Asus V7700 Computer Hardware User`s manual

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V7700 Series

GigaTexel Shader Graphics Card

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

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Product Name: ASUS V7700 Series

Manual Revision: 1.01 E571

Release Date: July 2000

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CONTENTS

I. Introduction .......................................................................... 7

Highlights ......................................................................................... 7

Available Models ............................................................................. 7

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe TV .................................................. 7

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe ........................................................ 7

ASUS AGP-V7700 / T ............................................................... 7

ASUS AGP-V7700 ..................................................................... 7

Features ............................................................................................ 8

II. Hardware Setup ................................................................... 9

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe TV / Deluxe Layout ............................ 9

ASUS AGP-V7700 / T Layout ...................................................... 10

ASUS AGP-V7700 (Pure VGA) Layout ....................................... 11

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module ........................................................ 12

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Layout ...................................... 12

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Connection ............................... 12

ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit ........................................... 13

Installation Procedures ................................................................... 14

New Systems ............................................................................ 14

Systems with Existing VGA Card ............................................ 14

III. Software Setup ................................................................. 15

Operating System Requirements ................................................... 15

Windows 98 .............................................................................. 15

Display Driver Installation ............................................................. 16

Windows 98 .............................................................................. 16

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program ............................. 16

Method 2: Display Property Page ....................................... 17

Method 3: Plug and Play .................................................... 18

Windows 2000 .......................................................................... 19

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program ............................. 19

Method 2: Plug and Play .................................................... 20

Windows NT 4.0 ...................................................................... 22

Method 1: Display Property Page ....................................... 22

Drivers ........................................................................................... 23

Install Display Driver ............................................................... 23

Install DirectX .......................................................................... 24

Install GART Driver ................................................................. 25

Install ASUS TWAIN Driver ................................................... 27

Uninstall Display Driver .......................................................... 28

Windows 98 ........................................................................ 28

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................ 28

Method 2: Using Control Panel .................................... 28


CONTENTS

Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................. 28


Windows 2000 .................................................................... 29

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................ 29


Run ASUS VGA Live Update .................................................. 30

Install Video for Windows Capture Driver .............................. 31

Utilities ........................................................................................... 33

Install ASUS Tweak Utility ...................................................... 33

Install SmartDoctor .................................................................. 34

Install VideoSecurity ................................................................ 35

Install ASUS Live Utility ......................................................... 36

IV. Software Reference ........................................................... 37

ASUS Control Panel ...................................................................... 37

Refresh Rate ............................................................................. 37

More Resolution ....................................................................... 38

Information ............................................................................... 38

Color ......................................................................................... 38

Display ..................................................................................... 42

Advanced .................................................................................. 45

Direct3D VR ....................................................................... 45

On Screen Display ........................................................ 46

Direct3D ............................................................................. 49

OpenGL VR ........................................................................ 52

On Screen Display ........................................................ 53

OpenGL .............................................................................. 54

Other ................................................................................... 56

Using the Utilities .......................................................................... 57

ASUS Tweak Utility ................................................................. 57

ASUS SmartDoctor .................................................................. 59

ASUS VideoSecurity ................................................................ 63

ASUS Live Video ..................................................................... 67

Using the Other Utilities ................................................................ 77

ASUS TWAIN Interface ........................................................... 77

ASUS VR PictureViewer ......................................................... 79

ASUS StereoTV ....................................................................... 81

V. Resolution Table ................................................................. 83

VI. Troubleshooting ................................................................ 85

Description ..................................................................................... 85

Recommended Action .................................................................... 85


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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. 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 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 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 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.

Canadian Department 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 Canadian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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I. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V7700 GigaTexel Shader Graphics Card.

With this purchase, you join an elite squadron of graphics enthusiasts.

Powered by the NVIDIA™ GeForce2 GTS™ graphics processing unit (GPU) and featuring DDR (Double Data Rate) memory, the ASUS AGP-V7700 delivers not only cutting-edge graphics performance but also image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central processing unit) your computer system is using.

With the ASUS AGP-V7700, you will not only see but also experience dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.

Highlights

• Powered by the World’s First Per-

Pixel Shading Graphics

Processing Unit (GPU)

• Built-in 32/64MB DDR video memory with up to 5.3GB/sec bandwidth

• Dual-texture pixel-fill capacities with four new Hypertexel pipelines

• 1.6 Gtexel fill rate, 25 Mtriangles/ sec through T&L/Setting

• ASUS SmartDoctor™ Technologies

• Optimized for DirectX® 7 and

OpenGL® Features

NVIDIA™ GeForce2 GTS™

Provides more resolutions and color depths

Sets a new milestone for realism

Performs up tp 3x improvement over

GeForce™

Provide the greatest security to your valuable system

Ensures broad application support

Available Models

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe TV

• 32MB DDR Frame Buffer

• VGA + Video-In + TV-Out + 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free) + ASUS TV Box

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe

• 32MB DDR Frame Buffer

• VGA + Video-In + TV-Out + 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free)

ASUS AGP-V7700 / T

• 32/64MB DDR Frame Buffer

• VGA + TV-Out (ASUS VR-100 Upgradeable)

ASUS AGP-V7700

• 32/64MB DDR Frame Buffer

• Pure VGA (ASUS VR-100 Upgradeable)

• ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module (Optional)


I. Introduction

Features

• AGP 4X/2X with Fast Writes

• Four new Hypertexel pipelines process two texture per pixel, in true color, at full speed up to 1.6 Gtexel fill rate

• Built-in 32MB high speed DDR video memory with up to 5.3GB/sec bandwidth

• Eight texture mapped, lit pixels per clock cycle

• Second generation Transform and Lighting (T&L) Engine

• Up to 25 million triangles per second at peak rates

• Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 7 features, such as multi-texturing, bump mapping, light maps, reflection maps, full scene anti-aliasing, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering (better than trilinear mipmapping)

• Fully 1.2 compliant OpenGL support

• 32-bit colors, Z/stencil buffer

• Multi-buffering (double, triple, quad buffering) for smooth animation and video playback

• Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV

4:2:2 and 4:2:0)

• Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC supporting from 640x480 up to 2048x1536 in true color

• BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) support

• Video acceleration for Direct Show and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Indeo

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II. Hardware Setup


II. Hardware Setup

TV-Out Module Connector


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II. Hardware Setup

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module

Optional

The ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module lets you connect S-Video or TV devices to the

ASUS AGP-V7700. See your dealer for more information on this module.

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Layout

J1

3

1

NTSC

J1

3

1

PAL

TV-Out

Connector

J1

3

1

Digital

Video

Interface

S-Video/TV

Output

(7-pin)

Use the same TV standard for all devices. For example, if your TV uses the NTSC standard, then you should set J1 to “NTSC”.

