recompile the resources, execute the RES.BAT (included on Disk 2). NOTE: Edit the path in the RES.BAT file to point to the location where Microsoft Visual C++ exists. Please ignore the warning messages RC2182: duplicate dialog control ID 9999. After recompiling the resources, the CHIPSDSP.DLL will display the edited text strings in the language of your choice. To distribute the modified CHIPSDSP.DLL file with Windows 95 Disk 1, please note the following: Copy CHIPSDSP.DLL onto Disk 1 to overwrite the existing file. Revision: 3.2.3 Release Date: January 16, 1996 ==================================== WINDOWS 3.1 These utility programs are designed to work with Microsoft Windows Version 3.1. CHIPSCPL.CPL CHIPSCPL.CPL (Ver. 3.05), is located on Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/DOS) and Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities), is a Windows based utility to select resolutions and color depth. It is a Control Panel Applet with its own icon that is automatically installed when installing CHIPS Windows 3.1 linear drivers. The Control Panel icon is in the Main Windows group. To invoke the control panel applet, simply click on the icon. The driver resolution and color depth take effect only after Windows is rebooted with the new driver. How to use the utility SCREEN SIZE allows you to select from the following resolutions: 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 By selecting the resolution first, it will determine the allowable selections for color depth. COLOR allows you to select the number of colors from the following: 16 (4 bits per pixel) 256 (8 bpp) 32K (15bpp) 64K (16bpp) 16M (24bpp) By selecting the color depth first, it will determine the allowable selections for resolution. DPI allows you to select a large or small font. DISPLAY allows you to select the display type from the following: CRT only LCD (Flat Panel) only Both CRT and LCD (Flat Panel) MONITOR SELECTION allows you to select from the list of monitors. REFRESH allows you to select the refresh rate from the following: Interlaced 56 Hz 60 Hz 70 Hz 72 Hz 75 Hz The refresh rates supported by the selected monitor are the only available refresh rates that can be selected. CURSOR-ANIMATION allows you to select an animated cursor instead of the hour glass wait cursor. BIG CURSOR allows you to select a big cursor for better visibility on the Flat Panel. VERSION displays version information about the current driver. HELP displays help information on how to use the Display Driver Control Panel. FONT SIZE (Japanese Windows only) allows you to select the font size from the following: 12 16 20 24 NOTE: The CHIPSCPL will prompt for Windows 3.1 and/or Chips' driver disk(s) if required files are missing. CHIPSCPL.INI This file is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities), and is recommended for OEM use only. The parameters for CHIPSCPL are stored in the CHIPSCPL.INI file. The INI file contains the following selectable parameters, and needs to be installed in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM subdirectory. [FlatPanel] ;For the Panel Quality Dialog box, this should be 1 ;It is advised that board manufacturers DO NOT SHIP this file to end users to prevent end users from having ;display problems PanelQualityDlg= After setting the value to 1, this parameter enables the OEM to modify certain values for fine tuning the display on the panel. To disable the Panel Quality Dialog box, remove the "1" from the "PanelQualityDlg=" setting. The CHIPSCPL.INI file DOES NOT NEED to be provided to end users. NOTE: The CHIPSCPL saves some information to the SYSTEM.INI file. [Display] BIG-CURSOR=1 This parameter refers to Big Cursor information. CHIPSCPL.RTF This file is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities) in the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. The visible text strings for CHIPSCPL.HLP (Help file) are stored in the CHIPSCPL.RTF file. The OEM may modify or translate the text strings to other languages by editing the CHIPSCPL.RTF file using Microsoft Word for Windows Version 2.0. Once the text strings are modified, the file must be recompiled by the Help Compiler located in Microsoft Visual C 1.5x. To recompile, please note the following: Install Microsoft Visual C 1.5x onto your hard disk drive. Enter the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. Type "HC CHIPSCPL". The CHIPSCPL subdirectory contains files necessary to link with the Help Compiler. After recompiling, the CHIPSCPL.HLP will display the edited text strings in the language of your choice. To distribute the modified CHIPSCPL.HLP file with Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/DOS), this file must be compressed. Please note the following: Install COMPRESS.EXE, included