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AGP-V1326

AGP-V1326C

2D/3D DVD Accelerator

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

Summary of Contents for agp-v1326

Page 1: ...R AGP V1326 AGP V1326C 2D 3D DVD Accelerator USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers ...

Page 2: ... of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used 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 Int...

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Page 4: ...SR2 0 2 1 11 1 Installation for an Installed ASUS AGP V1326 12 1 1 Windows 95 12 1 2 Win95 OSR 2 0 2 1 12 2 Install VGARTD 13 3 Install Windows 95 Display Driver 14 4 Display Utilities 15 4 1 Display Modes 15 4 2 TV Output 15 4 3 Gamma Correction 16 5 Video Driver Uninstallation 16 5 1 Using the Windows 95 Control Panel 16 6 Install DirectX5 17 7 Install Video Player 18 8 ASUS SoftDVD optional 19 ...

Page 5: ...ion 25 1 1 1 Driver Files 25 1 1 2 Unpack Copy 25 1 2 AutoCAD R11 Setup 26 1 3 AutoCAD R12 Setup 26 1 4 AutoShade R2 0 Setup 27 1 5 3D Studio Version 3 0 Setup 27 VII OS 2 29 1 OS 2 v2 1 OS 2 v3 0 Warp 29 1 1 Installation 29 2 Double Byte OS 2 v3 0 Warp 30 2 1 Installation 30 2 1 1 First Phase 30 2 1 2 Second Phase 30 VIII Display Information 31 Resolution Table 31 IX Troubleshooting 32 Descriptio...

Page 6: ...cular 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 o...

Page 7: ...resh rates reduce eye strain Powerful 3D rendering Crisp realistic images Striking cinema quality video Features Built in SiS 6326 64 bit 3D Multimedia Accelerator User friendly installation for Windows95 and Windows 3 x Acceleration for Windows 95 APIs including Direct3D and DirectDraw Supports AGP 1 0 compliant configuration setting Supports AGP 2x 133MHz Built in programmable 24 bit true color ...

Page 8: ...ries such as video capture cards or television tuners JP1 Use this to select the standard to be used for the TV output Place a jumper over JP1 to use PAL default or remove to use NTSC standard JP2 Use PCI INTAsetting to properly assign theAGP V1326 s interrupt Assign INTAby setting jumper JP2 to Enable which is the default NOTE Components enclosed in dotted boxes can only be used or are available ...

Page 9: ...t NTSC to PAL or vice versa You must use the same standard for all devices VGA Output S Video Output Composite RCA Output S Video Plug RCA Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Recorder Television Other Video Display or Recording Devices 15 Pin VGA Plug Computer Monitor Video Projector Other VGA Compatible devices NOTE Components enclosed in dotted boxes can only be used or are available only in theAGP V1...

Page 10: ...e ASUS AGP V1326 display drivers with your current VGA card 2 Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords 3 ReplacetheexistingVGAcardwiththeASUSAGP V13262D 3DDVDAccelerator 4 Restart your computer the ASUS AGP V1326 should be automatically de tected and the display drivers automatically updated II Hardware Installation II Installation Procedures NOTE The ASUS AGP V1326 2D 3D DVD Accele...

Page 11: ...ready Otherwise first install OSR2 0 and then use the USB support update to upgrade to OSR2 1 On the April 1997 MSDN Disc 1 Windows 95 SDKs and Tools OSR2 0 is found in OSR2 while the USB support update is found in OSR2 USBSUPP To deter mine the installed version of the operating system look in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Version HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ...

Page 12: ...to com pletetheVGAdriverinstallation Ifyoudonothave your CD handy direct the installation path to your Windows Systemdirectory Windowswillprompt you to restart your computer Choose No and follow the following steps WARNING Only click Next The system will hang if you click Cancel 1 1 Windows 95 When you first start Windows 95 with theASUS AGP V1326 newly installed a New Hardware Found window will a...