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Connection

IMPORTANT: Make sure that all electrical cords to your system are unplugged before you install the TV77 TV-Out Module.

When installed, the TV-Out Module’s components face the AGP-V7700 components (as shown below).

To install,

• Position the TV77 TV-Out Module’s S-Video/TV Output toward the hole on the AGP-V7700 card’s bracket and then,

• Position the TV77’s TV-Out Connector directly over the AGP-V7700’s

TV-Out Module Connector, making sure the pins are aligned with the AGP-

V7700’s module connector. Firmly but gently press the TV77 down into the connector. Make sure that the TV77 is securely seated in the connector.

You are now ready to connect S-Video/TV devices to your card!

DDR: Double Data Rate

®

Digital Video

Decoder

32/64MB Frame Buffer (DDR)

NVIDIA T M

GeForce2 GTS T M

GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VGA Monitor output (15pin)

(standard)

FAN_PWR

VGA Output

Projector


II. Hardware Setup

ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit

The ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit enables the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses to be used with Pure models of the V7700 Series cards. See your dealer for more information on the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit.

The monitor cable that came with your kit may be of the Y- or standard type. Connect your cable accordingly.

Y-Type Connection

To VGA Card’s Monitor Output

VGA Input


(standard)

VGA Output

Projector

Stereo Glasses Output

VR Glasses

Output

(Reserved)

ASUS VR-100

3D Glasses

(ASUS VR-100G)

When using a Y-type cable, you do not need to connect the VGA Input of the VR-100 to your VGA card’s monitor output ( see diagram above).

Standard Connection

To VGA Card’s Monitor Output VGA Input

VGA Input


(standard)

Projector

VGA Output

Stereo Glasses Output

VR Glasses

Output

(Reserved)

ASUS VR-100

3D Glasses

(ASUS VR-100G)

You must anchor the ASUS VR-100’s mounting bracket with a screw to a free expansion slot in your computer chassis.


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II. Hardware Setup

NOTE: This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an

AGP slot.

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. 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. Keep all components such as the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you are ready to install it.

3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or circuitry.

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.

Installation Procedures

New Systems

1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.

2. Remove the system unit cover.

3. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unobstructed.

4. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.

5. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source .

6. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one hand and then remove the plastic sleeve.

7. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the board in the slot first. Firmly but gently 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.

8. Anchor the board’s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw from the slot cover that you set aside previously.

9. Replace the cover on the system unit.

10. Connect your analog monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the retaining screws (if any).

11. Connect other cables and devices if available -You are now ready to install the software drivers and utilities.

Systems with Existing VGA Card

1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA.

2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords.

3. Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card.

4. Restart your computer.

5. Install the ASUS V7700 series display driver.


III. Software Setup

Operating System Requirements

NOTE: This graphics card requires a motherboard with an AGP slot.

Windows 98

Windows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are still using the beta version of Windows 98 and you want to fully take advantage the Direct3D and AGP features, you must upgrade it to the release version before installing the AGP display driver.

Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that you install VGARTD from the ASUS AGP-V7700 Series CD to make sure that you have the latest version of VGARTD (see III. Software Setup | Install GART Driver).

NOTES

• VGARTD stands for Virtual Graphics Address Remapping Table Driver, which is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP. DIME means Direct Memory

Execute, which is accessed directly by most AGP chips (when VGARTD is installed) for complex texture-mapping operations.

• For other notes or release information, see the README files in the installation CD disc.

• This Manual assumes that your CD-ROM disc drive is drive D: and that

Windows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if necessary.


III. Software Setup

Display Driver Installation

You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your graphics card, depending on your operating system.

NOTE: The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice.

Windows 98

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. DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration. See III. Software Setup

| Install GART Driver and III. Software Setup | Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps.

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

NOTE: See III. Software Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more information.

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then restart Windows.

3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.

4. The Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Drivers dialog box.

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5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

6. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes... and then Finish to restart your computer and to complete Setup.


III. Software Setup

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.

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. Click Next, click Display

a list of all the drivers... and then click

Next.

6. Click Show all hardware and then click Have Disk....When the Install

From Disk dialog box appears, type the location of the ASUSNV9X.INF

file and then proceed to step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

7. Click Browse to search the CD-ROM drive. In the Drives box of the Open dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK.

8. In the Folders box, double-click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X.INF

in the File name box.

9. Click OK. A list of video cards appears. Select your VGA card type for your operating system and then click OK.

10. The Update Driver Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions to start the setup.

11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer. Click Finish to close Setup.

12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties box, click Close. The Display Properties box appears. Click Close.

13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup.


III. Software Setup

Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with an ASUS AGP-V7700 series graphics card.

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

AGP-V7700 series graphics card, the New Hardware Found dialog box appears.

3. Click Driver from disk provided

by hardware manufacturer.

4. When Setup prompts you for the location of the driver, type D:\WIN9x to direct Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver.

5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup.


III. Software Setup

Windows 2000

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hard-

ware Wizard dialog box appears.

3. Click Cancel to enter the Windows desktop.

4. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.

5. The ASUS Windows 2000 Install

Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Driver dialog box.


7. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup


III. Software Setup

Method 2: Plug and Play

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New

Hardware Wizard dialog box appears.

3. Click Next.

4. When the next Found New Hard-

ware Wizard dialog box appears, select Search for a suitable driver

for my device (recommended) and then click Next..

5. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive to bring up the

Locate Driver Files item of the

Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box.

6. Check CD-ROM drives, uncheck all other options and then click Next to search for the drivers of your graphics card.


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7. When the wizard has finished searching for driver files for your graphics card, select Install one of

the other drivers and then click

Next from the Driver Files Search

Results item of the Found New

Hardware Wizard dialog box.

8. When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system, select the one that is located in the

D:\WIN2K and then click Next.


10. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer.

Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup.


III. Software Setup

Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Display Property Page

WARNING!

Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later, to take full advan-

tage of the AGP features of your card. (You may download service packs at http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads.)

NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.

1. Start Windows NT, switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels), then restart your computer to make the change.

2. After your computer restarts, right-click the desktop and click Properties.

3. Click the Settings tab.

4. Select Change Display Type.

5. Select Adapter Type and click Change.

6. Click Have Disk.

7. Insert the CD installation disc.

8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Windows NT. Click OK.

9. Select ASUS V7700 and then click OK.

10. 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 to the Display

Properties box by clicking Close. Click Apply.

11. The System Settings Change dialog box is displayed. Click Yes to restart Windows.

12. Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will appear to allow for mode selection.


III. Software Setup

Drivers

NOTES: 1) The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice.

2) Unless otherwise indicated, the procedures under Drivers apply to all the operating systems supported, namely, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0.

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.

