ASUS V3500 User Manual

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AGP-V3500 Series

3D Multimedia Accelerator

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

AGP-V3500/Pure /32MB

AGP-V3500/F /32MB
AGP-V3500/T /32MB

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Product Name: ASUS AGP-V3500 Series
Manual Revision: 1.01 E387
Release Date: July 1999

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CONTENTS

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

Highlights.........................................................................................7

Available Models .............................................................................7

ASUS AGP-V3500/Pure ......................................................7

ASUS AGP-V3500/F............................................................7

ASUS AGP-V3500/T ...........................................................7

Features ............................................................................................8

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

ASUS AGP-V3500 Layout ..............................................................9

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

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

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

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

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

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

Driver Setup ...................................................................................12

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program...................................12

Method 2: Display Property Page ............................................13

Method 3: Plug and Play ..........................................................14

ASUS Windows 98 Install Shell ....................................................15

Install Display Driver ...............................................................15

Install DirectX ..........................................................................16

Install GART Driver.................................................................17

Uninstall Display Driver ..........................................................19

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

Using Windows 98 Control Panel ......................................19

Install ASUS Tweak Utility ......................................................21

Using the ASUS V3500 Tweak Utility ...............................22

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CONTENTS

ASUS Control Panel ......................................................................24

Refresh Rate .............................................................................24

More Resolution.......................................................................25

Information...............................................................................25

Color.........................................................................................26

Desktop...............................................................................26

D3D/Game..........................................................................26

Video...................................................................................26

General Functions...............................................................27

Important Notes ..................................................................28

Display .....................................................................................29

VGA ...................................................................................29

TV.......................................................................................31

Digital Flat Panel ................................................................31

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

Install Display Driver.....................................................................33

Auto Installation.......................................................................33

Manual Installation...................................................................34

V. Resolution Table ............................................................................35

2D V ideo Modes ............................................................................35

Maximum 3D Video Modes...........................................................36

VI. Troubleshooting...........................................................................37

Description.....................................................................................37

Recommended Action....................................................................37

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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.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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I. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V3500 Series Graphics and Video Accel­erator . W ith the S3 Savage4 Pro™ On Board®, the ASUS AGP-V3500 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

NOTE: The AGP-3500 Series graphics cards can only be installed on mother­boards with an AGP slot.

Features

I. Introduction

Available Models

ASUS AGP-V3500/Pure

• 32MB SDRAM Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V3500/F

• 32MB SDRAM Frame Buffer

• Flat Panel Display Output

ASUS AGP-V3500/T

• PAL or NTSC

• 32MB SDRAM Frame Buffer

• TV-out cable

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I. Introduction

I. Introduction

Features

Features

• S3 Savage4 Pro™ On Board® graphics chip

• 300MHz RAMDAC with gamma correction

• 32MB 128-bit 125MHz SDRAM

• Built-in VMI Bus connector for TV-Tuner , MPEG-I, MPEG-II, and Video capture

• AGP 4X/2X interface with sideband addressing and execute mode

• S3 DX6 texture compresssion (S3TC)

• 128-bit hardware engine for Microsoft’s GDI acceleration

• Direct3D, OpenGL acceleration

• Planar to/from packed format conversion

• Superior 3D performance

• Photo-realistic 3D quality

• High resolution 3D gaming

• High quality DVD video playback

• Flat panel desktop monitor support

• ASUS Smart and User-friendly Utility: Provides one-click automated setup for
Windows98 and monitor and color adjustment

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II. Hardware Installation

®

TM

32MB SDRAM Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V3500 Layout

32MB Frame Buffer

S3

Graphics

Processor Chip

Savage4 Pro

with Heatsink

Layout

II. Installation

ASUS AGP-V3500/Pure

This User’s Manual

ASUS AGP-V3500 Series Driver

VGA

BIOS

Video

Digital

Flat Panel

Monitor output

Decoder

VIP Connector A

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

VIP

Connector B

SVHS/TV output

(7pin) (video model)

JP1

123

JP1

composite/TV

output (RCA)

(video model)

Use the same TV standard for all devices. For example,

if your TV uses the NTSC standard, then you should set

JP1 to “NTSC.”

