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HOT-183:   Trio64V2 PCI VGA

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Windows Driver Setup

Left Click (Windows 3.x), or right click(Windows 95) the 'S3 VManager' icon
and then select the 'Display Control Panel' menu item, or double click the 'Display
Control Panel' icon on Media Pro program group, the 'Display Control Panel'
program will open, then with the following configuration procedures, you can set
the optimized desktop environment for yourself.

1. Clicking Monitor tabbed dialog to open it, then click 'DDC detect' (Windows
3.x) or 'Change' (Windows 95) button to view your monitor information. If you
have a plug n' play monitor, Media Pro will show your monitor's manufacturer
name and model name, and list all the available resolutions with the maximum
vertical refresh rate that your monitor can support. If your monitor does not
support plug n' play, on Windows 3.x, a "Old-type monitor" message will be
displayed, but on Windows 95, you can select the monitor type manually.

2. Clicking  Display tabbed dialog to set various desktop environments. If you
have selected a monitor, a button, below 'Refresh rate' box, with caption 'Load
PnP monitor refresh rates' or 'Load selected monitor refresh rates' will show, press
this button will update the refresh rate for all modes in the 'Refresh rate' box, these
refresh rate values are the maximum refresh rates which your monitor supports,
you can use these refresh rates with no trouble. However, you can still select a
higher refresh rate if you like, Media Pro has 'Preview' facility(see below) which
means if your monitor can't support some resolution and refresh rate combination,
simply press 'Enter' key or  space bar or  wait 15 seconds, then the original
settings will be restored.   Now you can select the desired resolution* , color
depth, and font size*, and choosing the expected vertical refresh rate* from the
combo-list of the resolution you choose, then you  click "OK" or "Apply" button
to finish the desktop configuration.

3. After Windows changes to the new desktop setting, Media Pro will pop up a
"Reconfirm" message dialog. You need to click "OK" to accept the new desktop
resolution and/or refresh rate, otherwise the setting will be changed back to the
original one either by clicking "Cancel" (defaulted option) or press 'Enter' key or
space bar or being changed back automatically after 15 seconds.

Remember that, if you change your display to higher resolution or higher refresh
rate and your Windows can't appear correctly, simply press 'Enter' key or space
bar or wait 15 seconds and your Windows will be restored with original settings.,

Summary of Contents for Trio64V2

Page 1: ...HOT 183 Trio64V2 PCI VGA 1 Trio64V2 PCI VGA Card User s Manual...

Page 2: ...user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Governm...

Page 3: ...ion 8 Software Drivers Support 8 How to Install Trio64V2 Drivers 8 Microsoft Windows 3 1 Drivers Installation 9 Microsoft Windows 95 Drivers Installation 10 Installing Windows NT 3 51 Display Drivers...

Page 4: ...r card It comes complete with extensive drivers and comprehensive software utilities designed to enhance your productivity These cards have High performance 64 bit graphics engine Integrated 24 bit RA...

Page 5: ...ion Slot Require at least one PCI bus slot Operating System DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 3 1 OS 2 2 1 orhigher Monitor VGA supporting minimum 640 x 480 resolution Display Drivers Any standard VGA or VESA...

Page 6: ...rate your monitor can support Check the specifications of your monitor for signal compatibility with this card and find an optimum setting to suit your applications Installing the Hardware Static ele...

Page 7: ...d With the slot cover removed grasp the card by the top edge and carefully seat it firmly into the slot Fasten the retaining bracket with a screw 5 Reinstall the computer cover 6 Connect the monitor c...

Page 8: ...of CD ROM To begin installation DOS utilities Windows NT drivers insert the DOS Utilities Drivers and Windows NT3 51 4 0 disk in drive A or drive B or CD ROM in CD ROM drive To begin installation Win...

Page 9: ...ogram from the floppy drive containing the S3 Trio64V2 Windows driver disk or Insert CD ROM into CD ROM drive From the File Manager or using the File and Run pull down command to execute the SETUP pro...

Page 10: ...Settings tab 5 Click the Change Display Type button 6 Click the Change button on the right of the first item Adapter Type 7 Click the Have Disk button and Install from Disk box will appear 8 Click Br...

Page 11: ...on the OK button 9 When S3 Video Driver Update appears in the list select that line then click on the Install button 10 If the following message appears This operation will change your system configur...

Page 12: ...r diskette into the A drive then click on the OK button 9 From the list of displayed S3 devices select your S3 device 10 From Third party Drivers click on the Yes button to proceed 11 If a message app...

Page 13: ...DRV For AutoCAD R12 the directory is C ACADR12 DRV 8 Run AutoCAD 9 Issue AutoCAD s CONFIG command then change display driver and select a desired Trio64V2 driver from the list of drivers Installing Au...

Page 14: ...EXEC BAT file so that the display adapter will be set according to your selections each time you start the system SMODE EXE Run this program whenever you need to configure the S3 for a specific video...

Page 15: ...ress this button will update the refresh rate for all modes in the Refresh rate box these refresh rate values are the maximum refresh rates which your monitor supports you can use these refresh rates...

Page 16: ...5 Clicking Cursor tabbed dialog to choose the hardware cursor color according to yourpreference 6 Clicking DMPS tabbed dialog to set the time slot for each power saving mode 7 For your convenience yo...

Page 17: ...x600x8 bpp and 1024x768x8 bpp 1024x768x16bpp 1152x864x8 bpp 1280x1024x8bpp 640x480x16 bpp 1600x1200x8bpp 800x600x16 bpp 640x480x24 bpp When you change to a higher resolution than the current one Media...

Page 18: ...Enter key or Space bar then your screen will be restored to previous settings Load PnP or Selected Monitor Refresh Rates This button will load the maximum refresh rates for all resolutions which dete...

Page 19: ...tion allows the Media Pro to interact with Plug n Play monitors Media Pro queries your monitor for capabilities and lists the answer in the monitor information box whenever you enter Windows or keeps...

Page 20: ...able Power Savings To enable power savings this option must be checked If you do not wish to use power management services unchecked this option Standby Mode This option allows you to set the inactivi...

Page 21: ...en zoom in zoom out and switch on the fly to various supported resolutions Enable HotKey To enable hotkeys this option must be checked If you do not wish to use hotkeys uncheckedthisoption Add Hotkey...

Page 22: ...256 colors 16 bits per pixel 16bpp is the same as 65 000colors and 24 bits per pixel 24bpp is the same as 16 7 million colors Trio64V2 PCI VGA card also supports 15bpp 32000 colors Memory Resolution...

Page 23: ...768 32K Color Interlace 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz 85Hz 2MB 1024 x 768 64K Color Interlace 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz 85Hz 2MB 1152 x 864 256 Color 60Hz 2MB 1280 x 1024 256 Color Interlace 60Hz 75Hz 2MB 1208 x 1024 256 Colo...

Page 24: ...nd blue video Note 2 Monochrome monitors connect Pin 12 to ground Color monitors leave Pin 12 open The adapter uses Pin 12 to detect the monitor type Pin Function 1 Red Video note 1 2 Green Video note...

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