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3DP-V264GT/PRO

3DP-V264GT2/TV

3D Graphic Cards

USER'S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

Summary of Contents for 3DP-V264GT

Page 1: ...R 3DP V264GT PRO R 3DP V264GT2 TV 3D Graphic Cards USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers ...

Page 2: ...een advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies IBM is a registered trademark...

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Page 4: ...ation 15 Video Driver Installation for Windows 95 15 Software MPEG Video Player for Windows 95 19 Display Settings for Windows 95 20 Video Driver Installation for Windows 3 x 21 Software MPEG Video Player for Windows 3 x 23 V Video Software 25 ATI Desktop Control Panel 25 ATI Desktop Features 25 FlexDesk 26 FlexDesk Basic Settings 26 FlexDesk Advanced Settings 28 DPMS for Windows 29 Timer Settings...

Page 5: ...s 40 Using the VIDEO IN 40 Using ImpacTV 42 If there is no display you may 42 need to enable ImpacTV 42 VII Other Driver Installation 43 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 43 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 45 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 3 5x 46 Video Driver Installation for IBM OS 2 47 AutoCAD Video Driver Installation 48 Microstation Video Driver Installation ...

Page 6: ...n a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to a...

Page 7: ...tion for full screen full motion video and provides fast 30 frame second animation engine double buffering fast host to screen bitblts virtual sprite smooth page scrolling and object caching for game functions PC users with this adapter could enjoy smooth motion video and SEGA SNES class games ForVideo playback features 3DP V264GT PRO 3DP V264GT2 TVsupport soft ware MPEG decoder The driver not onl...

Page 8: ...l ROP Hardware cursor up to 64x64x2 Acceleration provided in 4 8 16 24 32bpp modes Packed pixel support 24bpp enables true color in 1MB configurations Game acceleration for Microsoft s Direct Draw Double Buffering Virtual Sprites Transparent Blit Masked Blit and Context Chaining Video In only on 3DP V264GT PRO Television quality video in a window and full screen Composite video and S Video inputs ...

Page 9: ...0Hz 640 x 480 x 32 16 7 Million 200Hz 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 8 256 200Hz 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 16 65 536 200Hz 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 24 16 7 Million 160Hz 160Hz 160Hz 800 x 600 x 32 16 7 Million 120Hz 120Hz 120Hz 1024 x 768 x 8 256 150Hz 150Hz 150Hz 1024 x 768 x 16 65 536 150Hz 150Hz 150Hz 1024 x 768 x 24 16 7 Million 120Hz 120Hz 1024 x 768 x 32 16 7 Million 100Hz 100Hz 1152 x 864 x 8 256 100...

Page 10: ...ster compatible with IBM VGA standards BIOS compatible with VESA Super VGA Full support of Microsoft DCI and DirectDraw 3D driver support Microsoft Direct 3D including support for Reality Lab and OpenGL ATI 3D RAGE DOS and Windows API Intel 3DR Easy to use Windows utilities WinSwitch provides on the fly switching of resolution and color depth within Windows DeskTop supports panning and scrolling a...

Page 11: ...S 3DP V264GT PRO graphics card comes with 4MB video memory configuration Special conntectors are available to upgrade the video memory to 8MB by adding a daughter card Memory size of 5 6 and 7MB is not supported on this product Specifications may change without notice ASUS V264GT PRO Layout Memory Specifications Onboard four 128K x 32 x 2 SGRAM chips Upgrade four 128K x 32 x 2 SGRAM chips on daugh...

Page 12: ... capabilities RCA Plug S Video Plug Composite Input Composite Output VGA Output S Video Input S Video Output 3DP V264GT PRO Note ASUS Video cards come in either NTSC or PAL standards You must use the same standard for all devices S Video Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Player Laser Disc Player Other Video Devices RCA Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Recorder Television Other Video Displaying or Recordi...

Page 13: ...6 EDO DRAM chips Upgrade four 256K x 16 EDO DRAM chips This is an example of an installed DRAM The indentations were made white for visibility they are normally black 1 Match the small indentation on the chip s sloped edge with the socket s cut corner 2 Place the chip flat and evenly into the socket and press firmly but carefully so that the chip enters evenly When installed the chip should be flu...

Page 14: ...ure that all your devices and theASUS Video card are of the same type or else you will not have video capabilities Composite Output VGA Output S Video Output 3DP V264GT2 TV Note ASUS Video cards come in either NTSC or PAL standards You must use the same standard for all devices 15 Pin VGA Plug Computer Monitor Other VGA Comatible devices S Video Plug RCA Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Recorder Tele...

Page 15: ...on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system IMPORTANT Keep the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it Before you pick up the adapter ground yourself by touching an unpainted surface on the computer chassis Even a little static electricity can destroy a host adapter component Installation Procedures 1 Unplug all electri...

