Intergraph TD-260 User Manual

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November 1998 DHA030660

Copyright

1998 Intergraph Computer Systems. All rights reserved. This document contains information protected by copyright, trade secret, and trademark law. This document may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced in any form or by any means, or be used to make any derivative work, without written consent from Intergraph Computer Systems.
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Notice

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be considered a commitment by Intergraph Computer Systems. Intergraph Computer Systems shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors in, or omissions from, this document. Intergraph Computer Systems shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing or use of this document.
All warranties given by Intergraph Computer Systems about equipment or software are set forth in your purchase contract. Nothing stated in, or implied by, this document or its contents shall be considered or deemed a modification or amendment of such warrantites.

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Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

General

System Lock-up During Boot (TD-260)

A TD-260 with Matrox G100 graphics and Windows 95 may lock up during boot or during installation of Windows 95. If this happens, restart the system, run BIOS Setup, and disable the QuickBoot option on the Boot menu. See the System Guide for detailed information on using BIOS Setup. If appropriate, an updated BIOS will be posted to the Support pages on the World Wide Web (http://www.intergraph.com/ics/) and to the Intergraph Bulletin Board Service (1-256-730-8786).

Using Version Manager with the Intergraph System CD (TD-260)

When you run Version Manager with the Intergraph System CD delivered with your system, TD-260 may not display as a system type. If it does not, you can select TD-250 as the system type. System software for the TD-250 can be used with the TD-260.
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Matrox Millennium G200 AGP Graphics (TD-260)

If your system shipped with an installed Matrox Millennium G200 AGP video display adapter, you can combine G200 with Matrox Millennium II PCI video adapters for multi-screen configurations. For more information, see the Matrox document delivered with the system.

Three-Button Primax Mouse

If your system was delivered with a three-button Primax mouse, you may see a message that
says “MouseWare has detected a new Wheel Mouse....” and asks if you want to configure the
new device. If this happens, select No. If you experience any other anomalies while using the Primax mouse, do the following:
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If the system is running Windows NT 4.0, reinstall the mouse driver found on the Windows NT software CD-ROM.
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If the system is running Windows 95 or Windows 98, install the PMOUSE driver software from the Intergraph System CD using InterSite Version Manager.
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Logitech Wheel Mouse

If your system was delivered with a Logitech wheel mouse, you can find information on using it by right-clicking the mouse icon in the taskbar tray, or by going to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Mouse and clicking Help in the toolbar.
If the wheel on the mouse does not function, or if you experience any other anomalies while using the wheel mouse, install the using InterSite Version Manager.
LMOUSE driver software from the Intergraph System CD

Microsoft Office Small Business Edition and AutoMap Streets (TD-260)

On a system with Microsoft Office Small Business Edition, selected Office products and Microsoft AutoMap Streets were installed before shipment. Installed products include Word 97, Excel 97, Publisher 97, and Outlook 97. Note the following:
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Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager was not installed. To install this product, run
SETUP.EXE in the \OFF97SBE\SBFM directory on your system’s primary hard disk drive.
You will need the Microsoft Office media kit, and the CD-ROM and license number it contains, during installation.
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Microsoft Office ValuPack was not installed. For information on installing and using this product, see the
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AutoMap Streets was not installed if the system shipped with Windows 95. To install this product on a system with Windows 95, run AutoMap Streets CD-ROM.
VALUPK8.HLP file on the system’s primary hard disk drive.
SETUP.EXE or AUTOUSS5.EXE from the

Operating System Support for USB Peripherals

Your system includes Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports to which you can connect USB peripherals. Please note the following about support for USB peripherals in the operating system version shipped with your system:
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Windows 98 and Windows 95 Service Release 2.1 (or later) support USB peripherals.
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Windows NT 4.0 does not currently support USB peripherals. Microsoft will add support for USB peripherals to a future Windows NT release.

System Software Products (TD-260)

