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ASUS AGP-V264GT3 User’s Manual

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Software MPEG & Video Player for Windows 3.x

Software MPEG allows the viewing of the following video files identified by their
extensions:

• MPEG Format: (*.MPG, *.DAT, *.MPV) Extensions
• AVI Files (*.AVI) Extensions

For Software MPEG support in Windows 3.x, you must first install Microsoft’s Video
for Windows, then install ATI Video Player.

Installing Microsoft Video for Windows in Windows 3.x:

1. Click on Install Video for Windows - Video for Windows 1.1 Runtime appears
2. Click Continue - Setup appears - Setup Successful appears
3. Click Restart now to complete installation

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:

The ATI 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 DOS to optimize your memory configuration.

6. Click Continue - ATI Setup: ATI VIDEO PLAYER appears with message
7. Click OK to start installation - Installation completed message appears.
8. Click OK to complete installation - Restart Windows? appears
9. Click Restart Windows button.
10. The Video Player icon will be added to the ATI Desktop menu.

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. Driver Installation

(Windows 3.x)

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Summary of Contents for AGP-V264GT3

Page 1: ...R AGP V264GT3 PAL NTSC AGP Graphics Cards USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers ...

Page 2: ...ring 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 International Business Machines Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbio...

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Page 4: ... Systems with Existing VGA Card 14 IV Driver Installation 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 Adv...

Page 5: ...y 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 IBM OS 2 47 AutoCAD Video Driver Installation 48 Microstation Video Driver Installation 49 Select System Information optional 50 Quick Setup optional 50 VDIF Files optional 51 Advanced Setup optional 52 Diagnostic...

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: ... adapter could enjoy smooth motion video and SEGA SNES class games For Video playback features AGP V264GT3 supports software MPEG decoder The driver not only provides smooth video playback but also provides user friendly utilities that allows customizing appearances You can use theAGP V264GT3 to connect your computer to a television on PALor NTSC models only This feature is ideal for playing games...

Page 8: ...ne Draw BitBlt Polygon Fill Panning Scrolling Bit Masking Monochrome Expansion Scissoring and full 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 on PAL or NTSC...

Page 9: ...with VCR like controls Extensive software driver support for major applications and operating systems as follows Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows NT AutoCAD Microstation OS 2 VESA BIOS Extension support Operating System Requirements Windows 95 and Windows 95 OSR2 0 2 1 Both Windows 95 and Windows 95 OSR2 0 supportAGP cards but to use all of the AGP features you must use Win95 OSR 2 1 or later To ins...

Page 10: ...Hz 200Hz 640 x 480 x 16 65 536 200Hz 200Hz 640 x 480 x 24 16 7 Million 200Hz 200Hz 640 x 480 x 32 16 7 Million 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 8 256 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 16 65 536 200Hz 200Hz 800 x 600 x 24 16 7 Million 160Hz 160Hz 800 x 600 x 32 16 7 Million 160Hz 160Hz 1024 x 768 x 8 256 150Hz 150Hz 1024 x 768 x 16 65 536 150Hz 150Hz 1024 x 768 x 24 16 7 Million 140Hz 1024 x 768 x 32 16 7 Million 140...

Page 11: ...ry required Recommended vendors EtronTech NEC MOSYS SO DIMM example The ASUS AGP V264GT3 Graphics Card NOTE There are three models available AGP V264GT3 basic AGP V264GT3 PAL andAGP V264GT3 NTSC Only the PALand NTSC models have all the con nectors as seen here The basic model do not have the Video In and TV Out connectors The corresponding video TV utilities will also be included or excluded III H...

Page 12: ...ices VGA Output S Video Output Composite RCA Output S Video Plug RCA Plug RCA Plug S Video or Tuner Box Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Recorder Television Other Video Displaying or Recording Devices 15 Pin VGA Plug Camcorder Video Cassette Player Laser Disc Player Other Video Devices With ASUS Tuner Box TV FM Tuner Computer Monitor Video Projector Other VGA Compatible devices CATV ASUS TV FM Tuner ...

Page 13: ...electricity you must follow some precautions 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 motherboard and expansion cards 2 Keep all components such as the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it 3 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer...

