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3DImàge985

AGP

High Performance 3D/2D

GUI/Video Accelerator

User’s Guide

Summary of Contents for 3DImage985

Page 1: ...i 3DImàge985 AGP High Performance 3D 2D GUI Video Accelerator User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...itten permission of the company October 1997 Rev A LIMITED WARRANTY This product is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase During the warranty period product determined by us to be defective in form or function will be repaired or at our option replaced at no charge This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by ac...

Page 3: ...stered trademarks of Microsoft Corp Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corp RAMDAC is a trademark of Brooktree Corporation 3DImàge985 and TVGA are registered trademarks of Trident Microsystems Inc VESA is a trademark of Video Electronics Standards Association All other product names or trademarks are property of their respective owners Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of co...

Page 4: ...AY AND OPTIONAL TV 9 3 UTILITIES AND DRIVERS INSTALLATION 10 3 1 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10 3 1 1 Microsoft Windows 95 Driver Installation from CD 10 3 1 2 Microsoft Windows 95 Driver Installation from Diskette 10 3 1 3 Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Driver Installation 16 3 1 4 Microsoft Windows 3 1x Driver Installation 17 3 2 LIVE VIDEO CAPTURE DRIVER 23 3 3 OS 2 DRIVER INSTALLATION 33 3 3 1 Displaying or C...

Page 5: ...iv 7 1 ANALOG COLOR DISPLAY PINOUTS 53 7 2 CONVERSION TABLE PIN ADAPTERS 54 7 3 ANALOG VIDEO SIGNALS 54 8 APPENDIX C FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT 55 8 1 FCC WARNING 55 ...

Page 6: ...Installation 1 ENSURE that MS Windows 95 is up and running properly 2 INSERT the Drivers Utilities Diskette 2 into your floppy drive A 3 POSITION the mouse cursor in the wall paper area of your Windows 95 desktop and then press the right mouse button 4 SELECT the Properties selection bar 5 SELECT the Settings page inside of Display Properties windows 6 SELECT either the Change Display Type or the ...

Page 7: ...the path A NT40 after you have inserted the Drivers Utilities Diskette 3 into your floppy drive A 6 If the driver Trident Video Accelerator is listed under the Display list SELECT the OK button to continue 7 Once the driver files are copied RESTART Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 for the changes to take effect 8 SELECT the desired color palette the number of colors desktop area resolution and refresh fre...

Page 8: ...ge you have purchased should contain the following þ Trident 3DImàge985 AGP 3D 2D GUI Accelerator Adapter Card þ 3D Games sampler CD þ One Windows 3 x Driver Diskette þ One Driver Diskette with Windows 95 driver þ One Driver Diskette with Windows NT 3 5 4 0 driver þ One Driver Diskette with DOS applications driver þ One Live Video Capture AVI Driver Diskette Optional þ One Display Drivers and Util...

Page 9: ...Software MPEG playback or live video capture capable þ Optional connection to NTSC or PAL standard television through a standard composite video jack or S video jack þ Supports the standard IBM Feature Connector FC and Video Module Interface VMI Host Connector for sending graphics data to an add on video controller þ Contains drivers for the most popular operating systems and software available to...

Page 10: ... which decreases energy consumption when used with a monitor that meets the VESA standards for power management Supports VESA DDC 2b standards for automatically selecting the correct display setup on a monitor that meets the VESA DDC standard 1 3 4 SOFTWARE MPEG VIDEO PLAYBACK Full motion software MPEG video playback through 3DImàge985 s fast video accelerator is available with the installation of...

Page 11: ...5 s video hardware 1 3 7 LIVE VIDEO CAPTURE Live video capture is the process of accepting video data from an outside source and writing it to the frame buffer from where it can be displayed or stored This process is supported by 3DImàge985 through the Feature Connector and the Video Module Interface VMI Host Connector 1 3 8 TV OUT OPTIONAL The 3DImàge985 is capable of displaying all standard and ...

