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                       SMSC UFX7000 / UFX6000 Software 
                 Non Sgfx Issues release notes companion file
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This file provides information about several issues that have been observed
during UFX6000 / UFX7000 testing but were found not to be caused by Sgfx  
software or UFX devices.

1. Nvidia drivers earlier than 305.93 (9.18.13.593) may cause RECURRING blue 
   screen crash in notebooks when the LCD lid is open when Viewspan UFX
   software v4.0.50.9088 or later is installed.

   It has been observed in a Dell Precision M4500 Notebook with Nvida Quadro
   FX880 and using driver 8.16.11.8921 (original Vista SP2 inbox driver) and 
   8.17.12.5922 (the latest available from Windows update), that both under 
   Windows Vista and Windows 7 the system will crash during installation of 
   the Viewspan UFX software. subsequent reboots of the system after that 
   produce the same result. This issue has been traced to a bug in the 
   Nvidia driver incorrectly handling the interface that controls brightness 
   for the internal LCD display (therefore this bug does not occur in 
   desktops, or when the lid is closed on a notebook).

   Upgrading the Nvidia driver to the latest available as of the time of 
   this release - which is 305.93 (9.18.13.593) - prevents this problem from 
   happening.

   NOTES:
   - This issue has so far only been seen in this particular notebook and 
     driver versions, but it could affect other notebooks with other Nvidia 
     GPUs and same timerframe drivers. Therefore please follow:

   RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT OR FIX THIS ISSUE:
   a. Upgrade the Nvidia driver to the latest available - 305.93 (9.18.13.593)
      or later - BEFORE installing the Viewspan UFX software. This is the same
      recommendation that already exists in the main release notes file under
      section B, IMPORTANT NOTES #2). Only after the Nvidia driver is installed
      go ahead with the Viewspan software installation.
   b. If you did not upgrade the Nvidia driver before installing Viewspan and 
      are now experiencing crashes of the system on every boot there are a 
      couple of ways to fix this:
      + Press F8 during boot and select "Last Good Known configuration". Note 
        that this will cause the system to revert to what it thinks is the 
        last working configuration and might revert more than just the Viewspan 
        driver installation. Once the boot is achieved uninstall the Viewspan
        software
     
      or

      + Press F8 during boot, select "Safe Mode". After the boot completes 
        delete the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\sgfxl32.sys in an x86 
        version of windows or c:\windows\system32\drivers\sgfxl64.sys
        in a 64 bit version of Windows. Then reboot to normal mode and 
        uninstall the Viewspan Software. 

     After either of the two (+) methods above, proceed with the first
     recommendation (a. upgrade Nvidia driver, only then install Viewspan
     UFX software again).

2. HP Elitebook 2570 ("Simba 3") Windows 8 x64 installation issues with
   Intel driver 9.17.10.2792 or later.

   When installing Viewspan software version 3.4.50.4262 or later in 
   a system with this characteristics you can experience a machine
   freeze with black screen. You can only bring the screen back force
   booting the system, and the installation of Viewspan Software 
   will not be complete.

   The problem was traced to a bug in this and later vailable verions 
   (as of 8/24/2012) versions of the Intel display driver where if you 
   disable the driver in device manager, when you later reenable it this 
   bug is observed (system freeze with black screen).

   The Viewspan driver installation needs to disable and reenable the 
   display driver in order to provide a rebootless installation experience
   and that is why it runs into this problem.

   In order to work around the problem the Viewspan driver can be 
   installed in forced reboot mode, in which case it will not attempt to
   disable and reenable the display driver and just reboot the system instead.
   Run the installation from the command line as follows:
   "SgfxSetup-<version number>.exe /general /forcereboot"

   IMPORTANT NOTES: 
   a. This was NOT observed under Windows 8 x86
   b. The system in which this was observed appears to be a pre-production
      Ivy Bridge Intel chipset, this may not be observable in later
      Elitebook 2570 production ready machines

2. HP2159 Monitor Issues
   Plug/unplug USB cable, or plug/unplug HDMI output, or suspend/resume in 
   power management cycle could show corrupted, inverted or saturated image 
   in a USB connected monitor. This issue so far has only been observed on 
   HP2159m monitors when using HDMI output, but was also reproduced when 
   connecting the same monitor directly to a video port in the native display
   adapter.

3. GOM Player Issues
   a. When playing a video in GOM player, stopping and restarting it, the 
      following can be observed during the 10 - 15 seconds following play 
      resume:
      - Noticeable frame drops
      - Screen corruption
      These problems have been observed with UFX connected monitors as well as 
      with natively connected monitors (and no Sgfx software installed in the 
      later case).

   b. Noticeable frame drops occurs on Windows 7 basic mode.