AOpen PA70 User Manual
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the AOpen PA70 Graphics & Video Accelerator.
PA70 is a state-of-art video adapter that provides you with fast
acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video
playback. Especially, PA70 will offer enhanced features and fully
support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications.
Item Checklist
n AOpen PA70 VGA Card
n AOpen Driver & Utility CD
Features
u S3 Savage3DTM/GX3 Graphics and Video Accelerator
u Flash ROM Programmable for BIOS Upgrade
u High Performance 250MHz RAMDAC
u Up to 1280x1024 32bit Color and 1600x1200 32bit Color
u Optional Software DVD/MPEG-II Playback
u TV out for NTSC/PAL/HDTV
u Glueless Interface for Video Digitizers and MPEG-II Upgrade
u User-Friendly Installation for Win95/Win98/NT
Specifications
u AGP 1.0 Interface Compliant, Supports 2x AGP
u Floating point triangle setup engine
u 128-bit with dual rendering pipelines
u 5M triangles/sec peak
u 125M pixels/sec trilinear fill rate
u Enhanced 128-bit 2D graphics engine
Driver Support
u Windows 95 OSR2.1/98
u Windows NT 4.0/5.0
u Direct 3D, DirectDraw and DirectX
u OpenGL
Hardware Installation
Prepare Your Computer for Installation
Prior to working on your computer, make sure the power and any
related equipment is turned off.
How to Insert Your PA70 Graphics Card
Installation Procedures
u For The First Time Installation
1. Locate AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure the slot is unobstructed.
2. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer
chassis.
3. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end
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.
4. Connect your analog monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the card
and fasten the retaining screws(if any).
5. Connect other cables and devices if available.
6. Now you are ready to install the software drivers and utilities.
u For Systems with Existing VGA Card
1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA.
2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords.
3. Replace the existing VGA card with the PA70 graphics card.
4. Restart your computer and install the PA70 display driver.
Windows 95/98
Caution:
• Before installing the display driver, make sure your Windows 95/98 is
installed in VGA mode and work fine.
• To take advantage of all the AGP features, please use Win95 OSR2.1 or
Win98. Otherwise, you can use OSR2.0 and install the USBSUPP.EXE from
Microsoft(http://www.microsoft.com) to upgrade to OSR2.1.
• The AGP Driver is recommanded for non-Intel chipset, please use correct
AGP driver to install for different chipset.
• Please install the DirectX before you play MPEG CD or file.
• D: present the drive containing the installation CD.
Setup VGA Mode (for First Time Installation)
1. Start Windows 95/98.
2. Update Device Driver Wizard dialog will appear and detect Standard
PCI Graphic Adapter (VGA). Click Next
to let Windows search driver.
3. Click Finish to install the VGA driver.
If the Windows ask you for your Windows
95 CD, insert the CD or change the path
to \Windows\System directory. Windows
will prompt you to restart your Windows.
Choose No and follow the steps on the
next page.
Setup VGA Mode (for Upgrading)
1. Follow Setup VGA Driver steps 1~3.
2. When the Select Device dialog box
appears on screen, select Show all
devices item to show all VGA devices.
3. Select Standard display types from the
manufacturers and select Standard
Display Adapter (VGA) from the Models
then click OK button.
4. After you complete installing Standard
VGA driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable the VGA driver.
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