Chapter 5 of the System Guide contains a list of system software products. The list in your copy of the System Guide may not reflect currently shipping system software. Refer instead to the following list:
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System Software Product
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95/98
Matrox G100 video driver G100NTDRV G100W9XDRV Matrox G200 video driver MILL2DRVNT MILL2DRVW95 Matrox Millennium II video driver Accel Graphics AccelSTAR II video driver Three-button Primax mouse driver -
MILL2DRVNT MILL2DRVW95 ACCEL2DRVNT ACCEL2DRVW95
PMOUSE
Logitech wheel mouse driver LMOUSE LMOUSE Audio card driver ESSDRVNT ESSDRV95 3Com 3C90x network adapter driver 3
COM3C90X 3COM3C90X
Intel PRO/100+ network adapter driver PRO100PLUS PRO100PLUS 56 Kbps modem driver 56KMODEM 56KMODEM Adaptec SCSI adapter driver 2940SCSIDRV 2940SCSI95 InterSite Welcome
WELCOME WELCOME
InterSite Version Manager VERMANAGER VERMANAGER InterSite DMI Console DMI Not available InterSite Watchdog InterSite SMART disk driver InterSite Diskeeper Lite IE 4.01 Settings File -
WATCHDOG Not available SMARTDRV Not available DKLITE Not available
IE4SETTINGS
PIIX4 (Windows 95 only) - PIIX4W95R2 Windows 95 Boot Diskette -
W95BOOTDSK
Windows 98 Boot Diskette - BOOTW98 Quick-Fix Engineering Update Software BIOS/flash programming utility (available via
QFE_NT* QFE_W* PHLASHBX PHLASHBX
online services)
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Windows NT 4.0

3D Pipes Screen Saver and Dual-Screen AccelSTAR II Graphics (TD-260)

On a system with dual-screen AccelSTAR II graphics, the 3D Pipes screen saver does not display. If you activate this screen saver, you will only see a black screen. Look for a revised driver on the Support pages on the World Wide Web (http://www.intergraph.com/ics/) and on the Intergraph Bulletin Board Service (1-256-730-8786).

Enabling Microphone Operation

If you purchased a microphone for your system, you may have to enable it to use it.
To enable microphone operation:
1. In the taskbar, double-click the speaker icon to display the Volume Control dialog.
2. From the Options menu, click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog, click Recording; then check the Microphone check box; then click OK.
4. In the Volume Control dialog, check the Select check box under Microphone.

Enabling PC Card Hard Disk Operation

Intergraph Computer Systems has found a resource conflict that keeps a PC Card hard disk (ATA or AT type) from being configured by Windows NT 4.0. To enable operation of a PC Card hard disk in a PC Card adapter, you must edit the Windows NT Registry.
WARNING Be careful when making changes in the Registry. Any mistakes or incorrect changes
may cause serious operating system problems, and you may have to reinstall the operating system. If the system becomes unusable after you have modified the Registry, restart the system and try to use the Last Known Good configuration option to undo the damage. See Windows NT documentation for more information on the Last Known Good configuration option.
To enable PC Card hard disk operation:
1. Start the Registry Editor (
2. Open the following subkey in the Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Pcmcia
REGEDT32.EXE) to open the Registry.
3. From the Edit menu, select Add Value.
4. In the Value Name box, type InterruptMask.
5. In the Data Type box, select REG_DWORD; then select OK.
6. In the Data box, type F347.
7. Under Radix, select Hex; then select OK.
8. Exit from the Registry Editor.
9. Restart the system.

Windows 98 and Windows 95

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Windows 98 and the
The System Guide delivered with your system may contain Windows 95 information. If your system was delivered with Windows 98, refer to the following items for information that replaces or supplements the Windows 95 information in the System Guide.
System Guide

Windows 95 Drivers on Windows 98 Systems

Intergraph Computer Systems has preinstalled some Windows 95 drivers on systems delivered with Windows 98. These drivers are provided as backup media in InterSite Version Manager. Be sure to make copies of these drivers, as you may need them to reinstall the operating system and associated system software. If you reinstall these drivers, you may be notified that you are installing an outdated driver; ignore the prompt and continue installing the driver.
The installed Windows 95 drivers were certified on Windows 98, and can be used until vendor-supplied Windows 98 versions are available. When they have been certified for use, Windows 98 versions of these drivers will be posted to the Support pages on the World Wide Web (http://www.intergraph.com/ics/) and to the Intergraph Bulletin Board Service (1-256­730-8786).

Booting into Safe Mode

The graphics driver software installed on your system is set for a display resolution of 1024 x
768. If you connect the system to a monitor that does not support this resolution, the system
may boot into Safe Mode and the standard VGA display resolution of 640 x 480. If the system boots into a distorted video display, you can restart the system and, before Windows starts, press
F8 to boot into Safe Mode.
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Once the system is in Safe Mode, take the following steps:
1. Right-click the operating system desktop and select Properties.
2. In the Settings tab of the Display Properties dialog, set an appropriate display resolution for the monitor and (if needed) an appropriate monitor type.
3. Restart the system to boot into Windows and the new display resolution.

Enabling Microphone Operation

If you purchased a microphone for your system, you may have to enable it to use it.
To enable microphone operation:
1. In the taskbar, double-click the speaker icon to display the Volume Control dialog.
2. From the Options menu, click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog, click Recording; then check the Microphone check box; then click OK
4. In the Volume Control dialog, clear the Mute check box under Microphone.

