ATI RADEON MAC EDITION User Manual

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

USER’S GUIDE

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RADEON™MAC®EDITION User’sGuide

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Disclaimer

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability to any party for errors or omissions contained in the Software or related documentation, any interruption of service, loss or interruption of business or anticipatory profits or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of the Software and related documentation.

ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to improve reliability, function or design.

Multimedia Support

While RADEON™MAC®EDITION provides full support for 2D graphics, 3D graphics, and QuickTime -- multimedia functionality may be limited under

OS X.

Mac

Please refer to our website at www.ati.com ATI continues to work with Apple to provide complete multimedia support.

for the latest information on how

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Table of Contents

1. Getting Started ....................................................... 1

Introduction.......................................................................1

What You'll Need..............................................................2

Related Documentation.....................................................2

2. Installing Your Hardware ..................................... 3

Installing your RADEON™ MAC® EDITION................. 4

About Monitor Sensing.....................................................8

3. Installing Your Software ..................................... 11

About ATI Software ....................................................... 11

Installing Software.......................................................... 12

4. Multimedia Features............................................ 13

Viewing 3D Graphics ..................................................... 14

ATI Displays Control Panel............................................ 15

Using QuickTime Playback............................................22

Using Mac2TV™ Video Out.......................................... 23

Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI-I) Support.......................30

A. Troubleshooting Tips ........................................... 33

Before Contacting Customer Support.............................33

Solutions to Common Problems ..................................... 33

B. Specifications ........................................................ 37

Video Mode Table .......................................................... 37

Specifications..................................................................41

C. Compliance Information...................................... 43

D. Glossary................................................................. 47

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Getting Started

Introduction

The RADEON™MAC®EDITION represents the next generation in 3D and video acceleration for your Power Macintosh computer. The RADEON equipped with all the 3D hardware drawing capabilities in demand by 3D high end users. Your new graphics accelerator provides:

•OpenGL superior 3D rendering performance and advanced imaging and filtering techniques

• QuickDraw accelerator supporting 2D resolutions up to 1920x1440 in 32-bit color

• QuickTime playback accelerator for full screen, full motion, TV quality video

• DVI-I support for digital flat panels

• TV-Out support via S-Video connector

The easy-to-access, easy-to-use ATI Config Menu, on the menu bar, provides access to ATI Guide, giving you instant access to help, and the ATI Displays control panel, providing quick access to all of RADEON features such as TV/Video Out. Specific RADEON EDITION help can be accessed from the Apple Help in the menu bar.

and QuickDraw 3D accelerator providing

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MAC®EDITION easy-to-use

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NOTE

A glossary of the bold terms used throughout this manual is available in the “Glossary” on page 47 of this user guide and also in the ATI Guide.

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What You'll Need

The RADEON™MAC®EDITION runs with the following minimum system requirements:

• Power Macintosh or Mac OS compatible computer, with PowerPC processor, with an AGP or PCI expansion slot

• Mac OS 9.0 or later software

• Apple monitor, VGA-style monitor

(see note below),

style digital flat panel, or TV

• QuickTime 4.0 or later

(see note below)

• Apple OpenGL 1.15 or later

• Minimum 32MB of system memory (OpenGL 1.15 requires 32MB of system memory)

DVI-I

NOTE

Apple analogue monitors without a VGA connector must use the included adapter to connect to the RADEON

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MAC

EDITION’S graphic accelerator. Apple digital monitors using the Apple Digital Connector (ADC) is not supported and no adapter is available.

Supports both QuickTime 4.0 and QuickTime 4.0 Pro.

Installing Your Hardware

The RADEON™MAC®EDITION fits into connectors called expansion slots, inside your computer.

Your Mac OS computer has one or more expansion slots designed to accept Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards and Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) cards.

NOTE

WARNING

• The manufacturer assumes no liability for any damage, caused directly or indirectly, by improper installation of components by unauthorized service personnel.

do not feel comfortable performing the installation, consult a qualified technician

• Make sure power is off during installation; otherwise, damage to system components, the graphics accelerator card, and injury to yourself may result.

The following procedure details the installation of a card in a typical Mac OS PCI-based tower. If your computer does not match this configuration, please refer to the expansion card installation instructions that came with your computer.

If you

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• If your computer stops responding (hangs) after installing the

you may have an incompatible graphics accelerator extension. This can occur when Mac OS software or other ATI graphic accelerator cards are installed.

• Restart your computer and hold down the SHIFT key during startup. Thisdisables all extensions from loading. After disabling extensions, you can update the graphics accelerator extension by installing the software included with your card. For more information about installing the software, see “Installing Software” on page 12

IMPORTANT

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

video card,

Installing your RADEON™MAC

EDITION

Turn off your computer, and disconnect the monitor cable.

Open your computer. If necessary, consult your computer

system manual for instructions.

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Choose the AGP or PCI expansion slot you wish to use.

Touch the metal part of the power supply case.

Touching the grounded portion of the power supply case will

discharge your body’s static electricity.