Click Drivers.

2. Windows 98: The Drivers box appears. Click Install Display Driver to install all the drivers and utilities into your computer. Setup will install the drivers in the following order:

Display Driver (Direct3D and

OpenGL Drivers), DirectX runtime libraries, and VGART driver. Just follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Windows 2000: Setup will only copy the display drivers.

Windows NT 4.0: SETUPNT.TXT will appear. Follow the instructions to install the display driver. You may refer to the installation procedures earlier in III. Software Setup | Win-

dows NT 4.0 | Method 1: Display

Property Page.

If you prefer to install the drivers individually, follow the steps on the following pages.


III. Software Setup

Install DirectX

Windows 98 Only

Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98. For

Software MPEG support in Windows 98, you must first install Microsoft DirectX, and then an MPEG-compliant video player.



Click Drivers.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-

stall DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install.

3. The installation program will automatically install the DirectX 7 runtime libraries into your system.

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4. Setup will prompt when it has finished copying all the files to your computer. Click OK to finish the installation.

WARNING!

Some games written for older DirectX versions may not work properly under DirectX 7. Make sure that your applications or games support DirectX

7 before installing the DirectX 7 runtime libraries. DirectX 7 currently cannot be uninstalled by regular means, such as outlined in III. Software Setup | Uninstall

Display Driver.


III. Software Setup

Install GART Driver

Windows 98 Only

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. The GART driver is only necessary for an

AGP graphics card.

NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the GART driver installation. The succeeding steps assume that you are installing for an Intel chipset.



Click Drivers.


stall GART Driver to install AGP support for motherboards with Intel,

AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi chipsets.

3. The AGP VGARTD Driver Detec-

tion box appears with the chipset detected on your motherboard. Click

OK to install the appropriate driver for your AGPset.


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4. 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.

5. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue.

6. Once the driver installation is finished, click Finish.


III. Software Setup

Install ASUS TWAIN Driver

Only with TVR Model/Windows 98

ASUS TWAIN Driver is a frame capture driver for Adobe Photoshop®, an image editing software. With this driver, you can capture still images through Photoshop using the video input port of your card (TVR model/Windows 98 only).



Click Drivers.


stall ASUS TWAIN Driver..

3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start copying the files.

Setup automatically starts copying the necessary files to the default folder.

To complete the installation, simply follow the on-screen instructions or prompts.


III. Software Setup

Uninstall Display Driver

If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the display drivers for your card, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall the drivers from your system to save disk space.

Windows 98

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen



Click Drivers.

2. Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the on-screen directions.

Method 2: Using Control Panel

1. Click Start, and then point to Set-

tings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove Pro-

grams icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list.

6. Click Add/Remove.

7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart.


III. Software Setup

Windows 2000

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen

See Windows 98 | Method 1: Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures.


1. Click Start, and then point to Set-

tings.


3. Double-click the Add/Remove

Programs icon.

4. Click the Change/Remove Pro-

grams icon.


6. Click Change/Remove.


Windows NT 4.0


1. Click Start, and then point to Settings.


3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.


6. Click Add/Remove.



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III. Software Setup

Run ASUS VGA Live Update

Windows 98 Only

The ASUS VGA Live Update is a utility that allows you to update your VGA card’s

BIOS and drivers. The use of this utility assumes that you are properly connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).



Click Drivers and when the Driv-

ers box appears, click Run ASUS

VGA LiveUpdate.

2. Select an update method from the dropdown list box and then click Next.

• Update BIOS/Driver from the

Internet lets you update the BIOS or driver from the Internet. The updating (running the flash utility or the installation program) will be done automatically.

• Download BIOS/Driver from the

Internet lets you download the

BIOS or driver to a folder in your computer.

3. After you have selected your preferred update method, you will need to select an Internet site. Choose the site that is closest to you and then click Next or click Auto Select.

Follow any on-screen instructions or prompts to complete setup.

If you selected Download BIOS/

Driver from the Internet, you will be prompted for a destination folder.

Create or select an existing folder to save the file or files that you selected.


III. Software Setup

Install Video for Windows Capture Driver

Windows 2000/NT 4.0 Only

The Video for Windows Capture Driver must be installed to use ASUS Live Video

(see IV. Softare Reference | ASUS Live Video). This driver conforms to the

Microsoft Video for Windows standard.



Click Drivers and when the Driv-

ers box appears, click Install Video

for Windows Capture Driver.


NOTE: Under Windows 98, the video for Windows capture driver is installed during the installation of the display drivers.


III. Software Setup

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III. Software Setup

Utilities

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.



Click Utilities.

2. The Utilities box appears. Click In- stall ASUS Tweak Utility

3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next.



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III. Software Setup

Install SmartDoctor

SmartDoctor is a utility that monitors the card’s graphic chip state, alerting users about abnormal events, such as a fan malfunction or chip overheat. Likewise, the utility “cools” down the graphic chip temperature when it is idle or returns it to its maximum capability when necessary.




2. The Utilities box appears. Click In-

stall SmartDoctor.

NOTE: If your graphics card is not equipped with a monitor IC, an error message warns you that monitor IC was not detected. The installation will abort. SmartDoctor works only with cards with a monitor IC.

3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start the installation.



III. Software Setup

Install VideoSecurity

Windows 98 Only

VideoSecurity is a powerful video stream comparison and detection utility that helps in detecting potential errors or intrusions at a specific time interval by using a video capture device, such as a digital camera.





stall VideoSecurity.

3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start the installation.



III. Software Setup

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.





stall ASUS Live Utility.

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3. When the Welcome box appears, click Next to start copying the files.

Setup automatically starts copying the necessary files to the default folder.



IV. Software Reference

ASUS Control Panel

(Windows 98/Windows 2000 only)

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 Windows 98/2000 desktop, click Properties, and then click Settings. Under

Windows 98/2000, click Advanced after clicking Set-

tings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

ASUS Control Panel icon

Refresh Rate

Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution.

WARNING!

Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your monitor. Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor’s specification may damage it. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to Refresh Rate, and then click the desired refresh rate.

2. The system will prompt you whether you want to keep the setting you just selected. Click OK to keep the setting, otherwise, click Cancel or press ESC.



More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor.

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to More Resolu-

tion, and then click the desired screen resolution. The system will automatically set the resolution selected without restarting your computer.

WINDOWS95 USERS: You will be prompted to restart your computer if you select a screen resolution with a different color depth, for example, from 800x600 HiColor to 800x600

TrueColor. Click OK to restart your computer to make the change.

Information

Information lists the relevant information about your card. Aside from this, it has links to the ASUSTeK COM-

PUTER, INC. web site for updated information about the graphics board, latest drivers, and other information.