Page 16: ...ottom of the host adapter are securely seated in the slot 10 Anchor the board s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw from the slot cover you set aside previously 12 Replace the cover on the system unit 13 Connect your analog monitor s 15 pin VGAconnector to the card and fasten the retaining screws if any 14 Connect other cables and devices if available see software section for ...

Page 17: ...r system to hang If this happens follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults 1 Enter Windows 95 in safe mode by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup 2 Right click the mouse on the open desktop not over any icons 3 Select Properties 4 Click the Settings tab Settings menu appears 5 Click Change Display Type Change Display Type windows appears 6 Click Change button Select De...

Page 18: ...ou again Select from a list of alternate drivers 1 Click OK to use the default selection Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 InsertASUS installation CD and click Browse button Open windows appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select win95 directory macxw4 inf shows in File name 5 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 6 Select your dev...

Page 19: ...ck Have Disk button Install From Disk window appears 5 Insert ASUS instillation CD and Click Browse button Open window appears 6 Select your CD ROM drive in the Drives box 7 Select win95 directory macxw4 inf shows in File name 8 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 9 Select your device and language then click OK button Copying Files appears 10 Change your monitor typ...

Page 20: ...ou skipped the previous procedures you may use the following steps 1 Insert theASUS installation CD or double click on the CD drive in My Com puter if CD already inserted ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell appears 2 Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver Display Properties and installa tion information appears 3 Select the Settings tab and Continue from step 2 above IV Driver Installation IV Driver In...

Page 21: ...ct the CD from My Computer 2 ClickInstallDirectX Click 3 RestartWindowswhenfinished InstallingATIVideoPlayerinWindows95 1 Reinsert the ASUS installation CD or select the CD from My Computer 2 Click Install Video Player ATI Setup ATI VIDEO PLAYER window ap pears 3 Click the OK button Installation complete message will appear 4 Click Restart Windows button when finished The setup program will give y...

Page 22: ...your screen up down left right in or out in any application Click on Defaults button to fill in the Value box with default values Color This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red Green and Blue You can save your settings by clicking Save As button and typing in a file name This allows you to recall pre viously saved settings Click on Defaults button to re s...

Page 23: ...nstallation CD 4 Change to your CD drive 5 Double click setup exe ASUS Windows 3 1 Install Shell appears 6 Click on Install Windows 3 1 Display Driver Confirm Installation appears 7 Click Yes Copying Files appears Restart Windows appears 8 Click Restart now to complete installation ATI Desktop group and icon will appear upon restart Install Shell Message appears Now installation process will conti...

Page 24: ...tion 5 Press Enter to confirm path of Windows 3 x or change if necessary 6 ASUS driver is successfully installed press any key 7 Do you want to launch Windows 3 1 to continue installation now Y N Note You must make sure that ASUS ATI VGA card has been plugged in your machine PressY 8 Install Shell Message appears Now installation process will continue If you want to install Video for Win dows plea...

Page 25: ...stallation Installing ATI Video Player in Windows 3 x 1 Run File Manager 2 Insert the ASUS installation CD 3 Change to your CD drive 4 Double click setup exe ASUS Windows 3 1 Install Shell appears 5 Click on Install Video Player Memory Requirement appears TheATI Video Player needs at least 600K conventional memory to execute If you are not sure or memory is not enough you can type MEMMAKER under D...

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Page 27: ...eatures as shown above Each feature icon in the Mach64 product group shown in this DeskTop is described on the following pages ATI Desktop Features Help On Click this icon then click any other icon in the product group to display Help information on the selected item Read Me Click this icon then click the Mach64 logo or feature icon to display the readme file on the item ATI Logo Double click this...

Page 28: ... in gray A slider will always snap to the nearest supported setting for the current slider combination The Sample Color Bar next to the Sample Monitor dynamically shows a color palette that approximates the Colors setting as you adjust the Colors slider NOTE If your desired resolution is not available check your monitor configura tion setting in the INSTALL program Sliders Colors Select color dept...

Page 29: ...pens the Advanced panel See FlexDesk Advanced Settings Help Displays Help information on FlexDesk OK Exits the FlexDesk control panel and effects all new changes Cancel Discards all changes and exits the FlexDesk control panel FILE Menu Open Opens an existing Setting file Save Saves the current settings to the active Setting file SaveAs Saves the current settings to an alternate Setting file which...

Page 30: ...ion is turned off On Allows the application to define color selection in the palette Off Choose colors from a fixed palette Dithering Control Dithering is meshing two colors to produce the illusion of a third This selection is only available in 256 color mode with 256 Color Palette on On Provides standard VGA dithering of colors and color selection boxes Off Provides smooth dithering which results...

