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User ’s Ma n ua l
for
M VGA-NVTNTA
M VG A-NVTNTAL
DOC NO:54-00007-13 Rev. C
99/05/13
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FCC Requ irement
This device has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to
WARNING:
This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may
It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B compliant device in accordance
with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable
If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
Ensure that the card
If necessary, consult your dealer, service representative, or an experienced radio/television technician
Stock No.
Subpart. J of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. See instructions if interference to radio reception is suspe cted.
cause interference to radio or television reception.
protection against such interference in a residential installation.
However, there is no guarantee that interference-will not occur in a particular installation.
more of the following measures:
Reorient the receiving antenna
˙
Relocate the computer away from the receiver
˙
Move the computer away from the receiver
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Plug the computer into a different outlet so that the computer and the receiver are on
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different branch circuits
˙
are tightly secured
Ensure that slot covers are installed in all unused slots
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’s mounting screws, attachment connector screws, and ground wires
for additional suggestions.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized
modifications to this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference.
The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful:
How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems.
This booklet is available from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,
004-000345-4.
NOTE:
CAUTION:
You must use shielded interface cables with a ferrite bead in order to maintain compliance
with the limits for a Class B device.
CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS NOT EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE
PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE COULD VOID THE USER’S
AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT
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Notice
damages arising out of the use or the inability to use the product or documentation, eve n if
period of one (1) year from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, a product
the product has been damaged
be held liable for incidental or consequential damages, such as lost revenue or lost
The information in this document is subject to change in order to improve reliability,
design, or function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the part
of this company.
In no event will we be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential
advised of the possibility of such damages.
No part of this reference manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means without the prior written permission of this company.
1999
Trademark Ackn ow ledgement
All Brand- names and Trademarks are the property of their owners.
Limi ted Warr anty
Our company warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a
determined by us to be defective in form or function will be repaired or at our option, to
be replaced at no charge. This warranty does not apply if
by accident, abuse, misuse, or as a result of service or modification other than by us.
This warranty is in lieu of any other warranty expressed or implied. In no event shall we
business opportunities arising from the purchase of a this product.
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TABL E OF CONTENTS
System Requirements
Adapter Configuration
Installing drivers onto your Windows 95/98
Installing DirectX on your Windows 95/98 .................................
5.MVGA-NVTNTA/AL FAQ
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1. In t roduction .......................................................................................... 1
Features .............................................................................................. 1
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Package Contents ............................................................................... 2
2. Ha rdwar e Installation .......................................................................... 3
....................................................................... 3
Installing the MVGA-NVTNTA/AL adapter card………………… 5
3. Software Installation ............................................................................ 6
Autorun Instruction ............................................................................ 6
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Installing drivers onto your Windows NT 4.0(SP3)………….……. 8
4.Display Information …………………………………………………... 9
Resolutions Supported………………………………………………. 9
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1. Intr odu cti on
The MVGA-NVTNTA/AL is a
a 128-bit local memory interface. The MVGA-NVTNTA/AL comes
SDRAM / SGRAM on board , featuring it’s high speed 2D & turbo 3D state
of the art MPEG 1/2 playback with a fast integrated SVGA core, integrated
sideband width
TwiN-Texel(TNT)32bit graphics pipeline providing 2 texture mapped ,
32-bit ARGB rending with destination alpha , 16-bit or 24-bit Z buffer ,
Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX
high performance 2D/3D graphics card. It has
with 250MHz RAMDAC supporting up to 1920x1200@75Hz.
Featu r es
High performance 2D/3D processor Riva TNT
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SDRAM/SGRAM memory on board
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Bus mastering DMA 2x66MHz AGP interface with full
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support
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lit pixels per clock and single pass multi-texture rending
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8-bit stencil buffer
Supports Windows 95 (OSR2.1), 98, & NT 4.0(sp3)
□
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5.X and 6.X
Integrated true-color 250MHz RAMDAC interface
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High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration
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Video acceleration for DirectShow MPEG 1/2 and Indeo
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Built-in NVDIA RIVA TNT™ 128-bit 3D Graphics and Video
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Accelerator
Supports high screen resolutions up to 1920x1200@75Hz
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Supports DDC1/2B monitor
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DVD sub-picture alpha blend composite
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1MB Flash-ROM on board (optional)
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S-Video and Composite video output ports (optional)
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with
System Requi r ements
Pentium/Pentium II motherboard with AGP bus.
