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Chapter 4 — Installing the Graphics Card Driver

 Installing the Graphics

Card Driver

This chapter contains information on how to install the graphics card

driver in Windows

®

 95, Windows

®

 98 and Windows NT

®

4.0.

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4.1

For Windows

®

 95

Power on your computer to start Windows

®

 95.  Windows

®

 95 will detect

the newly-installed graphics card and an 

Update Device Driver Wizard

will be displayed.

Place your 

Installation CD 

into

your CD-ROM drive.

Click 

Next

.

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The installing and testing procedures for M64-32 and M64-32T are exactly
the same.  The illustrations shown in this manual are based on M64-32.

Summary of Contents for M64-32

Page 1: ...M64 GRAPHICS CARD User s Manual Version 1 0 M64 32 M64 32T ...

Page 2: ...d trademarks of Microsoft Corp Forsaken tm 1998 Acclaim Entertainment Inc All other company or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such Disclaimer Statement Aztech Systems Ltd specifically disclaims all warranties either expressed or implied including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability ...

Page 3: ... Installation Notes Setting Up Your Graphics Card 3 1 Installation Procedures 3 2 Installing the Graphics Card 3 3 Connecting the Graphics Card Installing the Graphics Card Driver 4 1 For Windows 95 4 2 For Windows 98 4 3 For Windows NT 4 0 4 4 Installing DirectX 6 0 for Windows 95 98 only Contents 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 12 14 14 16 19 20 ...

Page 4: ... s Manual Testing the Graphics Card in Windows 95 98 5 1 For Windows 95 98 Running the Display Properties 6 1 M64 Information 6 2 Display Properties Frequently Asked Questions Technical Specifications 21 21 22 22 23 25 28 ...

Page 5: ...card to your PC Monitor 3 Installing the graphics card driver 4 Testing the graphics card 5 Running the graphics display properties The section Frequently Asked Questions FAQ will discuss on the possible solutions for some of the commonly asked questions by users For further technical details on your card you may refer to the ReadMe txt file found in your M64 Graphics Card Installation CD ...

Page 6: ...lend features allow players in the graphics industry to perform functions such as multi texturing texture modulation reflection maps as well as 32 bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha point sampled bilinear trilinear and 8 tap anisotrophic filtering Integrating its per pixel perspective correct texture mapping function game enthusiasts will be able to immerse themselves in a real fog situatio...

Page 7: ...with Pentium II processor AGP Bus slot 10MB hard disk space system files and drivers only CD ROM drive Windows 95 OSR 2 1 USB upgrade supplement if you are running Windows 95 OSR 2 0 or Windows 98 or Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 Windows NT Service Pack 3 or later if you are running Windows NT 4 0 This chapter contains information that you need to know before installing your graphics card The...

Page 8: ...at the other Wear the strap around your wrist and attach the clip to any non painted metal surface of your computer chassis If you do not have a grounding strap touch any non painted surface of the computer chassis before you begin installation and again every minute or so until the installation is completed 2 4 Installation Notes The graphics and screens illustrations shown in this manual may dif...

Page 9: ...tX 6 0 or later versions The following installation procedures is recommended 1 Upgrade your Windows 95 OSR2 0 to Windows 95 OSR2 1 Ensure that presently you have OSR2 0 installed By installing the USB upgrade Windows 95 OSR2 0 will be upgraded to OSR2 1 OR Upgrade your Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 3 or later 2 Install the card to your PC 3 Connect the card to your Monitor Setting Up Your Grap...

Page 10: ...For systems that do not meet the minimum system requirements 3 2 Installing the Graphics Card Power offyourcomputerandanyconnecteddevicesbeforeinstalling your card Ê Remove the cover of your computer AGP Bus Slot Cover Plate Mounting Screw Ë Locate the AGP Bus Slot and remove the cover plate Keep the mounting screw to secure your card later ...

Page 11: ...ign your card with the selected AGP Bus slot and firmly push it into the slot If the card does not slide in do not force it Make sure that the card is lined up properly and try again Í Secure your card to the computer chassis with the mounting screw ...

Page 12: ...3 Setting Up Your Graphics Card 3 3 Connecting the Graphics Card Î Replace the cover of your computer for M64 32T PC Monitor Television Set VGA Port 15 pin cable RCA cable S Video cable S Video Jack TV out Jack OR ...

Page 13: ...Television is equipped with S Video Jack it is recommended that you use it to connect to the graphics card for better resolution If you are using S Video Connect one end of the S Video cable to the S Video Jack on the graphics card and the other end to the S Video In on your Television set If you are using Composite Video Connect one end of the RCA cable to the TV Out Jack on the graphics card and...

Page 14: ... Windows NT 4 0 4 1 For Windows 95 Power on your computer to start Windows 95 Windows 95 will detect the newly installed graphics card and an Update Device Driver Wizard will be displayed Place your Installation CD into your CD ROM drive Click Next 1 The installing and testing procedures for M64 32 and M64 32T are exactly the same The illustrations shown in this manual are based on M64 32 ...

