Hp X2000, VISUALIZE fx5, VISUALIZE fx10 Configuration Guide for Windows NT and Windows 2000

HP VISUALIZE fx5 and fx10

Conﬁguration Guide

for Windows NT and Windows 2000

Manufacturing Part Number: A5021-90015 Edition E0600 Printed in U.S.A. June 2000

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Contents

1. HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Graphics Cards

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

The HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Updating the HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Conﬁguring the HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

The About Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

The Options Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Creating Custom Driver Conﬁgurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

The Administration Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

The Gamma Correction Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

The Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

The Customize Video Formats Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Stereo Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Troubleshooting Video Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Diagnostics Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Troubleshooting Performance Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

A. Regulatory Information

FCC Class B Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Notice for Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Notice for Taiwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Notice for Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Notice for Japan (Class B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Hardware Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Contents

Preface

This guide describes how to conﬁgure your HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Graphics Cards on Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems.

Additional Information and Help

Formore information on your graphics card and the accessories available with this product, you can visit the following pages on HP’s web site:

• HP Visualize Personal Workstation product speciﬁcations: http://www.hp.com/go/visualize

• HP VisualizePersonal Workstationand HP Visualize fx graphics card white papers:

http://www.hp.com/go/visualize/support/library/literature.html

• Latest drivers, FAQs, and support information: http://www.hp.com/go/visualizesupport

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions

Electrostatic charges can damage the integrated circuits on printed circuit boards. To prevent such damage from occurring, observe the following precautions during board unpacking and installation:

• Stand on a static-free mat.

• Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from your body to ground.

• Create a common ground for the equipment you are working on by connecting the static-free mat, static strap, routing nodes, and peripheral units to that piece of equipment.

• Keep uninstalled printed circuit boards in their protective antistatic bags.

• Handle printed circuit boards by their edges, once you have removed them from their protective antistatic bags.

Important Safety Information

WARNING If you have any doubt that you can lift the HP Visualize Personal

Workstation or display safely, do not try to move it without help.

For your safety, always connect the equipment to a grounded wall outlet. Always use a power cord with a properly grounded plug, such as the one provided with this equipment, or one in compliance with you national regulations. This HP Visualize Personal Workstation is disconnected from the power by removing the power cord from the power outlet. This means the Personal Workstation must be located close to a power outlet that is easily accessible.

For your safety, never remove the HP Visualize Personal Workstation’s cover without ﬁrst removing the power cord from the power outlet, and any connection to the telecommunications network. Always replace the cover on the Personal Workstation before switching it on.

To avoid electric shocks, do not open the power supply. There are no user-serviceable parts inside.

This HP Visualize Personal Workstation is a class 1 laser product. Do not attempt to make any adjustment to the laser units.

Before handling any HP Visualize fx Graphics Card, ﬁrst wait until the board has cooled down completely. The graphics card can become very hot during use.

Installation Notice

Products designated in the applicable Hewlett-Packard price list as customer-installable can be installed by computer-knowledgeable customers who carefully read and follow the instructions provided. Customers who elect to have the product installed by our ﬁeld personnel are charged the applicable ﬁeld installation charge, as covered under the standard terms and conditions. For more information, please contact your local sales representative.

Revision History

The revision history for each edition of the manual is listed below: Edition. Revision History E0300. First Printing E0600. Second Printing

1 HP Visualize fx5 and fx10

Graphics Cards

This chapter contains information on how to conﬁgure, update and troubleshoot your HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Graphics Cards.

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Overview

The HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Graphics Cards are high-end OpenGL graphics cards that feature the latest high-performance 3D graphics technology. These OpenGL graphics cards accelerate your 3D graphics design and visualization and improve the quality of your graphics.

The HP Visualize fx graphics subsystem occupies the Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) slot in your Personal Workstation. It brings you:

• A world-class geometry engine, using dedicated ﬂoating-point processors based on PA-RISC technology. The fx5 contains 3 full geometry pipelines; the fx10 contains 6.

• 64MB SDRAM integrated frame buffer and texture memory.

• Full OpenGL 1.1 hardware features and extensions support.

• Hardware accelerated texture mapping.

• Hardware visibility testing (occlusion culling) and visibility statistics.

• Full screen anti-aliasing and hardware accumulation.

• Stereo vision support.

• Accelerated DirectDraw and Direct3D support.

• Video Overlay support.

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The HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Driver

A driver for the HP Visualize fx5and fx10Graphics Cards is preloaded on your Personal Workstation.

Should you need to reinstall or update the driver, the latest version is provided on the HP web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/visualizesupport

For more information refer to the next section “Updating the HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 Driver.”

If you cannot access the Internet, you can ﬁnd a backup copy of the HP Visualize fx5 and fx10 driver on the HP CD-ROM provided with your

Personal Workstation. The version number of this driver may be different from the one preloaded on your PersonalWorkstation. However, HP recommends that you obtain the latest version from the web site, if possible.

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