R V3800 Series 3D Multimedia Accelerator USER’S MANUAL Hardware & Video Drivers AGP-V3800 Ultra Series AGP-V3800 Series AGP-V3800 Magic Series PCI-V3800 Ultra Series PCI-V3800 Series
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CONTENTS I. Introduction ..................................................................................... 7 Highlights ......................................................................................... 7 Available Models ............................................................................. 7 AGP Series ................................................................................. 7 ASUS AGP-V3800 Ultra Series ........................................... 7 ASUS AGP-V3800 Series ........
CONTENTS Install ASUS Live Utility ......................................................... 25 ASUS Main Panel ............................................................... 26 ASUS Live Video .......................................................................... 26 Always On Top ................................................................... 27 Show/Hide Video Source Option ....................................... 27 Video Capture ...................................................................
FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications 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.
I. Introduction I. Introduction Features Thank you for purchasing an ASUS V3800 Series Graphics and Video Accelerator. With the NVIDIA RIVA TNT2™ Ultra™/TNT2™/TNT2™ M64™ built in, the ASUS V3800 Series graphics cards provide you with extremely fast acceleration in 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video playback, which can fully support 3D Business, Gaming, and Multimedia Applications.
I. Introduction I.
I. Introduction I. Introduction Features Common Features • AGP Series only: Bus mastering AGP V2.0 slot interface with full sideband and “Execute” model support • Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 5.0 and 6.
Projector ASUS TV Box ASUS V3800 Series User’s Manual Stereo Glasses Output Composite (RCA) Output S-Video Output VGA Output Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible) Composite (RCA) Input S-Video to Composite Cable 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G) composite/TV output (RCA) (video model) JP1 JP1 J1 PAL 1 2 3 NTSC 1 2 3 Digital PC to TV Encoder Digital Video Decoder TM Graphics Processor Chip with Fan NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra 32MB or 16 MB Frame Buffer Use the same TV standard for all de
Projector ASUS TV Box ASUS V3800 Series User’s Manual Stereo Glasses Output Composite (RCA) Output S-Video Output VGA Output Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible) Composite (RCA) Input S-Video to Composite Cable composite/TV output (RCA) (video model) JP1 JP1 J1 PAL 1 2 3 NTSC 1 2 3 Digital PC to TV Encoder Digital Video Decoder VIP Connector B VIP Connector A TM Graphics Processor Chip with Fan NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 32MB or 16 MB Frame Buffer Use the same TV standard for all devic
ASUS V3800 Series User’s Manual Components enclosed in uneven dotted boxes ( ) can be used or are available only in the ASUS AGP-V3800M/T model.
Projector ASUS TV Box ASUS V3800 Series User’s Manual Stereo Glasses Output Composite (RCA) Output S-Video Output VGA Output Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible) Composite (RCA) Input S-Video to Composite Cable ASUS PCI-V3800 Ultra Series card (PAL or NTSC) TV model: Video-in and TV-out cables T model: TV-out cable only ASUS VR-100 upgradeable (see page 15) This User’s Manual (with Adobe® Acrobat® PDF copy) ASUS V3800 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc Item Checklist CATV ® 3D Glasses (ASUS
Projector ASUS TV Box ® ASUS V3800 Series User’s Manual Stereo Glasses Output Composite (RCA) Output S-Video Output VGA Output Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible) Composite (RCA) Input S-Video to Composite Cable 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G) composite/TV output (RCA) (video model) JP1 JP1 J1 PAL 1 2 3 NTSC 1 2 3 Digital PC to TV Encoder VGA BIOS FAN_PWR TM Graphics Processor Chip with Fan NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 32MB or 16 MB Frame Buffer Use the same TV standard for all devices.
II. Hardware Installation ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit The ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit enables the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses to be used with non-TVR models of the V3800 Series cards. See your dealer for more information on the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit. II. Installation VR-100 The monitor cable that came with your kit may be of the Y- or standard type. Connect your cable accordingly.
II. Hardware Installation NOTE: The AGP series of this graphics card can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot, while the PCI series can only be installed in a PCI slot. II. Installation Procedures 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 must follow some precautions. 1.