Power Supply

Expansion Slots

Align the connector on the card with the selected expansion

slot, and press firmly until fully seated.

AGP Connector

PCI Connector

Do not force the card. It should fit snugly into the expansion slot.

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If you are not sure whether your card is PCI or AGP, compare its bottom edge with the following illustration:

PCI

Universal AGP

Ifyouplantousemorethanonemonitor,youmustinstallacard

for each monitor. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each card.

Close the computer case.

Connect the monitor cable to the card.

If you have a VGA monitor, connect it to the VGA monitor port. If

you have a TV, connect it to the TV Out port. If you have a digital flat panel, connect it to the DVI-I port.

To connect an Apple monitor to the RADEON™MAC

EDITION card, you will need an Apple adapter. Simply connect your Apple monitor connector to the Apple adapter, and then plug the Apple adapter into the VGA monitor port.

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Installation of your

Apple Adapter

VGA monitor

port

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

Apple Monitor

Connector

card is now complete, and you are ready to install the software. See

“Installing Your Software” on page 11.

NOTE

Powered Apple monitors using the ADC (Apple Display Connector) is not supported.

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About Monitor Sensing

Apple’s Monitor Sensing specification allows video display cards to identify the attached monitor. The RADEON

EDITION auto-configures itself according to the monitor sense code detected and enables all resolutions supported by the

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monitor. Since the RADEON

MAC®EDITION relies on this sense code to correctly auto-configure during startup, the monitor must supply the appropriate sense code.

On VGA monitors, the RADEON

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MAC®EDITION card uses the Display Data Channel (DDC) protocol, which is similar to Apple’s Monitor Sensing specification, to determine the possible resolutions and frequencies. All possible resolutions are shown in the Monitors & Sound control panel and the Apple control strip.

When using older VGA monitors without DDC, you must choose the resolutions supported by your VGA monitor in the VGA Monitors section of the ATI Displays control panel. See “VGA

Monitors”onpage18for additional information.

If you are using a display adapter and the adapter supplies the sense code information for only one resolution, then that resolution will be the only one available, even if the monitor supports multiple resolutions. A resolution of 640x480 is usually the default resolution. Therefore, when using an adapter to supply the sense code, it must be designed to supply the proper code for

the monitor you are using it with; otherwise, the

MAC®EDITION

cannot correctly auto-configure itself for the

attached monitor.

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Although the

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

card does not output Sync-on-Green (SOG) signals directly, adapters are available that can overlay the Composite Synchronization Signal and send it through the Green video signal line so that you can use an SOG monitor. Monitors requiring an SOG signal usually have only three BNC connectors (RGB).

For more information about obtaining a sense code or synchronization signal adapter, contact ATI Customer Support or ask your dealer. For information about how to contact ATI Customer Support, select the Support button on the ATI Displays control panel.

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Installing Your Software

About ATI Software

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

The components be added to your System folder. The ATI

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

you, installing the following components:

ATI Displays Control Panel

The ATI Displays control panel lets you configure your card and access software and hardware features. These features are described in the section “ATI Displays Control Panel” on

page 15.

ATI Multimedia Components

ATI’s Multimedia Components are placed in the Extensions folder, located within System Folder. They enable all of the advanced features of your card, including 3D and 2D acceleration.

requires several additional

Installer application does this for

ATI Guide File

The ATI Guide file is the on-line help for the ATI Displays control panel. It is placed in the Extensions folder within the

System folder. ATI Help, specifically for RADEON products, is placed in the Help folder found in the System Folder. For more information about using the on-line HELP system, see “ATI HELP” on page 21.

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Installing Software

Insert the ATI Installation CD.

NOTE

Double-click on the

RADEON™MAC®EDITION

Installer

icon.

The ATI splash and legal notice screens appear.

Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

Upon completion of the installation process, a file containing a list of installed files and their location on your hard disk is created allowing you to locate any file installed during the installation process.

The installer application checks your system to determine if you have the latest versions of the required software. If you do not have the appropriate Apple software, a dialog appears

explaining what software needs to be installed. (The

MAC®EDITION

accelerator card requires Apple OpenGL 1.1.5

RADEON

or higher which can be downloaded from www.apple.com.)

When you see a message that the installation was

successful, click Restart.

Your computer restarts.

To perform further installations, click OK.

You need to manually restart your computer to complete the

installation of the RADEON™MAC®EDITION software.

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Multimedia Features

Your RADEON™MAC®EDITION turns your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. You can use your new graphics accelerator card to do the following:

• Experience the latest arcade style and virtual reality games

the way they were meant to be played with state-of-the-art 3D graphics using OpenGL acceleration.

• Enjoy true-color 32-bit 2D or 3D graphics up to

1920x1440.

• Watch full screen, full motion, TV-quality video using

QuickTime playback acceleration.

• Output your Mac’s display to a digital flat panel

• Output your Mac’s display to your TV

The following information describes these new 3D and multimedia features in more detail and suggests ways you can optimize your machine to get the most out of your new card.

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