MonsterSound
Public BETA Test

The Monster Sound Cards.

Diamond Multimedia has been great in helping us fix this problem. They now realize that the Digital Joystick problem that they have is a big deal and are working hard to get all the digital joysticks fixed. Thanks to Paul over at Diamond for all the help he has been and suppling the updated f3joyfix.exe.

Before you start this easy process please send your system specs to beta@fpgaming.com The best way for you to do this would be to use the DirectX Tool Available Here from Microsoft and print the report to your disk drive than attach it to an email.

You must have the following items installed.

Windows 95 or 98
Diamond Monster Sound Card (M80 or MX200) Drivers and Utilities installed and operating.
DirectX 5.2 or 6, We recommend DirectX 6 Available Here from Microsoft.
Current Drivers for your FPgaming Product, Panther XL or Panther and Assassin 3D

Additional New Items

New DiamondMM Drivers ms10706w.exe (full version) or ms10706u.exe (incremental upgrade) Available here from the Diamond Multimedia Web Site.
The beta test FPgaming file monsterfix.zip this contains the modified xljoy.vxd and f3joyfix.exe.

Procedures

1.) Install your updated drivers and utilities from Diamond.

2.) Open the monsterfix.zip file and extract the files into the following locations.

• The XLJOY.VXD file needs to be copied to your \Windows\System folder.
• F3JOYFIX.EXE file needs to be placed in your \Program Files\Monster Sound folder.
  

• NOTES: Both these files will replace existing versions, be sure to overwrite the existing versions.
  If you installed your Monster Sound Drivers into a location other than Program Files\Monster Sound you will need to copy the f3joyfix.exe file to the location where you installed the drivers.

3.) Reboot/Restart your computer.

The f3joyfix.exe file will run automatically every time you start your computer. We have installed three new regestry keys that will be modified based on the reported settings for your card.

Your PantherXL, Panther or Assassin 3D should now work correctly with your Diamond Monster Sound Card.

If you encounter any problems with these procedures please check the following information.

Check that xljoy.vxd resides in your windows\system folder and has a date of 7/17/98
Check that f3joyfix.exe resides in your \Program Files\Monster Sound folder and has a date of 7/29/98
Verify the three new regestry keys exist.

1. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FPgaming\Driver] port_address_base
2. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FPgaming\Driver] port_address_length
3. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\FPgaming\Driver] port_address_force_on

Please email beta@fpgaming.com with any and all comments on this procedure.

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