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Q103418: No Diamond Drivers in Windows NT Setup

Article: Q103418
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbhw kbHardware
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
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If you have a Diamond video card, you may notice that there are no
Diamond video drivers listed in Windows NT Setup even though several
Diamond adapters are listed on the hardware compatibility list. This
is because the video drivers are based on the chip set, not the
particular adapter. This is also true for other video adapters. The
following is a table of Diamond adapters and their drivers by chip
set:

  Diamond Name             Driver Name
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  Speedstar                Tseng ET4000
  Speedstar 24X            WD/Paradise
  Speedstar Pro VLB        Cirrus
  Stealth                  S3
  Stealth Pro              S3
  Viper                    (not supported) by


Additional query words: prodnt

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Keywords          : kbhw kbHardware 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW310 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS310 kbWinNTAdvSerSearch kbWinNTAdvServ310 kbWinNTS310search kbWinNT310Search kbWinNTW310Search
Version           : 3.1

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