AGP-V3400TNT Series

3D Multimedia Accelerator

USERS MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers AGP-V3400TNT/8MB AGP-V3400TNT/T/8MB AGP-V3400TNT/TV/8MB AGP-V3400TNT/16MB AGP-V3400TNT/T/16MB AGP-V3400TNT/TV/16MB

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ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series

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CONTENTS

I. Introduction... 7 Highlights.... 7 Key Features... 7 II. Hardware Installation.. 9 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/8MB Layout.. 9 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/TV/8MB Layout. 10 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/T/8MB Layout.. 10 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/16MB Layout... 11 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/TV/16MB Layout.. 12 ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/T/16MB Layout.. 12 Installation Procedures... 13 New Systems... 13 Systems with Existing VGA Card.. 13 III. Windows 95/98... 14 Operating System Requirements... 14 Windows 95... 14 Windows 98... 14 Driver Installation... 15 Method 1: ASUS Quick Installation Program. 15 Method 2: Display Property Page.. 16 Method 3: Plug and Play... 17 ASUS Windows 95/98 Install Shell.. 18 Install Display Driver... 18 Install DirectX... 20 Install GART Driver... 21 Install Live3400 Utility.. 23 Always On Top.. 24 Using ASUS Live3400.. 24 Uninstall Display Driver... 26 Using the Autorun Screen... 26 Using Windows 95/98 Control Panel.. 26 Install Acrobat Reader.. 27 Install ASUS Tweak Utility.. 29 Using the ASUS Tweak Utility.. 30

ASUS Control Panel... 32 Refresh Rate.... 32 More Resolution... 33 Information... 33 Color.... 34 Desktop... 34 D3D/Game... 34 General Functions... 35 Important Notes... 36 Display... 37 VGA... 37 TV.... 39 Advanced.... 40 StereoGlasses... 40 Direct3D.... 41 OpenGL... 41 IV. Windows NT 4.0... 42 Install Display Driver... 42 Installation Procedures... 42 V. Resolution Table... 43 VI. Troubleshooting... 45

FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturers instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 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 interference 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 on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numrique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Installation Procedures

New Systems
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer. Remove the system unit cover. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unobstructed. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source (see WARNING!). Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one hand and then remove the plastic sleeve. 7. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the board in the slot first. Firmly but gently press the bus connector on 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 boards 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 monitors 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the retaining screws (if any). 11. Connect other cables and devices if available -You are now ready to install the software drivers and utilities.
Systems with Existing VGA Card
1. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords. 2. Replace the existing VGA card with the ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series graphics card. 3. Restart your computer the ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series graphics card should be automatically detected and the display drivers automatically updated.
II. Installation Procedures

III. Windows 95/98

Operating System Requirements
IMPORTANT The ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series graphics card requires its own IRQ to work normally. If you have problems during installation, check your BIOS setting or motherboard jumpers to make sure that VGA INT/IRQ has been enabled.

Windows 95

To take advantage of all the AGP features, you must use Windows 95 OSR2.0, install the USB upgrade and then install the GART driver for the corresponding chipset on your motherboard. (see III. Windows 95/98 Install GART Driver). To install Win95 OSR2.0 with USB, you must have OSR2.0 installed already. Otherwise, first install OSR2.0 and then use the USB support update (you must use the same update language of your Windows language). On the April 1997 MSDN Disc1 Windows 95, SDKs, and Tools, OSR2.0 is found in \OSR2 while the USB support update is found in \OSR2\USBSUPP. To determine the installed version of the operating system, look in the registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Version HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\VersionNumber OSR2.0 with USB has: Version Windows 95 and VersionNumber 4.03.1212 or 4.03.1214.
III. Windows 95/98 Requirements 14

Windows 98

Only Windows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are not using Windows 98 and you want to use full Direct3D and AGP features, you must upgrade Windows before installing the AGP display driver. Windows 98 includes GART drivers for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install the GART driver from the AGP-V3400TNT Series installation CD disc to make sure that you have the latest version of the GART driver.
NOTES For other notes or release information, see the README files in the installation CD.
This Manual assumes that your CD-ROM disc drive is drive D: and that
Windows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if necessary.