PAL

NTSC

123

JP1

Item Checklist

ASUS AGP-V3500/F

This User’s Manual

& Utility CD Disc

ASUS AGP-V3500 Series Driver

& Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

Flat Panel Display Output

Flat Panel Monitor

Components enclosed in uniform dotted boxes ( ) can be

used or are available only in the ASUS AGP-V3500/F model.

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Projector

Composite (RCA) Output

Components enclosed in uneven

dotted boxes ( ) can be

used or are available only in the

ASUS AGP-V3500/T model.

ASUS AGP-V3500/T (PAL or NTSC)

TV-out cable

This User’s Manual

ASUS AGP-V3500 Series Driver

& Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

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NOTE: The ASUS AGP-V3500 series graphics card can only be installed in moth­erboards with an AGP slot.

II. Installation

Procedures

Installation Procedures

II. Hardware Installation

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 must follow some precautions.

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. Keep all components such as the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you
are ready to install it.

3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do
not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a
metal object, such as the power supply case. Hold components by the edges
and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or circuitry.

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.

New Systems

1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.

2. Remove the system unit cover.

3. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unobstructed.

4. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.

5. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source .

6. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one hand
and then remove the plastic sleeve.

7. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the board in
the slot first. Firmly but gently 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.

8. Anchor the board’s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw
from the slot cover that you set aside previously.

9. Replace the cover on the system unit.

10. Connect your analog monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten
the retaining screws (if any).

11. Connect other cables and devices if available -You are now ready to install the
software drivers and utilities.

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 ASUS AGP-V3500 series graphics card.

4. Restart your computer.

5. Install the ASUS AGP-V3500 series display driver.

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III. Windows 98

Operating System Requirements

NOTE: The AGP-V3500 series graphics cards require a motherboard with an AGP slot. It
is strongly recommended that you use Windows98 with these graphics cards. The
AGP-V3500 series graphics cards are fully compatible and works best with Windows98.

Windows 98

Windows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are still using the beta
version of W indows 98 and you want to fully take advantage the Direct3D and AGP
features, you must upgrade your current Windows to the release version before in­stalling the AGP display driver.

Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that
you install VGARTD from the AGP-V3500 Series CD to make sure that you have
the latest version of VGARTD.

NOTES

• For other notes or release information, see the README files in the installa-

tion CD.

• This Manual assumes that your CD-ROM disc drive is drive D: and that

Windows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if
necessary.

Requirements

III. Windows 98

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III. Windows 98

Driver Setup

You can use one of three methods to install the Windows 98 drivers for your ASUS
AGP-V3500 series graphics card.

NOTE: Method 2 and Method 3 will not install the appropriate AGP GART
driver if your motherboard does not use the Intel AGPset. Installing the AGP
GAR T driver will ensure that the AGPset’s AGP functions are available. Method
2 and Method 3 will not install also the DirectX runtime libraries. DirectX must
be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware accelera­tion. See III. Windows 98 Install VGAR T Driver and III. Windows 98 Install
DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps.

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

III. Windows 98

Requirements

NOTE: See III. Windows 98 | ASUS Windows 98 Install Shell | Install All
Drivers and Utilities for detailed steps.

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then

3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.

4. The ASUS Windows 98 Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and Utilities and

restart Windows.

then click Install All Drivers and Utilities on the Drivers dialog box.

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

6. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it

will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Yes... and then Finish to restart
your computer and to complete Setup.

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III. Windows 98

Method 2: Display Property Page

1. Start W indows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then
restart Windows.

3. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties.

4. Click the Settings tab and then click Advanced. The Standard Display Adapter
(VGA) Properties dialog box appears.

5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box
appears. Click Next, click Display a list of all the drivers... and then click Next.

6. Click Show all hardware and then click Have Disk....When the Install From

Disk dialog box appears, type the location of the
ceed to step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

7. Click Browse to search the CD-ROM drive. In the Drives box of the Open
dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK.

8. In the Folders box, double-click the
the File name box.

9. Click OK. A list of video cards appears. Select your VGA card type for your operat­ing system and then click OK.

10. The Update Driver Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up
of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions
to start the setup.

