ATI Technologies X1300 - Radeon 256 MB PCI Express Video Card User Manual

Radeon® X1300

Series

User’s Guide

P/N 137-40891-20

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Note: This graphics card is for use only with compatible UL Listed
personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user
installation of card cage accessories.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should
be read before the product is operated.

• Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be
retained for future reference.

• Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating
instructions should be adhered to.

• Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or
compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation
Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

• Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock
and fire, this accessory should be installed only in products equipped
with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin.
This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a
safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet,
contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat
the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.

• Secure Attachment

- All card securement pins shall be completely

tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card
and the PC chassis.

• Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning
storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of
time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or
cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning
and power-line surges.

• Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in
the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or
where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.

• Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system,
extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines
or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.

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Table of Contents

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

Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1

Graphic Features 1
CrossFire™ Ready 3

System Requirements 4

External Connections 4

Before You Begin 4

Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 4
Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5

Installing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Graphics Card Bus Types 7
Basic Graphics Card Installation 7
Advanced Installation: AGP 9
Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11
Connecting Devices 14

Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting Your Monitors 15

Display Configurations 17

Installing Software and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19

Software Installation Prerequisites 19
Monitor Configuration 20
Reinstalling Drivers 21
Installing the Catalyst® Software Suite 22

Catalyst® Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu 25

Other Quick Launch Access Points 26

Catalyst® Control Center Dashboard 28
Catalyst® Control Center Views 29

Standard View 29

Advanced View 29

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Custom View 29
Hotkeys Manager 30
Profiles Manager 31
Preferences 33
Help 35
Information Center 36
Displays Manager Advanced View 38
Display Options 43
Monitor Properties 46

Monitor Attributes 47
Digital Panel Properties 48

Attributes 49
Avivo™ Color 51
HDTV Support 52
3D 55
Standard Settings 56
Anti-aliasing 57
Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 58
Anisotropic Filtering 60
Catalyst® A.I. 62
Mipmap Detail Level 63
Adjust the Mipmap detail level 64
All Settings 65

Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 65
API Specific 68
Color 70
Color Desktop 71
Color - FullScreen 3D 74
Avivo™ Video for Radeon® X1000 Series 75
Standard Settings 76

Adjustments 77

Video Overlay Theater Mode 79

Deinterlacing 80

All Settings 82

VPU Recover 85

Using TV Display and Capture Features . . . . . . . 89

Using TV Out 89

Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV 89

Connecting to a TV 89

Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 90

Viewing Text on a TV 91

Using a TV as the Only Display 91

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Using Games and Applications 91

Connecting to HDTV 91

Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 93

CrossFire™ FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Troubleshooting 99
Product Registration 101
Customer Care 101
Getting Additional Accessories 103
Compliance Information 103

FCC Compliance Information 103
Industry Canada Compliance Statement 104
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Directive Compliance 104

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1

CHAPTER 1:

Introduction

Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1300 Series
graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free
computing.

Radeon® X1300 Series Features

Graphic Features

• Native PCI Express® X16 bus support.

• Four parallel rendering pipelines.

• 32/MB/64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB GDDR3 on-board
memory.

• Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® Shader Model 3.x.

• High performance Ultra-Threaded shader engine.

• Two vertex shader processors.

• Four pixel shader processors.

• 128-bit 4-channel memory interface supporting DDR/DDR2/
GDDR3 memory devices.

• Native PCI Express® x16 bus interface.

SmoothVision™

• Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and
improves blurred images.

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with a loss-less compression up to a
ratio of 6:1 at all resolutions.

• 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap
texture filtering.

HyperZ™

• Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant
object data that is not visible to the user.

• Conserves video memory bandwidth.

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• Loss-less Z-buffer compression

• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.

VideoShader™

• Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time.

• All format DTV/HDTV decoding.

• Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion.

512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller

• Programmable intelligent arbitration logic.

• New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs.

• Hierarchal Z-buffer with Early Z test.

• Lossless Z Compression (up to 48.1)

• Fast Z-Buffer Clear.

• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.

• Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including
widescreen HDTV resolutions.

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine

• Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0
programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.

• Full speed 128-bit floating point processing.

• Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads.

• Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic
branching and flow control.

• Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency.

• High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k).

• Up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass.

• 3Dc+ texture compression

• High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance

maps.

• Works with any single-channel or two-channel data format.

• Multiple Render Target (MRT) support.

• Render-to-vertex buffer support.

• Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0.

Radeon® X1300 Series Features 3

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering

• 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline

• Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing.

• High precision 10:10:10:2 integer fo rmat support.

• Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing.

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes

• Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction,
programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling.

• New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing modes.

• Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode.

• Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions,
including widescreen HDTV resolutions.

• 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes

• Up to 128-tap texture filtering.

• Adaptive algorithm with performance and quality options.

Note: Not all features apply to all Radeon® X1300 Series graphics
cards.

CrossFire™ Ready

Your Radeon® X1300 Series is CrossFire™ Ready and can be used in
conjunction with a graphics cards of the same brand-family to complete a
CrossFire™ capable system. CrossFire™ provides the best performance,
flexibility, and game compatibility using multiple graphics processors in a
single system. For more information see ati.com/crossfire

4 System Requirements

System Requirements

External Connections

• 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output.

