IBM SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I IBM User Manual Supplement

SR9 AGP

4X DVI-I

Graphics Adapter

User's Guide Supplement

OPTIONS

by IBM

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Contents

Safety: Read first ................................ iv

Registering your option ............................ v

About this book ................................ v

Part 1: Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Part 2: Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Product warranty and notices ........................ 2-1

Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

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Safety: Read first

Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.

Před instalací tohoto produktu si přečtěte příručku bezpečnostních instrukcí.

Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.
Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety

Information.
Avant d'installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.
Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.

Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza

Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette

produktet.

Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança.

Pred inštaláciou tohto zariadenia si pečítaje Bezpečnostné predpisy.

Antes de instalar este producto lea la información de seguridad.
Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.

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Registering your option

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indicate on the Web site questionnaire that you do not want to receive further
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About this book

This supplement provides the following information:

Description of the product
Preparing for installation and taking antistatic precautions
Installing an SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I Graphics Adapter
Installing the software
Software setup and adjustment
Product warranty information and trademark notices

This information is translated into the following languages:

English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
Japanese

For emission notices and help and service information, refer to the Adapter Option
User's Guide.

Note: The illustrations in this manual might be slightly different from your hardware.

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Part 1: Installation Guide

Product description

The IBM SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I Graphics Adapter uses an S3 Savage 4 graphics
engine to help your monitor provide superior performance with digital video and 3D
graphics. The graphics adapter provides 128-bit graphics processing for 2D graphics
acceleration, 32-bit rendering, and 3D texture compression. Additionally, the graphics
adapter MPEG2/DVD motion compensation feature enhances full-motion video
playback.

The graphics adapter contains Accelerated Graphics Port (or AGP) 4X technology,
which has data transfer rates of more than 1,000MB
enhanced 3D graphics performance. The graphics adapter also supports the DVI-I
interface on both analog and digital monitors.

In addition to this supplement, your option package contains:

graphics adapter

DVI-A 15-way dongle, blue

Installation CD for SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I Adapter with S3 SAVAGE4 Xtreme
Adapter Option User's Guide

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per second, allowing for

Preparing for installation

Before you install a graphics adapter, you must take the following precautions in order
to prevent static electricity from damaging electronic parts.

Before touching any electronic parts, drain the static electricity from your body.

You can do this by touching the metal frame of your computer.

Do not remove the graphics adapter from the antistatic shipping container until
you are ready to install it. When you remove an adapter from your computer,
place it back in its original container.

When handling the graphics adapter, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its
circuitry.

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MB means approximately 1 000000 bytes of data.

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Installing the SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I Graphics
Adapter

To install the SR9 AGP 4X DVI-I Graphics Adapter:

1. Turn off all attached devices; then turn off your computer. Unplug the power
cords of all attached devices and your computer. Remove the cover from your
computer. For instructions on how to remove your computer’s cover, refer to the
documentation that comes with your computer.

For IBM computers, refer to About Installing Options for instructions on opening
the computer cover, removing existing adapter cards, and installing adapter cards
in expansion slots.

2. Remove any previously installed graphics adapter cards. If you have no other
graphics adapter cards, but your computer system board has built-in VGA
graphics capability, make sure the VGA graphics capability is disabled. For
information on disabling the VGA graphics capability on your computer, see the
documentation that comes with your computer.

3. Choose an AGP expansion slot.
Note: Inserting a graphics adapter into the wrong type of slot might damage

your adapter, your computer, or both.
To identify the location of each type of expansion slot in your computer, refer to
the documentation that comes with your computer.

Note: Do not insert the plastic tab next to the connector pins into the expansion
slot.

4. Remove the expansion slot cover for the expansion slot you intend to use. Save
the screw to use with the mounting bracket.

5. Position the graphics adapter over the expansion slot you have chosen. Push the
graphics adapter in firmly and evenly until it is fully seated in the slot.

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6. Using the screw from the expansion slot cover, secure the mounting bracket of
the graphics adapter to the computer frame.

This graphics adapter comes with a bracket for the ATX-type computer already
attached. To attach the bracket for an NLX-type computer to the graphics
adapter, follow the diagram below.

7. Replace the cover on your computer.

8. If you have a standard analog monitor, attach the included blue dongle to the
monitor connector on the graphics adapter; then plug your monitor cable into the
dongle. If you have a digital or analog monitor with DVI-I connectors, plug your
monitor cable directly into the blue connector on the graphics adapter. Plug the
other end of the monitor cable into your monitor.

Refer to the documentation that comes with your monitor to make sure that the
monitor is properly set up.

9. Plug the cables for any other attached devices into your computer. Plug the
power cables for the computer, monitor, and other attached devices into a power
outlet; then turn on your computer and all attached devices.

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