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ATI VGA Series

Audio/Video Cards

USER'S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

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Page 1: ...R ATI VGA Series Audio Video Cards USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers ...

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Page 4: ...uttons 18 DeskScape 19 DeskScape Functions 19 Buttons 20 WinSwitch 20 Screen Adjustment 21 DPMS Parameters 23 V Windows Video Player 24 ATI Player and control panel Win3 1x and Win95 25 Features 25 Video Acceleration Performance 25 Playing Video Clips 25 Sizing Windows 25 VI Microsoft Windows NT 26 Video Driver Installation 29 VII IBM OS 2 OS 2 Warp 30 Video Driver Installation 30 VIII Other Video...

Page 5: ...itional Memory 47 Layout ASUS PCI V264VT 48 Layout ASUS PCI AV264VT 48 CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions 49 PCI V264VT Jumper 49 ASUS PCI V264GT and ASUS PCI AV264GT 51 ASUS PCI AV264GT 51 Video Features PCI V264GT and PCI AV264GT 52 3D Accelerator 52 2D Accelerator 52 Resoultion Table 52 Video Accelerator 53 Audio Features PCI AV264GT 53 Software 53 Layout ASUS PCI AV264GT 54 Layout ASUS PCI V26...

Page 6: ...lar 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 Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on...

Page 7: ...tain packages so you can start playing right out of the box Direct3D and Windows 95 Ready ASUS 264 series of audio video cards is ready for Direct3D the new standard for 3D acceleration in Windows 95 With the addition of a new software driver ASUS 264 series of audio video cards will supercharge 3D games and applications Amazing Video Quality Experience the best full screen full motion MPEG video ...

Page 8: ...l Desktop Conveniently access a larger desktop workspace up to 1 600 x 1 200 Screen Adjust Change your screen size center the screen image and tune monitor refresh rates from within Windows 95 Color correction Adjust your screen color to match your printer output a feature not available on most other comparably priced graphics cards ATI Help Wizards An intelligent on screen guide makes it easy to ...

Page 9: ... back of the computer chassis that covers the opening for the adapter s external connector 6 Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source 7 Pick up the board still in its sleeve by grasping the edge bracket with one hand Avoiding touching board components 8 Remove the plastic sleeve II Hardware Installation Warning Procedures II H W Installation WARNING Computer boards and compone...

Page 10: ...ard s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw from the slot cover you set aside previously 11 Connect the CD audio wire from your CD ROM player to theAV264 series card audio input connector that fits your CD ROM type 12 For AV264 series cards connect the joystick ribbon cable and mount to a free slot opening 13 Replace the cover on the system unit 14 Connect your analog monitor s ...

Page 11: ...em to hang If this happens follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults 1 Ener 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 wi...

Page 12: ...ault selection Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Insert ASUS installation CD and click Browse button Open windows appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select win95 english enhanced japanese macxw4 infshowsin Filename NOTE Select the directory according to yourWindows language Enhanced pro duces slightly better performance but without Microsoft s Windows certific...

Page 13: ...w appears 6 Select your CD ROM drive in the Drives box 7 Selectwin95 english enhanced japanese macxw4 infshowsin Filename NOTE Select the directory according to you Windows language Enhanced produces slightly better performance without Microsoft s Windows certification 8 Click the OK button Install from Disk appears Click OK button again 9 Click Show all devices if available 10 Select the appropri...

Page 14: ...ous 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 III Microsoft Windows 95 Driver Installation III Window...

Page 15: ...k Install DirectX Click Next to install 3 Click Done button 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 A...

Page 16: ...box to move your screen 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 bu...

Page 17: ...SUS installation 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 ...

Page 18: ...m path of Windows 3 x or change if necessary 5 ASUS driver is successfully installed press any key 6 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 pluged in your machine Press Y 7 Install Shell Message appears Now installation process will continue If you want to install Video for Windows please keep your ASUS driver CD i...

Page 19: ...ete 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 ...

Page 20: ...own 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 gene...

Page 21: ...card is shown in gray 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 Sele...

Page 22: ... changes will be effective Advanced Opens the 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 settin...

Page 23: ...n this option is turned 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 whi...

Page 24: ... DPMS for Windows 1 Click the DPMS icon 2 Highlight 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 SuspendTime Time value is in minutes after which Suspend mode is activated if no user act...

Page 25: ...larger image but less of 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...

Page 26: ...7 million colors Therefore WinSwitch should be used only when color depth changes are desired For maximum performance in 256 or 65 000 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...

Page 27: ...ked disabled when the box is empty Key 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...

Page 28: ...ates 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 IV Microsoft Windows 3 x IV Windows...

Page 29: ... 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 to 5...

Page 30: ...he individual buttons for a few seconds NOTE The video shown is an example only and not provided in the CD 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 ATI Player Setup MPEG Play Stop Repeat Loaded Files Continuously Full Screen Start of Video End of Video Forward ...

