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Asus 3DP-V375DX User Manual Download Page 5

ASUS 3DP-V375 DX User’s Manual

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Contents

V. Microsoft Windows NT ................................................................ 29

Video Driver Installation ............................................................... 29

Installing Video Display Drivers in Windows NT 4.0 ........ 29
Installing Video Display Drivers in Windows NT 3.51 ...... 30

VI. DOS Drivers ................................................................................ 31

DOS Drivers Installation ............................................................... 31

Install DOS Utilities ........................................................... 31
Install AutoCAD, MicroStation, & S3d Toolkit Drivers .... 31

VII. Display Information ................................................................. 32

3D Function Support ...................................................................... 32

Resolution Table ............................................................................ 33

2MB Video Memory ............................................................... 33
4MB Video Memory ............................................................... 35

VIII. Hardware Information ........................................................... 37

8-BIT LPB Connector .................................................................... 37

16-BIT LPB Connector .................................................................. 38

Memory Upgrades ......................................................................... 39

A. Questions & Answers ................................................................... 40

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Summary of Contents for 3DP-V375DX

Page 1: ...R 3DexPlorer DX 3DP V375DX 2D 3D Graphics Video Accelerator USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...sed only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Sound Blaster AWE32 and ...

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Page 4: ...orWindows95 NewHardwareFound 15 2 2 Installing Drivers Using Windows 95 Control Panel 16 3 Removing the Video Drivers 17 3 1 Using the Autorun Screen 17 3 2 Using Windows 95 Control Panel 17 4 Install MPEG Video Player DirectX 3A and S3 S3d ToolKit 18 5 Windows 95 Display Settings 19 Settings 19 Adjustment 20 Hotkey 21 Advanced 22 IV Microsoft Windows 3 x 24 1 Video Driver Installation 24 1 1 Inst...

Page 5: ...rivers in Windows NT 3 51 30 VI DOS Drivers 31 DOS Drivers Installation 31 Install DOS Utilities 31 Install AutoCAD MicroStation S3d Toolkit Drivers 31 VII Display Information 32 3D Function Support 32 Resolution Table 33 2MB Video Memory 33 4MB Video Memory 35 VIII Hardware Information 37 8 BIT LPB Connector 37 16 BIT LPB Connector 38 Memory Upgrades 39 A Questions Answers 40 ...

Page 6: ...icular 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 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet ...

Page 7: ...Design for Boosting Pentium II Pentium Pro MMX Acceleration Upgrade to 4MB Frame Buffer Supports 1280 x 1024 with True Colors at 85Hz 32 bit PCI 2 1 Interface Compliant for Plug Play Enhanced Full Scalable Real Time 30 Frames second up Video MPEG Playback Integrated 170MHz RAMDAC supports up to 160Hz Refresh Flicker Free Display ASUS Turbo Driver Boosts 20 More 2D 3D Graphics Performance ASUSPerfo...

Page 8: ...ctor 8 BIT LPB Connector Video Output Connector S3 ViRGE DX Chipset VGA BIOS 16 BIT LPB Connector 2MB Upgrade Sockets II Hardware Installation II H W Installation Layout Layout 1 2 33 34 TV Tuner Video Capture Hardware MPEG or other compatible LPB expansion cards ...

Page 9: ...s and components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect the computer board and other components against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mother...

Page 10: ...board in the slot first Carefully press the bus connector on the bottom of the card down into the slot Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom 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 11 Replace the cover on the system unit 12 Connect your analog monitor s 15 pin ...

Page 11: ... 95 un der specific situations NOTE this Manual will assume that your CD ROM is the D drive Please use this accordingly 1 1 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 New Hardware Found If you are installing the ASUS 3DP V375DX graphics video card for Win dows 95 for the first time a New Hardware Found window will appear Select which driver you want to install for your new hardware Windows default driver D...

Page 12: ...atically the new 3DP V375DX graphics video card If this happens follow the steps below 1 Insert theASUS 3DP V375DX V1 02 Installation CD TheASUS Windows 95 Install Shell will appear 2 If it does not appear run D SETUP EXE The CD ROM s autorun facility will present you with a list of install options 3 Click Install 3DP V375DX Display Driver and follow the installation steps Click the Next button to...

