Asus 3DP-V375DX User manual

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USER'S MANUAL

ASUS 3DP-V375 DX User’s Manual2
USER'S NOTICE
Product Name: ASUS 3DP-V375DX
Manual Revision: 1.04
Release Date: July 1997
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Contents
I. Introduction .....................................................................................7
Item Checklist ..................................................................................7
Features ............................................................................................7
II. Hardware Installation ...................................................................8
Layout ..............................................................................................8
Installation Procedures.....................................................................9
III. Microsoft Windows 95 ............................................................... 11
Video Driver Installation ...............................................................11
Introduction ..............................................................................11
1. Quick Installation ................................................................11
1.1 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 (New Hardware Found).. 11
1.2 UpdatingDriversforWindows95 (UsingtheAutorun Screen) . 12
2. Traditional Installation ........................................................15
2.1 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 (New Hardware Found)..15
2.2 Installing Drivers (Using Windows 95 Control Panel)....16
3. Removing the Video Drivers...............................................17
3.1 Using the Autorun Screen............................................17
3.2 Using Windows 95 Control Panel ...............................17
4. Install MPEG Video Player, DirectX 3A, and S3 S3d ToolKit..18
5. Windows 95 Display Settings .............................................19
Settings ...............................................................................19
Adjustment .........................................................................20
Hotkey ................................................................................21
Advanced ............................................................................22
IV. Microsoft Windows 3.x...............................................................24
1. Video Driver Installation .....................................................24
1.1 Installing Video drivers in DOS ..................................24
1.2 Installing Video drivers in Windows 3.x .....................24
2. Install MPEG Video Player in Windows 3.x .......................25
3. Changing Display Settings in Windows 3.x........................26
Setting.................................................................................26
Adjustment .........................................................................27
Hotkey ................................................................................28
DPMS .................................................................................28

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Contents
V. Microsoft Windows NT................................................................29
Video Driver Installation ...............................................................29
Installing Video Display Drivers in Windows NT 4.0........29
Installing Video Display Drivers in Windows NT 3.51......30
VI. DOS Drivers................................................................................31
DOS Drivers Installation ...............................................................31
Install DOS Utilities ...........................................................31
Install AutoCAD, MicroStation, & S3d Toolkit Drivers ....31
VII. Display Information .................................................................32
3D Function Support......................................................................32
Resolution Table ............................................................................33
2MB Video Memory ...............................................................33
4MB Video Memory ...............................................................35
VIII. Hardware Information ...........................................................37
8-BIT LPB Connector....................................................................37
16-BIT LPB Connector..................................................................38
Memory Upgrades .........................................................................39
A. Questions & Answers...................................................................40

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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE
FederalCommunications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference, and
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired 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 installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. 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 inter-
ference 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 to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
CanadianDepartment of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-
dian Department of Communications.

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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
Checklist/Features
Thank you for purchasing the ASUS 3DP-V375DX Graphics &
Video Accelerator. With the S3 ViRGE/DX built-in, the ASUS 3DP-
V375DX provides you surprising acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and
quality scalable video playback, which can fully support 3D Gaming and
Multimedia Applications.
Item Checklist
PCI Adapter x 1
User’s Manual x 1
ASUS Driver & Utility CD-ROM x 1
Features
• New S3 ViRGE/DX 64-bit 2D/3D Graphics & Video Accelerator Built-in
• Performance-Oriented Design for Boosting Pentium II / Pentium Pro & MMX
Acceleration
• Upgrade to 4MB Frame Buffer Supports 1280 x 1024 with True Colors at 85Hz
• 32-bit PCI 2.1 Interface Compliant for “Plug & Play”
• Enhanced Full-Scalable Real-Time 30 Frames/second up Video/MPEG Playback
• Integrated 170MHz RAMDAC supports up to 160Hz Refresh Flicker-Free Display
• ASUS Turbo Driver Boosts 20% More 2D/3D Graphics Performance
• ASUS PerformanceAdjustmentTech. Tunes up SpeedforVarious TypesMemory Mix
• Multi-Language User Interface & Drivers supported
• Designed for Windows 95 & Windows 3.x Logo Approval
• Hassle-FreeInstallation forWindows95 andWindows 3.x throughAutoRunCD-ROM
• Built-in 16-bit & 8-bit LPB (Local Peripheral Bus) Connectors Ready for TV
Tuner, Video Capture, and H/W MPEG-1 Upgrade

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2MB DRAM Memory
Feature Connector &
8-BIT LPB Connector
Video
Output
Connector
S3 ViRGE/DX Chipset
VGA BIOS
16-BIT LPB
Connector
2MB
Upgrade
Sockets
II. Hardware Installation
II. H/W Installation
Layout
Layout
1
233
34
TV-Tuner, Video
Capture, Hardware
MPEG, or other
compatible LPB
expansion cards