Page 15: ... 6 0 or later versions installed in your system please proceed tosection 4 4 Installing DirectX 6 0 Else proceed to the next chapter to test your card Windows will prompt that the graphics card driver has been found Click Finish to use the driver found 2 When prompted to restart the system click Yes New changes will take effect upon system restart 3 ...

Page 16: ...ation CD into your CD ROM drive and click Next 1 Click the option Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next to continue 2 4 2 For Windows 98 Power on your computer to start Windows 98 Windows 98 will detect the newly installed graphics card ...

Page 17: ...Card Driver At the next prompt select the source of your driver Select the option CD ROM drive and click Next to proceed 3 4 Click Next again to start the driver installation Windows will prompt that the graphics card driver has been found ...

Page 18: ... upon system restart 6 5 Click Finish to complete the driver installation This completes the installation of the graphics card driver in Windows 98 If you do not have DirectX 6 0 or later versions installed in your system please proceed tosection 4 4 Installing DirectX 6 0 Else proceed to the next chapter to test your card ...

Page 19: ...pe Change 6 From the Change Properties window click Have Disk Make sure that the Installation CD is in your CD ROM drive 7 In the text box type D winntX and click OK Assuming D is your CD ROM drive letter Else substitute the letter accordingly The system will locate the driver Follow the on line instructions to complete the driver installation This completes the installation of the graphics card d...

Page 20: ...ctx6 directx dxsetup exe Assuming your CD ROM drive is D Else substitute the drive letter accordingly Click OK 4 A DirectX R Setup window appears Make sure that under Options Direct 3D Hardware Acceleration Enabled is checked Click Reinstall DirectX Follow the on line instructions to complete the DirectX installation This completes the installation of the DirectX utility Please proceed to the next...

Page 21: ...r Windows 95 98 1 From the Windows taskbar click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click System icon 3 A System Properties window will appear Click the Device Manager tab 4 Double click Display adapters to list the M64 Graphics card Double click on it 5 A M64 Properties window will appear From the General tab check that the Device Status has the message This device is working properly ...

Page 22: ... contains the Acrobat Reader 3 01 Setup Utility the ReadMe First text file Frequently Asked Questions this M64 User s Manual Running the Display Properties This chapter briefly describes the features available in the display properties Explore them for your best desired visual quality The screens illustrations shown here are based on Windows 98 For Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 the procedures stil...

Page 23: ...art Settings Control Panel 2 Double click Display icon The Display Properties window will be displayed Alternatively you can right click on your Windows desktop and click Properties 3 Explore the features for various visual effects For Windows 98 click Advanced from the Display Properties window to access the features available Before you start exploring the display features make sure that you hav...

Page 24: ...24 Chapter 6 Running the Display Properties To understand the terms right click on it System will pop out What s this Simply click on it and the explanation will be displayed ...

Page 25: ...nd display tends to flicker if it is below 60Hz Why isn t there any refresh rate settings for some of the screen resolutions The refresh rates for these screen resolutions are fixed My system hangs when playing games such as Forsaken or MageSlayer There are Patches downloadable from the Web Sites of the respective Games Vendors that can fix the problem You may encounter some problems or doubts whi...

Page 26: ... able to run at this resolution I cannot get 16 color using screen resolutions above 1280x1024 Screen resolutions above 1280x1024 can only be run at a minimum of 256 color This is a common implementation among graphics cards manufacturers Under Windows NT 4 0 I am unable to install the graphics card correctly You must first install Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 or later to get AGP support I am hav...

Page 27: ...oes not have support for AGP devices Thus the features of the card will not be fully utilised After I installed the driver and restart my system for the first time there is Plug and Play detection for my Monitor Why is this so The Plug and Play detection for your Monitor is to allow the card to detect the capabilities and limits of your Monitor s supported resolutions and refresh rates If you are ...

Page 28: ... Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 5 0 and 6 0 Video acceleration for DirectShow MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and Indeo Full Screen full frame DVD Playback 250MHz Palette DAC Operating at memory bus speed of 125MHz Resolution of up to 1920x1200 70Hz True color rendering This chapter contains the technical specifications of your card The information may be more useful for techn...

Page 29: ...tures Environmental maps Procedural textures Backend blend DirectX 6 0 121 modes supported for source and destination and alpha blending 32 bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha point sampled bilinear trilinear and 8 tap anisotropic filtering better than trilinear Mip mapping Per pixel perspective correct texture mapping Fog Light Mip mapping 2D Capabilities High performance 64 bit graphics en...

Page 30: ...cluding 32 24 16 15 and 8 bits per pixel Video Display BIOS Palette DAC pipeline acceleration Full Motion Video playback High quality color resolution True bilinear filtering scaled video DVD sub picture aipha blended compositing Video acceleration for DirectShow MPEG 1 MPEG 2 and Indeo Advanced support for DirectDraw Back end hardware video scaling for video conferencin and playback Hardware colo...

Page 31: ...75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 960x720 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1024x768 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1152x864 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 60 7...

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