Driver Installation

You can use one of three methods to install the Windows 95/98 drivers for your ASUS AGP-V3400TNT series graphics card. NOTE: If your motherboard uses either the Intel, VIA, SiS, or ALi AGPset and you are using Windows 95 OSR2.1/Windows 98 (see III. Windows 95/98 Operating System Requirements), install the appropriate AGP GART driver by running D:\VGARTD\VGINST.EXE (see III. Windows 95/98 Install GART Driver for details). Installing the AGP GART driver will ensure that the AGPsets AGP functions are available
Method 1: ASUS Quick Installation Program
III. Windows 95/98 Driver Installation 15 NOTE: See III. Windows 95/98 | ASUS Windows 95/98 Install Shell | Install Display Driver for detailed steps. 1. Start Windows. 2. Switch display to Windows Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart Windows. 3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive. 4. The ASUS Windows 95/98 Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and Utilities and then click Install Display Driver on the Drivers dialog box.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. 6. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes. and then Finish to restart your computer and to complete Setup.
Method 2: Display Property Page
1. Start Windows. 2. Switch display to Windows Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart Windows. 3. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties. 4. Click the Settings tab and then click Advanced. The Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties dialog box appears.

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5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next, click Display a list of all the drivers. and then click Next. 6. Click Show all hardware and then click Have Disk.When the Install From Disk dialog box appears, type the location of the ASUS3400.INF file and then proceed to step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next step. 7. Click Browse to search the CD-ROM drive. In the Drives box of the Open dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK. 8. In the Folders box, double-click the WIN95 folder and then select ASUS3800.INF in the File name box. 9. Click OK. A list of video cards appears. Select your VGA card type for your operating system and then click OK. 10. The Update Driver Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions to start the setup. 11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer. Click Finish to close Setup. 12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties box, click Close. The Display Properties box appears. Click Close. 13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup.

Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with an ASUS AGP-V3400TNT series graphics card. 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS AGP-V3400TNT series graphics card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears.
3. Click Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer. 4. When Setup prompts you for the location of the driver, type D:\WIN95 to direct Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver. 5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes. and then Finish to restart your computer and to complete Setup. NOTE: This method will not install the DirectX runtime libraries. See III. Windows 95/98 Install DirectX 6 later in this manual for the installation steps.
III. Windows 95/98 Driver Installation
ASUS Windows 95/98 Install Shell

Install Display Driver

1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of the CD.
Click Drivers and Utilities. III. Windows 95/98 V3400TNT Driver 18 2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install Display Driver to open the Welcome dialog box of Setup.
3. When the Welcome window appears, click Next.
4. The Setup Type dialog box appears. For most users, a Typical setup is adequate. If hard disk space is an issue, click Compact. If you want to choose the options to be installed, click Custom. Click Next after you have chosen your preferred Setup Type.

NOTE: If you choose either Typical or Compact setup, proceed to step 5. Otherwise, proceed to the next step. Typical setup installs all items listed in the Select Component dialog box while Compact setup installs the display driver only.
5. The Select Components dialog appears. Select the components you want to install. Click Next. III. Windows 95/98 V3400TNT Driver 19
6. After all drivers and components have been copied, you will prompted to restart your computer. Click No. and then Finish to go back to Windows. Shutdown and turn off your computer. Replace your VGA card with the ASUS AGP-V3400TNT series graphics card. Restart your computer, and the drivers should be installed automatically.

Install DirectX

Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 95/98. For Software MPEG support in Windows 95/98, you must first install the Microsoft DirectX libraries, and then an MPEG-compliant video player. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and Utilities. III. Windows 95/98 DirectX 6 20
2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install DirectX to install the DirectX libraries.
3. The installation program will automatically install the DirectX 6 runtime libraries into your system.
4. Setup will prompt when it has finished copying all the files to your computer. Click OK to finish the installation.