Page 12: ... Adapter Layout Composite TV Out S video TV Out VGA Out CON4 CON5 VGA BIOS U9 U4 U3 Feature Connector VMI Connector 256Kx32 SGRAM 256Kx32 SGRAM 3DImàge9850 256x32 SGRAM 256x32 SGRAM Figure 2 1 3DImàge985 AGP card with Output to TV ...

Page 13: ...fer to your computer system manual for the location of the AGP bus expansion slots Remove the retaining screw that holds the slot cover in place Slide the slot cover out and put the screw aside you will need it to secure the adapter If you just removed an existing graphics adapter and are not going to use that expansion slot you can install the slot cover you just removed from the unused expansion...

Page 14: ...monitors may require a 9 to 15 pin cable connector 2 If your system is equipped with a sound board you can also connect a Y cable for speaker single male mini stereo phono jack to double male RCA jack from the Speaker Out jack of the sound board to the Audio In jack on your television set 3 For optional TV connection please check the back of your TV or VCR for the presence of a S Video connector I...

Page 15: ...M drive under Start Run of the task bar for the Trident Display Driver CD Setup menu 4 SELECT the Installation selection bar to install Windows 95 Display Driver 5 Follow the on screen instructions to finish Trident display driver installation 6 Restart Windows 95 to complete installation 3 1 2 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 DRIVER INSTALLATION FROM DISKETTE 1 ENSURE that MS Windows 95 is up and running pro...

Page 16: ...11 3 SELECT the Display icon and then SELECT the Settings page refer to Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 ...

Page 17: ...election bar and then SELECT the Change button next to Adapter Type refer to Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 5 On the Select Device page SELECT the Have Disk button to install the Trident display driver from Disk 2 of the Drivers and Utilities diskette refer to Figure 3 4 Figure 3 4 ...

Page 18: ...rive letter of your diskette drive in your system refer to Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 7 Once in this directory the file TRIDENT INF will appear under file name list SELECT OK to return to the Install From Disk window see Figure 3 6 Under the statement Copy manufacturer s files from the line X WIN95 should appear SELECT OK to start installing the driver files from the diskette drive Figure 3 6 ...

Page 19: ...er the files have been copied from the diskette drive to the hard drive a Select device window will appear as shown in Figure 3 7 Under Models the line Trident Imàge 985 AGP v21xx will now be listed Figure 3 7 ...

Page 20: ...ktop Area and Refresh Rate of your choice under the Trident accelerated driver refer to Figure 3 8 Figure 3 8 Once the desired color palette the number of colors desktop area resolution and refresh rate have been chosen the Windows 95 system will be re started using the Trident accelerated driver ...

Page 21: ... path X NT40 where X is the drive where Disk 3 of the 3DImàge985 Drivers Utilities diskette has been inserted 6 If the driver Trident Video Accelerator is listed under the Display list SELECT the OK button to continue 7 Once the driver files are copied RESTART Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 for the changes to take effect 8 SELECT the desired color palette the number of colors desktop area resolution and...

Page 22: ...procedure for the display driver setup program the power management program and the UNinstall program To use TINSTALL follow the 6 steps below þ 1 ENSURE that MS Windows 3 1x is up and running properly using the standard VGA driver þ 2 SELECT the MAIN group in Program Manager þ 3 CLICK on FILE or press ALT F see Figure 3 9 Figure 3 9 ...

Page 23: ...llows control over file storage and in what program group the icons are placed The first dialog box that appears shows the default directory to which the display drivers will be copied To change the directory name select the default name delete it and then enter the desired directory name Once the desired directory name is selected continue the installation procedure by selecting CONTINUE or by pr...

Page 24: ...ations of screen resolution color depth font size and refresh rate are attainable Color depths of 16 256 64K or 16 7M colors can be selected by clicking next to the desired option Color depth determines the number of colors that may be simultaneously displayed on the screen The selected color depth determines the possible resolutions Screen resolutions of 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 or 1600...

Page 25: ...ect the color depth first þ Select the resolution þ Select the font size if available as an option þ Select the refresh rate þ Click on OK If the current driver does not support the selected configuration Windows will have to be restarted Figure 3 11 ...

