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Installing the Diamond Monster 3D Drivers on an MS660 (MF).

MS660 Series computers that have a Diamond Monster 3D accelerator card fitted, require the drivers to be installed from the Diamond SuperCD that is supplied with the computer.

Although the software supplied with the MS660 works without the drivers installed, some 3rd party software may require the drivers to be installed. Also, installing the drivers provides other benefits and features such as:-

• Detailed driver information, such as version and size.
• Gamma Correction controls.
• Hardware test facility.
• Refresh Rate controls.
• Performance adjustment controls.

Use the following procedure to install the drivers for the Diamond Monster 3D accelerator card.

1. Start-up the computer.
2. Double-click on the "Easy Manager Configuration" icon, tick the "Disable Easy Manager" box and click on "OK".
3. Insert the Diamond Multimedia SuperCD into your CD drive. The CD should autoplay. If the CD does not autoplay then double-click on "My Computer", then double-click on "D:" (or whatever drive letter is assigned to your CD drive), then double-click on "START". The SuperCD opening screen will now appear.
4. Click on "Start Installation", then click on "Multimedia Add-Ons", then click on "Next".
5. Click on "Standard" installation, then click on "Next". The drivers will now be automatically copied to the hard disk on the computer.
6. When the copying is complete, click on "Next" to restart the computer.
7. When the computer restarts, a message will appear prompting you to insert the SuperCD, click on "CANCEL".
8. Double-click on "My Computer", then double-click on "Control Panel".
9. Double-click on "System", then click on the "Device Manager" tab.
10. On the list of devices, double-click on "Other Devices", then double-click on "PCI Multimedia Video Device".
11. Click on the "Driver" tab, then click on "Update Driver".
12. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" will now appear. Click on the "No, select driver from list" button, then click on "Next". Windows will tell you it is "Building driver information database". When this is complete, from the list shown, double-click on "Monster 3D PCI Video Multimedia Device".
13. When prompted to insert the disk "Windows 95 Monster 3D Directx 2 Driver Disk", click on "OK".
14. A box will appear asking where the drivers are (see diagram 1),
    Diagram 1
    
    
    
    at this point, change the driver location from:-
    C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS
    to
    D:\INSTALL\DIGVIDEO\MONSTR3D\WIN95 and click on "OK".
    
15. When the files have been copied, click on "YES" to restart the computer.
16. When the computer has restarted, you can enable Easy Manager by double-clicking on "Easy Manager Configuration" icon, un-ticking the "Disable Easy Manager" box and clicking on "OK".
17. All the drivers should now be loaded. You should now have access to the extra features in the Display Properties.

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