• DVI-I output.

• S-Video output.

Before You Begin

Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the
following.

Record Your Serial and Part Numbers

The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are
required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the
card.

Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®.

• 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best
performance.

• Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive).

• Specialized PCI Express® 350 watt or greater power
supply recommended. Consult your computer system
manual to ensure the power supply is designed to
accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak
dissipation above 75 watts.

Operating
System

• Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.

Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors

or any other type of VGA monitor.

• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

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Serial number (S/N)

Before You Begin 5

Write the numbers, shown in bold above, down before installing your new
ATI product.

Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers

To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1300 Series
card, you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before
removing it from your computer.

To uninstall previous drivers

With your current graphics card still in your computer:

1 Close all applications that are currently running.
2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs.
3 Select your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove.

The wizard will help you remove your current display drivers.
Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional

software installed, it should also be removed at this point.

4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card.

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102 part number (P/N)

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Graphics Card Bus Types 7

CHAPTER 2:

Installing Hardware

This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new
Radeon® graphics card.

Graphics Card Bus Types

There are three possible card bus types. See the illustration below to
determine if you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIe™) graphics
card.

AGP, PCI, and PCIe™ Graphics Cards

Basic Graphics Card Installation

There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a
separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Basic
Install instructions below. If your graphics card requires a separate
connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install
instructions for either AGP or PCIe, as appropriate.

Bus Types

1

AGP card and AGP expansion slot

2

PCI card and PCI expansion slot

3

PCIe™ card and PCIe™ expansion slot

8 Basic Graphics Card Installation

Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power
supply will have a power cable connected to them.

Installing the graphics card

1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the

back of your computer.

3 Remove the computer cover.

If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing
the cover.

4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from

your computer.
Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may

need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your
computer documentation.

5 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal back-

plate cover.

6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until

the card is fully seated.

7 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely and replace the

computer cover.

8 Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the

computer’s power cord.

9 Turn on the monitor and then your computer.

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WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the

power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a
component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the
motherboard.

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WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by

touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer
chassis.

Advanced Installation: AGP 9

Advanced Installation: AGP

There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a
separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the

Basic

Install

instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to

the computer’s power supply, follow the

Advanced Install instructions

for either AGP or PCIe™, as appropriate.
Graphics cards that require connection to the computer’s power supply will

have a power cable connected in the upper-right corner of the card.

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Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that your system has an
adequate power supply. Generally, ATI recommends a 300 watt power
supply or greater to ensure normal system operation where a number of
other internal devices are installed.

Graphic Card Installation

1

Graphics Card

2

Power Supply

3

Hard Drive

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Installing the graphics card

1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the

back of your computer.

3 Remove the computer cover.

If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing
the cover.

4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from

your computer.
Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may

need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your
computer documentation.

5 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal back-

plate cover.

4

Power Cable Connector

5

4-Pin Power Connection

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Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Graphics Card

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Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Hard Drive

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Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Power Supply

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Hard Drive

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Power Connector to Hard Drive

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WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the

power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a
component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the
motherboard.

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WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by

touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer
chassis.

Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11

6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until

the card is fully seated.

7 Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector.
8 Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin power connection on

the graphics card.

9 Connect the power extension cable to the power supply.
10 Connect the power extension cable to the hard drive.
11 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely. Make sure the cables

are not interfering with anything inside the computer (for example, a
cooling fan) and replace the computer cover.

12 Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in th e

computer’s power cord.

13 Turn on the monitor, and then your computer.

Advanced Installation: PCIe™

There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a
separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the B

asic

Install

instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to

the computer’s power supply, follow the

Advanced Install instructions

for either AGP or PCIe™, as appropriate.
Graphics cards that require connection to the computer’s power supply will

have a power cable connected to them.

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Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that your system has an
adequate power supply. A PCI Express® compatible system has a
specialized 12V graphics card power connector. A 450 watt or greater
power supply is recommended. Consult your computer system manual to
ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high-end
graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts.

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Installing the Radeon® graphics card

1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the

back of your computer.

Graphics Card Installation

1

Graphics Card

2

Power Supply

3

6-pin Power Cable Connector

4

6-pin Power Connection

5

Power connector to Graphics Card

6

Power connector to Power Supply

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WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the

power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a
component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the
motherboard.

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3 Remove the computer cover.

If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing
the cover.

4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from

your computer.
Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may

need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your
computer documentation.

5 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal back-

plate cover.

6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until

the card is fully seated.

7 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely. Make sure the cables

are not interfering with anything inside the computer (for example, a
cooling fan) and replace the computer cover.

8 Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the

computer’s power cord.

9 Turn on the monitor, and then your computer.

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WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by

touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer
chassis.

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Your computer will beep, possibly show a warning message on your
display, and the boot process will stop if the graphics card is not correctly
connected to the power supply.

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Connecting Devices

The following illustration shows typical connections found on ATI
graphics cards:

Connector Types

VGA Supports an analog CRT monitor.
DVI-I Supports a digital monitor.
VGA-DVI-I Adapter Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection.
S-Video In/Out Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder.
CATV Supports a TV antenna or cable service.
Composite Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder.