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, D3D/Game, Video, and OpenGL. The color settings of Desktop, D3D/Game, and OpenGL are not adjustable under 8-bit colr depth.

Desktop

Desktop lets you adjust the color of your

Windows desktop.

D3D/Game

D3D/Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games.

Video

Video lets you make your favorite color settings for videos.

OpenGL

OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications.


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General Functions

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma sliders let you calibrate the brightness, contrast, and gamma output of your display card.

Desktop

Changes to your color settings are shown immediately on your monitor.

You may change the preview picture by clicking Load from the Desktop box.

Dragging a slider to the left decreases the level and to the right increases it. The number at the right of

D3D/Game / OpenGL each slider displays the brightness (value range: -

Changes to your color settings are 128 to +128, default: 0), contrast (-30 to 30, default:

0), or gamma value (0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0).

shown immediately on your monitor.

Brightness / Contrast / Hue /

Saturation

Brightness / Contrast / Hue / Satura-

tion sliders let you calibrate the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation output of your display card.

Video

Changes to your settings can be viewed on the displayed picture

(shown as race horses).

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:

-100 to 100, default: 0), contrast (0 to 200, default: 100), hue (-180 to

180, default: 0), or saturation value (0 to 200, default: 100).

Color Spline

Color Spline shows how each (R, G, or B) or all channels are distributed when you move the Brightness, Contrast, or Gamma slider to make your adjustments. You can adjust all channels at once (All) or individual channels (R, G, or B).

Scheme

Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously. You can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. You may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie.



Important Notes

D3D/Game

The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when you are playing a full-screen

DirectDraw/Direct3D game.

Video

Only one overlay is allowed at a time with ASUS AGP-V7700. That is, when you click Video first and then run your favorite video player, you can only see the adjustments you made to the settings in the preview window because the video player cannot use the hardware acceleration function (overlay). On the other hand, if you run your video player first before opening Video, the preview window will show a warning message. The message may also appear when you click Video and the dialog box is on the wrong monitor in a Windows 98/2000 multiple display environment.


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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

Adjusts the synchronization polarity settings

Disable Monitor Check

Lets you disable the specification check of your monitor. That is, you may select all the resolutions and refresh rates that the VGA card can support.

Note: Choosing a resolution or refresh rate beyond the monitor specifications may damage your monitor.

Change current refresh rate

(Windows 98 only)

Displays the Change current refresh rate box to let you customize a new refresh rate.

To change the current refresh rate

1. Click Change current refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh rate list under

Change current refresh rate, click the nearest default refresh rate and then adjust the Edit refresh rate slider to the rate you want, click Test and then click YES when prompted to add the new refresh rate into the list. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored.

Load default

Restores the settings to their defaults.



Change refresh rate

Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you change the refresh rate of any screen resolution.

GDI

(Windows 98 only)

GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Windows desktop.

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. Click

YES when prompted whether to keep the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the original refresh rate will be restored.

DirectDraw

DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of

DirectDraw. It is most useful when you are playing a full-screen game.

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh Rate list under the

DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate you want to use.



TV

NOTE: This tab will not be available if your card is a pure model

(cards without a TV Out connector).

Position

Sets the screen position.

Standard

Sets the TV signal format, for example, PAL or

NTSC.

Output type

Displays the connection status of composite and

S-Video.

Scan type

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 Filter

Sets the anti-flicker effect.



Advanced

Advanced provides some advanced settings for the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses

(setting is available only with the Deluxe/TVR models—models with Video-In/TV-

Out—or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit) and Direct3D and

OpenGL, which are software interfaces for your graphics cards.

Direct3D VR

VR Effect

Lists all parameters to fine tune the stereoscopic effects for your Direct 3D games.

Enable Stereoscopic Mode

When selected, this enables you to use the stereoscopic mode when playing games or watching 3D videos. This mode is available only with the ASUS

Deluxe/TVR models—models with Video-In/TV-

Out—or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional

Upgrade Kit.

NOTE: You must quit all running DirectDraw/

Direct3D applications and then restart them for this option to take effect.

Load Default


Depth

Adjust this to add more depth to the scene.When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fatigue may occur.

Embossment

Adjust this to add more to the illusion of objects being pulled or popping out of the screen. See On

Screen Display later in this section for details.

When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fatigue may occur.

Direction

Move the slider to the left when adjusting Embossment does not give the expected effects (e.g., some objects being pulled or popping out of the screen and other objects being pulled into the screen) to some games. This should not be a concern because only a few games require the default “+” setting to be changed, that is setting it to “–”.

Background

Background is set in conjunction with Foreground to extend or stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box to scale the depth of 3D objects. On the D3D OSD box, move the Foreground slider to the left to adjust

Foreground to the Z value of objects toward 1.0. On the Advanced dialog box (see above), several current games set their Background to 100.

Blind

Lets you discard “garbage” or crop the unwanted areas of your leftmost/rightmost display. Setting this to 0 will not discard any of the display area while setting it to a higher value will clear them.

Foreground

Foreground is set in conjunction with Background to extend or stretch the histogram chart on the D3D

OSD box to scale the depth of 3D objects. Some games require only a little range of Z to make bad stereoscopic effect. On the D3D OSD box, move the Foreground slider to the left to adjust Foreground to the Z value of objects stretched toward 0.0. On the Advanced dialog box (see above), several current games set their Foreground to 60.

Tips

1. Make sure that the 3D objects of your games do not appear extremely separated between the scenes of two eyes, especially near objects.

2. Make some objects appear outside your screen and other objects inside the screen. A ratio of

1:3 to 1:5 of objects outside and inside is recommended.

3. For car racing games, you can use Embossment to make just your car appear outside the screen.

4. For first-person shooting games, you can use

Embossment to make just your hand/weapon appear outside the screen.


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IMPORTANT: Before enabling stereoscopic mode and using your stereoscopic

or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure that your monitor can support the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display modes:

16 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 960 x 720, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864

32 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600

WARNING!

To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic or 3D glasses, DO NOT try to use your 3D glasses for an extended period of time.

Take frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by taking off your 3D glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects.

Mode

Line Interleave

Select for better compatibility with most monitors, particularly monitors with less bandwidth or less range of horizontal/vertical frequency. Stereoscopic visual quality, however, will be poor because only half the number of vertical lines are generated with this mode.

Page Flipping

Select for the best stereoscopic visual quality. Page Flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. Your monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode.

Refresh Rate

To prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some monitors, however, may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Make sure that your monitor supports a selected refresh rate; otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, for example, a blank screen may occur.

Scheme

Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously.

You can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. You may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie.

On Screen Display

Enable OSD

When selected, this lets you open the D3D On Screen Display (you may use the defined Hotkey) and then adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing Direct 3D games.

