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VI
ASUS ATI VGA User's Manual
I. Introduction
The ASUS 264 series of audio/video cards provides the best way to play games,
watch videos, and work in Windows 95. Just look at some of these video features:
Powerful 3D Graphics
Enter a new age of computing with enriched 3D graphics. ATI video chipset supercharges 3D applications, games, Internet, illustrations, and animation with rich 65,000
graphics, hardware acceleration and higher frame rates. It’ s like doubling the power
of your processor.
Cool 3D Gaming
Turn your PC into a powerful 3D game console. ATI video chipset brings gameplay
never seen before on your PC... with detailed texture mapped graphics in vibrant
65,000 colors, higher resolution and faster frame rates. Plus, it also runs your DOS
games fast. And, ASUS even includes the hottest Windows 95 game with certain
packages so you can start playing right out of the box!
Direct3D and Windows 95 Ready
ASUS 264 series of audio/video cards is ready for Direct3D, the new standard for
3D acceleration in Windows 95. With the addition of a new software driver, ASUS
264 series of audio/video cards will supercharge 3D games and applications.
Amazing Video Quality
Experience the best full-screen, full-motion MPEG video, as if you were watching it
on your TV. Get brilliant color, full-motion playback in Windows 95 or 3.x.
Superior Graphics and Speed
Speed up your applications with ATI’s powerful 3D and 2D, 64-bit accelerator...
images appear on-screen instantly. Add more color, speed, and detail to your applications.
(Features)
I. Introduction
Ease-of-Use
Simply install the ASUS 264 series of audio/video cards into your system... ASUS
provides graphics and video drivers for the most popular operating systems. ASUS
provides seamless installation routine to help you optimize your video capabilities...
intuitive W indows 95 control accessed through A TI’ s enhanced suite of W indows 95
utilities.
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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
(Features)
Enhanced Windows 95 Support
ASUS 264 series of audio/video cards will add snap and vibrance to all your business and home computing tasks under Windows 95. Blazing speed, intense full
color graphics, plus enhanced graphics utilities. To give you the highest possible
confidence your software will run reliably, ATI has worked closely with Microsoft
to ensure the most stable Windows 95 drivers in the industry. Access powerful
graphics features instantly, with ATI’s enhanced suite of Windows 95 utilities:
Virtual Desktop - Conveniently access a larger desktop workspace, up to 1,600 x
1,200.
Screen Adjust - Change your screen size, center the screen image, and tune monitor
refresh rates from within Windows 95.
Color corr ection - Adjust your screen color to match your printer output, a feature
not available on most other comparably-priced graphics cards.
ATI Help Wizards - An intelligent on-screen guide makes it easy to optimize your
graphics accelerator and display, without even opening a manual.
Plug & Play - ASUS 264 series of audio/video cards is Windows 95 plug and play
compliant for automatic configuration, supporting VESA and DDC1/2b compliant
monitors.
ATI Video Player - Play MPEG or video with simple VCR controls.
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II. Hardware Installation
This section tells you how to install the ASUS PCI V ideo Card or ASUS Audio+V ideo
MediaBus Card in your PC computer. The steps provided below demonstrate how
to install the cards in a typical system. Your system may be slightly different.
WARNING: Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect the computer board and other components against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.
1. Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing
expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause
severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.
2. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or
circuitry.
3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components.
4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with
the component whenever the components are separated from the system.
IMPORTANT: Keep the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it. Before you pick up the adapter, ground yourself by touching an
unpainted surface on the computer chassis. Even a little static electricity can
destroy a host adapter component!
II. H/W Installation
(Warning/Procedures)
Installation Procedures:
1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.
2. Remove the screws for the back of the system unit cover.
3. Remove the system unit cover.
4. Find an unused 5volt PCI bus expansion slot or MediaBus expansion slot.
Make sure this slot is unobstructed. .
5. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.
The slot cover is the metal strip in the back of the computer chassis that covers
the opening for the adapter’s external connector.
6. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source.
7. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one
hand. Avoiding touching board components.
8. Remove the plastic sleeve.
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9. Position the card directly over the PCI slot and insert one end of the board in the
II. H/W Installation
(Procedures)
10. Anchor the board's mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw
II. Hardware Installation
slot first. Carefully 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.
from the slot cover you set aside previously.
11. Connect the CD audio wire from your CD ROM player to the AV264 series card
audio input connector that fits your CD ROM type.
12. For AV264 series cards, connect the joystick ribbon cable and mount to a free
slot opening.
13. Replace the cover on the system unit.
14. Connect your analog monitor's 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the
retaining screws (if any). For Audio cards, you should also connect speakers to
the "Speaker Output" in order for sound to be heard.
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III. Microsoft Windows 95
Video Driver Installation
Introduction
After installing the ASUS Video or Audio/Video card, software drivers and utilities
must be installed. The following are various driver installation procedures for W indows 95 under specific situations.
Windows Plug and Play in Windows 95: (Auto installing drivers)
IMPORTANT: If an ASUS Video or Audio/Video card (or ATI compatible) was
installed at one time, Windows 95 Plug and Play may install ATI’s original driver
upon entering Windows 95. The old driver may cause your system to hang. If this
happens, follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults:
1. Ener Windows 95 in safe mode by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup
2. Right click the mouse on the open desktop (not over any icons)
3. Select Properties
4. Click the Settings tab - Settings menu appears
5. Click Change Display Type - Change Display Type windows appears.
6. Click Change button - Select Device windows appears.
7. Click Show all devices - Manufacturers and Models appears
8. Click (Standard display types) - Standard Display Adapter (VGA) is selected
9. Click OK button - Change Display Type windows appears.
10. Click Apply button - System Settings Change window appears
11. Click Y es button to restart your computer now - restart in normal mode.
III. Windows 95
(Driver Installation)
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Video Driver Installation
Installing ATI Video drivers in Windows 95: (New Hardware Found)
If installing an ASUS Video or Audio/Video card for the first time, a “New Hardware Found” window will appear upon entering Windows 95:
Select which driver you want to install for your new hardware:
Windows default driver
Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer
Do not install a driver (Windows will not prompt you again)
Select from a list of alternate drivers
1. Click OK to use the default selection: “Driver from disk provided by hardware
(Driver Installation)
III. Windows 95
manufacturer”
2. Insert ASUS installation CD and click Browse button - Open windows appears.
3. Select you CD-ROM drive in the “Drives:” box
4. Select win95\english (\enhanced) (\japanese) - macxw4.inf shows in “File name:”NOTE: Select the directory according to your Windows language. “Enhanced” pro-
duces slightly better performance but without Microsoft’ s Windows certification.
5. Click the OK button - Install from Disk appears - Click OK button again.
6. Your ASUS card should be auto detected, if not select the appropriate model of
your V ideo or Audio/V ideo card (click Show all devices if necessary) - Copying
Files... appears - message appears to restart your computer.
III. Microsoft Windows 95
7. Click Yes button - ATI Desktop Help will appear upon restart, make changes as
necessary.
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III. Microsoft Windows 95
Video Driver Installation
Installing ATI Video drivers in Windows 95 (Prompted by Windows 95)
If an ASUS Video or Audio/Video card (or ATI compatible) was installed unsuccessfully or modified at one time a a “Display” message will appear upon entering
Windows 95:
There is a problem with your display settings. The adapter type is
incorrect, or the current settings do not work with your hardware.
1. Click OK button to continue - The “Settings” tab of the Display Properties appears.
2. Click Change Display Type - Change Display Type windows appears.
3. Click Change button - Select Device windows appears.
4. Click Have Disk button - “Install From Disk” window appears
5. Insert ASUS instillation CD and Click Browse button - Open window appears
6. Select your CD-ROM drive in the “Drives:” box
7. Select win95\english (\enhanced) (\japanese) - macxw4.inf shows in ”File name:”
NOTE: Select the directory according to you Windows language. “Enhanced”
produces slightly better performance without Microsoft’s Windows certification.
8. Click the OK button - Install from Disk appears - Click OK button again.
9. Click Show all devices (if available)
10. Select the appropriate model of your Video or Audio/Video Card - Copying
Files... appears
11. Change your monitor type if necessary - Click Close button when finished.
12. Adjust the “Desktop area,” “Color palette,” and “Font size” if necessary - Click
Apply button when finished - System Settings Change windows appears:
III. Windows 95
(Driver Installation)
You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect.
Do you want to restart your computer now?
13. Click Yes button - ATI Desktop Help will appear upon restart, make changes
as necessary.
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Video Driver Installation
Updating installation in Windows 95: (Using Autorun Screen)
If for some reason you need to reinstall the ATI video drivers or if you skipped the
previous procedures, you may use the following steps:
1. Insert the ASUS installation CD (or double click on the CD drive in “My Com-
(Driver Installation)
III. Windows 95
2. Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver - Display Properties and installa-
3. Select the Settings tab and Continue from step 2 above.
III. Microsoft Windows 95
puter” if CD already inserted)- ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell appears.
tion information appears.
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III. Microsoft Windows 95
Software MPEG & Video Player
Software MPEG allows the viewing of the following video files identified by their
extensions:
• MPEG Format: (*.MPG, *.DAT, *.MPV) Extensions
• AVI Files (*.AVI) Extensions
For Software MPEG support in Windows 95, you must first install DirectVideo
Upgrade For Microsoft Windows, then install ATI Video Player.
Installing Microsoft DirectVideo in Windows 95:
1. Reinsert the ASUS installation CD or select the CD from My Computer.
2. Click Install DirectX - Click “Next” to install
3. Click Done button when finished.
Installing ATI Video Player in Windows 95:
1. Reinsert the ASUS installation CD or select the CD from My Computer.
2. Click Install Video Player - ATI Setup: ATI VIDEO PLAYER window ap-
pears.
3. Click the OK button - Installation complete message will appear
4. Click Restart Windows button when finished
III. Windows 95
(MPEG/Video Player)
The setup program will give you "ATI Multimedia" in your Programs group and
start button. The following icons will be available from the "Start" button once the
driver has successfully been installed. Click ATI Player to bring up the ATI Player
screen.
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Windows 95 Display Settings
Changing display settings:
To enter the “Display Properties” at any time, right click your mouse on the desktop
and select “Properties” or double click the “Display” icon in the “Control Panel.”
Click the appropriate Tab as follows:
Adjustment
(Display Settings)
III. Windows 95
Panning
III. Microsoft Windows 95
Adjustment: Click on the Position or Size arrows to make
your screen appear as centered and large as possible.
Panning: This allows you to assign hotkeys in the
"Value" box to move your screen up, down, left, right,
in, or out in any application. Click on "Defaults" button
to fill in the 'Value" box with default values.
Color
Color: This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for
your monitor and color levels for Red, Green, and Blue.
You can save your settings by clicking "Save As" button
and typing in a file name. This allows you to recall previously saved settings. Click on "Defaults" button to restore all settings to the default.
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IV. Microsoft Windows 3.x
Video Driver Installation
For your convenience, the ATI video drivers for Windows 3.x can be installed in
Windows 3.x or in DOS. The autorun ASUS Windows 3.1 Install Shell cannot be
automatically run by Window 3.x, so manual execution is necessary.
Installing ATI video drivers in Windows 3.x:
1. Start Windows 3.x
2. Run File Manager
3. Insert the ASUS installation CD.
4. Change to your CD drive.
5. Double click setup.exe - ASUS Windows 3.1 Install Shell appears
6. Click on Install Windows 3.1 Display Driver- Confirm Installation appears
4. Double click setup.exe - ASUS Windows 3.1 Install Shell appears
5. Click on Install Video Player - Memory Requirement appears:
The ATI V ideo Player needs at least 600K conventional memory to execute.
If you are not sure or memory is not enough, you can type “MEMMAKER”
under DOS to optimize your memory configuration.
6. Click Continue - ATI Setup: ATI VIDEO PLAYER appears with message
7. Click OK to start installation - Installation completed message appears.
8. Click OK to complete installation - Restart Windows? appears
9. Click Restart Windows button.
10. The Video Player icon will be added to the ATI Desktop menu.
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IV. Windows 3.x
(Driver Installation)
IV. Windows 3.x
(ATI Desktop)
IV. Microsoft Windows 3.x
NOTE: This section shows screens for W indows 3.1x although feature descriptions may be used for both Windows 3.1x and Windows 95.
ATI Desktop Control Panel
An ATI DeskTop is installed automatically when you install the enhanced driver for
Windows. Double click on the icon to display the ATI Desktop Control Panel.
The ATI DeskT op provides a consistent and integrated control. Depending on what
has been installed, your DeskTop may not have the same number of features as
shown above.
Each feature icon in the Mach64 product group shown in this DeskT op is described
on the following pages.
ATI Desktop Features
Help On: Click this icon, then click any other icon in the product group to display
Help information on the selected item.
Read Me: Click this icon then click the Mach64 logo or feature icon to display the
readme file on the item.
ATI Logo: Double click this logo to generate a problem report which includes
pertinent data on your system and card configuration to help solve your problem.
Have the report ready before contacting your vendor.
Feature Icons: Double click a Feature icon to launch the associated control panel.
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