Page 13: ...he Yes button to install DirectX 3A After all drivers have successfully been installed restart your computer Your ASUS 3DP V375DX graphics card should be automatically detected If the ASUS 3DP V375DX graphics card is detected click the OK button to install other utilities If no ASUS 3DP V375DX graphics card is detected you can either select RemoveASUS 3DP V375DX Display Driveror Shutdown and insta...

Page 14: ...he On Screen video memory depends on the resolution and colors selected for your display settings For example if your display setting is 1024x768x16 bpp then you have 1 5MB on screen memory TESTING OFF SCREEN MEMORY This screen will flick during the testing Since the maximum video memory configuration of the ASUS 3DP V375DX graphics card is 4MB if your display settings use 2MB then the unused 2MB ...

Page 15: ...u want to install for your new hardware Windows default driver Driver 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 hard ware manufacturer 2 Insert the ASUS 3DP V375DX V1 02 Installation CD and click the Browse button Open window appea...

Page 16: ...s letter D or click Browse button to selectthepathofthedisplaydriverforWin dows 95 Click OK 9 You will see a list ofASUS 3DP V375DX drivers It is recommended that you select theASUS3DP V375DXV1 02Enhanced Driver with 1280x1024x24 and press the OK button to start installation 10 When all files are copied go back to the Display Properties window by clicking Close Press Apply 11 A System Settings Cha...

Page 17: ...DX V1 02 Installation CD 2 Select Remove 3DP V375DX Display Driver in theASUSWin dows 95 Install Shell and follow the uninstallation steps 3 1 Using the Autorun Screen 3 2 Using Windows 95 Control Panel 1 Click Start Move to Settings Control Panel Add Remove Programs 2 Click the Install Uninstall tab 3 Select ASUS 3DP V375DX V1 02 from the list 4 Press the Add Remove button During uninstallation a...

Page 18: ... 3D libraries click In stall S3 S3d ToolKit in the ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell and fol low the installation steps 4 Install MPEG Video Player DirectX 3A and S3 S3d ToolKit For Software MPEG support in Windows 95 you must first install Microsoft DirectX 3Alibraries then install MPEG Video Player ASUS also provides the S3 S3d ToolKit which contains three kinds of 3D libraries S3d ToolKit Win dows ...

Page 19: ...in next time you enter Windows Changing Display Settings To enter the Display Properties at any time right click your mouse on the desktop and select Properties or double click the Display icon in the Control Panel Click the appropriate Tab as follows Adjust color Adjust font size Adjust virtual desktop size Adjust screen resolution Current refresh rate Settings This allows you to change your disp...

Page 20: ...the slider to where you want test it and then add it to the list Adjust display size Adjust display position Set to default values Change refresh rate Current screen virtual desktop size and color palette Adjustment This lets you change your monitor settings such as display position size and refresh rate While adjusting display size and position you can press the ESC key to restore to your origina...

Page 21: ...es Value Description Hotkey This allows you to assign hotkeys in the Value box to move your screen up down left and right or zoom in zoom out and lock in the virtual desktop Select the option from the Name box then define the hotkey in the Value box with a single key stroke such as the Up key Ctrl and Alt keys are not necessary when making these settings ...

Page 22: ...isual quality Pentium II Pentium Pro Acceleration Check this function to enable Pentium II Pentium Pro CPU accel eration MMX Direct 3D Acceleration Check this function to enable MMX Direct 3D acceleration Advanced These advanced settings allow you to achieve better performance and video quality Vertical Interpolation MMX Video Enhancement MPEG Color Adjustment Pentium II Pentium Pro Acceleration M...

Page 23: ...rease the performance setting with faster memory chips WARNING Slower memory chips may produce noise or cause your system to hang when the performance setting is too high Highest performance Lowest performance III Microsoft Windows 95 III Windows 95 Display Settings ...

Page 24: ...type INSTALL When the ASUS drivers have been successfully installed you can launch Windows 3 x by pressing the Y key if the 3DP V375DX Video card has been installed in your system After Windows 3 x boots up the CD ROM s autorun facility will present you with a list of install options You can continue to install the other applications 1 2 Installing Video drivers in Windows 3 x Insert the ASUS 3DP ...