with the Microsoft SDK, onto your hard disk drive. Enter the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. Type "COMPRESS CHIPSCPL.HLP CHIPSCPL.HL$". Copy CHIPSCPL.HL$ to the WINDOWS subdirectory on Disk 1 to overwrite the existing file. CHIPSCPL.RC This file is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities) in the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. The visible text strings for CHIPSCPL Control Panel Applet are stored in the CHIPSCPL.RC file. The OEM may modify or translate the text strings to other languages by using the Microsoft Visual C AppStudio version 1.5x to edit the CHIPSCPL.RC file. Once the text strings are modified, the file must be recompiled by the Resource Compiler located in the Microsoft Visual C 1.5x. To recompile the resources, please note the following: Install Microsoft Visual 1.5x onto your hard disk drive. Enter the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. Type "RC -R CHIPSCPL.RC". Type "RC /30 CHIPSCPL.RES CHIPSCPL.CPL". The CHIPSCPL subdirectory contains files necessary to link with the Resource Compiler. After recompiling the resources, the CHIPSCPL.CPL will display the edited text strings in the language of your choice. To distribute the modified CHIPSCPL.CPL file with Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/DOS), this file must be compressed. Please note the following: Install COMPRESS.EXE, included with the Microsoft SDK, onto your hard disk drive. Enter the CHIPSCPL subdirectory. Type "COMPRESS CHIPSCPL.CPL CHIPSCPL.CP$". Copy CHIPSCPL.CP$ to the WINDOWS subdirectory on Disk 1 to overwrite the existing file. CHIPSEXT.EXE CHIPSEXT.EXE (Ver. 1.3) is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities), and allows the OEM to read and write to the Flat Panel extended registers. CHIPSVGA.EXE CHIPSVGA.EXE (Ver. 2.3) is located on Disk 2 (OEM Driver Utilities), and allows the OEM to read and write to the Flat Panel extended registers, and read the Sequencer, CRT, Attribute Controller and Graphics Controller registers, and the palette. This utility also allows the OEM to program the memory and dot clocks. The user can save the register information to a file. SETUP PROGRAMS The following setup programs were developed for the installation of CHIPS Display Drivers through Windows or DOS. These setup programs are located on Disk 1 (WINDOWS 3.1/DOS). The driver files have been compressed with the Microsoft Corporation ("MS") COMPRESS.EXE utility. Please note that we do not support driver installation through the MS Windows Setup due to the limitations of their COMPRESS.EXE and EXPAND.EXE utilities. The setup programs contain video chip detection and video memory detection at the time of installation. These programs will automatically detect the CHIPS VGA controller and the amount of video memory present in the system, then read the appropriate script file, and then install the appropriate drivers. For example, when setup identifies the VGA controller and 512kb video memory, the setup program will read the script files identified by the characters "5K", and then install only the drivers that function with 512kb of video memory. English Environment WINSETUP.EXE WINSETUP.EXE is a setup program that allows the user to install driver files through Windows. This setup program will expand driver files, and then install the drivers in the appropriate subdirectories. To install the drivers, go to the Run command from the File menu in the Program Manager, and type A:\WINSETUP. W*.INF The W*.INF files are the script files for installation of the display drivers using WINSETUP.EXE. These files are located in the root directory of Disk 1 and are required to be in the same directory as WINSETUP.EXE. The W*.INF files may be edited by the OEM to tailor the WINSETUP.EXE program to install specific drivers. These files may be modified by using any ASCII text editor. For example, if the OEM does not want to install the 24bpp driver, W*.INF must be modified as follows: Enter the W*.INF file into an ASCII text editor. Go to the [Files] section of the W*.INF file. Delete the line that contains the name of the file for the 24bpp driver. Save the file and exit the text editor. The W*.INF files may also be edited to install the drivers to another destination subdirectory. The default destination subdirectory is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. To change the destination subdirectory, replace "SYSTEM" in the [Files] section of W*.INF with the destination subdirectory of your choice. NOTE: Modifying other fields in the W*.INF file may cause WINSETUP.EXE to not function properly. SETUP.EXE SETUP.EXE is a setup program that allows the user to install driver files in DOS. This setup program will expand driver