Hotkey

This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. To use this function, select Enable OSD.

You may want to change the default hot key ( CTRL + ALT + O ) when it conflicts with hot keys of certain games, video players, or Windows programs.

To change the default hot keys

1. With your mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you can only define CTRL + ALT key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL+ALT . Press any valid key (you cannot use ESC , ENTER , TAB , SPACEBAR , PRINT SCREEN , or BACKSPACE ) you want to add to this combination. For example, to define the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+D , press D .

NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box.


OSD Settings


The OSD settings include Depth, Embossment, Direction, Background, Foreground, Blind, Brightness,

Contrast, and Gamma. See IV. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and IV. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings.

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, Fore-

ground, Blind, Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma. See IV. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and IV. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings.

Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select a setting that you want to change or adjust and the PLUS or MINUS keys to move or drag the slider.

To restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key.

To close the onscreen display, press the END key.

OSD Histogram Chart

0 1

Z=0.0

E

Embossment

Z=1.0

Number of vertices on this Z-value

The OSD Histogram Chart lets you determine at which Z range 3D objects are located and how they gather.

For example, if this chart (simulated) was displayed on a car racing game, the vertices to the left of the E line could be the model of your car and to the right of the E line could be the road, houses, other cars or trees in front of your car.

So, with this information, you could

• Adjust Embossment by moving the E line.

• Adjust Foreground/Background, thus stretching the histogram to make objects more evenly distributed.

NOTE: Using the histogram chart requires games using Direct3D 6.0 or earlier.

Known Issues on Specific Games

See the included support CD for the latest information (

D3DVR.TXT

in the

WIN9X

folder).

All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied.





Direct3D


Windows 98 Only

Performance and Compatibility Options

Enable fog table emulation

Some old games do not correctly query the D3D hardware capabilities and expect table fog support. Choosing this option will ensure that such games will run properly.

Adjust Z-buffer depth to rendering depth if unequal

This option forces the hardware to automatically adjust the depth of its Z-buffer to the depth that the application requests. Normally, you will want to keep this option enabled, unless your work absolutely requires a specific Z-buffer depth.

Enable alternate depth buffering technique

This option lets the hardware use a different mechanism for depth buffering in 16-bit applications. Enabling this setting can produce higher quality rendering of 3D images.



Mipmapping Options

Mipmap levels automatically generated

This option lets the hardware automatically generate mipmaps to increase the efficiency of texture transfers across the bus and provide higher application performance.

Auto-mipmap method

This option lets you choose the auto-mipmap method. Choose bilinear method for a generally improved performance or anisotropic method for a generally higher quality image.

Mipmap detail level

This option lets you adjust the level of detail bias for mipmaps. A lower bias will increase the application performance.

Command Buffer Location

Command Buffer Location lets you choose the location of the command buffer. Default setting is Strict

AGP.

Strict AGP

This option forces all the command buffer into the AGP memory. Choose for best performance.

PCI

This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory. If you are experiencing stability problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for better compatibility.

PCI with reduced heap

This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory. This, however, also reduces the

AGP heap size by an amount equal to the size of the command buffer. If you are experiencing stability problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for best compatibility. Performance is, however, poorer using this option compared with the PCI option.


More Options


Texel Alignment

Changing these values will change where the texel origin is defined. The default values conform to the

Direct3D specifications. Some software may expect the texel origin to be defined elsewhere. The image quality of such applications will improve if the texel origin is redefined.

Dragging the slider to the left positions the texel origin toward the upper left corner and to the right positions it toward the center (range: 0 to 7, default: 3).

PCI Texture Memory Size

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters running in

PCI compatibility mode.

PCI Texture Memory Size lets you set the amount of system memory for texture storage.

Clicking the up arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size of system memory for textures. The maximum amount of system memory for texture storage depends on the physical memory installed on your system.

Turn off V-SYNC waiting

Turn off V-SYNC waiting lets an image to be immediately rendered to the screen without waiting to be synchronized with the vertical retrace of the monitor. This option allows for frame rates higher than the refresh rate of your monitor. This may, however, produce visual artifacts and tearing, resulting in reduced image quality.

Pre-Rendering

Maximum pre-render frames allows you to limit the number of frames the CPU can prepare before they are processed by the graphics chip when vertical sync is turned off. Reduce this value if you experience, while playing games, a noticeable delay in the response of the input devices connected to your computer.


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OpenGL VR


VR Effect

Enable Stereoscopic Mode

When selected, this enables you to use the stereoscopic mode when running OpenGL 3D applications and games. This mode is available only with the ASUS Deluxe modelser a Deluxe/TVR model— models with Video-In/TV-Out—or models with the

ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit.

Eyes

Distance between both eyes. Adjust this to bring objects into focus. Default: 0.

View Angle

The angle by which your two viewing directions intersect. Adjust this to add more depth to the scene.When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/ fatigue may occur.

Embossment

Adjust this to add more to the illusion of objects being pulled or popping out of the screen. See On Screen

Display later in this section for details. When set to a too high value, eye discomfort/fatigue may occur. To achieve a better stereoscopic visual quality, set Embossment in conjunction with View Angle.

Mode

Line Interleave

Select for better compatibility with most monitors, particularly monitors with less specifications. Stereoscopic visual quality, however, will be poor because only half the number of vertical lines are generated with this mode.

Page Flipping

Select for the best stereoscopic visual quality. Page Flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. Your monitor must be able to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode.

Refresh Rate

To prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some monitors, however, may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Make sure that your monitor supports a selected refresh rate; otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, for example, a blank screen may occur.

Scheme

Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously.

You can use existing schemes, or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings, or delete unwanted schemes. You may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie.

IMPORTANT: Before enabling OpenGL stereoscopic mode and using your stereo-

scopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure that you select a high resolution.

The equivalent Stereo Mode resolution of a particular resolution is lower, thus:

16 bits: 2048x1536

→

1024x768 Stereo Mode

32 bits: 1280x960

→

640x480 Stereo Mode, 1280x1024

→

640x480 Stereo

Mode, 1600x900

→

800x600 Stereo Mode, 1600x1200

→

800x600 Stereo Mode

WARNING!

To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic or 3D glasses, DO NOT try to use your 3D glasses for an extended period of time.

Take frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by taking off your 3D glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects.



On Screen Display

Enable OSD

When selected, this lets you open the D3D On Screen Display (you may use the defined Hotkey) and then adjust onscreen the settings of your 3D glasses and display card when playing games or watching 3D videos.

Hotkey

This lets you assign hot keys to enable onscreen display or OSD. To use this function, select Enable OSD.