Page 25: ... the ASUS 3DP V375DX installation CD 3 Execute D SETUP EXE The CD ROM s autorun fa cility will present you with a list of install options 4 Click on Install Video for Windows if you have not installed Video for Win dows 5 Click on Install Video Player and follow the in stallation steps IV Microsoft Windows 3 x IV Windows 3 x Driver Installation ASUS Windows 3 x Install Shell S3 Xing Native MPEG Se...

Page 26: ...nce setting is too high Setting This allows you to adjust screen resolution virtual desktop size color palette font size and change performance The maximum desktop and screen size selectable depends on how much memory you have The maximum screen size selectable depends on the monitor speci fied You can disable the on line help by clearing the On Line Help Enabled check box Maximum performance Adju...

Page 27: ...e the system will restore to the origi nal settings in 10 seconds if you do not click the OK button If you want to customize a new refresh rate you can first select a nearest default refresh rate adjust the slider to where you want test it and then add it to the list Set to default values Change refresh rate Adjust display size Adjust display position List of refresh rate options Delete from list ...

Page 28: ...x to move your screen up down left and right or zoom in zoom out an lock in the virtual desktop Select the option from the Name box then define the hotkey in the Value box with a single key stroke such as the Up key Ctrl and Alt keys are not necessary when making these settings DPMS enabled Set to default values List of hotkey options Hotkey enabled Value Description IV Microsoft Windows 3 x Set t...

Page 29: ... Select Change from the display options 6 Select Have Disk 7 Windows NT will prompt you for the correct path enter the path of driver in CD ROM such as D NT40 assuming your CD ROM drive is letter D 8 A list of ASUS video adapters will be displayed Select ASUS 3DP V375DX then click on the OK button 9 Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation All appropri ate files are then copied to the ha...

Page 30: ... CD ROM drive For Windows NT 3 51 type the following D NT351 assum ing your CD ROM drive is letter D 9 Click OK button 10 Select ASUS 3DP V375DX 11 Click Install 12 Click Yes to change your system configuration 13 Click Continue to confirm the full path name 14 After the files have been copied to your computer click OK 15 Reboot Windows NT 16 After reboot the Invalid Display Settings window appear...

Page 31: ...Type D SETUP EXE to install video drivers in DOS The ASUS DOS installation shell will appear and present you with a list of install options 4 You can choose Install AutoCAD Driver Install MicroStation Driver or Install S3d Toolkit Drivers Follow the instructions to complete the installation of the drivers Your video drivers should be installed and ready to use VI DOS Drivers Driver Installation VI...

Page 32: ...ion Support The following 3D functions are supported on this product Dynamic Z buffering Double buffering Texture modes Point sampling Bilinear filtering MIP mapping Trilinear MIP mapping Perspective correction Atmospheric effects Fogging Transparency Shading Dynamic flat shading Gouraud shading Lighting ...

Page 33: ...z 800x600 60Hz 38 2KHz 256 colors 72Hz 48 3KHz 75Hz 47 0KHz 85Hz 53 6KHz 100Hz 62 9KHz 150Hz 94 2KHz 1024x768 87Hz int 35 6KHz 256 colors 60Hz 48 5KHz 70Hz 56 6KHz 75Hz 60 0KHz 85Hz 68 6KHz 100Hz 80 8KHz 120Hz 96 7KHz 1152x864 60Hz 55 3KHz 256 colors 72Hz 66 4KHz 75Hz 70 2KHz 85Hz 79 6KHz 100Hz 92 1KHz 1280x1024 87Hz int 46 5KHz 256 colors 60Hz 64 0KHz 75Hz 80 1KHz 85Hz 90 4KHz 1600x1200 98Hz int ...