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For more information about connecting to your All-in-Wonder®
graphics card, see the AIW All-in-Wonder® Quick-Start Guide and
the All-in-Wonder® User’s Guide located on the CD that came with
your new All-in-Wonder® graphics card.

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CHAPTER 3:

Using Multiple Displays

Connecting Your Monitors

Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides hardware support for
the following display configurations:

• Single VGA.

• Single DVI.

• Dual VGA (DVI-I-to-VGA adapter use required).

The TV Out connection supports the following TV formats (cables not
provided):

• Composite.

•S-video.

• Component.

The TV Out connection can be combined with DVI or VGA (DVI-I-to­VGA adapter use required) for clone or extended display support.

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Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1300 Series card
must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS
determines which graphics card will be the primary.

To connect your monitors

1 Power off your computer and monitors.
2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.

Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1300 Series Card
1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor to

the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into
the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the
adapter.

2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter (optional, not included).
3 DVI-I Connection. To connect a digital display.

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3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that

Windows® can detect the new hardware settings.

4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate

prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your

Radeon® X1300 Series card.

To set up a multi-monitor display

1 From the Start bu tton click Contro l Panel, then Display. Click the

Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings.
Note: ATI provides Catalyst® Control Center software that provides

many additional configuration features. It can be accessed by clicking
the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab.

2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2.
3 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.
4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the

second monitor. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values.

• Refer to your Windows® online help and documentation for

further information on using the Settings tab.

Note: When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor
will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be designated
as Secondary.

Display Configurations

Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides dual display
functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect

displays to your card.

Display
Configuration

Connector(s)
Used

Comments

Single CRT
display

VGA connector OR
DVI-I connector
with DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter

CRT- cathode ray tube analog
display.

Single DFP
display

DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.

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Single TV S-Video Out The S-Video out can also support a

composite connection via the S­Video-to-Composite adapter.

Single HDTV
display

S-Video Out to
HDTV (YPrPb)
cable

HDTV - High Definition Television

CRT display +
TV

VGA connector +
S-Video Out

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION
if the CRT display is attached to the
DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter.

CRT display +
HDTV

VGA connector +
S-Video Out to
HDTV (YPrPb)
cable

DFP display +
TV

DVI-I connector +
S-Video out

DFP display +
HDTV

DVI-I connector +
S-Video Out to
HDTV (YPrPb)
cable

CRT display +
DFP display

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector

CRT display +
CRT display

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector
with DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter

The DVI-I connector can support a
CRT display using the DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter

CRT display +
DFP display +
TV

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector +
S-Video Out

The TV display will “clone” the image
of one of the other two displays

CRT display +
DFP display +
HDTV

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector +
S-Video Out to
HDTV (YPrPb)
cable

CRT display +
CRT display +
TV

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector
with DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter + S-Video
Out

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION

Display
Configuration

Connector(s)
Used

Comments

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CRT display +
CRT display +
HDTV

VGA connector +
DVI-I connector
with DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter + S-Video
Out to HDTV
(YPrPb) cable

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION

Display
Configuration

Connector(s)
Used

Comments

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Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 21

CHAPTER 4:

Installing Sof tware and Drivers

This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and
software associated with your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card.

Installing Drivers and Software in
Windows®

You will need to install the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers and software in
the following cases:

• After you have installed the card in your system.

• After you have reinstalled or upgraded your operating system.

This procedure applies to Windows® XP.

Software Installation Prerequisites

To install or remove the drivers, you must have administrator rights or be
logged on as a user with administrator rights.

Your operating system must be installed and running before you can install
the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers. Also, make sure that you have installed
Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP.

Make sure your monitor cable is properly attached before you begin.

Note: The installation dialog will display in English if your operating
system’s language is not supported.

To install ATI drivers and software

Note: Optical drive refers to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.

1 Start your system. When the Found New Hardware W i zard

appears, click Cancel. When the System Settings Ch ange window
asks you to restart your computer, click No.

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2 Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start

automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into
your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CD­ROM auto-run is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start
automatically:

a) Click the Start button in the task bar.
b) Click Run.
c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI

Installation CD-ROM.

d) Click OK.

3 Click Install under Software Install.
4 Click Next.
5 Click Yes to the license agreement. ATI Easy Install will start the

Installation Wizard.

6 Follow the wizard’s on-screen instructions to complete the

installation.

7 When the Setup Complete message appears, select Yes, I want to

restart my computer now and click Finish.

8 After the system reboots, the Found New Hardware message

displays Digital Signature Not Found. Click Yes or Continue to
complete the driver installation.

Monitor Configuration

Once the drivers and software have been installed, you can configure your
monitor.

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The Express installation option is recommended. By selecting this
option, the HydraVision™ multi-monitor and desktop management
software will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. Not
all software components are installed using the Express installation.
Custom installation allows you to select individual software
components for installation.

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Warning - Choosing a refresh rate unsupported by your monitor may

damage your monitor. Consult your monitor’s documentation if
necessary.