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ASUS SP97-V User’s Manual

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IX. SOFTWARE DRIVERS

(Windows NT)

IX. Software Drivers

4. Windows NT 4.0

4.0 Version Note

The following description apply to “SiS 5597/5598 Driver Release V1.03” and
maybe later release version but not guaranteed.

4.1 Driver Files
(1) The enclosed SiS 5597/5598 Windows NT 4.0 drivers are:

SISV.SYS

SISV256.DLL

SISV.DLL

SISV5597.INF

(2) All the 16-color, 256-color, 32K/64K-color, and 16M-color drivers are available.

4.2 Installation
1. Click “Start” menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings of Display Properties.
4. Select Display Type.
5. Select Change from the Adapter Type area.
6. Select Have Disk of Change Display.
7. Place the SiS 5597/5598 CD-Title Disk into CD-ROM Drive.
8. When the “Install from Disk” dialog box appears, type the directory

storing the drivers and click “OK”.
The directory in CD-Title is at “D:\MM\WINNT\WINNT40”.

9. When the “Change Display” dialog box appears, click “OK”.
10. When the “Third-party Drivers” dialog box appears, click “Yes” - A message

will appear stating that the drivers were successfully installed.

11. Click “OK”. You must now restart Windows NT 4.0.

4.3 Selecting resolution and color depth
1. Click “Start” menu and select Control Panel from Settings group.
2. Select Display icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Select Color Palette to change between 16 colors, 256 colors, 32768 colors,

65536 colors, and 16,777,216 colors.

5. To select desktop resolution size, go to the Desktop area and use the slide bar to

change resolution from 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024.

6. Select Test to test the resolution. If the display test screen was good then select

“Yes” when the “Testing Mode” dialog box appears. If the display test screen
was bad then select “No”. Windows NT 4.0 will give you an error message.

7. Click “OK”. If the display test screen was good and you select “Yes”,

Windows NT 4.0 will change the mode without restarting Windows NT 4.0.