11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on
your computer. Click Finish to close Setup.

12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties
box, click Close. The Display Properties box appears. Click Close.

WIN98 folder and then select V3500.INF in

V3500.INF file and then pro-

III. Windows 98

Driver Installation

13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your
computer and to complete Setup.

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Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with
an ASUS AGP-V3500 series graphics card.

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS AGP-V3500 series graphics card, the New
Hardware Found dialog box appears.

Driver Installation

III. Windows 98

III. Windows 98

3. Click Driver from disk provided by hardwar e manufacturer.

4. When Setup prompts you for the location of the driver, type
Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver .

5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it
will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Yes to restart your computer and
to complete Setup.

D:\WIN98 to direct

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III. Windows 98

ASUS Windows 98 Install Shell

Install Display Driver

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers and Utilities.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall Display Driver to install all the
drivers and utilities into your com­puter. Setup will install the drivers
and utilities in the following order:
Display Driver, DirectX runtime li­braries, Direct3D and OpenGL Driv­ers for games. Just follow the
onscreen instructions to complete the
installation.

Install Display

III. Windows 98

If you prefer to install the drivers and utilities individually, follow the steps on the
following pages.

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Install DirectX

Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98. For
Software MPEG support in W indows 98, you must first install the Microsoft DirectX
libraries, and then an MPEG-compliant video player.

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers and Utilities.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall DirectX to install the DirectX

III. Windows 98

Install DirectX

libraries.

III. Windows 98

3. When the Microsoft DirectX 6.x
Setup box appears, click Yes to con-

tinue.

4. An end-user license agreement for
the DirectX runtime libraries ap­pears. Click Yes after reading to ac­cept the terms of the agreement and
to start the installation process.

5. Click OK when Setup has success­fully copied all the files to your com­puter .

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III. Windows 98

Install GART Driver

The AGP GAR T Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your
PC’s motherboard. It is recommended to install the GART driver if it is newer than
the one you have installed in your system.

NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the
onscreen instructions to finish the VGARTD installation. The succeeding steps
assume that you are installing for an Intel AGPset.

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers and Utilities.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall GART Driver to install AGP
support for motherboards with Intel,
VIA, or ALi AGPsets.

3. A message appears that the
VGAR TD driver is only required for
AGP boards. Click Yes to continue
to install the driver.

Install GART

III. Windows 98

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4. The AGP VGARTD Driver Detec-

5. If you selected No..., on the previ-

III. Windows 98

Install GART

III. Windows 98

tion box appears with the chipset de­tected on your motherboard. Click
OK to install the appropriate driver
for your AGPset.

ous screen before clicking OK, you
will be presented with a selection of
other drivers. Make your driver se­lection and click Install.

6. When the Welcome screen appears,
click Next to continue.

7. Once the driver installation is fin­ished, click Finish.

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III. Windows 98

Uninstall Display Driver

If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the AGP-V3500
display drivers, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall
the drivers from Windows 98 to save disk space.

Using the Autorun Screen

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

2. Click Uninstall Display Driver and
follow the onscreen directions.

Using Windows 98 Control Panel

1. Click Start, and then point to Set­tings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove Pro-
grams icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click AGP-V3500 from the list.

6. Click Add/

7. The system will prompt you to restart
your computer . Click Yes to restart.

Remove.

III. Windows 98

Uninstall Driver

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III. Windows 98

Install ASUS T weak Utility

The ASUS Tweak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory
interface speed of your graphics card.

WARNING! Use this option with caution. Using this inappropriately may dam­age your card and cause your system to be unstable.

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers and Utilities.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-

stall ASUS T weak Utility

3. When the Welcome box appears,
click Next.

Install T weak

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III. Windows 98

4. When the Information box apears,
click Next to signify your acceptance
of the warning and other related in­formation.

Setup starts to copy the necessary
files to your computer. Follow the
onscreen intructions to complete the
installation.

Using the ASUS V3500 Tweak Utility

Install/Using T weak

III. Windows 98

WARNING! Use the ASUS V3500 Tweak Utility with extreme caution and only

if you are well acquainted with your display card. Using this inappropriately may
damage your card, its components, and your system.