Install GART Driver

The AGP GART Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your PCs motherboard. It is recommended to install the GART driver if it is newer than the one you have installed in your system. NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the VGARTD installation. The succeeding steps assume that you are installing for an Intel AGPset. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and Utilities.

IN connector,

To start capturing images on your screen, click the Capture Mode button on the ASUS Main Panel.
III. Windows 95/98 Using Live3400

Uninstall Display Driver

If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the AGP-V3400 display drivers, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall the drivers from Windows 95/98 to save disk space.

Using the Autorun Screen

1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the onscreen directions. III. Windows 95/98 Unistall Driver 26
Using Windows 95/98 Control Panel
1. Click Start, and then point to Settings. 2. Click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5. Click ASUS AGP-V3400 Display Driver from the list. 6. Click Add/Remove. 7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart.

Install Acrobat Reader

Acrobat Reader is necessary for reading the PDF copy of this manual. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and Utilities.
2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install Acrobat Reader.
3. When the Acrobat Reader x.x Setup box appears, click Next.

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT

III. Windows 95/98 Install Reader
4. When the Software Licese Agreement box appears, click Accept to signify your acceptance of the License Agreement.
5. When the Choose Destination Location box prompts you for a destination folder, click Next to select the default location. Setup starts to copy the necessary files to your computer.
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6. When Setup has finished copying files to your computer, click Yes, I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish to restart your computer to begin using Acrobat Reader. You may select No, I will restart my computer later if you still want to install other software or want to use your computer and then click Finish.

Install ASUS Tweak Utility
The ASUS Tweak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory interface speed of your graphics card. WARNING! Use this option with caution. Using this inappropriately may damage your card and cause your system to be unstable. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III. Windows 95/98 Install Tweak 29 Click Drivers and Utilities.
2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install ASUS Tweak Utility
3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next.
4. When the Information box apears, click Next to signify your acceptance of the warning and other related information. Setup starts to copy the necessary files to your computer. Follow the onscreen intructions to complete the installation.
Using the ASUS Tweak Utility
WARNING! Use the ASUS Tweak Utility with extreme caution and only if you are well acquainted with your display card. Using this inappropriately may damage your card, its components, and your system. To run the ASUS Tweak Utility, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweaking Utilities, and then click Tweak or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon (see III. Windows 95/98 | ASUS Control Panel later on this chapter) on the taskbars status area and then click Tweak Utility. Timing Adjustment Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory. III. Windows 95/98 Install/Using Tweak 30

Graphics Speed

Engine Lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine Memory Lets you adjust the working frequency of the video memory. Load Default Restores the settings to their defaults.
2D Lets you test your tweak settings using 2D. 3D Lets you test your tweak settings using 3D.
Test settings Lets you test your settings. Use tweak settings on next startup Selecting this allows you to use your settings when Windows starts.
Tweak Safe Mode Recovery Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode) lets you restore the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory to their factory default settings. This mode is used when you encounter problems when starting or restarting Windows using your customized tweak settings.
Using Tweak Safe Mode Recovery 1. Restart Windows in safe mode. To start Windows in safe mode, hold the F8 key until the Windows Startup Menu appears. For some machines and Windows 98, you can use CTRL to bring up the Startup Menu. Enter the number for Safe mode and then press ENTER.

2. In Windows, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweaking Utilities, and then click Tweak Safe Mode Recovery. 3. The ASUS Tweak Safe Mode Properties box appears. Click the appropriate settings. Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode) Select the Clear tweak settings and use factory default box to change back the timing adjustment settings to their factory defaults and then click OK to restart Windows properly.
III. Windows 95/98 Using Tweak

ASUS Control Panel

After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ASUS icon on the taskbars status area. Clicking or right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the graphics boards enhanced and other functions. NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon, you may right-click the Windows95/98 desktop, click Properties, and then click Settings. Under Windows98, click Advanced after clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

ASUS Control Panel icon

III. Windows 95/98 Refresh Rate 32

Refresh Rate

Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution. WARNING! Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your monitor. Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitors specification may damage it. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems. 1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon, point to Refresh Rate, and then click the desired refresh rate.
2. The system will prompt you whether you want to keep the setting you just selected. Click OK to keep the setting, otherwise, click Cancel or press ESC.

