HP Kayak XA-s Series 02 Manual

Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
Evans & Sutherland AccelGALAXY Graphics Board

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Contents
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How to use this online guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Additional Information & Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The AccelGALAXY Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Updating the AccelGALAXY Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the AccelGALAXY Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Settings Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The AccelPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The AccelPanel - Information Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
The AccelPanel - Applications Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
The AccelPanel - System Settings Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting Video Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Troubleshooting Performance Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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AccelGALAXY Graphics Board
Configuration and
Troubleshooting Guide
This manual is for anyone who wants to:
•Configure the AccelGALAXY graphics board.
•Update the AccelGALAXY driver.
•Troubleshoot hardware/performance problems on the
AccelGALAXY graphics board.

AccelGALAXY Graphics Board Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
Notice
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Notice
The information contained in this document is subject to change
without notice.
Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this
material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-
Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for
incidental or consequential damages in connection with the
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United States and/or other countries.
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or trademarks of Evans & Sutherland in the United States and/or
other countries.
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AccelGALAXY Graphics Board Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
Additional Information & Help
Additional Information & Help
For more information on your graphics board and other accessories
available for your PC Workstations, you can visit the following pages
on HP’s Web site:
HP Kayak PC Workstation product specifications
•http://www.hp.com/go/kayak
Latest drivers, FAQs, and support information
•http://www.hp.com/go/kayaksupport

AccelGALAXY Graphics Board Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
Overview
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Overview
The Evans & Sutherland AccelGALAXY is a high-end OpenGL
graphics board for professional users who require workstation-class
performance, with high-end functionality such as overlays and
texture mapping.
The AccelGALAXY graphics subsystem occupies the AGP accessory
slot in your PC Workstation. It brings you:
•Evans & Sutherland REALimage 2100 rendering engine
•15 MB 3DRAM frame and local buffer memory
•Hardware texture accelerator with 16 MB CDRAM of dedicated
texture memory
•Built-in VGA support
•Full OpenGL 1.1 hardware features support.

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AccelGALAXY Graphics Board Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
The AccelGALAXY Driver
The AccelGALAXY Driver
A driver for the AccelGALAXY board is preloaded on your PC
Workstation.
HP frequently updates graphics board drivers to incorporate feature
and performance enhancements, or to fix problems found when
running specific applications.
Should you have any problem with your AccelGALAXY board, first
check that you have the latest driver version installed on your PC
Workstation. The latest driver version is provided on HP’s Web site.
For more information refer to the next section, “Updating the
AccelGALAXY Driver”.
To check the driver version currently installed on your PC
Workstation, refer to The AccelPanel - Information Page, on page
13.

AccelGALAXY Graphics Board Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide
Updating the AccelGALAXY Driver
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Updating the AccelGALAXY Driver
You can download the latest version of the AccelGALAXY driver
from HP’s Web site at:
http://www.hp.com/go/kayaksupport
After accessing the HP Kayak Support Web site, select your HP
Kayak PC Workstation model, and then go to the AccelGALAXY
driver section.
If the list contains a driver for your application, download that
driver. If a driver for your application is not listed, select the
“DEFAULT version”.
NOTE A README file is supplied with each driver. Please read it carefully
as it provides instructions to install the driver. Moreover, the
information contained in the README file supersedes any
information contained in this manual.
To update the driver, follow these instructions.
1Download the driver from HP’s Web site to a temporary folder on
your hard disk. (For example, C:\TEMP\AccelGALAXY\)
2Run the executable file to decompress the contained files. You
can do this by double-clicking the file.
3Follow the instructions provided in the README file that comes
with the driver.