To run the ASUS V3500 Tweak Utility, click Start and point to Programs, Asus,
Tweaking Utilities, and then click Tweak.

Timing Adjustment

Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine
and video memory.

Graphics Speed

Engine

Lets you adjust the working frequency
of the graphic engine

Memory

Lets you adjust the working frequency
of the video memory.

Load Default

Restores the settings to their defaults.

2D

Lets you test your tweak settings using 2D.

3D

Lets you test your tweak settings using 3D.

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III. Windows 98

Test settings

Lets you test your settings.

Use tweak settings on next startup

Selecting this allows you to use your settings when Windows starts.

Tweak Safe Mode Recovery

Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode) lets you restore the working frequency of the
graphic engine and video memory to their factory default settings. This mode is
used when you encounter problems when starting or restarting W indows using your
customized tweak settings.

Using V3500 Tweak Safe Mode Recovery

1. Restart Windows in safe mode. To
start W indows in safe mode, hold the

F8 key until the Windows Startup

Menu appears. For some machines
and W indows 98, you can use
to bring up the Startup Menu. Enter
the number for Safe mode and then

ENTER.

press

2. In Windows, click Start and point
to Programs, Asus, V3500 T weak-

ing Utilities, and then click Tweak
Safe Mode Recovery.

3. The ASUS V3500 Tweak Safe
Mode Properties box appears. Click

the appropriate settings.

Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode)

Select the Clear tweak settings and
use factory default box to change back

the timing adjustment settings to their
factory defaults and then click OK to
restart Windows properly.

CTRL

Using T weak

III. Windows 98

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ASUS Control Panel

After installation of the display drivers, you will find
an ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking
or right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control
Panel, showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the
graphics board’s enhanced and other functions.

NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel
icon, you may right-click the Windows98 desktop,
click Properties, and then click Settings. Under W in-
dows98, click Advanced after clicking Settings.
Click the appropriate tab to change your display set­tings.

III. Windows 98

Refresh Rate

Refresh Rate

III. Windows 98

ASUS Control Panel icon

Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution.

WARNING! Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your

monitor . Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor’s specification may
damage it. Press

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to Refresh Rate,
and then click the desired refresh
rate.

ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

2. The system will prompt you whether
you want to keep the setting you just
selected. Click OK to keep the setting,
otherwise, click Cancel or press ESC.

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III. Windows 98

More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor.

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to More Resolu-
tion, and then click the desired screen
resolution. The system will automati­cally set the resolution selected with­out restarting your computer.

WINDOWS95 USERS: You will
be prompted to restart your computer
if you select a screen resolution with
a different color depth, for example,
from 800x600 HiColor to 800x600
TrueColor . Click OK to restart your
computer to make the change.

Information

Information lists the relevant informa­tion about your card. Aside from this, it
has links to the ASUSTeK COM­PUTER, INC. web site for updated in­formation about the graphics board, lat­est drivers, and other information.

III. Windows 98

More Resolution

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Color allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma

values for each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for Desk­top and D3D/Game. This function is not available in 8-bit color depth.

Desktop

Desktop lets you adjust the color of your
Windows 98 desktop.

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Color

Color

D3D/Game

D3D/Game lets you make your favorite
color settings for D3D games.

Video

Video lets you make your favorite color
settings for videos.

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General Functions

Brightness

/

Contrast

/

Gamma

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma sliders
let you calibrate the contrast, brightness,
and gamma output of your display card.

Desktop

Changes to your color settings are
shown immediately on your monitor.
Y ou may change the preview picture by
clicking Load from the Desktop box.

D3D/Game

Changes to your color settings can be
viewed by clicking Preview. When
playing a

full-screen DirectDraw/

Direct3D game, changes can be in­teractively made if Hotkey is enabled

Hue

/

Lightness

/

Saturation

Hue / Lightness / Saturation sliders let
you calibrate the hue, lightness, and satu­ration output of your display card.

Video

Changes to your settings can be
viewed on the displayed picture
(shown as race horses. When playing
a movie with hardware acceleration
(

YUV overlay), changes can be inter-

actively made if Hotkey is enabled..