□
Microsoft Windows 95 (OSR2.1) / 98 or NT 4.0 with service pack 3
□
(sp3)
DirectX 5.X/6.X driver
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Package Cont ent s
MVGA-NVTNTA/AL adapter
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AutoRun Driver CD-Title
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User’s Manual
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IVI’s WINDVD CD-Title (optional)
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RCA cable (Only for MVGA-NVTNTA With TV-OUT)
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S-VIDEO cable (Only for MVGA-NVTNTA With TV-OUT , optional)
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2. Hard w are In st all atio n
To monitor
S-Video output
MVGA-NVTNTA (with TV-Out)
1 3
JP1 :short, NTSC; open, PAL
Jp2:1-2 short PAL ;
2-3 short NTSC
To monitor
MVGA-NVTNTA (w/o TV-Out)
Adapter Confi gur ation
16MB SDRAM on board
BIOS
Riva TNT VGA chip set
16MB SDRAM on board
TV-Out encoder chip
Composite output
BIOS
Riva TNT VGA chip set
Jp1
Jp2
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MVGA-NVTNTAL
To monitor
16 MB SDRAM or SGRAM on Board
Riva TNT VGA chip set
BIOS
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Inst all ing th e MVGA-NVTNTA/AL adapt er c ard
Turn OFF your computer, remove the computer case, and then ground
Not e:
Align and secure the mounting bracket of the card to the computer and
MVGA-NVTNTA/AL
1.
yourself by touching the power supply of the computer.
Before installing the MVGA-NVTNTA/AL card you
must first set the VGA option to either standard
VGA or Standard Display VGA.
2. Remove your old graphics card, and install your new
MVGA-NVTNTA/AL card into the AGP slot.
AGP slot
PCI s l o t
AGP mainboard
3.
replace the computer case.
4. Connect the monitor cable to the DB-15 connector of the card.
5. Turn ON your computer.
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3. So ft w are inst all
Autorun Ins tructio n
1. Insert the AutoRun CD-ROM driver (wait
a few seconds). You will see a windows
show below.
2. If you can not see that windows, please
click ‘MVGA-NVTNTA/AL’ from right
side windows.
3. Click-on ‘In stall Driver’ to install the VGA driver.
4. Click-on ‘Dir ectX’ to install Microsoft DirectX onto your Windows
95/98 system. Not necessary, if it has already been installed in your
system.
5. Click-on ‘Readme’, to view detailed information regarding the various
Drivers/Programs and FAQ’s located on the CD.
6. Click-on ‘Browse C D’ to view the contents of the CD.
7. Click-on ‘E xit’ to exit the AutoRun tool .
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Installin g dri vers ont o your Windows 95/98
Insert the AutoRun driver into
CD-ROM drive, and click-on
MVG A-NVTNTA/AL’ to setup the
After the installation is complete, the
system will ask you whether you want to
restart your computer now. Please click
, to reboot your system and activate
There is no need to re-install DirectX,
if it is already on your system.
However, if you don’t have it and want
to install it click-on
to install the DirectX
When it is done, please click
to
1.
‘
VGA driver. Please click ‘OK’.
2.
‘OK’
the program.
the
Install in g DirectX on your Window s 95/98
1.
DirectX’
program.
2.
reboot windows.
‘ReInstall
‘OK’
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Install i n g dr i vers ont o you r Wind ows NT 4.0 (SP3)
Start Windows NT
After your computer restarts, right-click the desktop and click
Browse CD to select the
You will see a list of NVTNT Series driver. Select NT4.0 driver and
Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate
files are then copied to the hard disk. When all files are copied, go back
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System Setting Change dialog box is displayed. Click Yes
Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The display applet
1.
640x480 pixels), then restart your computer to make the change.
2.
Pr opert ies.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. Select Display Type.
5. Select Adapter Type and click Change.
6. Click Have Disk.
7. Insert the AutoRun driver into the CD-ROM drive.
8. Click (assuming your CD-ROM disc driver X)
path X:\NVTNTA\NT4.0 of the display driver for Windows NT.