III. Windows 95/98 Operating System Requirements NOTE: The AGP series of this graphics cards require a motherboard with an AGP slot, while the PCI series require a PCI slot. Windows 95 OSR2.0 with USB Support Windows 95 OSR2.0 supports AGP cards, but to take advantage of all the AGP features, you must use Windows 95 OSR2.0 and install the USB upgrade and then install the VGARTD driver for the corresponding chipset on your motherboard (see III. Windows 95/98 Install GART Driver). III.
III. Windows 95/98 Driver Setup You can use one of three methods to install the Windows 95/98 drivers for your ASUS AGP-V3800 series graphics card. NOTE: Method 2 and Method 3 will not install the appropriate AGP GART driver if your motherboard does not use the Intel AGPset. Installing the AGP GART driver will ensure that the AGPset’s AGP functions are available. Method 2 and Method 3 will not install also the DirectX runtime libraries.
III. Windows 95/98 Method 2: Display Property Page 1. Start Windows. 2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart Windows. 3. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties. III. Windows 95/98 Driver Installation 4. Click the Settings tab and then click Advanced. The Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties dialog box appears. 5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears.
III. Windows 95/98 Method 3: Plug and Play NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with an ASUS V3800 series graphics card. 1. Start Windows. 2. When Windows detects your ASUS V3800 series graphics card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears. III. Windows 95/98 Driver Installation 3. Click Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer. 4.
III. Windows 95/98 ASUS Windows 95/98 Install Shell Install Display Driver 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III. Windows 95/98 Install Display Click Drivers and Utilities. 2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install Display Driver to install all the drivers and utilities into your computer.
III. Windows 95/98 Install DirectX Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 95/98. For Software MPEG support in Windows 95/98, you must first install the Microsoft DirectX libraries, and then an MPEG-compliant video player. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Drivers and Utilities. III.
III. Windows 95/98 Install GART Driver The AGP GART Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your PC’s motherboard. It is recommended to install the GART driver if it is newer than the one you have installed in your system. You do not have to install the GART driver if you have the PCI series of this graphics card. NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the VGARTD installation.
III. Windows 95/98 4. The AGP VGARTD Driver Detection box appears with the chipset detected on your motherboard. Click OK to install the appropriate driver for your AGPset. III. Windows 95/98 Install GART 5. If you selected No..., on the previous screen before clicking OK, you will be presented with a selection of other drivers. Make your driver selection and click Install. 6. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 7. Once the driver installation is finished, click Finish.
III. Windows 95/98 Install ASUS Live Utility The ASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card’s video input port. NOTE: Make sure that you have an ASUS graphics card with VIDEO-IN connector before attempting to install the utility. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III.
III. Windows 95/98 ASUS Live Video The ASUS Live utility software can be used to: 1. View images using your monitor as screen from traditional consumer devices, such as videocassette players, camcorders, digital cameras, and laser disc players through the onboard RCA or SVHS VIDEO-IN connectors (TV and TVR models only). 2. Capture live motion video up to 30 frames/second (minimum system requirement: Pentium II/266). 3. Play any *.AVI file.
III. Windows 95/98 Always On Top The Always On Top option is provided for users who may wish to continue watching VCD/DVD/TV programs while doing other tasks, such as when downloading files from the Internet or word processing. To keep your display screen always on top of other programs, rightclick the display screen and then click the Always On Top button. Position the screen where it will not interfere with your other tasks.
III. Windows 95/98 If desired, you may adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue of your display by using the video source setup screen. Use the Up or Down Buttons on the ASUS Main Panel or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select the desired option and then the Left and Right Buttons or the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to make the desired adjustments. Click again the Show/Hide Video Source Options button on the ASUS Main Panel to exit from the video source option screen.
III. Windows 95/98 Capturing Images You must be in capture mode to capture images. To do this, click the Capture Mode button on the ASUS Main Panel. NOTE: ASUS Live will automatically detect and warn you if the capture driver installed in your system is not compatible with ASUS Live. Video Capture III. Windows 95/98 ASUS Live Video 1.