Dragging a slider to the
left decreases the level
and to the right increases
it. The number at the right
of each slider displays the
brightness (value range:

-128 to +128, default: 0),
contrast (-30 to 30, de­fault: 0), or gamma value
(0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0).

Dragging a slider to the
left decreases the level
and to the right increases
it. The number at the right
of each slider displays the
hue (value range: 1 to
200, default: 1), lightness
(1 to 200, default: 100),
or saturation value (1 to
200, default: 150).

Color

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Color Spline

Color Spline shows how each (R, G,
or B) or all channels are distributed
when you move the Brightness, Con­trast, or Gamma slider to make your
adjustments. You can adjust all chan­nels at once (All) or individual chan­nels (R, G, or B).

Scheme

Scheme lists schemes that you can use
to change the appearance of many screen
elements simultaneously. You can use
existing schemes, or create and save your
own scheme by saving your current set­tings, or delete unwanted schemes. You may want to save a scheme that you created
for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when
playing a certain game or a movie.

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Color

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Hotkey

Hotkey lets you assign hot keys to ad­just color settings interactively while
playing a DirectDraw/Direct3D game or
watching a movie. To use this function,
click Hotkey to open the Hot Key box
and then select Enable Hotkey. Y ou may
want to change the default hot keys when
they conflict with hot keys of certain
games, video players, or Windows pro­grams.

To change the default hot keys

1. In the Name list under Paning
hotkey control, click the hot key

control that you want to change and
then click the Hotkey box.

2. Hot keys automatically include

CTRL+ALT. Press any valid key (you

cannot use

SP ACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, or BACK-
SP ACE

nation. For example, to define the hot
key combination

) you want to add to this combi-

ESC, ENTER, TAB,

CTRL+AL T+B, press B.

NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable Hotkey
check box and if you are in the appropriate environment. That is, with the En-

able Hotkey check box selected, hot keys take effect only if you are playing a
full-screen DirectDraw/Direct3D game or video hot keys are valid only when

you are playing a movie with hardware acceleration (

YUV overlay) turned on.

Important Notes

D3D/Game

The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when you are playing a full-screen
DirectDraw/Direct3D game.

Video

Only one overlay is allowed at a time with the ASUS AGP-V3500. That is, when
you click Video first and then run your favorite video player, you can only see the
adjustments you made to the settings in the preview window because the video player
cannot use the hardware acceleration function (overlay). On the other hand, if you
run your video player first before opening Video, the preview window will show a
warning message. The message may also appear when you click Video and the dia-
log box is on the wrong monitor in a Windows 98 multiple display environment.

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III. Windows 98

Display

Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate.

W ARNING! Adjusting position or size, especially refresh rate is a highly danger ­ous operation. Selecting a value that is beyond your monitor’s specification may
damage it. Press

VGA

Adjustment

Position sets the screen position

Synchronization

Adjusts the synchronization polarity settings

ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

Change current refresh rate

Displays the Change current refresh rate box to
let you customize a new refresh rate.

T o change the current refresh rate

1. Click Change current refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh rate list under
Change current refresh rate, click
the nearest default refresh rate and
then adjust the Edit refresh rate
slider to the rate you want, click T est
and then click YES when prompted
to add the new refresh rate into the
list. Otherwise, the original refresh
rate will be restored.

Display

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Load default

Restores the settings to their defaults.

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Change refresh rate

Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you
change the refresh rate of any screen resolution.

GDI
GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Win-

dows desktop.

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh Rate list under the

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GDI tab, select the refresh rate you
want to use. A Test button appears to
let you test the selected refresh rate
and resolution combination. Click
YES when prompted whether to keep
the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the
original refresh rate will be restored.

Display

DirectDraw
DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of

DirectDraw. It is most useful when you are play-

full-screen game.

ing a

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh Rate list under the
DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate
you want to use. A T est button appears
to let you test the selected refresh rate
and resolution combination. Click
Test to preview the new refresh rate.

3. To keep the new refresh rate, press
F1. Otherwise, press F2 to select an-
other refresh rate.

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TV

(available only in AGP-V3500/T)

Display

Displays the current devices supported.