More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor. 1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon, point to More Resolution, and then click the desired screen resolution. The system will automatically set the resolution selected without restarting your computer.
WINDOWS95 USERS: You will be prompted to restart your computer if you select a screen resolution with a different color depth, for example, from 800x600 HiColor to 800x600 TrueColor. Click OK to restart your computer to make the change.
Information lists the relevant information about your card. Aside from this, it has links to the ASUSTeK COMPUTER, INC. web site for updated information about the graphics board, latest drivers, and other information.

Information

III. Windows 95/98 More Resolution
Color allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma values for each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for Desktop and D3D/Game. This function is not available in 8-bit color depth.

Desktop

Desktop lets you adjust the color of your Windows 95/98 desktop.

III. Windows 95/98 Color

Important Notes

D3D/Game The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when you are playing a full-screen DirectDraw/Direct3D game.
Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate. WARNING! Adjusting position or size, especially refresh rate is a highly dangerous operation. Selecting a value that is beyond your monitors specification may damage it. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

Display

Adjustment
Position sets the screen position Size sets the screen size

Synchronization

Adjusts the synchronization polarity settings
Change current refresh rate
Displays the Change current refresh rate box to let you customize a new refresh rate.
To change the current refresh rate 1. Click Change current refresh rate. 2. In the Refresh rate list under Change current refresh rate, click the nearest default refresh rate and then adjust the Edit refresh rate slider to the rate you want, click Test and then click YES when prompted to add the new refresh rate into the list. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored.

Load default

Restores the settings to their defaults.
III. Windows 95/98 Display

Change refresh rate

Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you change the refresh rate of any screen resolution. GDI GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Windows desktop.
To change the refresh rate 1. Click Change refresh rate. 2. In the Refresh Rate list under the GDI tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. A Test button appears to let you test the selected refresh rate and resolution combination. Click YES when prompted whether to keep the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored.
DirectDraw DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of DirectDraw. It is most useful when you are playing a full-screen game.
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To change the refresh rate 1. Click Change refresh rate. 2. In the Refresh Rate list under the DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. A Test button appears to let you test the selected refresh rate and resolution combination. Click Test to preview the new refresh rate. 3. To keep the new refresh rate, press F1. Otherwise, press F2 to select another refresh rate.

Position

Sets the screen position.

Sets the screen size.

Standard
Sets the TV signal format, for example, PAL or NTSC.

Output type

Displays the connection status of composite and S-Video.

Scan type

Sets the scan type of the TV display.

Black Level

Sets the brightness of the TV display.

Contrast

Sets the contrast of the TV display.

Flicker

Sets the anti-flicker effect.
Advanced provides some advanced settings for StereoGlasses (setting is available only with the ASUS AGP-V3400 Deluxe model or AGP-V3400TV model with the VR Stereoscope upgrade), Direct3D and OpenGL, software interfaces for your ASUS AGP-V3400 3D graphics board.

Advanced

StereoGlasses
Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected, this enables you to use the stereoscopic mode when playing games or watching 3D videos. This mode is available only Strereoscopic Glasses Eyes Distance between your eyes. Distance Distance between foreground and eyes. Embossment The effect to make objects virtually pop out of the screen.
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Load Default Restores the settings to their defaults.
IMPORTANT! Before enabling stereoscopic mode and using your stereoscopic or VR glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure that your monitor can support 120Hz interlaced mode under the following display modes: 640 x 480 x 16 bits 800 x 600 x 16 bits 960 x 720 x 16 bits 1024 x 768 x 16 bits 1152 x 864 x 16 bits 640 x 480 x 32 bits 800 x 600 x 32 bits
WARNING! To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic or VR glasses, DO NOT try to use your VR glasses for an extended period of time. Take frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by taking off your VR glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects.

