Sigmacom AS03 Users Manual

MORPHEUS GEFORCE3

User’s Manual

Version 1.0

Notice

This device has been approved by EMI for home. It can

be used in all areas including residential area.

FCC NOTICE

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITION: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDERSIRED OPERATION.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful 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 more of the following measures :

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit difference from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer of an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

NOTE : The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

• Features of MORPHEUS GEFORCE3

• System Configuration and Each Part Description

Chapter 2 Installation

• Installation of display drivers Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000

Windows NT

• Installation of application programs

Chapter 3 How to use programs

• Using MORPHEUS GEFORCE3’s utilities

• Watching VIDEO CD

• Listening to MP3 audio

Addendum

• Q & A

Chapter 1. Introduction

Contents of the package

Thank you for purchasing the MORPHEUS GEFORCE3. Please make sure that you have a full content of the MORPHEUS GEFORCE3 after removing the package.

MORPHEUS GEFORCE3 Board

It is equipped in AGP slot of system main board.

Installation CD

It is an installation CD that contains drivers and programs.

User’s manual

It describes the installation and use of application programs.

Features of MORPHEUS GEFORCE3

* Powered by nVIDIA’s GeForce 3 * Two new Hypertexel pipelines * Up to 20million triangles per second at peak rates * Full scene anti-aliasing and Per-Pixel Shading * Maximum resolution up to 2048x1536 at 75 Hz * 32MB Video Memory support * Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC * AGP 4X/2X with Fast Writes and Execute Mode * DirectX 7.0/OpenGL support * DVD acceleration * 100% hardware triangle setup engine * Transform and Lighting (T&L) Engine * Sigma MP3 Player * Flash ROM BIOS for BIOS update * GigaTexel Shading processing two texture per pixel * Optimized drivers for Windows9x, NT40 and Windows2000

System Configuration and Each Part Description

! System Configuration

To use the MORPHEUS GEFORCE3 effectively, you need the following configuration.

CPU & Main board

IBM-PC compatible main board in compliance with AGP 2.0 (More than Intel 440BX or VIA Apollo pro) Intel Pentium II/III CPU or compatible

O/S

Windows98 Windows98SE WindowsNT4.0 (more than service pack 3) Windows 2000 Windows Me (Sigma VCD /MP3 are for Windows 98(SE).)

Software

Microsoft DirectX6.1

System memory

32MB or more

Peripherals

50MB free hard disk space CD-ROM drive MS Compatible mouse Sound blaster compatible sound card (recommended)

3.5” Floppy Drive

Multi-scan monitor

! Part Description

1. Monitor connector is connected to the monitor and outputs video signals.

2. Feature connector

is a connection jumper for connection with other multimedia products.

To use the function, you need to refer to the manual provided by its manufacturer.

3. ROM BIOS

is the location of the memory containing basic program code to control the VGA in your system.

4. Video memory

is a storage place to ha ve the contents to be displayed on t he screen. It is called as Fram e buffer or Video buffer. 64MB high speed SDRAM or DDR SGRAM are provided as standard, which is the maximum amount of memory supported by the MORPHEUS GEFORCE 3.

Chapter

2 Installation

Installation of display drivers

Windows 98 SE

In case of installing the MORPHEUS GEFORCE 3 with Windows 98 SE

If you have installe d W indows 98 newly, your system recognizes the video ca rd as “Standard PCI Graphics Adapter [ VGA]”. If it has not been set correct ly, switch displa y to “Standard PCI Graphics Adapter [VGA]” and processed the following procedures.

1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM Drive.

2. Click the right m ouse button on the Windows scr een and select “Properties ” on the dialog

box.

3. Select “Settings” in “Display properties”.

4. Click “Advanced”, “Adapter” then click “Change…”.

5. “Update Device Driver Wizard” appears then click “Next”.

6. Select “S earch for a better driver than the o ne your device is using now. [Recommended]”.

Click “Next” again.

7. Select “Specify a location”. ( Do not select other items.)

8. Select “WIN9X” folder on “GEFORCE3” f older of CD-ROM drive b y using “Bro wse…” button

then click “Next”.

9. If it recognizes “NVIDIA GEFORCE 3”, click “ Next” again.

10. The appropriate drivers will be copied and the system will be configured automatically.

11. Click “F inish”.

12. If a dialog box appears asking if you want to restart your system, select “Yes”.

In case of exchanging the VGA card to the MORPHEUS GEFORCE 3 in Windows 98 SE

1. When Windows 98 SE begins, the “Add n ew hardware wizard” dialog box will appear then click “Next”.

2. Select “Search for the best driver for your device. [Recommended]” and click “Next”.

3. Select “Specify a location” and “WIN9X” folder on “GEFORCE3” folder of CD-ROM drive by using “Browse…” button then click “Next”.

4. If it recognizes “NVIDIA GeForce3”, click “Next” again.

5. The appropriate drivers will be copied and the system will be configured automatically.

6. Click “Finish”.

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