Asus AGP-V3000/TV, AGP-V3000, 3DP-V3000/TV, 3DP-V3000, AGP-V3000ZX/TV/4M User Manual

R

V3000 Series

AGP&PCI Graphics Cards

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

AGP-V3000/TV

AGP-V3000

3DP-V3000/TV

3DP-V3000

AGP-V3000ZX/TV/4M

AGP-V3000ZX/4M

AGP-V3000ZX/TV

AGP-V3000ZX

ASUS V3000 Series User’s Manual

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USER’S NOTICE

Product Name: ASUS V3000 Series
Manual Revision: 2.20 E298B
Release Date: January 1999

No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be repro­duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language
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Copyright © 1999 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.

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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION

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Marketing

Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112
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CONTENTS

I. Introduction.....................................................................................7

Key Benefits ....................................................................................7

Features ............................................................................................7

II. Hardware Installation ...................................................................8

ASUS AGP-V3000 Layout (AGP Bus) ...........................................8

ASUS AGP-V3000/TV Layout (AGP Bus).....................................9

ASUS 3DP-V3000 Layout (PCI Bus) ...........................................10

ASUS 3DP-V3000/TV Layout (PCI Bus) .....................................11

ASUS AGP-V3000ZX / ASUS AGP-V3000ZX/4M

Layout (AGP Bus)....................................................................12

ASUS AGP-V3000ZX/TV / ASUS AGP-V3000ZX/TV/4M

Layout (AGP Bus)....................................................................13

III. Windows 95/98 ............................................................................14

Installation Procedures ............................................................. 14

New Systems ......................................................................14

Systems with Existing VGA Card ......................................14

Operating System Requirements ...................................................15

Windows 95..............................................................................15

Windows 98..............................................................................15

Install V3000 Series Driver (existing ASUS V3000) ....................16

Install V3000 Series Driver (replacing other VGA card) ..............20

Display Properties (desktop utilities).............................................22

Advanced Menu .......................................................................22

Color Correction Menu ............................................................ 23

Information Menu ....................................................................23

TV Out Menu (AGP-V3000ZXTV only).................................24

Settings Menu...........................................................................24

Hotkey Menu............................................................................25

Monitor Menu ..........................................................................25

Refresh Rate Menu...................................................................26

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CONTENTS

Install DirectX6..............................................................................26

Install VGARTD (AGP only) ........................................................28

Install ASUS LIVE3000 (for TV models only) .............................31

Using ASUS LIVE3000 (for TV models only)........................31

Show/Hide Video Source Option .......................................32

Video Capture Driver.....................................................................32

Remove V3000 Series Driver ........................................................33

Using Windows 95/98 Control Panel .......................................33

IV. Microsoft Windows NT ..............................................................35

Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................35

Installation Procedures .......................................................35

V. Display Information .....................................................................36

VI. Troubleshooting..........................................................................38

Description ...............................................................................38

Recommended Action ..............................................................38

ASUS V3000 Series User’s Manual

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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 manufacturer’s 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 user’s 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.

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I. Introduction

I. Introduction

Features

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS V3000 Series Graphics & Video Accelerator.
With the ST/nV idia RIVA 128™/128ZX™ built-in, the ASUS V3000 Series provides
you with fast acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video
playback, which can fully support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications.

Key Benefits

• Supports professional graphics design, gaming, learning, and business applications

• Flicker free, high refresh rates reduce eye strain

• Powerful 3D rendering

• Crisp, realistic images

• Striking cinema-quality video

Features

• Built-in ST/nVidia RIVA 128™/128ZX™ 128-bit 3D Multimedia Accelerator

• User-friendly Installation for Windows 95/98.

• Acceleration for W indows 95/98 APIs, including Direct3D, DirectDraw (+ VPE),
and OpenGL-ICD

• Acceleration for Windows NT APIs, including Direct3D, DirectDraw, and
OpenGL-ICD

• Massive array of floating point Geometry Processing Units

• 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw Acceleration

• Windows 95/98 Video for Windows video capture driver included

• Video Acceleration (including acceleration for MPEG-I, MPEG-II, and Indeo)

• X and Y up and down video scaling

• Excellent performance at high resolutions and color depths

• VESA VBE 3.0 Compliant

• Onboard video capture and TV out (TV models only)

AGP-V3000, AGP-V3000/TV, and 3DP-V3000

• 4MB 128-bit 100MHz SGRAM frame buffer interface

• 230MHz Palette-DAC

• AGP 1.0 (1x mode) or PCI 2.1 Bus Interface

AGP-V3000ZX, AGP-V3000ZXTV and AGP-V3000ZX/4M, AGP-V3000ZXTV/4M

• 8MB and 4MB (4M models) 128-bit 100MHz SGRAM frame buffer interface

• 250MHz Palette-DAC

• AGP 1.0 (2x mode) Bus Interface

IMPORTANT! External devices and ASUS Video cards both have NTSC and
PAL versions. You must make sure that all your devices and the ASUS Video
card are of the same type or else you will not have video capabilities.

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II. Hardware Installation

II. Installation

AGP-V3000

ASUS AGP-V3000 Layout (AGP Bus)

Note: AGP-V3000 does not have video-in and TV-out con-

nectors. The corresponding video/TV utilities will also be

excluded.

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3000

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS V3000 Series Driver & Utility CD

VGA Output

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

VIP Connector B

VIP Connector A

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

ST/nVidia

Riva128

TM

3D Chipset

VGA

BIOS

Projector

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II. Hardware Installation

II. Installation

AGP-V3000/TV

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3000/TV (PAL or NTSC)

Video-in and TV-out cables

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS V3000 Series Driver & Utility CD

ASUS AGP-V3000/TV Layout (AGP Bus)

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

CCD/camcorder

input (RCA)

(video model)

composite/TV

output (RCA)

(video model)

Tuner/TV Box Input

(7pin) (video model)

SVHS/TV output

(7pin) (video model)

VIP Connector A

VIP Connector B

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

ST/nVidia

Riva128

TM

3D Chipset

Composite (RCA) Input

Video Input (ASUS Video)

7pin S compatible)

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Composite (RCA) Output

Projector

ASUS TV Box

CATV

®

Notes:

• Use the same standard for all devices.

• VGA compatible devices and video displaying/recording

devices cannot be connected at the same time on this card.

•

and cannot be connected at the same time.

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II. Hardware Installation

II. Installation

3DP-V3000

ASUS 3DP-V3000 Layout (PCI Bus)

Item Checklist

ASUS 3DP-V3000

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS V3000 Series Driver & Utility CD

Note: 3DP-V3000 does not have video-in and TV-out con-

nectors. The corresponding video/TV utilities will also be

excluded.

VGA

BIOS

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

VIP Connector A

VIP Connector B

ST/nVidia

Riva128

TM

3D Chipset

SGRAM

VGA Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

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II. Hardware Installation

ASUS 3DP-V3000/TV Layout (PCI Bus)

Item Checklist

ASUS 3DP-V3000/TV (PAL or NTSC)

Video-in and TV-out cables

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS V3000 Series Driver & Utility CD

II. InstallationII. Installation

3DP-V3000/TV

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

VIP Connector A

VIP Connector B

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standa

rd)

CCD/camcorder

input (RCA)

(video model)

composite/TV

output (RCA)

(video model)

Tuner/TV Box Input

(7pin) (video model)

SVHS/TV output

(7pin) (video model)

ST/nVidia

Riva128

TM

3D Chipset

SGRAM

Composite (RCA) Input

Video Input (ASUS Video)

7pin S compatible)

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Composite (RCA) Output

VGA

BIOS

Projector

ASUS TV Box

CATV

®

Notes:

• Use the same standard for all devices.

• VGA compatible devices and video displaying/recording

devices cannot be connected at the same time on this card.

• and

cannot be connected at the same time.

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II. Hardware Installation

II. Installation

AGP-V3000ZX

ASUS AGP-V3000ZX

ASUS AGP-V3000ZX/4M

Layout (AGP Bus)

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3000ZX or ASUS AGP-V3000ZX/4M

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS V3000 Series Driver & Utility CD

Note: AGP-V3000ZX or AGP-V3000ZX/4M does not have

video-in and TV-out connectors. The corresponding video/

TV utilities will also be excluded.

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VGA Output

ST/nVidia

Riva128ZX

TM

3D Chipset

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

VGA

BIOS

VIP Connector A

VIP

Connector B