HP (Hewlett-Packard) E0601 User Manual

fx Graphics Card Installation

and Conﬁguration Guide

HP VISUALIZE fxe, fx5and fx10Graphics

Family

HP Part No. A1299-90002

Edition: E0601

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Contents

1. Introduction

Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Making Software and Device-Speciﬁc Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

System Conﬁguration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Special Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Higher Resolution 3D on fxe (rev-B) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Checklist For Making Software Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

General Hardware Installation Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Supported Graphics Slot Conﬁgurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

B1000 and C3x00 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

B2000 Graphics Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

J6x00 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

J5x00 and J7000 Graphics Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Fixing Common Installation Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Monitor Does Not Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

System’s X-server or CDE Does Not Come Up

or Recognize the Graphics Card24

A. Monitor Timing

1280 x1924 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

1024 x768 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

1280 x1024 60 Hz Digital Flat Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

1600 x1200 75 Hz VESA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

1600 x 1024 76 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

1920 X 1200 60 Hz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

1920 x 1080 68 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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1280 x 1024 100 Hz Stereo in a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

1024 x 768 120 Hz Stereo in a Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

1280 x 1024 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

1280 x 1024 75 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

1024 x 768 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

1024 x 768 85 Hz VESA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

B. Regulatory Information

FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

VCCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

1 Introduction

This manual covers the installation and conﬁguration of the HP Visualize fx family of graphics cards (fxe, fx5, fx

Workstationsreleased after September1999. These workstations include the B1000, B2x00, C3x00, J5x00, J6x00 and J7000.

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10a

and fx

10b

) into HP

Introduction

The HP A4982A Visualize fxe card is an entry level, 2D/3D graphics card with 18 Mbytes of SGRAM. It provides analog video only through a standard 15-pin miniature D-sub connector.

The A4982B version of the HP Visualize fxe card (above) has 24 Mbytes of SDRAM and features an available texture memory at 1280 x 1024 resolution of 9.5 Mbytes instead of the 3.5 MBytes for the A4982A. The two cards are fully pixel compatible. Applications qualiﬁed to run on the rev-A card will run without difference on the rev-b card.

The extra memory provided by the A4982B card allows 1600x1200 and 1600x1024 resolutions previously only supported on 2D. Due to the change in memory type (from SGRAM to SDRAM) some applications may see some interactive windowing operations (for example moving opaque windows) run slightly slower. A new revision of the X server will minimize these problems. For HP-UX 10.20 users, get patch PHSS_23535 or its replacement; for HP-UX 11.x users, get PHSS_23546 or its replacement.

Totake advantage of the increased resolution provided by the rev-b card, see page 15 for instructions.

NOTE To determine which fxe card is in your Workstation, check the following

ﬁle: /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo - under CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, the line ‘Total framebuffer memory’ will show 24 Mbytes for the rev-b card and 18 Mbtyes for the rev-a card. If you execute /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -rv, the newer card will show the HPA4982B product number.

The HP Visualize fx5 2D/3D graphics accelerator card is a mid-level graphics card. The fx5 Pro features 64MB of SDRAM, a single geometry

accelerator ASIC and a single ASIC for rastering and texturing. The HP Visualize fx

graphics card. The fx

10a

2D/3D graphics accelerator card is an high-end

10a

Pro features dual geometry accelerator ASIC's,

and a single rastering and texturing ASIC The HP Visualize fx

high-end graphics card. The fx

10b

2D/3D graphics accelerator card is also an

10b

Pro features 128 Mbytes of DDR RAM,

dual geometry accelerator ASIC's, and a single rastering and texturing ASIC. It replaces the fx

10a

as of November 2000.

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Related Documents

• http://www.docs.hp.com is the website for documents regarding HP-UX systems

• http://www.hp.com/workstations/support is the website for software and ﬁrmware patches

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Prerequisites

Tosupport the HP Visualize fx family of graphics cards, your workstation must meet the following prerequisites:

1. Your workstation must be running one of the following versions of the HP-UX operating system and have the appropriate Additional Core Enhancement (ACE) software bundle and Workstation Quality Pack installed:

• HP-UX revision 10.20 with the ACE software bundle (December

1999 or later) and the B6825AA graphics bundle or

• HP-UX revision 11.00 with the ACE software bundle (November

1999 or later) and the B6268 graphics bundle plus

• an HP Visualize fx family graphics card installed.

2. To verify that the proper ACE software bundle is installed on your workstation:

At a command prompt, type:

/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep ACE

Scan the output for the following ACE software bundles:

• The HP-UX 10.20 B6193EA ACE software bundle with the

description:

Workstation ACE for HP-UX 10.20 (December 1999) B6825AA Graphics Enablement Bundle

This line indicates that the December 1999 ACE software bundle and the B6825AA graphics bundle are installed.

• Or the HP-UX 11.00 B3782FA ACE software bundle with the

description

Workstation ACE for HP-UX 11.00 (November 1999) B6268AA Graphics Technical Computing Environment

This line indicates that the November 1999 Workstation ACE software and the B6268AA graphics bundle are installed.

NOTE Because the ACE software bundles are updated occasionally, the ACE

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revision date that is listed in the output may be later than the one shown above. For example, if the ACE revision date listed for HP-UX

10.20 is later than December 1999, then the proper ACE software bundle is installed on your workstation for Visualize fx products.

If you are not running HP-UX, revision 10.20 or 11.0 with these ACE bundles or a later release, you need to update your software before installing your graphics card. Contact your designated service representative for information on receiving an update. The ACE software bundles and Quality Packs are also available for downloading from the http://software.hp.com website. The bundles will require approximately 133 Mb of disk space.

3. You must have an HP-supported monitor running at 75Hz with a 1280X1024 resolution, or a full multimode color monitor.

For fxe, fx5 and fx10graphics cards, monitors with Enhanced Video Connector (EVC), D-Sub connectors or 5 BNC connectors (RGB, vertical sync, horizontal sync) will work.The HP Visualize fx family graphics card will not function with older HP monitor types that use a sync on green signal. This includes monitors such as the HP 1097A/B/ C/D, A2088A, and A2828A/B which only have 3 RGB connectors.

The fxe graphics card supports the following monitor resolutions:

Table 1-2 Visualize fxe Supported Resolutions

Width x Height Frequency Font Description

1280x1024 75Hz 10x20 VESA 1024x768 75Hz 8x16 VESA 1600x1200 75Hz 10x20 VESA 1600x1024 76Hz 10x20

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The fx5 and fx10graphics card supports the following monitor resolutions:

Table 1-3 Visualize fx5and fx10Supported Resolutions

Width x Height Frequency Font Description

1280x1024 75Hz 10x20 VESA 1024x768 75Hz 8x16 VESA 1280x1024 60Hz 10x20 Digital Flat Panel 1600x1200 75Hz 10x20 VESA 1600x1024 76Hz 10x20

1920x1200 60Hz 10x20 1920x1080 68Hz 1280x1024 100Hz 1024x768 120Hz 8x16 1280x1024 85Hz 10x20 VESA

1024x768 85 Hz 8x16 VESA

10x20 10x20

Stereo in a Window Stereo in a Window

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Prerequisites

You may also need one of the following adaptersto use on a monitor with Enhanced Video Connector (EVC):

Table 1-4 EVC Adapters

Product Number Description

A4167A (for fxe) EVC receptacle to 15-pin Miniature D-Sub Plug Adapter A4168A EVC Male to 15-Pin Miniature D-Sub Female Adapter

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