You may want to change the default hot key ( CTRL + ALT + O ) when it conflicts with hot keys of certain games, video players, or Windows programs.

To change the default hot keys

1. With your mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your choice (you can only define CTRL + ALT key combinations). Hot keys automatically include CTRL+ALT . Press any valid key (you cannot use ESC , ENTER , TAB , SPACEBAR , PRINT SCREEN , or BACKSPACE ) you want to add to this combination. For example, to define the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+D , press D .

NOTE: The hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box.

OSD Settings

Unreal Tournament™ is copyright © 1999 by Epic Games, Inc.

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, View Angle, Embossment, Brightness, Con-

trast, and Gamma. See IV. Software Reference | Advanced for a description of the 3D glasses settings and

IV. Software Reference | Color for a description of the display settings.

Use the UP or DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select a setting that you want to change or adjust and the PLUS or MINUS keys to move or drag the slider.

To restore the settings to their defaults, press the HOME key.

To close the onscreen display, press the END key.

Known Issues on Selected Games/Applications

See the included support CD for the latest information (

OPENGLVR.TXT

in the

WIN9X

folder).

All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied.


OpenGL


Windows 98 Only

Performance and Compatibility Options

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Enable buffer region extension

This option allows the drivers to use the OpenGL extension GL_KTX_buffer_region.

Allow the dual planes extension to use local video memory

This option allows the use of local video memory when the GL_KTX_buffer_region extension is enabled.

Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering

This option allows increased application performance at the expense of some image quality loss. In many cases, the loss of image quality may not be noticeable.

Enable anisotropic filtering

This option allows OpenGL to use anisotropic filtering for improved image quality.

Enable alternate depth buffering technique

This option lets the hardware use a different mechanis, for depth buffering in 16-bit applications. Enabling this setting produces higher quality rendering of 3D images.



Default color depth for textures

Default color depth for textures determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications. Options are Use desktop color depth (default), Always use 16 bpp, and

Always use 32 bpp.

Buffer flipping mode

Buffer flipping mode determines the buffer flipping mode for full-screen OpenGL applications. Options are

Auto-select (default), Use block transfer, and Use page flip.

Vertical sync

Vertical sync lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. Options are Always off (default), Off

by default, On by default.

Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in PCI mode

Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in

PCI mode lets you set the amount of system memory for texture storage.

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters running in

PCI compatibility mode.

Clicking the up arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size of system memory for textures. The maximum amount of system memory for texture storage depends on the physical memory installed on your system.


Other


Windows 98 Only

Monitor Timing

Monitor Timing lets you select the proper timing mode for your monitor.

Auto-Detect (let Windows determine the proper mode)

This option allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself. This is the default setting.

NOTE: Some older monitors may not support this feature.

General Timing Formula (GTF)

GTF is a standard used by most new hardware.

Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT)

DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware. Select this option if your hardware requires DMT.



Using the Utilities

ASUS Tweak Utility

WARNING!

Use the ASUS Tweak Utility with extreme caution and only if you are well acquainted with your display card. Using this inappropriately may damage your card, its components, and your system.

To run the ASUS Tweak Utility, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweak-

ing Utilities, and then click Tweak.

Timing Adjustment

Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory.

Use tweak settings on next startup

Selecting this allows you to use your settings when Windows starts.

Graphics Speed

Engine

Lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine

Memory

Lets you adjust the working frequency of the video memory.

Load default


2D Test

Lets you test your settings.



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. For some machines and Windows 98, you can use CTRL to bring up the Startup Menu. Enter the number for Safe mode and then press ENTER .

2. In Windows, click Start and point to Programs, Asus, Tweak Utility, and then click Tweak Safe Mode

Recovery.

3. The ASUS Tweak Safe Mode Prop-

erties box appears. Click the appropriate settings.

Timing Adjustment (Safe Mode)

Select the Clear tweak settings and

use factory default box to change back the timing adjustment settings to their factory defaults and then click OK to restart Windows properly.



ASUS SmartDoctor

ASUS SmartDoctor is designed to satisfy two major goals. One is to monitor the graphic chip status, alerting users about abnormal events, such as fan malfunction or chip overheat. The other, as the name “SmartDoctor” implies, is to “cool” down the graphic chip smartly when it is not necessary for it to be kept running at full speed.

Functions

• Monitors graphic chip temperature, fan speed and voltage

• Notifies users about irregular hardware events, such as temperature overheat, fan malfunction, and out-of-safe-range voltage.

• Forcibly cools down the graphic chip when the graphic chip’s temperature is over an acceptable temperature, to protect the graphic chip from overheat damage.

• Cools down the graphic chip’s temperature when it is idle, and restores it to its maximum capability once needed, thus smartly extending the graphic chip’s lifetime.

• Cools down the CPU’s temperature (for Windows 95/98/98 Second Edition only) to lengthen CPU lifetime.

AGP Bus VDDQ Voltage Graphic Chip Temperature

AGP Bus 3.3 Voltage Fan Rotation Speed

Message Display Region Advanced Setup

Button

Select to show this main window at Windows startup

NOTE: AGP bus VDDQ Voltage and AGP bus 3.3 Voltage should be supplied steadily by your motherboard, otherwise, your system will crash.



Advanced Setup

When you click the Setup button, the Advanced Setup dialog box appears.

The default setting of SmartDoctor is Run once and terminate, which means that

SmartDoctor will run every time Windows starts and checks the graphic card’s status.

If your graphics card is working properly, SmartDoctor will just exit or terminate in

5 seconds.

If you want SmartDoctor to continue running in the background and to monitor your graphic card’s status, select Run and keep resident.

Dynamic Settings will become available when you select Run and keep resident.

• Monitoring polling time interval lets you specify the time intervals that

SmartDoctor will take to check the graphic chip. The default setting is 5 seconds.

You can choose a longer time interval value. SmartDoctor, however, will be less sensitive to graphic chip condition changes.

• Enable CPU cooling allows you to enable or disable the CPU cooling option.

Enabling CPU cooling option will cool down the CPU’s temperature when

SmartDoctor detects that CPU is idle. The CPU’s temperature will then drop.

NOTE: If you have already installed any CPU cooling software in your system, you should just choose only one. Running more than one CPU cooling software at the same time is redundant.

After CPU cooling is enabled, and when you run System Monitor in Programs–

Accessories–System Tools to monitor CPU usage, you will find that CPU usage has reached its maximum, that is, 100%. Do not be alarmed—this is normal.

• Enable dynamic graphic cooling allows you to enable or disable the dynamic graphic cooling option. Enabling the graphic cooling option will cool down the graphic chip’s temperature when SmartDoctor detects that the graphic chip is idle.



• Enable overheat protection lets you forcibly cool down the graphic chip when temperature is over the tolerable range or value.