Page 34: ...3KHz colors 75Hz 47 0KHz 85Hz 53 6KHz 100Hz 62 9KHz 150Hz 94 2KHz 1024x768 87Hz int 35 6KHz 65K high 60Hz 48 5KHz colors 70Hz 56 6KHz 75Hz 60 0KHz 85Hz 68 6KHz 100Hz 80 8KHz 120Hz 96 6KHz 640x480 60Hz 31 3KHz 16 7M true 72Hz 37 9KHz colors 75Hz 37 5KHz 85Hz 43 4KHz 100Hz 50 7KHz 160Hz 81 3KHz 800x600 60Hz 38 2KHz 16 7M true 72Hz 48 3KHz colors 75Hz 47 0KHz 85Hz 53 6KHz 100Hz 62 9KHz 150Hz 94 2KHz ...

Page 35: ...47 0KHz 85Hz 53 6KHz 100Hz 62 9KHz 150Hz 94 2KHz 1024x768 87Hz int 35 6KHz 256 colors 60Hz 48 5KHz 70Hz 56 6KHz 75Hz 60 0KHz 85Hz 68 6KHz 100Hz 80 8KHz 120Hz 96 7KHz 1152x864 60Hz 55 3KHz 256 colors 72Hz 66 4KHz 75Hz 70 2KHz 85Hz 79 6KHz 100Hz 92 1KHz 1280x1024 87Hz int 46 5KHz 256 colors 60Hz 64 0KHz 75Hz 80 1KHz 85Hz 90 4KHz 1600x1200 98Hz int 63 9KHz 256 colors 60Hz 80 0KHz 72Hz 96 2KHz 640x480...

Page 36: ...0 102Hz int 63 7KHz Windows 95 S3 65K high 60Hz 76 4KHz Enhanced Driver colors 70Hz 85 8KHz Only 640x480 60Hz 31 3KHz 16 7M true 72Hz 37 9KHz colors 75Hz 37 5KHz 85Hz 43 4KHz 100Hz 50 7KHz 160Hz 81 3KHz 800x600 60Hz 38 2KHz 16 7M true 72Hz 48 3KHz colors 75Hz 47 0KHz 85Hz 53 6KHz 100Hz 62 9KHz 150Hz 94 2KHz 1024x768 87Hz int 35 6KHz 16 7M true 60Hz 47 7KHz colors 70Hz 55 5KHz 75Hz 59 5KHz 85Hz 67 ...

Page 37: ...t for a standard 34 pin cable to achieve LPB operation VIII Hardware Information 1 2 33 34 J1 Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description 1 GND 2 PA0 LPB0 3 GND 4 PA1 LPB1 5 GND 6 PA2 LPB2 7 EVIDEO VREQ VRDY HS 8 PA3 LPB3 9 ESYNC NF 10 PA4 LPB4 11 EVCLK CREQ CRDY VS 12 PA5 LPB5 13 N C 14 PA6 LPB6 15 GND 16 PA7 LPB7 17 GND 18 VCLK LCLK 19 GND 20 BLANK NF 21 GND 22 HSYNC NF 23 N C 24 VSYNC NF 25 N...

Page 38: ...O VREQ VRDY HS 8 PA3 LPB3 9 ESYNC NF 10 PA4 LPB4 11 EVCLK CREQ CRDY VS 12 PA5 LPB5 13 N C 14 PA6 LPB6 15 GND 16 PA7 LPB7 17 GND 18 VCLK LCLK 19 GND 20 BLANK NF 21 GND 22 HSYNC NF 23 N C 24 VSYNC NF 25 N C 26 GND 27 N C 28 N C 29 GND 30 NF I2 C CLK 31 N C 32 NF I2 C DATA 33 NF ENABLE2 34 NF ENABLE1 35 N C 36 N C 37 GND 38 PA8 LPB8 39 GND 40 PA9 LPB9 41 GND 42 PA10 LPB10 43 PA12 LPB12 44 PA11 LPB11 ...

Page 39: ...t carefully so that the chip enters evenly When installed the chip should be flush with the socket WARNING Installing the memory chip incorrectly may damage the memory and the product itself NOTE 1 Make sure that all video memory are of the same type and speed 2 For greater reliability use the same memory specification as the on board memory 3 If you experience problems with your display such as n...

Page 40: ... box appears Select Driver tab 11 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps QII After installation and restarting Windows 95 informs me that dis play setting is still incorrect What can I do A There may be a conflict between previous and current display driv ers This is caused by incomplete removal of previous display driver Try the following steps to remove it 1 Use right button of mo...

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