III. Windows 95/98 Under Video Setting, select the Video Format Video Format, AVI CODEC, and AVI Audio setting of your choice. Under Playback Setting, select whether you want or not to Playback after Recording. If you have limited space on your hard disk, you may want to limit the AVI CODEC capture file size to a certain size. To do this, select Preallocate file to... under Playback Setting and enter the desired maximum file size. You are now ready to capture AVIformatted video images. III.
III. Windows 95/98 Video Snapshot (F5) Video Snapshot lets you capture video stream data as single images and then show these images on your desktop almost simultaneously through the image viewer you selected. It supports any plug-in picture viewers or image processing programs (see Step 3 in Capturing Images) to view the captured images. To begin capturing, do the following: 1.
III. Windows 95/98 Uninstall Display Driver If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the AGP-V3800 display drivers, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall the drivers from Windows 95/98 to save disk space. Using the Autorun Screen 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III.
III. Windows 95/98 Install Acrobat Reader Acrobat Reader is necessary for reading the PDF copy of this manual. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III. Windows 95/98 Install Reader Click Drivers and Utilities. 2. The Drivers box appears. Click Install Acrobat Reader. 3. When the Acrobat Reader x.x Setup box appears, click Next.
III. Windows 95/98 4. When the Software Licese Agreement box appears, click Accept to signify your acceptance of the License Agreement. III. Windows 95/98 Install Reader 5. When the Choose Destination Location box prompts you for a destination folder, click Next to select the default location. Setup starts to copy the necessary files to your computer. 6.
III. Windows 95/98 Install ASUS Tweak Utility The ASUS Tweak Utility lets you control the core clock speed and the memory interface speed of your graphics card. WARNING! Use this option with caution. Using this inappropriately may damage your card and cause your system to be unstable. 1. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. III.
III. Windows 95/98 4. When the Information box apears, click Next to signify your acceptance of the warning and other related information. Setup starts to copy the necessary files to your computer. Follow the onscreen intructions to complete the installation. Tweak Utility III. Windows 95/98 Install/Tweak Utility WARNING! Use the ASUS Tweak Utility with extreme caution and only if you are well acquainted with your display card.
III. Windows 95/98 Tweak Safe Mode Recovery Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode) lets you restore the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory to their factory default settings. This mode is used when you encounter problems when starting or restarting Windows using your customized tweak settings. Using Tweak Safe Mode Recovery 1. Restart Windows in safe mode. To start Windows in safe mode, hold the F8 key until the Windows Startup Menu appears.
III. Windows 95/98 ASUS Control Panel After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking or right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel, showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the graphics board’s enhanced and other functions. NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon, you may right-click the Windows95/98 desktop, click Properties, and then click Settings. Under Windows98, click Advanced after clicking Settings.
III. Windows 95/98 More Resolution More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor. III. Windows 95/98 More Resolution 1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon, point to More Resolution, and then click the desired screen resolution. The system will automatically set the resolution selected without restarting your computer.
III. Windows 95/98 Color Color allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma values for each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for Desktop and D3D/Game. This function is not available in 8-bit color depth. Desktop Desktop lets you adjust the color of your Windows 95/98 desktop. III. Windows 95/98 Color D3D/Game D3D/Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games.
III. Windows 95/98 General Functions Brightness / Contrast / Gamma Brightness / Contrast / Gamma sliders let you calibrate the brightness, contrast, and gamma output of your display card. Dragging a slider to the left decreases the level and to the right increases it. The number at the right of each slider displays the brightness (value range: 128 to +128, default: 0), contrast (-30 to 30, default: 0), or gamma value (0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0). III.
III. Windows 95/98 Hotkey Hotkey lets you assign hot keys to adjust color settings interactively while playing a DirectDraw/Direct3D game or watching a movie. To use this function, click Hotkey to open the Hot Key box and then select Enable Hotkey. You may want to change the default hot keys when they conflict with hot keys of certain games, video players, or Windows programs. To change the default hot keys 1.
