How do I install the Windows 3.1 S3 Trio 64 VGA drivers?

[computerdude92]

Hello guys,

I don't see a setup.exe or .bat or .msi file in the file folder. How do I install?

I still have to find and install the DOS driver version later, but lets focus on the Win3.1 driver first.

Thanks!

 

[bolex]

In Windows, you open "Main" and then open Windows Setup. Options - Change System Settings. Under display select the very last option (Other display...requires disk from OEM) and then point it to your driver.

 

[Plasma]

The oemsetup.inf file is what tells Windows how to install the driver. So as long as you have that, you don't need a setup program or installer.

 

[computerdude92]

Thanks! It worked great as far as I can tell.

Anything special I need to know about installing sound drivers in Win3.x/DOS?

 

[Svenska]

Look at the README file included with the drivers. It includes instructions for installation and possibly some caveats you might want to be aware of. That's good general advice, though.

Anything else depends on your sound card. If you have a standard Sound Blaster compatible card and zero requirements, Windows 3.1 contains Sound Blaster and AdLib drivers (Control Panel -> Drivers -> Add). The Sound Blaster drivers complain on newer cards, but work fine. If you have a PnP sound card, take a look at UNISOUND; it is a modern tool, run once at boot, to configure the card. It's not memory-resident. At this point, many cards become Sound Blaster compatible and may work with the Windows standard drivers.