Page 31: ...n there are a number of factors which will negatively impact playback performance including the type of compression used RLE and Video 1 are manageable with most 386 or higher systems Indeo supports additional color depth and is best run on faster 486 or Pentium systems Playing Video Clips Use the Microsoft Windows Media Player to play or insert video clips i e files with the AVI filename extensio...

Page 32: ...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 Settings tab Settings menu appears 5 Click Change Display Type Change Display Type windows appears 6 Click Change button Select Device windows appears 7 Click Show all devices Manufacturers and Models appears 8 Click Standard display types Standard D...

Page 33: ... Select from a list of alternate drivers 1 Click OK to use the default selection Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Insert ASUS installation CD and click Browse button Open windows appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select nt40 ati inf shows in File name NOTE Select the directory according to yourWindows language Enhanced pro duces slightly better performance b...

Page 34: ...to install a third party driver 11 Click Yes Copying Files appears message appears The drivers were successfully installed 12 Click OK button 13 Change your monitor type if necessary Click Close button when finished 14 Adjust the Desktop area Color palette and Font size if necessary Click Apply button when finished System Settings Change windows appears You must restart your computer before the ne...

Page 35: ...T351 10 Click OK button 11 Select the appropriate driver for your ASUS 264 series card 12 Click Install button 13 Click Yes to change to your system configuration 14 Click Continue to confirm the full path name 15 If you are upgrading your driver you will be asked whether you want to use the Current or New driver Select New driver to install the drivers 16 After the files have been copied to your ...

Page 36: ... 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 Install Using Def...

Page 37: ...g your CD ROM drive is letter D 3 Type D Enter CD DOS ENGLISH DOS JAPANESE Enter INSTALL Enter 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select theApplication name AutoCAD Enter 6 Follow the instructions to complete the installation of the drivers 7 Press Enter when completed and press ESC twice and Y to exit the installa tion program 8 Reboot the computer from DOS Your Windows 3 x DOS syste...

Page 38: ...SH DOS JAPANESE Enter INSTALL Enter 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name Microstation Enter 6 Follow the instructions to complete the installation of the drivers 7 Press Enter when completed and press ESC twice and Y to exit the installa tion program 8 Reboot the computer from DOS Your Windows 3 x DOS systemATI driv ers should be installed and ready to use VI...

Page 39: ...rrect 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 AdditionalVDIF details are pro vided later in this chapter in the section VDIF...

Page 40: ... 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 may d...

Page 41: ...WARNING The Advanced Configuration option allows you to use certain features that may add additional performance to your card However these options may not be compatible with your system If problems appear after an advanced option is changed returning the card to factory defaults will rectify the situation Factory Defaults The card can be reset to factory defaults by pressing Shift F7 Saving Your ...

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Page 43: ...ystem consists of many different parts difficulties may arise from a combination of items from software or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is System Lockup If you are using a memory manager such as QEMM or 386MAX you need to modify the command line in the CONFIG SYS file so that the address of the graph...

Page 44: ... the INSTALL program as follows IN STALL APMAP Enter Now when you enable Memory Aperture you must se lect a location above but not overlapping System Memory S BIOS B or Re served R locations Not applicable for ISA cards Desired resolution is disabled and displayed in gray A mode displayed in gray means that the BIOS is told this mode is not available based on the card configuration Reinstall using...

Page 45: ... memory test error Run Detailed RAM Test several times to confirm the error and take notes of any messages and error codes DAC LUT test failure An error has occurred while testing the DAC LookUp Table The problem should be visible on the top color bar of any 8bpp mode ROM checksum error An error has been detected in the ROM Draw sequence failure An error has occurred in the draw engine If the erro...

Page 46: ...ware wiz ard This is not recommended because 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 occu...

Page 47: ...shutdown Because full speed operation can be restored without delay these techniques do not impact performance For Video playback features PCI V264CT and PCI AV264CT N supports software MPEG decoder for Windows 3 1x and Windows 95 The driver not only provides smooth video playback but also provides user friendly utilities that allows custom izing appearances ASUS PCI AV264CT N The sophisticated Me...

Page 48: ...pp 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 Accelerator Support for 26 pin VESAcompatibleVGAFeature Connector VFC that sup ports up to 1024x768 resolution Resoultion Table When discussing color depth 8 bits per pixel 8bpp is the same as 256 colors and 16bpp 65 000 ...

Page 49: ...c support for MPEG Indeo and Cinepak ATI MPEG video player application with VCR like controls Extensive software driver support for major applications and operating sys tems as follows Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows NT AutoCAD Microstation OS 2 VESA BIOS Extension support Adding Additional Memory The additional memory delivers a larger virtual desktop makes deeper color depths at higher resolution...

Page 50: ...l 2 GND 2 GND 2 Left Signal 2 GND 2 GND 3 Right Signal 3 GND 3 GND 3 Left Signal 4 Left Signal 4 Right Signal 4 GND Layout PCI V264CT Layout PCI AV264CT N Mitsumi CD Audio Input Monitor Output Stereo Line Input Microphone Input Volume Control Speaker Output PC Speaker Input PC Speaker Output Wave Table Upgrade 1MB Memory 2x512KB DRAM 1MB 2x512KB DRAM Upgrade Sockets Panasonic CD Audio Input Sony C...