Page 26: ...rectly detect the information provided by the monitor a message will be displayed that allows you to Accept it The display driver will save the information from the DDC2 monitor that it was able to detect Ignore DDC The display driver will not save the information from the DDC2 monitor and this monitor will not be treated as a DDC2 complaint monitor Try Again The display driver will attempt again ...

Page 27: ... If the display driver is able to detect the monitor successfully the correct information will be shown once the button DDC Monitor in the Advanced page of the Screen Control panel is selected Figure 3 13 ...

Page 28: ...d out if this optional feature is available on your video adapter card Before installation of 3DImàge985 AVI drivers both 3DImàge985display driver and Microsoft Video for Windows 1 1e Runtime have to be installed Installation procedures for 3DImàge985 display driver is in section 3 1 4 of this guide and installation procedures as well as installation software for Microsoft Video for Windows 1 1e c...

Page 29: ...these steps below 1 SELECT the MAIN group in Program Manager 2 CLICK on FILE or PRESS ALT F 3 CLICK on RUN or PRESS R to select command line 4 TYPE in A AVISETUP EXE change the drive letter if the 3DImàge985 AVI driver diskette is in drive B and then PRESS ENTER ...

Page 30: ...25 5 The Trident AVI Drivers Setup screen will appear PRESS Continue to start installation See Figure 3 15 Figure 3 15 ...

Page 31: ...will place Trident AVI Drivers in the directory C WINDOWS AVIDRV Change the path only if another directory is desired see Figure 3 16 Click on Continue to complete the installation process of Trident AVI Drivers Figure 3 16 ...

Page 32: ...roup 2 TURN ON the video device that s currently connected to the video in port of the video capture board and PUSH the Play button on the video device to start sending video signals to the video capture board 3 In the VidCap program window CLICK on Overlay Video under Options See Figure 3 17 Figure 3 17 ...

Page 33: ...28 4 CLICK on Video Source to set the source of the video signal see Figure 3 18 Figure 3 18 5 SET video source to Video to begin displaying video in the overlay window ...

Page 34: ...29 3 2 1 2 Video Overlay adjustments 1 In the VidCap program window CLICK on Video Format under Options to set screen size see Figure 3 19 Figure 3 19 ...

Page 35: ...lections see Figure 3 20 While all five formats allow image dimensions of up to full screen size only Video Conference YUV 422 image format allows full screen size of 704x576 Figure 3 20 3 To configure video or adjust colors CLICK on Video Display under Options see Figure 3 21 Figure 3 21 ...

Page 36: ...st Colors button to make adjustments of brightness contrast saturation and hue CLICK on Configure Video button to make adjustments on Overlay Key Control Display X Y Offset and Capture X Y Offset see Figure 3 22 Figure 3 22 ...

Page 37: ...et to adjust the video window within the overlay window When the video window is centered it will completely cover the overlay window see Figure 3 23 Video Window Overlay Window Figure 3 23 6 SELECT Capture X Y Offset to adjust the color within the video window if the color does not appear correct see Figure 3 24 Figure 3 24 ...

Page 38: ...mmand Prompt of the System folder þ 3 PRESS ALT F1 after OS 2 shows up in the upper left hand corner and then SELECT V þ 3 SWITCH the current drive to the diskette drive where the Trident OS 2 driver diskette was inserted þ 4 At the drive prompt TYPE the following command INSTALL The Trident LOGO will now appear and a screen that reads Trident Display Drivers Setting will appear after that 3 3 1 D...

Page 39: ...ls þ SELECT the monitor model If you can not find your monitor s model SELECT Default The third page is the Refresh Rate selection page þ CLICK on Refresh tab to go to this page þ The refresh rates displayed are those supported at each resolution by the monitor specified in the Monitor Model selection page þ You can change the refresh rates by CLICKING on down arrow button and then CLICKING on the...

Page 40: ...SELECT the resolution and color depth c CLICK on Set button þ 3 To enable virtual screen a POINT to and CLICK Virtual Screen on the button þ 4 To change refresh rate a CLICK on Refresh tab b POINT to and CLICK on the down arrow button c SELECT the refresh rate d CLICK on the Set button to take effect e If you don t want the selected refresh rate CLICK the Undo button or PRESS the U key to return t...

