----------------------------------- SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 Professional Edition ----------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1991-2006 SciTech Software, Inc. All rights reserved. CONTENTS..................................................... INTRODUCTION About SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 Runtime Requirements Certified Graphics Chips Supported Laptop Graphics Chips Supported Flat Panel Graphics Chips Supported TV Out Graphics Chips Supported Graphics Chips for Zooming Supported Graphics Chips for MultiHead Supported Graphics Chips for Overlays INSTALLATION Installation Procedures Restoring Your System in Case of Failure Removing SciTech SNAP Graphics ............................................................. About SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 ------------------------------------- SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 brings SciTech's proven universal device driver technologies to the OS/2 operating system. SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 incorporates the SciTech Nucleus Graphics Architecture, which is a cross platform device driver technology enabling the use of the same device drivers in all versions of SciTech SNAP Graphics. Sharing the drivers between platforms improves the quality and performance of device drivers for all supported operating systems. Runtime Requirements -------------------- SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 requires a version of OS/2 Warp 3 or later in order to run. More importantly, it requires at least Warp 3 with FixPak 35, or Warp 4 with FixPak 5 installed. If you have a version with earlier FixPaks installed, SciTech SNAP Graphics will refuse to install. Installing FixPaks later than 35/5 may solve some problems. Installing on versions of OS/2 newer than Warp 4 (including eComstation) does not require any FixPak to be installed. SciTech SNAP Graphics for OS/2 supports the Enhanced Suspend feature of the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(R) Technology package for OS/2. This support requires certain video BIOS calls to function properly. If you experience problems with this feature, it may be necessary for you to adjust the Enhanced Suspend settings; please refer to the readme file supplied with the SpeedStep(R) package for details about how to do so. Certified Graphics Chips ------------------------ This is a complete list of the various graphics chipsets that have been certified to work correctly with this version of SciTech SNAP Graphics. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not a board-level implementation. Thus you will not see any products from Hercules or STB on the list, but their products are supported because they use S3, Cirrus, Tseng, etc. chips. Also, any card with less than 512KB of memory cannot be supported by SciTech SNAP Graphics. Note: Please check the separate list of supported laptop chipsets for more information if you are using this product on a laptop. All laptop chipsets are still listed here as many laptop chipset can also be used in regular PCI/AGP boards. . 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5 . 3DLabs Permedia, Permedia 2, Permedia 2V, Permedia 3 . Alliance ProMotion 6422, ProMotion AT24, ProMotion AT3D . AMD Geode GX2 . ARK 2000PV, 2000MT, 2000MI (Quadro64), 2000MI+ (Quadro64) . ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB . ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro . ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro . ATI Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x, ES1000 . ATI Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV . ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP, Mobility Radeon 7500 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, Radeon 9000 Series . ATI Radeon 9100 Pro IGP, Radeon 9100, Mobility Radeon 9200 . ATI Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9550, Mobility Radeon 9600, Radeon 9600 Series . ATI Radeon 9600 XT, Radeon 9700 Pro, Mobility Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 . ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT, Mobility Radeon X300, Radeon X550 . ATI Mobility Radeon X600, Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X600 Series . ATI Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M, Radeon XPress 200 . ATI FireMV 2200, Radeon X700 Series, Radeon X800 Series . Chips & Technologies 65548, 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000 . Cirrus Logic CL-GD7543 LCD, CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436 . Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446, CL-GD7555 LCD, Laguna 5462, Laguna 5464 . Cirrus Logic Laguna 5465 . Cyrix MediaGX . IBM VGA Compatible . InteGraphics CyberPro 2000, CyberPro 2010 . Intel i740, i740 PCI, i810, i810/DC100, i810e, i815, i845G, i865G . Intel i852/i855 GM/GME, i915G/GV, i915GM/GMS, i945G, i945GM . Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique . Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400, MGA-G450 . Matrox MGA-G550, Parhelia, MGA-P750, MGA-P650 . NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128ZV, MagicGraph 128XD . NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV, MagicMedia 256AV+, MagicMedia 256ZX . NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+ . Number Nine Imagine 128, Imagine 128 II, Imagine 128 II VRAM . Number Nine Imagine 128 II DRAM, Ticket 2 Ride WRAM . Number Nine Ticket 2 Ride SGRAM, Ticket 2 Ride IV . NVIDIA RIVA-128, RIVA-128ZX, RIVA-TNT, RIVA-TNT2, RIVA-TNT2 M64 . NVIDIA RIVA-TNT2 Vanta, RIVA-TNT2 Ultra, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR . NVIDIA Quadro, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 GTS . NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 Ultra . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, GeForce3, Quadro2, GeForce4 MX 440 . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 8X, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 4000 . NVIDIA GeForce4 Integrated GPU, GeForce4 Ti 4200, GeForce4 Ti 4200 8X . NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4800 . NVIDIA Quadro4 NVS, Quadro4 XGL, GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5500 . NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Series, GeForce FX 5700 Series, Quadro FX . NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300, GeForce PCX 5750, GeForce 6200 Series . NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Series . OAK Spitfire 64107, Spitfire 64111, Eon 64017, Eon 64217, Warp 5 . Philips 9710 . Rendition Verite V1000, Verite V2200 . S3 Vision 864, Vision 964, Vision 868, Vision 968, Trio32, Trio64 . S3 Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX, Virge, Virge/DX/GX, Virge/VX . S3 Virge/GX2, Virge/MX, Trio3D, Trio3D/2X, Savage3D, Savage4 . S3 ProSavage (VIA PM133), ProSavage (VIA KM133), ProSavage (VIA PN133) . S3 ProSavageDDR (VIA PM266), ProSavageDDR (VIA KM266), Savage/MX/IX . S3 SuperSavage/IXC, Savage2000 . Sigma Designs RealMagic 64 GX . Silicon Motion LynxEM, Lynx3DM . SiS 6202, 6205, 6215, 5597/5598, 6326, 300, 305, 630, 315, 730 . SiS 5595/530, 5595/620 . Trident TGUI9440, TGUI9440-R2, TGUI9680, ProVidia 9682 . Trident Cyber9385 LCD, ProVidia 9685, 3DImage 975, Cyber9397 LCD . Trident 3DImage 985, Blade 3D, Blade 3D (VIA VT8501) . Trident Blade 3D (VIA VT8601) . Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p, ET6000, ET6100 . VIA CLE266, P4M800/VN800/CN800 . Weitek P9000, P9100 . VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0 Supported Laptop Graphics Chips ------------------------------- The following is a complete list of the various laptop graphics chipsets that is supported in this version of SciTech SNAP Graphics. Please note that this list refers to the actual chips being used, not the laptop brand or model itself. Thus you will not see any products from Gateway or Dell on the list, but their products are supported because they use NeoMagic, ATI, Cirrus etc. chips. . ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x . ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7500, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M . ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP, Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP . ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, Mobility Radeon 9200, Mobility Radeon 9550 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9600, Mobility Radeon 9800, Mobility Radeon X300 . ATI Mobility Radeon X600, Mobility Radeon X800 . Chips & Technologies 65550, 65554, 65555, 69000 . Cirrus Logic CL-GD7555 LCD, CL-GD7543 LCD . Intel i852/i855 GM/GME, i915GM/GMS, i945GM . NeoMagic MagicGraph 128, MagicGraph 128ZV, MagicGraph 128XD . NeoMagic MagicGraph 256AV, MagicMedia 256AV+, MagicMedia 256ZX . NeoMagic MagicMedia 256XL+ . S3 Virge/MX, S3 Savage/MX/IX, SuperSavage/IXC . Trident Cyber9385 LCD, Cyber9397 LCD . VESA VBE 1.2, VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0 Supported Flat Panel Graphics Chips ----------------------------------- The following is a list of graphics chipsets that are working with digital flat panels. Other chipsets will work with flat panels in analog mode. Please note that if you can't see anything on the display when you boot your machine, SciTech SNAP Graphics can't fix this, as it is a hardware problem. Unless otherwise noted, the flat panel interface used is DVI. Also note that digital flat panel monitors do not support refresh rate control, although they may emulate it when running in analog mode. Currently, modes available on digital flat panels are limited to those provided by the video BIOS, which in most cases does not go higher than 1280x1024. The only exception to this is the ATI Radeon chipsets, which now feature native panel programming. . ATI 3D Rage LT Pro (DFP), Rage XL (DFP), Rage 128 Pro, Rage 128 Ultra . ATI Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV . ATI Radeon 9000 Series, Radeon 9100, Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500 . ATI Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600 Series, Radeon 9600 XT . ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT . ATI Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X550, Radeon X600 Series, FireMV 2200 . ATI Radeon X700 Series, Radeon X800 Series . Intel i845G, i865G, i915G/GV, i945G . Matrox MGA-G200 (DFP), MGA-G400, MGA-G450, MGA-G550, MGA-P650, MGA-P750 . Matrox Parhelia . VIA CLE266 . VESA VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0 Supported TV Out Graphics Chips ------------------------------- The following is a list of graphics chipsets that are working with TV Out. Please note that if you can't see anything on the display when you boot your machine, SciTech SNAP Graphics can't fix this, as it is a hardware problem. If you are using a laptop, you must use an external CRT monitor, as the BIOS does not support TV Out display when the LCD panel is active. Note that the OS/2 boot messages will not display correctly on the TV; the text mode used at that time does not work on TV screens, and SNAP has no control over this (it's not even active yet). . ATI 3D Rage II+, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro, 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility . ATI Rage 128, Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500 . ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7500, Mobility Radeon 9000 . ATI Radeon 8500DV, Radeon 9000 Series, Radeon 9100, Radeon 9200 Series . ATI Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600 Series . ATI Radeon 9600 XT, Radeon 9700 Pro, Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 Pro . ATI Radeon 9800 XT, Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X550, Radeon X600 Series . Matrox MGA-G200, MGA-G400 . VESA VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0 Supported Graphics Chips for Zooming ------------------------------------ The following is a list of graphics chipsets that are currently working with the SNAP Zoom feature. Note that some modes may not zoom correctly on LCD panels, due to hardware restrictions. . 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, Voodoo4, Voodoo5 . AMD Geode GX2 . ATI Mach64 GX, Mach64 CX, Mach64 CT, Mach64 VT, 3D Rage, Mach64 VTB . ATI 3D Rage II, 3D Rage II+, Mach64 VT4, 3D Rage IIC, 3D Rage Pro . ATI 3D Rage LT Pro, Rage Mobility, Rage XL, Rage 128, Rage 128 Pro . ATI Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x, ES1000 . ATI Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV . ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7500, Mobility Radeon 9000 . ATI Radeon 9000 Series, Radeon 9100, Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9200, Mobility Radeon 9550, Mobility Radeon 9600 . ATI Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600 Series, Radeon 9600 XT . ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT . ATI Mobility Radeon 9800, Mobility Radeon X300, Mobility Radeon X600 . ATI Radeon 9100 Pro IGP, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M, Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP . ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X600 Series . ATI Radeon X550, Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon XPress 200, FireMV 2200 . ATI Radeon X700 Series, Radeon X800 Series . Cirrus Logic CL-GD5434, CL-GD5440, CL-GD5436, CL-GD5446 . Intel i810, i810/DC100, i810e, i815, i845G, i865G . Intel i852/i855 GM/GME, i915G/GV, i915GM/GMS, i945G, i945GM . Matrox MGA Millennium, MGA Millennium II, MGA Mystique . Matrox MGA Mystique 220, MGA-G100, MGA-G200, MGA-G400, MGA-G450 . Matrox MGA-G550, MGA-P650, MGA-P750, Parhelia . NVIDIA RIVA-128, RIVA-128ZX, RIVA-TNT, RIVA-TNT2, RIVA-TNT2 M64 . NVIDIA RIVA-TNT2 Vanta, RIVA-TNT2 Ultra, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR . NVIDIA Quadro, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 GTS . NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 Ultra . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, GeForce3, Quadro2, GeForce4 MX 440 . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 8X, GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 4000 . NVIDIA GeForce4 Integrated GPU, GeForce4 Ti 4200, GeForce4 Ti 4200 8X . NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4800 . NVIDIA Quadro4 NVS, Quadro4 XGL, GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5500 . NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Series, GeForce FX 5700 Series, Quadro FX . NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300, GeForce PCX 5750, GeForce 6200 Series . NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Series . S3 Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Trio64V2/DX . S3 Savage4, Savage/MX/IX, SuperSavage/IXC, Savage2000 . S3 ProSavage (VIA PM133), ProSavage (VIA KM133), ProSavage (VIA PN133) . S3 ProSavageDDR (VIA PM266), ProSavageDDR (VIA KM266) . Silicon Motion LynxEM . Trident 3DImage 975, 3DImage 985, Blade 3D, Blade 3D (VIA VT8501) . Trident Blade 3D (VIA VT8601), Cyber9397 LCD . Tseng Labs ET4000/W32p, ET6000, ET6100 . VIA CLE266, P4M800/VN800/CN800 . VESA VBE 2.0, VBE 3.0 Supported Graphics Chips for MultiHead -------------------------------------- The following is a list of graphics chipsets that have support for MultiHead display output. . ATI Radeon 7000, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 9000 Series . ATI Radeon 9100, Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro . ATI Radeon 9550, Radeon 9600 Series, Radeon 9600 XT, 9700 Pro . ATI Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT, Radeon X300 Series . ATI Radeon X550, Radeon X600 Series, FireMV 2200, Radeon X700 Series . ATI Radeon X800 Series . Matrox MGA-G450, MGA-G550 . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 440 8X . NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 Ti 4200, GeForce4 Ti 4200 8X . NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4800 . NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5500, GeForce FX 5600 Series . NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Series, GeForce PCX 5300, GeForce PCX 5750 . NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Series Please note that there are some restrictions imposed for MultiHead: 1. Only CRT (15-pin VGA) output is supported for MultiHead at this time. You may need to use DVI->VGA connectors on some graphics cards. The only exception to this is the ATI Radeon chipsets, which can also do multihead in CRT+DFP configurations, due to native panel programming. CRT+LCD, CRT+TV, and DFP+DFP are all unsupported at this time. 2. You cannot use zooming when the desktop is in a MultiHead mode. 3. When the desktop is in a MultiHead mode and you change the MultiHead settings, you should reboot before switching away from the desktop (i.e. opening any fullscreen sessions), or your desktop will become corrupted. The mouse cursor position may also be incorrect when you are running in this in-between state. 4. On Matrox chipsets, hardware mouse cursor and 256 color modes will not be available; these are hardware restrictions. 