Voodoo2 Based 3D Accelerators Driver Kit
Release Candidate 2

Glide Drivers        (2.5 - RC2)
Direct3D Drivers     (4.10.01.0079 - RC2)
Control Panel Applet (4.10.01.0033 - RC2)

Platform: Windows 95 and DOS

Copyright ( 1997-98 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. )
All Rights Reserved

3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
Website: http://www.3dfx.com
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What's in the distribution?
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This distribution contains RC2 Glide, RC2 Direct3D drivers for Voodoo2
Based 3D Accelerators and the RC2 Voodoo2 Control Panel Applet.

This distribution should be used by all OEM's shipping boards for
the Windows 95 platform.  It is suggested that the files in this kit
be placed on a driver CD in uncompressed (unzipped) format.

The following Voodoo2 boards will function with these drivers:

- 3Dfx Interactive Voodoo2 reference boards


Included Files
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3DFXV2.DRV   - Direct Draw Driver
3DFX16V2.DLL - DirectDraw 16 Bit DLL
3DFX32V2.DLL - DirectDraw 32 Bit DLL
3DFXV2PS.DLL - Control Panel Applet
3DFXV2PS.HLP - Control Panel Help File
FXMEMMAP.VXD - Voodoo VXD for Mapping Memory
RICHED20.DLL - Microsoft Redistributable File *
CSH.DLL      - Control Panel Help Control File * 
MSVCRT.DLL   - Microsoft Redistributable File
GLIDE2X.DLL  - Win95 Glide for Voodoo2 (Supports Glide 2.31+)
40COMPUD.EXE - COMCTL32.DLL Updater
FXOEM2X.DLL  - Win95 Glide OEM Extension DLL
GLIDE2X.OVL  - DOS Glide for Voodoo2 (Supports Glide 2.31+)
VOODOO2.INF  - INF File for installing Drivers
LICENSE.TXT  - 3Dfx License Agreement
README.TXT   - This File

* File used for Control Panel Applet.  If a newer version of the named
file exists a dialog box will appear asking to keep the existing file.
It is suggested that you keep any existing newer files.

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Installation 
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Requirements
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- Windows 95
- PC with a Pentium or Pentium Pro Processor and a free PCI slot
- 16MB of RAM or more Suggested


Installation
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Existing Drivers Installed or PCI Multimedia Device shown in Device Mgr
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1) Start Windows 95 and open Device Manager (Control Panel, System)

2) Locate the existing reference to the card it will be listed as:

       Reference Card: Other Devices / PCI Multimedia Device or
		       Sound, Video, Game Controllers / Voodoo2

3) Double Click on the card, then click the driver Tab

4) Click Change Driver and choose Have Disk.

5) Point to the location you extracted the Voodoo2 Direct3D 
   drivers to and click OK.

6) Select Voodoo2 3D Accelerator from the List and click OK.  
   Click OK again to save changes in Device Manager.

7) You MAY then be prompted to insert the "DirectX Drivers for Voodoo2
   Based 3D Accelerator" Disk.  Again, point to the path you extracted
   the files to and press OK.

8) Windows will copy the drivers from the Floppy. Reboot the system 
   when prompted

9) Install DirectX 5.0.  (If not already installed)



No Current Drivers Installed
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1) Start Windows 95

2) Copy the Voodoo2 drivers you extracted to a floppy.
   (This will make installation easier for a new device.)

3) Power off System and install your Voodoo2 3D Based 
   Accelerator into a PCI slot. 

4) Restart Windows 95 after hardware installation.

5) Windows 95 will detect a "PCI Multimedia Device", you need to:

     Windows 95 Standard Release users: Select "Use Driver from Mfr"
                                        and click OK
              Windows 95 OEM SR2 users: Click the Next Button on the
                                        Detection Dialog Box

6) Insert the installation floppy you created in step 2 in the A: drive
   and point the driver location to A:\  then click OK
   (OEM SR2 users, just click Next)

7) You MAY then be prompted to insert the "Voodoo2 Based 3D Accelerator
   Drivers" Disk.  Enter A:\ and press OK.

8) Windows will copy the drivers from the Floppy. Reboot the system 
   when prompted

9) Install DirectX 5.0



Troubleshooting
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Problem: After installing this driver, the Control panel applet I had
for a Voodoo Graphics card gone

Resolution: Voodoo2 will uninstall *ANY* Voodoo Graphics drivers.  This
is to ensure only Voodoo2 drivers are on the system.


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Please see the Voodoo2 OEM Errata Notes and OEM Software Support Guide 
for additional information.