When you select Run and keep resident and then click OK, a dialog box appears to warn you of a possible graphic performance drop. This performance penalty is very slight and almost undetectable even under rigorous examination by benchmark programs.

Press OK to set your modifications or Cancel to retain the original settings

Abnormal Events

When SmartDoctor senses that something is wrong with your card’s graphic chip, the message display region will display a detailed description of the error or trouble.

The component in question will also have a flashing red value. If you enabled overheat protection in Advanced Setup dialog, SmartDoctor will cool down the graphic chip in time to protect it from possible overheat damage.






ASUS VideoSecurity

Windows 98 Only

NOTE: The ASUS VideoSecurity utility can only be used with the Deluxe/TVR

(or models with Video-In/TV-Out) model.

ASUS VideoSecurity lets you detect intruders into your system and environmental changes and monitor a specified location or any incoming visitor. If VideoSecurity detects any deviation from the norm that you set, it may give an error message or not. Regardless of any messages, VideoSecurity will record:

• Any information about the monitored activity and then store these to an event log file. If you have already installed Microsoft Access 97 or later, you may use these event log data and export it as an Access database for further data management and processing.

• The last two detected snapshot image files from the video captured stream (stored as bitmap format). Any image processing or editing software can then be used to view, modify, or distribute them.

Limitations

Because of differences in hardware sensitivity, VideoSecurity may not completely detect all possible errors. Before you execute VideoSecurity, there are some limitations you have to understand so that you can appropriately use it.

• Due to changing temperatures, the captured image of some CCDs will be twisted, which may give a wrong detection.

• If the features (e.g., color, luminance) of the object are similar to that of background, the object may not be detected clearly.

• The CCD cannot capture the object smoothly and immediately when an object moves too fast.

VideoSecurity is designed for the widest environments possible and error conditions, therefore it is necessary to tune the parameters in VideoSecurity Setup Wizard to get the best detection results.

Setup Wizard

Setup Wizard guides you through setting up the VideoSecurity features.

1. To open Setup Wizard, click the

Start button, and then point to Pro-

grams, ASUS Video Security, and then click Setup Wizard. The Video

Security Setup Wizard dialog box appears.


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NOTE: The following descriptions are only for selected features of the ASUS

VideoSecurity utility. For a full description of the features described in this manual and other features, refer to the ASUS VideoSecurity Online Help (HTML) format included with your support CD. You may also click the Help button to open the online help file.

Main Window

VideoSecurity Running Style

• Normal Window is the default style, that is, VideoSecurity will function as a standard Windows program.

• Always on Top is like a Normal Window except that the main window and control panel is shown always on top of other programs or utilities. You may right click to enable or disable this function at the main window anytime.

• Minimize on Tray lets you hide the main VideoSecurity window. This is useful when you don’t want anyone to know you are monitoring. When this option is selected, the VideoSecurity icon will appear on the taskbar in the lower-right corner of your screen. Whenever VideoSecurity detects a problem, it will run.

You may also run VideoSecurity by clicking the icon.

VideoSecurity Working Directory

The VideoSecurity Working Directory is the folder where the utility stores its temporary working and log files. Default is C:\VIDEOSEC . The directory is userconfigurable. When VideoSecurity is ran, a sub-directory will automatically be created under the main directory, using the current date and time as the folder name, for example, “1999.11.30_12.30.20” means that VideoSecurity was started on 30 November 1999 at 12:30:20 PM.

IMPORTANT: Do not change the working folder’s name while VideoSecurity is running. Otherwise, a fatal runtime error will occur.

VideoSecurity Detecting Region

Detects all visible area when watchdog function is on

This sets the scan rate. Default is 2 frames/sec. The higher the scan rate, the more accurate is the detection. Higher rates, however, entails a higher CPU usage.

Do not use a high rate when you plan to use

VideoSecurity while using other applications.

Detects only the area defined by the user when watchdog function is on.

Feature will take effect only when

VideoSecurity runs the next time


Sensibility

Currently, only one option is available to set the image format


This is an important parameter when setting up

VideoSecurity. Your environment may change often but

VideoSecurity is concerned only when there is a change in the environment.

Make sure that you select a suitable sensitivity for your environment.

Define Tracing Procedure

VideoSecurity not only detects errors or problems in your card but also monitors or detects an intrusion.

Use this to stop tracing or to choose the error processing method to use while tracing. This box appears when an error occurs.

Error Processing Procedure Stop Detecting Setting


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Running ASUS VideoSecurity

Opens online help

Exits

VideoSecurity

Minimizes VideoSecurity to the status tray (Click ASUS

VideoSecurity icon on the status tray to display the

VideoSecurity control panel)

Main Control

Panel

Click to start detecting

Click to open the VideoSecurity

Setting dialog box

Starts the Setup

Wizard

Lets you define a region with which

VideoSecurity will monitor for errors or intrusion.

Shortcut Keys

ESC

F1

F2

F3

F4

Exits VideoSecurity

Opens Online help

Toggles VideoSecurity / Stop Watchdog function

Opens Setup menu

Shows error log box

Lets you adjust the video source parameters, such as

Color, Video

Connector, and

Video Standard



ASUS Live Video

NOTES

1. ASUS Live Video can only be used with the TVR model (models with a

Video Decoder) and monitors or monitor drivers that are designed for I2C bus control.

2. ASUS Live Video supports Windows 9x, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows

2000. For Windows NT/2000, however, the ASUS capture driver for NT/

2000 must be installed first before opening ASUS Live Video (see Install

Video for Windows Capture Driver earlier in III. Software Setup).

ASUS Live Video 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.

2. Capture live motion video up to 30 frames/second (minimum system requirement: Pentium II/266).

NOTE: You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Live

(see III. Software Setup | Install DirectX)

Running ASUS Live Video

To run the utility, click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Live and then click ASUS Live.

You may also run ASUS Live by clicking or right-clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon (see IV. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar’s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, pointing to ASUS Live Video, and then clicking it.

Uninstalling ASUS Live Video

To uninstall the software, click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Live and then click Uninstall. You may also uninstall the software using the Add/Re-

move Programs Properties dialog box at the Windows Setup tab. See Windows online help for more information on removing a Windows component.


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ASUS Live Control Panel

Live Mode

(Click Capture to switch to Capture

Mode)

Click the preferred video connection

(Composite, S-Video,

TV Tuner) to change a current connection.

Click here to open the ASUS

Live Pre-Recording Setting dialog box.