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Installation Procedures
1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.
2. Remove the screws for the back of the system unit cover.
3. Remove the system unit cover.
4. Find an unused 5volt PCI bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unob-
structed.
5. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.
The slot cover is the metal strip in the back of the computer chassis that covers
the opening for the adapter’s external connector.
II. Hardware Installation
II. H/W Installation
Procedures
This section tells you how to install the ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics and video
card in your PC computer. The steps provided below demonstrate how to install the
card in a typical system. Your system may be slightly different.
WARNING! Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated
Circuit (IC) chips. To protect the computer board and other components against
damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever
you work on your computer.
1. Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing
expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause
severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.
2. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or circuitry.
3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components.
4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with
the component whenever the components are separated from the system.
IMPORTANT: Keep the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it. Before you pick up the adapter, ground yourself by touching an
unpainted surface on the computer chassis. Even a little static electricity can
destroy a host adapter component!

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II. Hardware Installation
6. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source.
7. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one
hand. Avoiding touching board components.
8. Remove the plastic sleeve.
9. Position the card directly over the PCI slot and insert one end of the board in
the slot first. Carefully press the bus connector on the bottom of the card down
into the slot. Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom of the host adapter are
securely seated in the slot.
10. Anchor the board's mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw
from the slot cover you set aside previously.
11. Replace the cover on the system unit.
12. Connect your analog monitor's 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten
the retaining screws (if any).
13. Connect other cables and devices if available.
II. H/W Installation
Procedures

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation
Video Driver Installation
Introduction
After installing theASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics & video card, software drivers and
utilities must be installed. The ASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 Display Driver Installa-
tion CD not only provides the quick install program, which greatly simplifies the
video driver setup steps in Windows 95, but also has the uninstall function which
will enable you to completely remove drivers no longer needed.
1. Quick Installation
The following are various driver installation procedures for Windows 95 un-
der specific situations. NOTE: this Manual will assume that your CD-ROM
is the D: drive. Please use this accordingly.
1.1 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 (New Hardware Found)
If you are installing the ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics & video card for Win-
dows 95 for the first time, a New Hardware Found window will appear:
Select which driver you want to install for your new hardware:
Windows default driver
Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer
Do not install a driver (Windows will not prompt you again)
Select from a list of alternate drivers
1. Please select Do not install a driver
2. Insert the ASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 Installation CD. The ASUS Windows
95 Install Shell will appear. If it does not appear, run D:\SETUP.EXE
3. Click InstallASUS 3DP-V375DX Display Driver and follow the installation
steps.

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation
1.2 Updating Drivers for Windows 95 (Using theAutorun Screen)
If an ASUS graphics card or any other version of the ASUS video driver was
installed at one time, Windows 95 Plug and Play may not detect automatically
the new 3DP-V375DX graphics & video card. If this happens, follow the
steps below:
1. Insert theASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 Installation CD. TheASUS Windows 95
Install Shell will appear.
2. If it does not appear, run D:\SETUP.EXE. The CD-ROM’s autorun facility will
present you with a list of install options.
3. Click Install 3DP-V375DX Display Driver and follow the installation steps.
Click the Next button to install 3DP-V375DX V1.02 on your computer. A
“New Features” screen is displayed.
Click the Next button.

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It is recommended that you select ASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 Enhanced
Driver (with 1280x1024x24). Press the Next button to start copying files to
your hard disk.
The ASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 requires DirectX 3A for MMX 3D accelera-
tion. We suggest that you press the Yes button to install DirectX 3A.
After all drivers have successfully been installed, restart your computer. Your
ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics card should be automatically detected.
If the ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics card is detected, click the OK button to
install other utilities.
If no ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics card is detected, you can either select
RemoveASUS3DP-V375DXDisplayDriveror ShutdownandinstallASUS
3DP-V375DX VGACard.
III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation
Click the OK button to begin testing the video memory on the display card.
TESTINGON-SCREENMEMORY: (This screen will flick during thetesting)
The On-Screen video memory depends on the resolution and colors selected
for your display settings. For example, if your display setting is 1024x768x16
bpp, then you have 1.5MB on-screen memory.
TESTING OFF-SCREEN MEMORY: (This screen will flick during the testing)
Since the maximum video memory configuration of theASUS 3DP-V375DX
graphics card is 4MB, if your display settings use 2MB, then the unused 2MB
will be the off-screen memory.