files, and then install the drivers in the appropriate subdirectories. To install the drivers, type SETUP at the DOS prompt. S*.SCP The S*.SCP files are the script files for installation of the display drivers using SETUP.EXE. These files are located in the root directory of Disk 1 and are required to be in the same directory as SETUP.EXE. The S*.SCP files may be edited by the OEM to tailor the SETUP.EXE program to install specific drivers. These files may be modified by using any ASCII text editor. For example, if the OEM does not want to install the 24bpp driver, S*.SCP must be modified as follows: Enter the S*.SCP file into an ASCII text editor. Go to the [MENU2 ENTRY Definition] section of the S*.SCP file. Delete the line that contains the name of the file for the 24bpp driver. Save the file and exit the text editor. The S*.SCP file may also be edited to install the drivers to another destination subdirectory. The default destination subdirectory is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. To change the destination subdirectory, replace "SYSTEM" in the [MENU2 ENTRY Definition] section of S*.SCP with the destination subdirectory of your choice. NOTE: Modifying other fields in the S*.SCP file may cause SETUP.EXE to not function properly. OEM*.INF The OEM*.INF files are located on Disk 1 in the WINDOWS subdirectory. These files contain information regarding display driver resolution and color depth needed by Windows. The OEM*.INF files may be edited by the OEM to tailor the setup programs for Windows to display specific drivers, resolutions and colors. These files may be modified by using any ASCII text editor. For example, if the OEM does not want to install the 24bpp driver, resolution and color depth, OEM*.INF must be modified as follows: Enter the OEM*.INF file into an ASCII text editor. Go to the [display] section of the OEM*.INF file. Delete the line that contains the name of the file for the 24bpp driver, resolution and color depth. Save the file and exit the text editor. NOTE: Modifying other fields in the OEM*.INF file may cause Windows to not function properly. Japanese Environment The setup programs are located on Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/J). This diskette contains display drivers for Japanese Windows only. This diskette can also be identified by a "J" after the version number. SETUP.EXE SETUP.EXE is a setup program that allows the user to install Windows 3.1/J driver files through Japanese DOS/V. This setup program will expand driver files, and then install the drivers in the appropriate subdirectories. To install the drivers, type SETUP at the DOS/V prompt. S*.SCP The S*.SCP files are the script files for installation of the display drivers using SETUP.EXE. These files are located in the root directory of Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/J) and are required to be in the same directory as SETUP.EXE. The S*.SCP files may be edited by the OEM to tailor the SETUP.EXE program to install specific drivers. These files may be modified by using any ASCII text editor. For example, if the OEM does not want to install the 24bpp driver, S*.SCP must be modified as follows: Enter the S*.SCP file into an ASCII text editor. Go to the [MENU2 ENTRY Definition] section of the S*.SCP file. Delete the line that contains the name of the file for the 24bpp driver. Save the file and exit the text editor. The S*.SCP file may also be edited to install the drivers to another destination subdirectory. The default destination subdirectory is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM. To change the destination subdirectory, replace "SYSTEM" in the [MENU2 ENTRY Definition] section of S*.SCP with the destination subdirectory of your choice. NOTE: Modifying other fields in the S*.SCP file may cause SETUP.EXE to not function properly. OEM*.INF The OEM*.INF files are located on Disk 1 (Windows 3.1/J) in the WINDOWS subdirectory. These files contain information regarding display driver resolution and color depth needed by Windows/J. The OEM*.INF files may be edited by the OEM to tailor the setup programs for Windows/J to display specific drivers, resolutions and colors. These files may be modified by using any ASCII text editor. For example, if the OEM does not want to install the 24bpp driver, resolution and color depth, OEM*.INF must be modified as follows: Enter the OEM*.INF file into an ASCII text editor. Go to the [display] section of the OEM*.INF file. Delete the line that contains the name of the file for the 24bpp driver, resolution and color depth. Save the file and exit the text editor. NOTE: Modifying other fields in the OEM*.INF file may cause Windows to not function properly. CHIPS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION