ASUS V3100SE User Manual

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AGP-V3100 Series

3D Multimedia Accelerator

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

AGP-V3100T

AGP-V3100TV

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Product Name: ASUS AGP-V3100 Series
Manual Revision: 1.00 E287
Release Date: October 1998

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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION

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CONTENTS

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

Item Checklist ..................................................................................7

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

ASUS AGP-V3100 Series ...............................................................8

II. Hardware Installation ....................................................................9

AGP-V3100 Series Connection Examples ......................................9

Installation Procedures .............................................................10

New Systems ......................................................................10

Systems with Existing VGA Card ......................................10

III. Windows 95/98 ............................................................................11

Operating System Requirements ...................................................11

Windows 95 OSR2.0................................................................11

Windows 98.............................................................................. 11

Installation Procedures...................................................................12

Install All Drivers and Utilities ......................................................12

Install VGAR TD ............................................................................13

Install DirectX 6.............................................................................14

Install AGP-V3100 Display Driver................................................15

Install V ideo Player........................................................................16

Using V ideo Player...................................................................16

Change Resolution and Color ........................................................17

TV Setting ................................................................................17

Advance Setting..................................................................17

Refresh Rate .............................................................................18

To Adjust the Refresh Rates ...............................................18

Remove Display Driver .................................................................19

Using the Autorun Screen ........................................................19

Using Control Panel .................................................................19

IV. Windows NT 4.0...........................................................................20

Install NT4.0 Display Driver .........................................................20

Remove NT4.0 Display Driver ......................................................21

V. Display Information ......................................................................22

Resolution Table: 2D Video Modes ...............................................22

Resolution Table: Maximum 3D Video Modes .............................23

VI. T r oubleshooting...........................................................................24

Description.....................................................................................24

Recommended Action....................................................................24

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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

Thank you for purchasing the ASUS AGP-V3100 Series Graphics & Video Accel­erator. With S3 Inc.’s Savage3DTM accelerator built in, the ASUS AGP-V3100 Se­ries Graphics & Video Accelerator 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.

Item Checklist

The AGP-3100 Series graphics car ds can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot.

Basic Model Advanced Model

ASUS AGP-V3100T ASUS AGP-V3100TV
This User’s Manual This User’s Manual
ASUS Driver & Utility CD ASUS Driver & Utility CD
(1) S-VHS Cable (2) S-VHS Cable

I. Introduction

Items/Features

(1) Composite Cable (2) Composite Cable
Software DVD Player (optional) Software DVD Player (optional)

Features

• Built-in 128-bit Savage3DTM Graphics Engine Accelerator

• 128-bit 2D, GUI, and DirectDraw Acceleration

• 8MB 125MHz SGRAM frame buffer

• X and Y up and down video scaling

• Software VCD Player (MPEG-1)

• Software DVD Player (MPEG-2) with motion compensation

• 250MHz Palette-DAC

• Built-in VIP Bus Connectors for TV T uner, Video Capture, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2

• Acceleration for W indows 95 APIs, including Direct3D and DirectDraw (+ VPE)

• User-friendly installation for Windows 95 and Windows 98

• Video-In (AGP-V3100TV only)

• Flicker-free TV-Out

• V ideo Capture Utility for Live Video/Still Image Capture (AGP-V3100TV only)

• Full AGP2X support (sideband addressing and AGP execute mode)

• High quality texture compression for 6 times the amount of texture storage and
AGP bandwidth

• V ideo Texture

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I. Introduction

I. Introduction

ASUS AGP-V3100 Series

Parts

NOTE: Components enclosed in dotted boxes are available only in the AGP­V3100TV models

Video-In

VGA
Output

VIP-A
Connector

Video-In
Controller

Savage3D
Graphics
Engine with
Heatsink

TM

8MB SGRAM
Onboard Memory

TV-Out

VIP-B
Connector

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