Page 14: ... 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 8 Anchor the board s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw from the slot cover that you set aside previously 9 Replace the cover on the system unit 10 Connect your analog monitor s 15 pin VGAconnector to the card and fasten the retaining screws ...

Page 15: ...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 Device wind...

Page 16: ...ufacturer 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 an inf file shows in File name 5 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 6 Select your device and language then click OK button Copying Files appears IV Driver Installation IV Driver Installation Windows 95 This is only...

Page 17: ...sk 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 an inf file 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 type if nece...

Page 18: ...d 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 Installatio...

Page 19: ... My Computer 2 Click Install DirectX Click 3 Restart Windows when finished Installing ATI Video Player in Windows 95 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 you ...

Page 20: ...en 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 store all ...

Page 21: ...on 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 continue If yo...

Page 22: ...ess 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 please keep y...

Page 23: ...n 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 DOS to opt...

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Page 25: ...s 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 logo to ...

Page 26: ...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 depts of 256 ...

Page 27: ...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 you can ...

Page 28: ...rned 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 in faste...

Page 29: ...ght 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 conserves more en...

Page 30: ...f 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 upward with...

Page 31: ... 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 primaril...

Page 32: ... 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 virtual d...

Page 33: ...sh 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 Video Softwa...

Page 34: ...nning 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 Standby timer...

Page 35: ...el 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 about VI Video Player VI Vide...

Page 36: ...M 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 dialog to enter ...

Page 37: ...eo 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 Loop Track Playl...

Page 38: ...ions 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 captured video and sav...

Page 39: ...e an unsaved still frame you will be prompted 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 Di...

Page 40: ... part of the screen VI Video Player VI Video Player Windows 95 3 x 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 A wide range of video inputs are accepted from just about any device that has a VIDEO OUT connector VCR Video camera laser disk and video games To con...

Page 41: ...nnected to the AMC connector 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 ...

Page 42: ...he television S Video will produce the best results VI Video Player To connect your graphics card to a television 1 Turn off your computer and your television 2 Determine if your television has an S Video connection or an RCA video in connection 3 Looking at the back of your computer lo cate your graphics card 4 Using a cable with either S Video or RCA connectors attach one end of the cable to you...

Page 43: ...e time Windows NT 4 0 Plug and Play may install ATI s original driver upon entering Windows NT 4 0 The old driver may cause your system to hang If this happens follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults 1 Ener Windows NT 4 0 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 ...

Page 44: ...y 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 an inf file shows in File name 5 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 6 Select your device and language then click OK button Copying Files appears message appears to restart your computer VII Other Drive...

Page 45: ...ice messages appears You are about to install 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 ...

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Page 47: ...f 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 select I...

Page 48: ...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 DOS install...

Page 49: ...stalled 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 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the in...

Page 50: ...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 section V...

Page 51: ...fresh 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 setting ...

Page 52: ... defaults by pressing Shift F7 Saving Your Configuration Once you have finished configuring the necessary parameters described above save them by pressing F10 Diagnostics All installed graphics modes in the mach64 accelerator can be viewed and tested by running the INSTALL program from the DOS prompt or by running a diagnostics program called M64DIAG EXE Do not run it in a windowed or full screen ...

Page 53: ...tware or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is Test Patterns OK Applications Do Not Sync The wrong monitor type has been selected Change the settings in the INSTALL program Windows Driver Not Installing Properly Windows must be running in 386 Enhanced Mode Incompatible memory manag ers may prevent Windows ...

Page 54: ... should only occur when a mach64 ASIC is not detected If this mes sage occurs and a mach64 board is present it may indicate an I O conflict conflicts between the Extended Memory Manager EMM and the video ROM Try remov ing all other boards from the system and booting from a plain DOS disk Try exclud ing the video BIOS address C0000 C7FFF from the memory manager Refer to the documentation furnished ...

Page 55: ...cause 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 If this occurs press the ESC key to return to your ...

Page 56: ...click it 6 The properties box of your card appears Click the Driver tab 7 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps 8 Click Other devices Your card should be listed 9 Click the name of your card to bring up the properties box of your card Select the Driver tab 10 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps After installation and restarting Windows 95 informs me that the displ...

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