Page 31: ... 2 Highlight the timer boxes one at a time and specify the values 3 Turn on DPMS Enabled 4 Click OK Timer Settings Standby Time Time value is in minutes after which Standby mode is activated if no user activity is detected Standby is the first level of power conservation Suspend Time Time value is in minutes after which Suspend mode is activated if no user activity is detected The monitor conserve...

Page 32: ...ut less of the desktop Zoom Out has the opposite effect What you can zoom is dependent on the relative settings of Screen Size and Desktop Size Use this panel to assign the six hot keys to Panning and Zooming functions Alpha numeric keys may be assigned in any combination with ALT Ctrl and Shift We recommend that you assign all the keys in one session DeskScape Functions Pan Up Moves the window up...

Page 33: ...should be used only when color depth changes are desired For maximum performance in 256 or 65 536 color modes you should disable WinSwitch FlexDesk or DeskScan can provide the same dynamic screen size or desktop size switching functions Configuring the WinSwitch Panel At the top of the panel is a checkbox labelled WinSwitch Enabled This switch must be turned on checked to enable WinSwitch which is...

Page 34: ...empty Key Combination Fields Key 1 Field Keyboard key combinations to be used to activate WinSwitch are specified in the four key combination fields associated with Keys 1 4 Sliders These sliders provide the same functions as the FlexDesk sliders Colors Selects a color depth from one of the supported Colors Screen Size Sets the screen resolution to one of the supported sizes Desktop Size Sets the ...

Page 35: ...and refresh rates You may try out different settings that will optimize your display preferences but too high of a refresh rate will push your monitor past its specifications Use the Preview Adjust to see the results and allow digital adjust ments to the screen If the image is distorted you may press Esc or wait a few seconds to return to the original menu without the change V Video Software V Vid...

Page 36: ...loaded running it again without parameters will display the current timer values as fol lows Standby timer 15 minutes Suspend timer 30 minutes off timer 60 minutes If you run DPMS with at least one timer parameter DPMS will set that value and disable the unspecified timers DPMS parameters are to be included in the command separated by spaces as fol lows DPMS parameter Enter Example To set the Stan...

Page 37: ...ing Your Task control panel may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls CDAudio Play standard audio CDs only in Windows 95 MPEG Playback Play MPEG and AVI video files Features The question mark on top right of the Video Screen allows inspection into each button on the control panel Click on the then on a button that you would like to know abou...

Page 38: ...nto your CD ROM drive 2 In the Audio CD panel click the Setup Dialogs button 3 Click the Disc Info tab 4 From the Available Tracks list add or remove tracks as desired The Play List displays your current selections 5 Click OK 6 In the Audio CD panel click the Play button The Audio CD player uses Windows 95 standard INI file to store disc names track names and the play list You can use the Setup di...

Page 39: ...titles AVI video files To play a file 1 In the Playback panel click the File Open button 2 Select a file from the list 3 Click Add then click OK 4 Click the Play button 5 The file plays in the Display panel Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 Play Menu Selection Audio Track Select Play Default Open File Setup Dialog Capture Play Return Selection VI Video Player VI Video Player Windows 95 3 x Lo...

Page 40: ...ions and presentations Full motion video You can capture a stream of full motion video plus audio from your video source and save it as an AVI file on your computer s hard disk You also have the option of capturing only audio Click the CAPTURE button in theTask control panel to switch to capture mode The Control panel changes to the Capture panel You can use the SaveAs button to compress your capt...

Page 41: ... still frame 3DP V264GT PRO prompts you to save it before deleting Capturing Video You can capture video in two ways As a stream of video and audio that you save as an AVI file As a sequence of still frames that you save in an AVI file The quality of the video that you capture depends on the following conditions speed of your system CPU amount of system memory RAM performance of your Hard Disk HDD...

Page 42: ...any part of the screen Using the VIDEO IN You can use the Video In to Watch a videotape or laser disk movie on your computer Capture save and print video images Replace your desktop with live VIDEO display The 3DP V264GT PRO accepts a wide range of video inputs from just about any device that has a VIDEO OUT connector VCR Video camera laser disk and video games VI Video Player VI Video Player Wind...

Page 43: ...nnector Zooming and Unzooming To select and enlarge a portion of the display 1 Click within the display panel 2 Holddownthemousebuttonanddrawarectanglearoundtheareayouwanttozoom To return your display to normal click the Unzoom button in the Control panel Select and enlarge a portion of the display by dragging the mouse across the Display Panel VI Video Player VI Video Player Windows 95 3 x Cable ...

