Asus AGP-V3400TNT/8MB, AGP-V3400TNT/T/8MB, AGP-V3400TNT/TV/8MB, AGP-V3400TNT/16MB, AGP-V3400TNT/T/16MB User Manual

R

V3400TNT Series

AGP Graphics Cards

USER’S 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

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series2

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Product Name: ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series
Manual Revision: 1.02 E328B
Release Date: January 1999

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ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series4

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

Change Resolution and Color

(Display Properties)............................................................20

Advanced T ab .....................................................................20

Color Correction Tab ..........................................................21

Information T ab ..................................................................21

Monitor T ab ........................................................................22

TV Tab (AGP-V3400TNT/TV only) ..................................23

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CONTENTS

Install DirectX ..........................................................................24

Install GART Driver.................................................................25

Remove V3400TNT Driver .....................................................29

Using Windows 95/98 Control Panel .................................29

Install Live3400 Utility (AGP-V3400TNT/TV only) ...................31

Using ASUS LIVE3400 (AGP-V3400TNT/TV only) .............31

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

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

IV. Microsoft Windows NT ..............................................................33

Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................33

Installation Procedures .......................................................33

V. Display Information .....................................................................34

VI. Troubleshooting..........................................................................36

Description ...............................................................................36

Recommended Action ..............................................................36

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series6

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

Features

I. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series Graphics and Video Ac­celerator . W ith the NVIDIA RIVA TNT™ built in, the ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series
graphics cards provide you with extremely fast acceleration in 2D/3D graphics and
high quality scalable video playback, which can fully support 3D Business, Gaming,
and Multimedia Applications.

Highlights

• 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

Key Features

• Built-in NVIDIA RIVA TNT™ 128-bit 3D Graphics and Video Accelerator

• 250MHz Palette-DAC

• Bus mastering DMA 2X 66MHz AGP V1.0 Interface with full sideband and “Ex­ecute” model support

• Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 5.0 and

6.0 features, such as multi-texturing, bump mapping, texture modulation, light
maps, full-scene anti-aliasing, and Trilinear and 8-tap Anisotropic filtering (bet­ter than Trilinear Mip mapping)

• OpenGL ICD support in both Windows 95/98 and Windows NT

• TwiN-Texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline providing 2 texture mapped, lit pix­els per clock and single pass multi-texture rendering

• 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha, 16- or 24-bit Z buf fer, 8-bit stencil buffer

• 100% hardware triangle setup engine

• High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration

• Planar YUV12 (4:2:0) to/from packed (4:2:2) Color Space Conversion for soft­ware MPEG acceleration and H.261 video conferencing applications

• DVD sub-picture alpha blend compositing

• Video Acceleration for DirectShow MPEG 1/2 and Indeo

• VESA DDC2B+, DPMS, VBE 2.0/3.0 support

• Built-in quality video capture and crystal clear TV-Out (V3400TNT/TV only)

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series8

I. Introduction

Features

AVAILABLE MODELS

• 8MB SGRAM Frame Buffer

• AGP-V3400TNT/8MB: Pure VGA

• AGP-V3400TNT/TV/8MB: VGA + Video-In + TV-Out

• 16MB SDRAM Frame Buffer

• AGP-V3400TNT/16MB: Pure VGA

• AGP-V3400TNT/TV/16MB: VGA + Video-In + TV-Out

IMPORTANT ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/TV video cards have NTSC and P AL ver-
sions. Make sure that your video card is of the same type as the devices you will be
connecting to your card. Otherwise, video capabilities will not be available.

I. Introduction

9ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series

II. Installation

AGP-V3400TNT

II. Hardware Installation

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series Driver & Utility CD Disc

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/8MB Layout

8MB SGRAM Frame Buffer

NOTES

• The AGP-V3400TNT does not have video-in and TV-out

connectors. Thus the video/TV utilities are not needed for

this model.

J1

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VGA Output

SGRAM

SGRAM

SGRAM

R

SGRAM

VGA

BIOS

NVIDIA

RIVA TNT

Graphics

Processor

Chip with Fan

TM

FAN_PWR

Projector

VIP Connector A

VIP

Connector B

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II. Hardware Installation

II. Installation

AGP-V3400TNT

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/TV/8MB Layout

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/T/8MB Layout

8MB SGRAM Frame Buffer

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/TV (PAL or NTSC) or

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/T

Video-in (AGP-V3400TNT/TV only) and TV-out cables

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series Driver & Utility CD Disc

Composite (RCA) Input

Video Input (ASUS Video)

7pin S compatible)

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Composite (RCA) Output

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)

SGRAM

J1

SGRAM

SGRAM

R

SGRAM

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

VGA

BIOS

NVIDIA

RIVA TNT

Graphics

Processor

Chip with Fan

TM

FAN_PWR

Projector

Digital

Video

Decoder

VIP Connector A

VIP

Connector B

ASUS TV Box

CATV

®

NOTES

• Components enclosed in dotted boxes can only be used or

are available only in the AGP-V3400TNT/TV models.

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

and antenna cannot be connected at the same

time (AGP-V3400TNT/TV only).

J1

123

123

NTSC

PAL

J1

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ASUS AGP-V3400TNT/16MB Layout

16MB SDRAM/SGRAM Frame Buffer

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT

This User’s Manual

Manual (Adobe

®

Acrobat

®

PDF)

ASUS AGP-V3400TNT Series Driver & Utility CD Disc

J1

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VGA Output

R

VGA

BIOS

NVIDIA

RIVA TNT

Graphics

Processor

Chip with Fan

TM

FAN_PWR

Projector

VIP Connector A

VIP

Connector B

SDRAM or SGRAM

SDRAM

or

SGRAM

NOTES

• The AGP-V3400TNT does not have video-in and TV-out

connectors. Thus the video/TV utilities are not needed for

this model.

II. Installation

AGP-V3400TNT

II. Hardware Installation