Page 51: ...olation for full screen full motion video and pro vides fast 30 frame second animation engine double buffering fast host to screen bitblts virtual sprite smooth page scrolling and object caching for game functions PC users with this adapter could enjoy smooth motion video and SEGA SNES class games For Video playback features ASUS PCI V264VT and PCI AV264VT supports soft ware MPEG decoder for Windo...

Page 52: ...horizontal vertical scalers for TV quality full screen full motion video playback Integrated video line buffers support filtered video scaling Color interpolation during scaling for improved high resolution video quality Supports AMC for additional video expansion capabilities as follows Optional TV Tuner card available for video capture video phone TV overlay or TV tuner applications Optional MPE...

Page 53: ...dec support for MPEG Indeo and Cinepak ATI MPEG video player application with VCR like controls Extensive software driver support for major applications and operating sys tems as follows Windows 3 1 Windows 95 Windows NT AutoCAD Microstation OS 2 VESA BIOS Extension support Adding Additional Memory The additional memory delivers a larger virtual desktop makes deeper color depths at higher resoluti...

Page 54: ...64VT 2MB Memory 4x512KB DRAM Monitor Output AMC Connector Panasonic CD Audio Input Monitor Output Stereo Line Input Microphone Input Volume Control Speaker Output PC Speaker Input PC Speaker Output Wave Table Upgrade 2MB Memory 4x512KB DRAM Sony CD Audio Input Mitsumi CD Audio Input Game Port Digital Volume Control AMC Connector ...

Page 55: ... I O Decode Method Block or Sparse JP1 Block I O Default Sparse I O JP1 Jumpers Connectors PCI V264VT Jumpers Connectors IX HARDWARE CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Panasonic Sony Mitsumi PC Speaker In PC Speaker Out Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Left Signal 1 Right Signal 1 GND 1 Mono Signal 1 Right Signal 2 GND 2 GND 2 Left Signal 2 GND 2 GND 3 R...

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Page 57: ...eductions such as dy namic clock control and graphics engine shutdown Because full speed operation can be restored without delay these techniques do not impact performance For multimedia video and game function acceleration the PCI V264GT and PCI AV264GT has color interpolation for full screen full motion video and provides fast 30 frame second animation engine double buffering fast host to screen...

Page 58: ...leration Rectangle Fill Line Draw BitBlt Polygon Fill Pan ning 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 Chain...

Page 59: ...Software Windows 95 Windows 3 1x Wave Editor Wave OLE Quick CD Mixer Control Quick Player Audio Rack CD Player Midi Player Wave Player Software 2D driver support Register compatible with IBM VGA standards BIOS compatible with VESA Super VGA Full support of Microsoft DCI and DirectDraw 3D driver support Microsoft Direct 3D including support for Reality Lab and OpenGL ATI 3D RAGE DOS and Windows API...

Page 60: ...l 2 GND 2 GND 3 Right Signal 3 GND 3 GND 3 Left Signal 4 Left Signal 4 Right Signal 4 GND Layout ASUS PCI V264GT Layout ASUS PCI AV264GT 2MB Memory 4x256Kx16 DRAM Monitor Output AMC Connector DigitalVolumeControl Pin Definition 1 3 5Ground 2 Volume Up 4 Volume Down Panasonic CD Audio Input Monitor Output Stereo Line Input Microphone Input Volume Control Speaker Output PC Speaker Input PC Speaker O...

Page 61: ...er reductions such as dy namic clock control and graphics engine shutdown Because full speed operation can be restored without delay these techniques do not impact performance For multimedia video and game function acceleration the PCI V264GT Plus and PCI AV264GT Plus has color interpolation for full screen full motion video and provides fast 30 frame second animation engine double buffering fast ...

Page 62: ...r Hardwareacceleration RectangleFill LineDraw BitBlt PolygonFill 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 Con...

Page 63: ...ick Player Audio Rack CD Player Midi Player Wave Player Software 2D driver support Register compatible with IBM VGA standards BIOS compatible with VESA Super VGA Full support of Microsoft DCI and DirectDraw 3D driver support Microsoft Direct 3D including support for Reality Lab and OpenGL ATI 3D RAGE DOS and Windows API Intel 3DR Easy to use Windows utilities WinSwitch provides on the fly switchin...

Page 64: ...ignal 4 GND Layout ASUS PCI AV264GT Plus Layout ASUS PCI V264GT Plus 2MB Upgrade Board for A V264GT Plus 2MB Memory 4x512KB SGRAM Monitor Output AMC Connector 2MB Upgrade Connector Panasonic CD Audio Input Monitor Output Stereo Line Input Microphone Input Volume Control Speaker Output PC Speaker Input PC Speaker Output Wave Table Upgrade 2MB Memory 4x512KB SGRAM Sony CD Audio Input Mitsumi CD Audi...

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