9.
then click OK.
10.
to the Display Proper t ies box by clicking Close. Click Ap p ly.
The
restart Windows.
12.
will appear to allow for mode selection.
, switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors,
to
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4. Dis pl ay In fo rm atio n
Resol uti ons Su ppor ted
Resol utio n
640 x 480
800 X 600
1024 X 768
Vertical
Fr equency
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V V
100Hz V V V
120Hz V V V
140Hz V V V
144Hz V V V
150Hz V V V
170Hz V V V
200Hz V V V
240Hz V V V
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V V
100Hz V V V
120Hz V V V
140Hz V V V
144Hz V V V
150Hz V V V
170Hz V V V
200Hz V V V
240Hz V V V
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V V
100Hz V V V
120Hz V V V
140Hz V V V
144Hz V V V
150Hz V V V
170Hz V V V
200Hz V V V
240Hz V V V
256 colors
Standard
Color Dep t h
65K colors
Standard
16.7M colors
Standard
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1152 X 864
1280 X 1024
1600 X 1200
1920 X 1080
1920 X 1200
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V V
100Hz V V V
120Hz V V V
140Hz V V V
150Hz V V
170Hz V V
200Hz V V
240Hz V V
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V V
100Hz V V V
120Hz V V
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V V
85Hz V V
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V V
72 Hz V V V
75 Hz V V
85Hz
60Hz V V V
70Hz V V
72 Hz V V
75 Hz V V
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5. MVGA-NVTNTA/AL FAQ
While inst alling on a Windows 95 or 98 op erating system, my
A:
Please check your monitor
DDC signal to ground: Which causes the BIOS to not detect your
monitor. Therefore, causing your MVGA-NVTNTA/AL to not receive
Q:
If your operating system isn’t the OSR2.1 version, you won’t be able to
What is the perform ance diff erence between 8MB memory and
When tested with the 3D
test with 2D
The image on m y monitor keeps on flickering and the driver
Show All Devices’ and choose your monitor type.
Q:
comp u ter los es the Vertical Sync.
’s specifications. Some monitors connect the
any data or refresh rates.
I can’t install the driv er on my Window s 95 sy st em.
A:
install the driver.
to fix the problem:
Please change your operating system to the OSR2.1 version.
Windows 95 OSR2.1 Installation.
1. Install Windows 95 OSR2.1
2. Execute USBSUPP
3. Install DirectX ver 5.0 or higher
4. Install the VGA driver
Q:
16MB memory on board?
A:
Winbench, the 16MB memory out performed the 8MB
memory.
Q:
Winmark, they tested the same. However, when
can’t change the refresh rate.
The problem is due to a failed DDC monitor detection.
A:
To fix the problem:
1. Go to ‘Settings’è’Control Panel’ è’Display’ è
2. Select ‘Settings’ è
3. Select ‘Advanced Properties’
4. Select ‘Monitor’
5. Select ‘Change’
6. Select ‘
If your monitor type is not listed, Please select one that is
as similar as possible.
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Q:
How do I change the resolutio n, color, and refresh-rate on my
Go to and open the ‘My Computer’ folder and select the ‘Control Panel
icon. Double-click on
then select
. A new menu will
appear choose ‘Color Palette’ to change the
values. Choose
to change the
(screen image size). From the
How do I change the resolutio n, color, and refresh-rate on my
A:
& 98’ system.
Except that you must select
, so that the changes can
You have to disconnect VGA monitor and connect RCA or S-VIDEO
cable to VGA card’s RCA or S-VIDEO
. So, first of all turn off
action, please turn on your system and TV . The VGA card will auto
Window s 95/98 syst em?
A:
‘Display’
‘Desktop area’
same screen click-on ‘Advanced Properties’ to access the Refresh-rate.
Q:
Resolution
‘Settings’
Color
Windows NT s yst em?
The procedure is basically the same as above, for the 95’
‘Test’, then ‘OK’
take affect.
Q:
Why don’t I enable the TV-OUT on my system to enable TVOUT disp l ay?
A:
connecto
your system, then do above action. After you make sure finishing above
detect TV presented and switch display to your TV .
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