Page 44: ...GT2 TV card to the tele vision S Video will produce the best results If there is no display you may need to enable ImpacTV To enable ImpacTV 1 Click Start 2 Point to Settings 3 Click Control Panel 4 Double click Display 5 Click on the Settings tab 6 Check the Television checkbox to enable ImpacTV click Help if necessary VI Video Player To connect your graphics card to a television 1 Turn off your ...

Page 45: ...by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup 2 Right click the mouse on the open desktop not over any icons 3 Select Properties 4 Click the Settings tab Settings menu appears 5 Click Change Display Type Change Display Type windows appears 6 Click Change button Select Device windows appears 7 Click Show all devices Manufacturers and Models appears 8 Click Standard display types Standard Display Adapter ...

Page 46: ... from disk provided by hardware manufacturer Do not install a driver Windows will not prompt you again Select from a list of alternate drivers 1 Click OK to use the default selection Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 InsertASUS installation CD and click Browse button Open windows appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select nt40 directory ati inf shows in File na...

Page 47: ...all a third party driver 10 Click Yes Copying Files appears message appears The drivers were successfully installed 11 Click OK button 12 Change your monitor type if necessary Click Close button when finished 13 Adjust the Desktop area Color palette and Font size if necessary Click Apply button when finished System Settings Change windows appears You must restart your computer before the new setti...

Page 48: ...ple type D NT351 or D NT35 10 Click OK button 11 Select the appropriate driver for your ASUS 264 series card 12 Click Install button 13 Click Yes to change to your system configuration 14 Click Continue to confirm the full path name 15 If you are upgrading your driver you will be asked whether you want to use the Current or New driver Select New driver to install the drivers 16 After the files hav...

Page 49: ...version of OS 2 10 Type C the drive letter of your OS 2 system Enter copying files appears 11 Exit the installation program 12 Type C Enter CD MACH_OS2 Enter DSPINSTL 13 Display Driver Install panel appears select Primary Display 14 Click OK Driver selection list appears 15 Select the latest ATI mach64 enhanced driver version from the list click OK 16 In the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility...

Page 50: ...dows 3 x DOS systemATI drivers should be installed and ready to use VII Other Drivers Windows NT 4 0 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name AutoCAD Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the installation of the drivers 7 Press Enter when completed and press ESC twice and Y to exit the installation program 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DO...

Page 51: ...uld be installed and ready to use VII Other Driver Installation VII Other Drivers Windows NT 4 0 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DOS installation shell will appear and present you with a list of install options Select Install DOS Utili ties and Drivers 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name Microstation Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomple...

Page 52: ...sary for correct resolution and refresh rate operation You have four options to choose a correct Monitor Type Selecting Your Monitor Type Factory Default Apple IBM MIT NEC VESA Std Generic Read VDIF Custom Select Read VDIF If you have a VDIF file for your monitor and wish to use its parameters to automatically configure the mach64 Additional VDIF details are pro vided later in this chapter in the ...

Page 53: ...ing or refresh rate on one resolution and not change the other resolutions Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Quick Setup and press Enter 3 Select Custom and press Enter 4 Pick a resolution then a refresh rate You will see a box outline WARNING Using the wrong refresh rate may permanently damage your monitor For more information please refer to the manual NOTE An incorrect Monitor Type...

Page 54: ... use certain features that may add additional performance to your card However these options may not be compatible with your system If problems appear after an advanced option is changed returning the card to factory defaults will rectify the situation Factory Defaults The card can be reset to factory defaults by pressing Shift F7 Saving Your Configuration Once you have finished configuring the ne...

Page 55: ... computer system consists of many different parts difficulties may arise from a combination of items from software or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is System Lockup If you are using a memory manager such as QEMM or 386MAX you need to modify the command line in the CONFIG SYS file so that the address o...

Page 56: ...ory restart the INSTALL program as follows IN STALL APMAP Enter Now when you enable Memory Aperture you must se lect a location above but not overlapping System Memory S BIOS B or Re served R locations Not applicable for ISA cards Desired resolution is disabled and displayed in gray A mode displayed in gray means that the BIOS is told this mode is not available based on the card configuration Rein...

Page 57: ...or Detailed memory test error Run Detailed RAM Test several times to confirm the error and take notes of any messages and error codes DAC LUT test failure An error has occurred while testing the DAC LookUp Table The problem should be visible on the top color bar of any 8bpp mode ROM checksum error An error has been detected in the ROM Draw sequence failure An error has occurred in the draw engine ...

Page 58: ...dd New Hardware wiz ard This is not recommended because when the Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is installed via the Add New Hardware wizard the Settings page does not get installed into the mach64 display adapter property sheet Windows 95 property page problems While adjusting monitor settings in the Adjustment page of the Display Properties sheet your monitor could become unreadable I...

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