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VIA VxD AGP Driver Installation
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This section describe the installation of VIA VxD Driver which supports Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) functionalists.
System Requirements
This driver should be installed on a system with the HOT-591P main board which based on
VIA AGP chipset VT82C598AT MVP3, and others’ main board will not be supported.
The VIA VGART Driver is only supported by Windows 95 OSR 2.1 (4.00.950 B) or later
version.
You may find the VGART Driver on attached CD-ROM in \Driver\VGART directory.
For Win95 users, you will need to
1.
Get “USBSUPP.EXE” from Microsoft, which includes the USB supplement and a
new memory manager (VMM32.VxD) needed for the AGP DIME (Direct Memory
Execute) feature.
2.
Get DirectX 5.0 from Microsoft. DirectX 5.0 is the first DirectX version that supports
AGP’s DIME.
3.
Get AGP Master (i.e., AGP VGA) Driver from VGA Supplier.
4.
Install “VIAGART.VXD”, VIA Graphics Address Remapping Table Driver from
attached CD-ROM.
For WinNT 4.0 users, you need to install Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack 3.0 before
install AGP Masster Driver, or you will have to wait until WinNT 5.0 is released.
Installation Instructions
Run program “SETUP.EXE” in the directory of \Driver\VGART\VIA on attached CD-
ROM, and it will install the VIA VGART Driver automatically onto your Windows 95
system.