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Video Driver Installation
2. Traditional Installation
The following are two traditional driver installation procedures for Windows
95. NOTE: thisManual will assume that your CD-ROM is theD:drive. Please
use this accordingly.
2.1 Installing Drivers for Windows 95 (New Hardware Found)
If you are installing the ASUS 3DP-V375DX graphics & video card for Win-
dows 95 for the first time, a New Hardware Found window will appear:
Select which driver you want to install for your new hardware:
Windows default driver
Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer
Do not install a driver (Windows will not prompt you again)
Select from a list of alternate drivers
1. Click OK to use the default selection: Driver from disk provided by hard-
ware manufacturer
2. Insert the ASUS 3DP-V375DX V1.02 Installation CD and click the Browse
button. - Open window appears
3. Select your CD-ROM drive in the Drives: box
3. Select WIN95
5. Click the OK button - Install from Disk appears - Click OK button again
6. After restarting Windows, your ASUS card should be automatically detected.
III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation

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III. Windows 95
Driver Installation
III. Microsoft Windows 95
1. Start Windows 95, switching display to
VGA mode (16 colors, 640x480 pixels),
then restart
2. Right click your mouse on the desktop and
select Properties
3. Click the Settings tab
4. Select Change Display Type
5. ChooseAdapter Type and click Change
6. Click Have Disk
7. Insert theASUS3DP-V375DXInstallation
CD.
8. Type D:\WIN95(assuming your CD-ROM
drive is letter D) or click Browse button to
selectthe path of the display driverforWin-
dows 95. Click OK.
9. You will see a list ofASUS 3DP-V375DX
drivers. It is recommended that you select
theASUS3DP-V375DXV1.02Enhanced
Driver(with1280x1024x24)and press the
OK button to start installation
10. When all files are copied, go back to the
Display Properties window by clicking
Close. Press Apply..
11. A System Settings Change dialog box is
displayed. Click Yes to restart Windows
12. When Windows starts up, your video
adapter is now ready to use.
2.2 Installing Drivers (Using Windows 95 Control Panel)
Settings
Change Display Type
Select Device
SystemSettingsChange

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Remove Drivers
3. Removing the Video Drivers
If you want to install other graphics cards or if you no longer need the 3DP-
V375DX display drivers, you can use one of the following procedures to com-
pletely remove the drivers from Windows 95 to save disk space.
1. Insert the ASUS 3DP-V375DX
V1.02 Installation CD
2. Select Remove 3DP-V375DX
DisplayDriverin theASUSWin-
dows 95 Install Shell and follow
the uninstallation steps.
3.1 Using the Autorun Screen
3.2 Using Windows 95 Control Panel
1. Click Start. Move to Settings,
Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs
2. Click the Install/Uninstall tab
3. Select ASUS 3DP-V375DX
V1.02 from the list
4. Press the Add/Remove button.
During uninstallation, a “Remove
SharedFile?”dialogboxwilldis-
play asking you to remove some
shared files. Click the Yes or Yes
ToAllbutton to remove the shared
files no longer used.

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1. Start Windows 95
2. Insert the ASUS 3DP-V375DX
V1.02 Installation CD. TheASUS
Windows 95 Install Shell should
appear.
If it does not appear, please run
D:\SETUP.EXE
3. Select Install DirectX 3A in the
ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell
4. After DirectX 3A driver has suc-
cessfully been installed, click In-
stall Video Player
5. For someWindows95applications
which need 3D libraries, click In-
stall S3 S3d ToolKit in the ASUS
Windows 95 Install Shell and fol-
low the installation steps.
4. Install MPEG Video Player, DirectX 3A, and S3 S3d ToolKit
For Software MPEG support in Windows 95, you must first install Microsoft
DirectX 3Alibraries, then install MPEG Video Player. ASUS also provides the
S3 S3d ToolKit, which contains three kinds of 3D libraries: S3d ToolKit Win-
dows drivers, RenderWare Windows drivers, and BRender Windows drivers.
III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Driver Installation
ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell
DirectX 3A Setup
Install XingMPEG Player

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Display Settings
5. Windows 95 Display Settings
Shell Notify Icon
After installing theASUS 3DP-V375DXWindows 95 Driver, you will
see an ASUS icon on your taskbar notification area. You can “Close
Enhanced Functions” or “Launch Display Properties” from this
icon. If you encounter any problem, you may want to close ASUS
Enhanced Functions. These functions will be enabled again next time
you enter Windows.
Changing Display Settings
To enter the Display Properties at any time, right click your mouse
on the desktop and select Properties, or double click the Display icon
in the Control Panel. Click the appropriate Tab as follows:
Adjust color
Adjust font size
Adjust virtual desktop size
Adjust screen resolution
Current refresh rate
Settings
This allows you to change your display settings, adjust screen resolu-
tion and color depth, virtual desktop size, and font size. The maxi-
mum desktop and screen size selectable depends on how much memory
you have. The maximum screen size selectable depends on the moni-
tor specified.

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III. Microsoft Windows 95
III. Windows 95
Display Settings
List of refresh rate options
Delete from list
Test customized refresh rates
Add to list
Customize refresh rate
Set to default supported
refresh rate
Change Refresh Rate
If you want to customize a new refresh rate, select a nearest default
refresh rate, then adjust the slider to where you want, test it and then
add it to the list.
Adjust display size
Adjust display position
Set to default values
Change refresh rate
Current screen, virtual
desktop size and color
palette
Adjustment
This lets you change your monitor settings, such as display position,
size, and refresh rate. While adjusting display size and position, you
can press the ESC key to restore to your original settings at any time.
After selecting a new refresh rate, the system will restore to the origi-
nal settings in 10 seconds if you do not click the OK button.