Page 41: ... object to select the screen resolution page þ 4 CHOOSE a smaller resolution such as 640x480 and CHECK the line that says Virtual Screen On þ 5 CLICK on the Set button and the screen will automatically be set to physical screen size of 640x480 with virtual screen size of 1024x768 To return to base mode from virtual screen þ 1 SELECT base mode screen resolution þ 2 SELECT Set Notes 1 To activate vi...

Page 42: ...Utility Installation Program by executing the following steps þ 1 INSERT the Drivers and Utilities Disk 2 in the floppy drive þ 2 TYPE in README at the DOS prompt þ 3 A numbered list of available destination drives will be displayed on the screen SELECT the destination drive by TYPING in the corresponding number e g to select drive C type in 1 see Figure 3 25 Figure 3 25 ...

Page 43: ...ting B will display instructions on the available utility programs þ 7 Selecting C will display instructions on how to install display drivers for non Windows applications 3 4 1 1 SVM EXE SVM is a menu driven program designed to select and test all video modes available to the adapter HOW TO USE SVM The SVM program can be executed in either of two ways by calling up the menu and selecting from the...

Page 44: ...through by use of the right left arrow keys The program provides all the different resolutions supported by the chip under each color depth These resolutions are traversed by the up or down arrow keys The graphics adapter can be tested for each resolution mode by first high lighting the selection e g 1024x768 256 colors as shown in Figure 3 27 by use of the arrow keys then pressing the F5 key The ...

Page 45: ...nd line following two simple steps þ 1 SWITCH directory to X TVGAUTIL UTILITY where X is the drive where the Trident Utility and DOS Application driver files have been copied þ 2 TYPE in SVM mode number and PRESS ENTER For example to run the graphics adapter in mode 62H the command line would be SVM 62 ENTER ...

Page 46: ...o access TV display features and to switch from color monitor to TV as the default display device and vice versa The Display Control program allows the user to select Underscan or Overscan to select interlaced or non interlaced to select degree of flicker reduction and to adjust screen shift both horizontally and vertically In DOS a TSR program TVDISP is available in the directory of X TVGAUTIL UT...

Page 47: ...e option to drive non interlaced timing to the TV A non interlaced display will remove much of the flicker effect but reduce the detail of the image The interlaced timing of a TV causes a flickering effect on the screen Depending on the TV standard and tube phosphor material the severity of flicker differs from one brand and model of TV to another Since TV content is almost always full motion vide...

Page 48: ...o we need 3D graphics capability in our PC Answer 3D technology is becoming increasingly important and common not only in games but also in other applications such as VRML which allows 3D scene descriptions in Web applications 3D technology is used for image editing modeling and an increasing number of in home and business applications In games as well as other applications 3D acceleration not onl...

Page 49: ...Answer Yes and no Software rendering can take advantage of tricks learned by force of necessity through years of trial and error With such stratagems the speed of software rendering for simple scenes can approach that of low level hardware 3D rendering On the other hand as scenes become more complex there are conflicts between using the CPU for high level game logic geometry lighting and rendering...

Page 50: ...iding the feature set and performance necessary for compelling 3D applications It does this by combining proven VGA video and graphics acceleration with an advanced 3D rendering core including a set up engine and a full 3D feature set Q11 Why should the customer choose Trident 3DImàge985 over other alternatives Answer As stated above the 3DImàge985 is second generation This means that it combines ...

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Page 52: ...us expansion slot It should not be making contact with any other cards in the system Note Turn the system off before adjusting the card Problem Windows hangs up during or after installing a driver Solution A Reread installation procedures to be sure you have installed the drivers correctly Problem Windows color palette does not look right or colors changing Solution Most likely a defective RAMDAC ...