Page 13: ...tection dialog box appears displaying the chipset on your motherboard that the program detected 2 Install VGARTD In you opted to select other drivers you will be presented with a drop down list of other drivers In the AGP VGARTD Driver Selection list click the VGARTD driver for your chipset and then click Install The VGARTD driver setup program Welcome dialog box appears Click Next to continue Whe...

Page 14: ...ing the display driver will initially run on 640 x 480 x 256 colors 60 NI non inter laced Three additional items may be added to your Display Properties namely Display Modes TV Output or Gamma Correction de pending on your mode setting For the ASUS AGP V1326 display utilities an ASUS AGP V1326 Vx xx default program folder program group will be created and shown onscreen Three icons will be created...

Page 15: ...ite connector or both you had connected your TV to one of these connec tors S Video provides better quality and turned it on and you are in either of these modes 640 x 480 x 60Hz for NTSC or 800 x 600 x 50Hz for PAL Only one of these list boxes will appear depending on the TV standard that you will be using For NTSC select either 640x480 or 640 x 480 UnderScan For PAL select either 640 x 480 720 x...

Page 16: ... 4 Click the Install Uninstall tab 5 In the list box click ASUS AGP V1326 Vx xx driver version the version number on your screen may be different from this screen 6 Click Add Remove 7 Follow the onscreen instructions or prompts 4 3 Gamma Correction Gamma Correction is available only in 16 bit color 64K color and 24 bit color true color modes In 16 color and 8 bit color 256 color modes gamma correc...

Page 17: ... click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen The ASUS AGP V1326 Install Shell will appear If it does not appear run D setup exe You will be presented with a list of install options Click Install DirectX5 Click Direct 3D HardwareAcceleration EnabledandthenclickReinstallDirectX If your system already has DirectX5 in stalled the screen will show Certified next to each compon...

Page 18: ...e to Clipboard Next Full Screen Forward Stop Pause Number Keys Backward Previous Play III Windows 95 III Windows 95 PowerPlayer 7 Install Video Player PowerPlayer is a video player that allows you to view VCD DAT or MPEG MPG CD titles Reinsert the ASUS AGP V1326 installa tion CD or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen The ASUS AGP V1326 Install Shell will ap...

Page 19: ...om 4 7GB to 17GB and access rates of 600KBps to 1 3 MBps With these capacities and access rates DVD discs or DVD ROMs can provide you with a dramatically enhanced high color full motion video better graphics sharper pictures and 5 1 channels of Dolby Digital Surround AC 3 audio for a theater like experience The minimum system requirements for the ASUS Software only DVD aside from your ASUS AGP V13...

Page 20: ...lt settings and click Next or OK to finish the installation 4 Use your up arrow key to go to Display Press Enter to to the standard VGA mode 16 colors 640 x 480 pixels then start Windows by typing WIN 5 Insert the ASUS AGP V1326 installation CD 6 UnderWindows3 x inMainoftheProgramManager double clickFileManager 9 After installation is completed an ASUS AGP V1326 Vx xx program group will be created...

Page 21: ...ver dialog box which enables or disables power management of compatible monitors When enabled the period Opens the Zooming dialog box which enables or disables zooming of your screen When enabled hot keys can be defined to zoom in or zoom out your screen that is change the resolution on the fly without activating SVGA Setup The operating principles of this feature are of time after either Standby ...

Page 22: ...lso allows for software MPEG playback and other media player programs that can take advantage of DCI The ASUS AGP V1326 DCI driver is automatically loaded during the driver instal lation and therefore should be transparent to the end user 3 2 Installation of Video for Windows For Software MPEG support in Windows 3 x you must first install Microsoft Video for Windows then you may install your own M...

Page 23: ...ialog box click Change Display Type 6 In Adapter Type under Display Type click Change 7 In Change Display click Have Disk and then select the path to your driver for example D WINNT WINNT40 8 In the newly created Select Device item SiS 6326 appears Click OK to start copying files 9 After completing the installation NT 4 0 will go back to the Change Display Type screen 10 Click Close or Apply 11 In...