Direct3D

Direct3D Feature Settings
Turn off V-SYNC waiting When selected, games will achieve higher frame rate but tear frame may occur. Anti-alias supersampling size Lets you select the size of anti-aliasing, supersampling block. 8-bit indexed palette texture convert Format for 8-bit indexed texture to convert.
Direct3D Mipmap Settings III. Windows 95/98 Advanced 41

Color Depth

8bpp = 256 colors Standard 16bpp = 65K colors High Color 32bpp = 16.7M colors True Color

640 x 480

800 x 600

1024 x 768

1152 x 864

1280 x 1024

1600 x 1200

1920 x 1080

1920 x 1200

V. Resolution 8MB Memory

16MB Video Memory

Resolution
Vertical Horizontal Frequency Frequency
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VI. Troubleshooting

After installation and re- Make sure the Assign IRQ to VGA option is enstarting, Windows 95/98 abled in the BIOS informs me that the display Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA setting is still incorrect. Uninstall the driver, restart, and reinstall the driver My monitor is not capable It depends on the display characteristics of your of high resolution or remonitor. Consult your monitor documentation for the fresh rate. proper configuration. DirectX or the other appli- Windows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later. cations report no AGP DirectX version is not 6.0 or later. memory available. You have not installed appropriate drivers for the AGP chipset. (e.g. VGARTD.VXD for Intel 440LX) Incorrect BIOS setting. BIOS must support at least 64MB for AGP aperture size. LIVE3400 reports that Your adapter has no video-in options. your board is not a TV Your monitor has wrong DDC circuit implemented. model. Contact your monitor dealer for a solution. Games or applications re- 3D works only in 16- or 32-bit color depth. Switch port No 3D acceleration your color depth display mode to 16-bit (high color) hardware found. or 32-bit (true color) Check necessary libraries, such as DirectX or OpenGL. Try to switch to a lower resolution My MPEG player displays You must install DirectX 6 so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode bad quality video clips (DirectDraw). Try to switch to a lower resolution, color depth, or refresh rate. Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardware acceleration mode. The MPEG Player win- This is due to the chips limitation. The YUV overlay surface can only appear through the TV output dow appears only on the when dual view mode is enabled. TV screen instead of the monitor screen when using dual view mode. The polygons onscreen flashes when playing games in dual view mode. Select the Turn off V-Sync waiting check box under the Advanced tab of the Display Properties sheet. Although selecting this box may result in your games getting a higher frame rate, trear frames may occur. V. Troubleshooting Descriptions/Actions 45

Description

Recommended Action

VGA CARDS

Configuration : BIOS CPU Memory Hard Disk CD-ROM FDD Mouse PSU W6153MS10viaB5 Intel Celeron 333 MHz SDRAM 64MB (PQI Hitachi HM5264805TTB60) Fujitsu MPC3043AT (4.3GB Ultra DMA 33) IDE Hard Disk Lite-on LTN-30 30X IDE CD-ROM Teac FD-235HF 1.44MB FDD x 1 Logitech Mouse (PS/2) Enhance ATX-725B Power Supply
The following VGA cards were tested under Windows 98, WinBench 99 DirectDraw, GDI/User Inspection, Business Graphics and Hi-End Graphics WinMarks, with their respective VGA drivers installed (1024 x 768 x 256 colors, 70 Hz, small fonts).
MODEL NO. ATI All-in-Wonder Data Expert D.Stealth 3D 3000 D. Viper V330 Leadtek Winfast S600DX Leadtek Winfast 3D S800 LEMEL Lung Hwa Matrox (4MB WRAM) Matrox (4MB WRAM) Matrox (4MB SGRAM) Matrox (4MB SGRAM) MICRO-STAR MS-4411 Miro Crystal VR 4000 STB Velocity 3D STB Lightspeed 128 STB Velocity 128 STB Nitro 3D PALIT Daytona 64T 3D
CHIPSET 3D RAGE PRO S3 Virge/DX Ver1.4 S3 Virge/VX RIVA 128 S3 Virge/DX Mpact2 Tseng ET6000-B2 Cirrus CL-GD5446BV MGA-MIL/2+ Ver B MGA-MIL2P/4+ MGA-MY220P/4+ MGA-MY220P/4+ + MGA-MYST/RRST 3D Labs Permedia/Glint Delta S3 Virge/VX S3 Virge/VX Tseng ET6000-B2 RIVA 128 S3 Virge/GX Trident 3Dimage 9750
WIN98 OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
WINBENCH99 OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
QUALITY OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK

