Trident 3DImage985 Bedienungsanleitung

3DImàge985

AGP

High Performance 3D/2D

GUI/Video Accelerator

User’s Guide

NOTICE

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prior written 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 accident, abuse, misuse, or as a

result of service or modification other than by the company.

This warranty is in lieu of any other warranty expressed or implied. In no

event shall the company be held liable for incidental or consequential

damages, such as lost revenue or lost business opportunities arising from

the purchase of this product.

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Trident Microsystems, Inc. 3DImàge985™User’s Guide

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................3

1.1 COMPATIBILITY ......................................................................... 3

1.2 CHECK LIST............................................................................... 3

1.3 FEATURES.................................................................................. 4

1.3.1 Resolution and Color Selection ......................................... 4

1.3.2 3D and 2D GUI Accelerator.............................................. 5

1.3.3 VESA DPMS and VESA DDC2B supported ....................... 5

1.3.4 Software MPEG Video Playback ....................................... 5

1.3.5 Virtual Screen ................................................................... 5

1.3.6 DCI and DirectDraw Supported ........................................ 6

1.3.7 Live Video Capture............................................................ 6

1.3.8 TV Out (Optional).............................................................. 6

2. ADAPTER INSTALLATION ........................................................7

2.1 ADAPTER LAYOUT ..................................................................... 7

2.2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES....................................................... 8

2.3 CONNECTING THE DISPLAY 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 Changing Screen Resolution ..................... 33

3.3.2 Screen Resolution Configuration Procedure.................... 35

3.4 DOS UTILITIES........................................................................ 37

3.5 OPTIONAL TV OUT.................................................................. 41

4. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)........................... 43

5. TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................... 47

6. APPENDIX A: VIDEO MODE TABLE...................................... 48

7. APPENDIX B: PINOUT AND SYNC FREQUENCIES.............. 53

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

Expert Installation

The information contained in the Expert Installation section is only for

“Expert”who have had prior experience in installation of a display card

and its drivers. Please skip this entire section and read through the rest of

this user’s guide if installation of a display card and its drivers is not

familiar to you.

If your display card came with a “Display Driver CD”, please follow the

information contained in the README file located in the root directory of

the Display Driver CD for driver installation information.

If your display card came with a set of Display Driver and Utility diskettes,

please follow the information stated below for quick driver installation

information.

Windows 95 Display Driver 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 “Advanced

Properties”selection bar, and then SELECT the “Change”

button next to Adapter Type.

7. On the “Select Device”page, SELECT the “Have Disk”button.

8. SELECT the “Browse”button to browse the directory

“A:\WIN95”of your diskette drive.

9. SELECT “OK”to start installing the driver files from the

diskette drive.

10. SELECT “OK”button to close the “SELECT DEVICE”

window.

11. CLOSE the Display Properties window and Windows 95 will

prompt you to restart Windows 95.

12. Windows 95 will be using the Trident accelerated driver once

it’s re-started.

Windows NT 4.0 Display Driver Installation

1. SELECT the "Display" icon in control panel and then SELECT

the "Settings" page.

2. SELECT "Display Type..." button in the "Settings" page.

3. SELECT "Change..." button from the Adapter type section.

4. SELECT "Have Disk..." button from the Change Display page.

5. Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 will prompt you for the correct path

where the Trident drivers are located. ENTER 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 frequency in the settings

page of Display Properties and then SELECT the "Test" button

in the same page to determine whether your selection works

properly. SELECT "Apply" to active the selected mode.

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this 3DImàge985 3D/2D Graphical User

Interface (GUI) accelerator adapter that supports 133MHz AGP with

sidebands and pipelining. This adapter works with Accelerated Graphics

Port (AGP) bus of your system to bring you high resolution, true color

capability, high performance, and compatibility with most software and

hardware.

1.1 Compatibility

þThis 3D/2D Graphical User Interface (GUI) accelerator adapter is

IBM VGA compatible on BIOS, register, and hardware. This adapter

works only with a Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) bus slot.

1.2 Check List

The package you have purchased should contain the following:

þTrident 3DImàge985 AGP 3D/2D GUI Accelerator Adapter Card

þ3D Games sampler CD

þOne Windows 3.x Driver Diskette

þOne Driver Diskette with Windows 95 driver.

þOne Driver Diskette with Windows NT 3.5/4.0 driver

þOne Driver Diskette with DOS applications driver

þOne Live-Video Capture AVI Driver Diskette (Optional)

þOne Display Drivers and Utilities CD (Optional and replaces the

above five diskettes)

þOne Software MPEG Player Diskette (Optional)

þOne OS/2 Warp Driver Diskette (Optional)

þS-Video television output cable (Optional)

þ3DImàge985 User's Guide

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer.

Important: Keep all packaging materials that accompany your adapter in

the event you need to return the product.

1.3 Features

þSupports up to 133MHz AGP with sidebands and pipelining.

þSupports PCI 2.1 specification including 66MHz operations.

þSupports extensive high-performance 3D functionality.

þAccelerates the most frequently used 2D GUI/video operations

þSupports up to 1600x1200x64k Hi-colors mode using 4MB of

SGRAM on board. Supports up to 1024x768x64k Hi-colors mode

using 2MB of video memory.

þSupports VESA Display Power management Signaling (DPMS) and

VESA DDC 2b standards available on most of the VGA, SVGA and

multisync monitor.

þSoftware MPEG playback or live video capture capable.

þOptional connection to NTSC or PAL standard television through a

standard composite video jack or S-video jack.

þSupports the standard IBM Feature Connector (FC) and Video Module

Interface (VMI) Host Connector for sending graphics data to an add-

on video controller

þContains drivers for the most popular operating systems and software

available today

1.3.1 RESOLUTION AND COLOR SELECTION

þSupports up to 1024x768 in 16, 256, 32K, 64K and 16M colors non-

interlaced

þSupports 1280x1024 in 16, 256, 32K and 64K colors non-interlaced

þSupports 1600x1200 in 16, 256, 32K and 64K colors non-interlaced

þ80 column text modes in 30, 43 and 60 rows

þ132 column text modes in 25, 30, 43 and 60 rows

1.3.2 3D AND 2D GUI ACCELERATOR

Accelerates the most frequently used 2D functions in today’s graphics-

intensive environments plus complete 3D GUI acceleration:

þComplete 3D primitive support

þTexture mapping

þGouraud Shading for smooth shading

þAlpha blending for transparency effects

þFog

þZ-buffering at 16/32 bit-per-pixel

þPage flipping for double and triple buffering for smooth animation

effects

1.3.3 VESA DPMS AND VESA DDC2B SUPPORTED

Supports VESA Display Power management Signaling (DPMS) 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 a software MPEG

player.

1.3.5 VIRTUAL SCREEN

The Virtual Screen features takes advantage of un-used display memory by

expanding the display area into the off-screen area; this feature allows the

user to make effective use of a display screen larger than the standard

640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 resolutions.

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