Active Desktop (Windows 95)

On a system with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.5, when you start your system for the first time, Internet Explorer installs at the end of Setup. You will notice that it takes several minutes for Internet Explorer to complete its installation. After Internet Explorer installs, Active Desktop is enabled by default, and appears as follows:
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An active channel bar displays on the right side of the desktop.
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The operating system’s desktop menus appear in a browser-style interface.
To disable Active Desktop:
1. Right-click the desktop, and then click Active Desktop−Customize my desktop.
2. In the Web tab of the Display Properties dialog, clear the check boxes for View My Active Desktop as a Web Page and Internet Explorer Channel Bar.
3. You will be prompted that the wallpaper selected can be shown only with Active Desktop. Select No, I do not want to enable Active Desktop, and then click OK.

Shutdown Hang (Windows 95)

On Windows 95 systems that have one or more network drives mapped, the computer may hang during shutdown at the screen that says "Please wait while Windows 95 Shuts down the
computer...." This is caused by a bug in the Active Desktop component of Internet Explorer
4.0 (IE 4.0). You can work around this problem by disabling Active Desktop; see the
previous section for more information. You can resolve this problem by getting and installing Service Pack 1 for IE 4.01 from http://www.microsoft.com/ie.

Installing 3Com Network Adapter Driver Software (Windows 95)

On a Windows 95 system with a 3Com network adapter, the driver software is not preinstalled. The first time the operating system starts, it detects the 3Com network adapter and prompts you for the driver software. Install the driver software from the 3 diskettes. 3COM3C90X is delivered as backup media in InterSite Version Manager or in the 3Com network adapter kit.
To install the 3Com network adapter driver software:
1. When prompted for a disk or CD-ROM that came with the device, insert diskette 2 into
the system’s floppy disk drive, and then click Next. Wait as directed for an updated driver to be detected.
2. When prompted that Windows found the 3Com Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C509B-TX), click Finish.
COM3C90X
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3. When prompted to insert a disk containing 3Com Etherdisk adapter software, insert diskette 2 into the system’s floppy disk drive, and then click OK.
4. When a message displays that the files from
5. When prompted to insert Windows 95 disk 18, click OK.
6. When a message displays that the files from
7. When prompted to insert 3Com Etherdisk adapter software disk 2, click OK.
8. When a message displays that the files from
A:\, and then click OK.
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS, and then click OK.
A:\, and then click OK.
W95EL90X.INF file could not be found, select to copy
RPCLTC5.DLL file could not be found, select to copy
W95EL90X.INF file could not be found, select to copy

Reinstalling Millennium II Driver Software and MGA Powerdesk (Windows 98)

On a Windows 98 system with Millennium II graphics, the Millennium II driver software and MGA Powerdesk software is preinstalled, and is available as backup media in InterSite Version Manager (on multiple diskettes). If you have to reinstall Windows 98, do the following to reinstall the Millennium II driver:
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1. Let Windows 98 Setup detect the Millennium II graphics card. It will install the standard PCI graphics adapter driver at VGA resolution.
2. After Windows 98 Setup completes, insert disk 1 of the Millennium II Windows 95 driver (
MILL2DRVW95) in the system’s floppy disk drive.
3. Right-click the desktop and go to Properties/Display/Settings/Advanced/Adapter.
4. Select to change the adapter.
5. In the Updated Device Driver Wizard, select to search for a better driver than the one now in use.
6. When prompted, select the floppy disk drive containing disk 1 of
MILL2DRVW95.
7. Follow the instructions to complete installation of the driver and restart the system.
To use the MGA Powerdesk features, you must reinstall the MGA Powerdesk software separately, as follows:
1. Insert disk 1 of the Millennium II Windows 95 driver (
MILL2DRVW95) in the system’s
floppy disk drive.
2. In Explorer, find and double-click the
SETUP.EXE file on the diskette.
3. When prompted for an installation type, select the Typical option.
4. When prompted, remove disk 1 from the system’s floppy disk drive and insert disk 2.
5. Follow the instructions to complete installation of the Powerdesk software.
MGA Powerdesk includes support for Intergraph Computer Systems monitors. Take the following steps to select the appropriate Intergraph monitor type:
1. Right-click the desktop and go to Properties/Settings/Advanced/MGA Monitor. The MGA Monitor tab displays a monitor icon.
2. Select the appropriate Intergraph monitor from the list displayed.

Using Software for Zip or Jaz Drives (Windows 98)

If you purchased an Iomega Jaz or Zip drive with your system, the software included with the drive options may not function properly in Windows 98. Iomega will release software that is fully compatible with Windows 98 in August 1998. You will be able to get this software from Iomega’s Web pages at http://www.iomega.com.
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