(9) Autorun the CD and install the drivers. If Windows detects the new card and wants to install drivers for it, press "no" or "cancel." Be sure to unplug the computer and ground yourself by touching one of the screws inside the case before touching any other components inside the computer. (6) You will now need to reboot to make the change take affect (Windows will prompt you to do this).Īfter rebooting into Windows, you'll be in 16 color mode. Disregard it and choose "yes." The Standard Display Adapter VGA will only give you 16 colors and a 640x480 resolution. After choosing this adapter, if you have Windows 98 you will get a warning message. The "Standard Display Adapter VGA" is the first one in this list. The "standard display types" are at the top of the list. (5) You will then want to choose the options "display a list of all drivers" and then "show all hardware" to bring up the Windows list of manufacturers. (4) Now choose "update" or "change" driver (depending upon which version of Windows you have). (3) Now double-click on the display adapter listed, then choose the "driver" tab. (2) Click on the "device manager" tab, click on the plus sign in front of the "display adapter" category. This will take you into the "system properties." (1) To set the adapter to standard VGA, right click on the "my computer" icon and choose "properties" (or press the Windows hotkey and pause at the same time). Second, go into the device manager and set the video card to "standard display adapter VGA." Any kind of utility or tool for the video card needs to be uninstalled). What is the best way to install the Voodoo5?įirst, uninstall the 3dfx tools (if you have a non-3dfx card the same principle applies. The Voodoo5 drivers create another directory called "\Program Files\3dfx Interactive." DO NOT delete this folder. You also may be able to delete the "\Program Files\3dfx" folder to fix this problem. Please uninstall the 3dfx uninstaller from your "add/remove programs" wizard in the control panel. This seems to be a minor bug with the uninstaller. I get a "Program Files/3dfx" explorer window on my desktop on bootup after installing the Voodoo5 drivers. It's on the Voodoo5 Quick Install CD in the "Utils" folder.
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