III. Windows 95/98 Display Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate. WARNING! Adjusting position or size, especially refresh rate is a highly dangerous operation. Selecting a value that is beyond your monitor’s specification may damage it. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems. VGA Adjustment Position sets the screen position Size sets the screen size Synchronization III.
III. Windows 95/98 Change refresh rate Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you change the refresh rate of any screen resolution. GDI GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Windows desktop. III. Windows 95/98 Display To change the refresh rate 1. Click Change refresh rate. 2. In the Refresh Rate list under the GDI tab, select the refresh rate you want to use. A Test button appears to let you test the selected refresh rate and resolution combination.
III. Windows 95/98 TV Position Sets the screen position. Size Sets the screen size. Standard Sets the TV signal format, for example, PAL or NTSC. Output type Displays the connection status of composite and S-Video. Scan type III. Windows 95/98 Display Sets the scan type of the TV display. Black Level Sets the brightness of the TV display. Contrast Sets the contrast of the TV display. Flicker Sets the anti-flicker effect.
III. Windows 95/98 Advanced Advanced provides some advanced settings for the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses (setting is available only with the ASUS Ultra Series models or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit) and Direct3D and OpenGL, which are software interfaces for your ASUS V3800 Series Graphics and Video Accelerator. 3D/VR Stereoscopic Glasses Enable Stereoscopic Mode When selected, this enables you to use the stereoscopic mode when playing games or watching 3D videos.
III. Windows 95/98 On Screen Display Enable OSD When selected, this lets you to adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos. These settings include Eyes, Distance, Embossment, Background, Foreground, Blind, Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma. See III. Windows 95/98 | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and III. Windows 95/98 | Color for a description of the display settings.
III. Windows 95/98 Direct3D Direct3D Feature Settings Turn off V-SYNC waiting When selected, games will achieve higher frame rate but tear frame may occur. Anti-alias supersampling size Lets you select the size of anti-aliasing, supersampling block. 8-bit indexed palette texture convert Format for 8-bit indexed texture to convert. Direct3D Mipmap Settings III. Windows 95/98 Advanced Permit dithering mipmap When selected, rendering performance may be higher; visual quality may, however, be lower.
III. Windows 95/98 VrViewer (optional) III. Windows 95/98 VrViewer VrViewer lets you view stereo images, size your stereo image, set the VR effect of your 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), and test your 3D glasses’ functionality. To run VrViewer, click or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon (see III. Windows 95/98 ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar’s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, point to VrViewer, and then click it. Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File 1.
III. Windows 95/98 2. Click the File menu and then click Open to select a file. Select the file from the Open dialog box or select another folder and then click Open. The 3D image appears on the VrViewer main window (see preceding page for an opened 3D image file. Note that the 3D effect is not shown in this picture). Changing the View 1. Click the Zoom menu and then click the desired zoom percentage. III. Windows 95/98 VrViewer Testing the 3D Glasses 1.
IV. Windows NT 4.0 Install Display Driver WARNING! Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack3 or later, to take full advantage of the ASUS AGP-V3800 AGP features. (You must use the same update language of your Windows language available on the Internet at http:// www.microsoft.com/isapi/support/bldqpage.idc? ProductPage=q_servpk.) NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.
V. Resolution Table 8MB Video Memory Resolution 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 V.
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V. Resolution Table 32MB Video Memory Resolution 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 V.
VI. Troubleshooting Recommended Action VI. Troubleshooting Description After installation and re- • Make sure the “Assign IRQ to VGA” option is enstarting, Windows 95/98 abled in the BIOS. informs me that the display • Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA. setting is still incorrect. • Uninstall the driver, restart, and reinstall the driver. My monitor is not capable • It depends on the display characteristics of your of high resolution or remonitor. Consult your monitor documentation for the fresh rate.
VI. Troubleshooting VI. Troubleshooting Description Recommended Action My system freezes when I • This occurs only when OSD is enabled in V1.91 or press my keyboard when I earlier drivers. If OSD is disabled, your system am playing Turok II. should not freeze. Upgrade your drivers to the latest version. Another workaround is to press the keyboard first before making any selection when the options menu of the game appears.