Position

Sets the screen position.

Size

Sets the screen size.

Standard

Sets the TV signal format, for example, PAL or
NTSC.

Output type

Displays the connection status of composite and
S-Video.

Scan type

Sets the scan type of the TV display.

Brightness

Sets the brightness of the TV display.

Saturation

Sets the saturation level of the TV display.

Flicker

Sets the anti-flicker effect.

Digital Flat Panel

(available only in AGP-V3500/F)

Display

Displays the current devices supported.

Options

Options lets you determine how your desktop is
displayed at lower resolutions when using a flat dis­play monitor.

Scaled

Click Scaled if you want the screen to be
stretched proportionately.

Display

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Centered

Click Centered if you want the screen to be dis­played in the middle of the desktop

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IV. Windows NT 4.0

Install Display Driver

W ARNING! Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that

you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack3 or later, to take full advan­tage of the ASUS AGP-V3500 AGP features.

Auto Installation

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers and Utilities.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall Display Driver to install all the
drivers and utilities into your com­puter. Setup will install the drivers
and utilities in the following order:
Display Driver, and OpenGL Driv­ers for games. Just follow the
onscreen instructions to complete the
installation.

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Auto Installation

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IV. Windows NT 4.0

Manual Installation

NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.

1. Start Windows NT , switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480
pixels), then restart your computer to make the change.

2. After your computer restarts, right-click the desktop and click Properties.

3. Click the Settings tab.

4. Select Change Display Type.

5. Select Adapter Type and click Change.

6. Click Have Disk.

7. Insert the ASUS AGP-V3500 installation CD disc.

8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Win­dows NT. Click OK.

9. Select ASUS AGP-V3500 and then click OK.

10. Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate files are

then copied to the hard disk. When all files are copied, go back to the Display
Properties box by clicking Close. Click Apply.

11. The System Settings Change dialog box is displayed. Click

12. Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will ap­pear to allow for mode selection.

Manual Installation

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Yes to restart Windows.

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V. Resolution Table

2D Video Modes

Supported Color Depth

Resolution Maximum Refresh Rate

(Hz)

640 x 480 160Hz yes yes yes

800 x 600 160Hz yes yes yes
1024 x 768 130Hz yes yes yes
1152 x 864 100Hz yes yes yes

1280 x 1024 100Hz yes yes yes
1600 x 1200 85Hz yes yes no

8bpp = 16bpp = 32bpp =
256 colors 65K colors 16.7M colors
Standard High Color True Color

1920 x 1440 60Hz yes yes no

2D Modes

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V. Resolution Table

Maximum 3D Video Modes

Single Buffer Double Buffer

With Below Z-buffer With Below Z-buffer

Resolution Color Depth 0bit 8bits 16bits 24bits 0bit 8bits 16bits 24bits

640x480 16bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
640x480 32bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

800x600 16bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
800x600 32bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

1024x768 16bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
1024x768 32bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

1280x1024 16bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
1280x1024 32bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

1600x1200 16bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
1600x1200 32bits yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

V. Resolution

3D Modes

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VI. T roubleshooting

Description Recommended Action

After installation and re­starting, Windows 95/98
informs me that the display
setting is still incorrect.

My monitor is not capable
of high resolution or re­fresh rate.

DirectX or the other appli­cations report no AGP
memory available.

I have W indows95 but your
manual has only the instal­lation guides for Win­dows98

• Make sure the “Assign IRQ to VGA” option is en­abled in the BIOS.

• Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA.

• Uninstall the driver, restart, and reinstall the driver.

• It depends on the display characteristics of your
monitor . Consult your monitor documentation for the
proper configuration.

• Windows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later.

• DirectX version is not 6.0 or later.

• You have not installed appropriate drivers for the
AGP chipset. (e.g. VGARTD.VXD for Intel 440LX)

• Incorrect BIOS setting. BIOS must support at least
64MB for AGP aperture size.

• To get the best compatibility and performance, we
strongly recommend that you upgrade your system
to Windows98.

Recommendation

VI. T roubleshooting

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