Page 24: ...US AGP V1326 Installation CD 8 Type D WINNT WINNT35 assuming your CD ROM disc drive is in drive D or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Windows NT Click OK 9 You will see a list ofASUSAGP V1326 drivers Select ASUSAGP V1326 and then click OK 10 Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation All appropriate files are then copied to the hard disk When all files are copied g...

Page 25: ...installation is however the same for all these programs that is To unpack and copy drivers to where you would like them to reside 4 As to the actual installation procedures for each program a detailed description is provided in the following paragraph 1 1 2 Unpack Copy 1 Run INSTDRV EXE from the directory where it resides 2 In SiS SuperVGADrivers Installation menu select A ADI 4 2 to unpack and co...

Page 26: ... The following procedures assume that 1 You have completed the Unpack Copy procedure 2 Your SiS ADI 4 2 drivers are located in C ADI42 3 Your AutoCAD R12 program is located in C ACADR12 4 Your AutoCAD R12 default drivers are located in C ACADR12 DRV 5 YourAutoCAD R12 configure file ACAD CFG is located in C ACADR12 2 Copy the driver RCPSIS EXP to C ACADR12 DRV thus COPY C ADI42 RCPSIS EXP C ACADR12...

Page 27: ...to Select display device choose P386 AutoDesk Device In terface display driver 6 When prompted to Select rendering display driver choose P386 AutoDesk Device Interface rendering driver 7 Go through the rest of the instructions after which the system will restart with your desired display setting 1 5 3D Studio Version 3 0 Setup 1 The following procedures assume that 1 You have completed the Unpack ...

Page 28: ... or RDPADI Press Enter to select 7 Complete the other selections and exit configuration 9 After exiting the Video Environment Configuration Screen 3DS will boot automatically using the environment you just selected 10 If your previous configuration is OK 3DS will ask you to make a detailed con figuration for theASUSAGP V1326 drivers Otherwise double check your pre vious procedures or contact techn...

Page 29: ...isplay drivers are located and type SISINST and then press Enter For example D OS2 SBCS 21 SISINST Enter or D OS2 SBCS 30 SISINST Enter 3 All the Driver Files will be copied to a sub directory C SISDRV The Select Screen parameters for SiS SVGA menu will appear and all the resolution and color and frame rate supported will be shown on the screen 4 Select the desired resolution and color and frame r...

Page 30: ...en 2 Change to the directory where theAGP V1326 OS 2 display drivers are located and type SETUP and then press Enter For example D OS2 DBCS 30 SETUP Enter 3 The setup program will begin copying the driver files to a subdirectory C SISDRV complete the installation process and create SiS Install 4 Shutdown and reboot OS 2 2 1 2 Second Phase 5 After OS 2 reboots double click the SiS Install icon and ...

Page 31: ...5Hz 43 0KHz yes yes yes 800 x 600 60Hz 37 9KHz yes yes yes 72Hz 45 1KHz yes yes yes 75Hz 47 1KHz yes yes yes 85Hz 53 5KHz yes yes yes 1024 x 768 43Hz Interlaced Interlaced 60Hz 48 4KHz yes yes yes 72Hz 57 6KHz yes yes 75Hz 60 2KHz yes yes 85Hz 68 7KHz yes yes 1280 x 1024 43Hz Interlaced 60Hz 64 0KHz yes yes 75Hz 80 4KHz yes yes 1600 x 1200 60Hz 74 9KHz yes Supported Color Depth 8bpp 16bpp 24bpp 25...

Page 32: ...dapters 6 Disable all previous adapters by selecting them and clicking Remove 7 Close Device Manager and restart Windows 95 8 Your display driver should work correctly this time My monitor is not capable of high resolution or re fresh rate It depends on the display characteristics of your moni tor Consult your monitor documentation for the proper configuration DirectX or the other ap plications re...

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