3D ACCELERATOR ADAPTER :

The following 3D accelerator adapter were tested under Windows 98,3D WinBench 99, 3D WinMark with their respective 3D accelerator adapter driver installed (1024 x 768 x 16bits, 85 Hz, small fonts) and their quality description.
MODEL NO. Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo II Diamond Monster 3D II ORCHID Righteous 3D Matrox III (4MB SDRAM)
CHIPSET 3DFX VOODOO II 3DFX VOODOO II 3DFX VOODOO MAT-M3D/C

WIN98 OK OK OK OK

3D WINBENCH OK OK OK OK

QUALITY OK OK OK OK

*NOET Creative 3D Blaster Voodoo II & ORCHID Righteous 3D supports only for PCI VGA Card. Matrox III supports only for Matrox PCI VGA Card.

MPEG :

The following MPEG cards were tested under Windows 98,play DVD and VCD with their MPEG drivers installed and their quality description.
MODEL NO. Cinemaster Creative UPMOST

CHIPSET

WIN98 OK

DVD & VCD OK OK OK

QUALITY OK OK OK

Dxr2 ODEUM ODM8211P

The following VGA cards were tested under Windows 98, WinBench 99 DirectDraw, GDI/User Inspection, Business Graphics and Hi-End Graphics WinMarks, 3D WinBench 99, 3D WinMark with their respective VGA drivers installed (1024 x 768 x 16 bits, 85 Hz, small fonts).
MODEL NO. ATI All-in-Wonder PRO ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X ATI Xpert98 ATI 3DChar ASUS AGP-V264GT3 ASUS AGP-V2740 ASUS AGP-V3000 ASUS AGP-V385GX2 ASUS V3400TNT CardexPert 740 CardexPert 128ZX Data Expert DRG5R2C Diamond SpeedStar A50
CHIPSET 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X (EDO Type) 3D RAGE PRO TURBO 3D RAGE II C ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2x Intel I740 ST RIVA 128 3D S3 Virge/GX2 RIVA 128TNT Intel I740 RIVA 128ZX ATI 3D RAGE II C SiS 6326
WIN98 OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
WINBENCH99 3D WINBENCH OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
QUALITY OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK
Diamond Stealth 3D 4000 Diamond Stealth II G460 Diamond Viper V550 ELSA Gloria Synergy ELSA Victory Erazor ELSA Victory Erazor/LT ELSA Victory II ENN YAH Leadtek Winfast 3D L2300 Leadtek Winfast 3D S800 Leadtek Winfast 3D S900 Leadtek Winfast 3D S3500ZX Matrox Productiva G100 Matrox Millennium G200 Matrox Mystique G200 MICRO-STAR MS-4413 MICRO-STAR MS-4415 MICRO-STAR MS-4425 MICRO-STAR MS-4426 MICRO-STAR MS-4429 Power Color CGX3SD Real 3D Starfighter SPARKLE STB Nitro II STB Velocity 128 Leadtek WinFast 3D S310 Diamond Monster Fusion Tekram AGP5000