5. On older Nvidia chipsets, 16M color modes wider than 2040 will not be available; this is a restriction of the NV1 interface. Only cards where the video BIOS properly initializes both heads (in other words, it boots in clone mode automatically) are supported. Supported Graphics Chips for Overlays ------------------------------------- The following is a list of graphics chipsets that have support for hardware video overlays. Video overlays allow video players to use the graphics card for processing of video data, which decreases CPU utilization and improves the quality of video when stretched. Use of this feature requires a video player with explicit support for it. . ATI Rage IIC, Rage Pro, Rage LT Pro, Rage XL, Rage Mobility, Rage 128 . ATI Rage 128 Pro, Rage 128 Ultra, Rage Mobility 128, Rage Mobility 128-D4x . ATI Radeon 7000, Radeon 7200, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Radeon 8500DV . ATI Mobility Radeon, Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP, Mobility Radeon 7500 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, Radeon 9000 Series . ATI Radeon 9100 Pro IGP, Radeon 9100, Mobility Radeon 9200 . ATI Radeon 9200 Series, Radeon 9500, Radeon 9500 Pro, Radeon 9550 . ATI Mobility Radeon 9550, Mobility Radeon 9600, Radeon 9600 Series . ATI Radeon 9600 XT, Radeon 9700 Pro, Mobility Radeon 9800, Radeon 9800 . ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Radeon 9800 XT, Mobility Radeon X300, Radeon X550 . ATI Mobility Radeon X600, Radeon X300 Series, Radeon X600 Series . ATI Mobility Radeon X800, Radeon IGP 320M / 340M, Radeon XPress 200 . ATI FireMV 2200, Radeon X700 Series, Radeon X800 Series . Intel i845G, i865G, i915G/GV, i915GM/GMS, i945G, i945GM . S3 SuperSavage/IXC INSTALLATION................................................ Installation Procedures ----------------------- To install SciTech SNAP Graphics, simply download and run the installation executable. The installer is a self installing executable, and you do not need to unzip any files to your drive. The following steps should be used for the installation: 1. If your current display drivers came with an uninstall utility, please run it, as uninstalling them may solve some OS/2 and Win-OS/2 display problems. This step can be safely left out if you already have SNAP installed, in that case you can also skip step 2 below. 2. Reset your system to VGA mode, *before* installing the SNAP drivers. Installing over the top of some display drivers does not always work properly. Our drivers should be able to work without this step, but some people have reported problems. 3. Run the installation archive to install the product. If you are prompted to overwrite any files, you should select "Yes" unless you have a specific reason not to do so. 4. Reboot your system 5. The system should then boot up in the 640x480x256 display mode. Once the system is up and running you can go to the 'Screen' page of the 'System' object to select all the available resolutions and color depths (you have to reboot for the changes to take effect). You can also go to the second page of the 'Screen' properties page to select your monitor, if it has not been automatically detected properly. When you have completed the installation, all the SciTech SNAP Graphics command line utilities will be located in the directory you specified in the installation program. NOTE: The installation program writes files into the current OS/2 boot partition, so you *must* boot OS/2 from the same partition that SNAP/2 needs to be installed into. Hence if you wish to install SNAP/2 both on a regular boot partition and a separate maintenance partition, you will need to do a complete installation when booted on each partition. You can however install the shared SNAP files into the same directory if you wish. Restoring Your System in Case of Failure: ----------------------------------------- If SciTech SNAP Graphics does not correctly boot on your system, you can easily switch back to the GENGRADD drivers to boot your system to a workable state again. To revert to GENGRADD, do the following: 1. Boot to an Alt-F1/F2 command prompt mode 2. Edit CONFIG.SYS file and change C1=SDDGRADD to C1=GENGRADD 3. Delete or rename the x:\os2\svgadata.pmi file 4. Reboot your system. If that fails you will need to revert to VGA mode and reinstall your prior display drivers. NOTE: Even if you use GENGRADD, you should still be able to run the SNAP command line utilities, provided that you didn't remove any of the SNAP files or the DEVICE=X:\OS2\SDDHELP.SYS line from your CONFIG.SYS. Removing SciTech SNAP Graphics ------------------------------ The uninstall program included with the product will completely remove SciTech SNAP Graphics and all its components from your system. To remove SciTech SNAP Graphics, simply run the x:\snap\uninstal.exe program (where x: is the drive where OS/2 is installed). It will remove all files, and revert your system to VGA mode. From there simply re-install your original display drivers. ---- END OF README.TXT ----