Page 53: ...40x400 16 31 4 70 2M 80x25 Text N P 4h 5h 320x200 4 31 4 70 2M 40x25 Graph N P 6h 640x200 2 31 4 70 2M 80x25 Graph N P 7h 720x350 Mono 31 5 70 2M 80x25 Text N P Dh 320x200 16 31 4 70 2M 40x25 Graph N P Eh 640x200 16 31 4 70 2M 80x25 Graph N P Fh 640x350 2 31 4 70 2M 80x25 Graph N P 10h 640x350 16 31 4 70 2M 80x25 Graph N P 11h 640x480 2 31 4 60 2M 80x30 Graph N P 12h 640x480 16 31 4 60 2M 80x30 Gr...

Page 54: ...400x300 256 46 8 75 2M 50x18 Graph 2Eh_1 400x300 256 37 8 60 2M 50x18 Graph 32h_5 512x384 256 68 7 85 2M 64x24 Graph 32h_4 512x384 256 60 0 75 2M 64x24 Graph 32h_3 512x384 256 56 4 70 2M 64x24 Graph 32h_2 512x384 256 48 3 60 2M 64x24 Graph 32h_1 512x384 256 35 5 87i 2M 64x24 Graph 3Bh 320x200 16M 31 6 70 2M 40x12 Graph 3Ch_4 320x240 16M 43 2 85 2M 40x15 Graph 3Ch_3 320x240 16M 37 5 75 2M 40x15 Gra...

Page 55: ...60 Text 57h 1188x350 16 31 3 70 2M 132x25 Text 58h 1188x480 16 31 3 60 2M 132x30 Text 59h 1188x473 16 31 3 60 2M 132x43 Text 5Ah 1188x480 16 31 3 60 2M 132x60 Text 5Bh_1 800x600 16 37 8 60 2M 100x75 Graph 5Ch 640x400 256 31 6 70 2M 80x25 Graph N P 5Dh_4 640x480 256 43 2 85 2M 80x30 Graph 5Dh_3 640x480 256 37 5 75 2M 80x30 Graph 5Dh_2 640x480 256 37 8 72 2M 80x30 Graph 5Dh_1 640x480 256 31 4 60 2M ...

Page 56: ...0x480 16M 37 5 75 2M 160x60 Graph 6Ch_2 640x480 16M 37 8 72 2M 160x60 Graph 6Ch_1 640x480 16M 31 4 60 2M 160x60 Graph N P 6Ch_0 640x480 16M 31 4 60 2M 240x30 Graph 6Dh_2 800x600 16M 53 7 85 2M 200x74 Graph 6Dh_1 800x600 16M 46 8 75 2M 200x74 Graph 6Dh_0 800x600 16M 37 8 60 2M 200x74 Graph P 6Eh_1 1024x768 16M 68 7 85 4M 128x92 Graph 6Eh_0 1024x768 16M 35 5 87i 4M 128x92 Graph 74 5h_4 640x480 32K 6...

Page 57: ... Mem Req Text Res Mode Type TV Out 7A Bh_0 1280x1024 32K 64K 46 4 87i 4M 160x128 Graph NOTES 1 VESA mode Same as 5Bh_1 2 The i in the vertical frequency column denotes interlaced The N and P in the TV Out column denote NTSC and PAL respectively ...

Page 58: ...UTS PIN FUNCTION 1 Red Video1 2 Green Video1 3 Blue Video1 4 Not Used 5 Ground 6 Red Return ground 7 Green Return ground 8 Blue Return ground 9 Key no pin 10 Sync Return ground 11 Monitor ID not used 12 SDA DDC support 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL DDC support Note 1 Analog monochrome type monitors use green video for all video input and ignore red and blue video ...

Page 59: ...ations in Table 7 2 to work properly with your new card The adapter cable requires a D shaped 9 pin female connector and a D shaped 15 pin male connector TABLE 7 2 9 TO 15 PIN CONVERSION TABLE 9 PIN SIGNALS PIN NO 15 PIN SIGNALS PIN NO Red 1 Red 1 Green 2 Green 2 Blue 3 Blue 3 Horz Sync 4 Horz Sync 13 Vert Sync 5 Vert Sync 14 Red Ground 6 Return Red 6 Green Ground 7 Return Green 7 Blue Ground 8 Re...

Page 60: ...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 and correct the interference by one of more of the following measures þ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna þ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver þ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to...

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