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Appendix C : AGP Driver for Windows 95 Installation Guide
This section provides the information for installation of Apollo VP3 VxD Driver
which supports Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) functionalities.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
1.Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2.1 (OSR2.0 with USB upgrade)
2.VIA Apollo VP3 AGP Driver (Vgart.VXD)
3.AGP VGA Card with Driver
4.Direct X5 DDk or SDK
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
Step 1. Install Windows 95 4.00.950 B or later version
Step 2. Install USBSUPP (USB upgrade)
Step 3. Install Apollo VP3 AGP Driver
-run the program "SETUP.EXE" which can be found in the VIA VxD driver
disk and this process will then automatically install the VIA VxD driver onto
your windows 95 system.
Step 4. Install VGA driver for Windows 95
Step 5. Install Microsoft Direct X5 DDK or SDK
NOTES
1. This driver should be installed on a system with the VIA Apollo VP3 AGP chipset
while other chipsets is not be supported. The VIA VxD Driver is only
supported by Windows 95 OSR 2.0 (4.00.950 B) ro later versions.
2. For Win95 users, you will need to
a. Get "USBSUPP.EXE" from Microsoft (www.microsoft.com), which includes
the USB supplement and a new memory manager (VMM32.VxD) needed for
the AGP DIME (Direct Memory Execute) feature.
b. Get DirectX 5.0 from Microsoft (www.microsoft.com). DirectX 5.0 is the first
DirectX version that supports AGP's DIME.
c. Get "VIAGART.VXD", a virtual device manager which is usually installed
during the installation procedure of the Windows 95 card driver.
3. To make sure if the Apollo VP3 AGP driver is properly installed, one must boot
the Windows 95 system up and run "Regedit" and check whether the file
VIAGART exists in the following path
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD
4. To check whether the AGP driver is able to activate, one must do the following:
a. Activate the "Control Panel"