Shows/hides the

Video Source Option

(F9) ( see next page)

Keep ASUS

Live Always

On Top

Zoom In/Out

ASUS Live

Control Panel

Exit

Minimize

ASUS Live

Control Panel to taskbar

Click here to change the video standard ( NTSC-M,

NTSC-N, NTSC-4.43, PAL-

BGHI, PAL-4.43, PAL-M,

PAL-N or SECAM)

Click here to change the window size for viewing [ 160 x

120, 176 x 120, 340 x 240,

352 x 240 (default), 640 x 480,

720 x 480 or Full Screen].

Opens the About ASUS Live

(ASUS Live and Capture

Driver version number) window

Opens a drop-down box to let you set Video Format,

Video Source, Tuner

Setting, and Tuner Edit

Capture Mode

(Click Live to switch to Live Mode)

Click the preferred video connection

(Composite, S-Video,

TV Tuner) to change a current connection.

Click here to change the

video standard ( NTSC-M,

NTSC-N, NTSC-4.43, PAL-

BGHI, PAL-4.43, PAL-M,

PAL-N or SECAM)

Click here to open the ASUS

Live Pre-Recording Setting dialog box.

Click an image to view it with the associated image viewer or application (a pop-up window opens to show the path and filename of the selected image). Right-click an image to View, Save As, and Delete that image.

Opens the ASUS Video

Format dialog box to change the capture Image

Dimensions [ 88 x 60, 176 x

120, 352 x 240 (default), 704 x 240, 704 x 480, 160 x 120,

320 x 240, 640 x 240, 640 x

480 or Full Screen], Image

Format [ 8 bit Palettized, 16 bit RGB, 24 bit RGB, UYVY, and ASUS Video 2.0

(default)], and/or ASV2

Settings (Quality Level) [ 0 -

Best Compression, 1, 2, 3

(default), 4, 5 - Normal

Quality, 6, 7, 8, 9 - Best

Quality].

Opens a drop-down box to let you set capture format size, video compression, pre-recording settings, among others



Always On Top

The Always On Top option is provided for users who may wish to continue watching VCD/DVD/TV programs or want to have the display screen visible 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, right-click the display screen and then click Always On Top. Position the screen where it will not interfere with your other tasks.

Video Source Option

When first using ASUS Live, you must set up the video source. By clicking the

Video Source Option (F9) button (hotkey: F9) on the ASUS Live Control Panel, you can show or hide the video source setup screen.

Use your mouse/pointing device or the Up or Down Buttons on the ASUS Live

Control Panel or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select Video

Connector and then the Left and Right Buttons or the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to set your video connection (Composite, S-Video, or Tuner) or video standard [NTSC-

M, NTSC-N (not supported under Windows 2000/NT 4.0), NTSC-4.43, PAL-BGHI,

PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL-4.43 or SECAM]. Click or select Reset to set the settings back to its default. Click or select Exit to close the Video Source Option window.


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NOTES

1. Users of the PAL D/K models should select PAL-BGHI for the Video Standard.

2. NTSC-N is not supported under Windows 2000/NT 4.0.

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 Live Control 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 Video Source Option (F9) button on the ASUS Live Control Panel to exit from the video source option screen.

ASUS Live Video Modes

ASUS Live Mode has two execution modes, namely, Live Mode and Capture Mode.

Live Mode

Live Mode lets you view live video. Under this mode, you may adjust the display screen size with your mouse, or view in fullscreen mode, or set live video as wallpaper to display it.

To change video source settings, click the Setup button on the ASUS

Live Control Panel.

NOTES

1. Currently, Live Mode does not work under Windows NT 4.0. Live Mode requires at least Direct Draw 6, which Windows NT 4.0 does not support.

2. Before using the Wall Paper option, make sure that the View as Web Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected (see Start – Settings –

Active Desktop – View as Web Page).

Capture Mode

Capture Mode lets you capture and store images into your computer. It has three capture options: SnapShot, Frame Recording, and Video Recording. Video Recording adds an auto-timer recording function that allows you schedule your video recording (see

Auto Video Recording Setting later in this section).

Captured images are shown on the Preview Files window of the ASUS Live Control Panel. Click an image to view it with the associated image viewer or application (a pop-up window opens to show the path and filename of the selected image). Right-click an image to View, Save As, and Delete that image.

To change video capture settings, click the Setup button on the ASUS

Live Control Panel.



Video Capture

IMPORTANT: It is the intent of ASUS that this product be used in full compliance with the copyright laws of your respective and other countries and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary.

Windows 98

When you install the Windows 98 Driver of your ASUS graphics card (only models with the VIDEO-IN connector), the video capture driver will automatically be installed on your system. This video capture driver follows Microsoft Video for Windows standard and can open up to a capture window size of 704 x 480. It can be used with some applications that use video capture as an option, such as video conferencing, net meeting, or digital video authoring applications.

IMPORTANT: You must enable the DMA transfer mode of your hard disk (EIDE

HD) to get the maximum data transfer capability (704 x 480, 30 frames/second) during the video capture process. Otherwise, your system may become unstable.

Windows 2000/NT 4.0

The video capture driver for Windows 2000/NT 4.0 is not automatically installed when you install the display drivers of your ASUS graphics card.

To install, insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive, click Drivers, and then click Install Video for Windows Capture Driver (see III. Software Setup

| Install Video for Windows Capture Driver).

Enabling DMA Transfer Mode

NOTE: The How to Get Maximum

Capture Performance dialog box will tell you how to enable your hard disk’s DMA transfer mode to get the best capture performance. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to enable DMA mode. Otherwise, do the following:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box appears.

3. Click the Device Manager tab and then click the plus sign next to Disk drives, and then double-click your hard disk. The hard disk’s Properties box appears.

4. Click the Settings tab and then select the DMA check box under Options.


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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 Setting

1. Click Setup and point to and then click Capture Basic Setting to adjust the basic video capture settings, such as Capture Image Dimension

and Format, Capture CODEC se-

lection, and Capture Audio Format

and Attribute.

Under Capture Image Dimension

and Format, select the Image Di-

mensions, Image Format, and

ASV2 Settings of your choice.

NOTE: Windows 2000/NT 4.0 supports only the UYVY image format.

Under Capture CODEC selection, select the video compression of your choice for your captures.

Under Capture Audio Format and

Attribute, select the audio Format and audio Attributes setting of your choice.

This setting depends on whether you have audio set on your system.



Preallocate disk space: If you have limited space on your hard disk, you may want to limit the capture file size to a certain size. To do this, click

Preallocate disk space and enter the desired maximum file size.

Don’t ask before starting capture:

This lets you start capture without the dialog box prompt.

Capture Tip: See Enabling DMA

Transfer Mode

Adjust Source: This lets you select the video connection and video standard to use in the capture. It also lets you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Satura-

tion, and Hue of your images.

You are now ready to capture video images.

SnapShot Setting

1 Click Setup and point to and then click Video SnapShot to select your

Capture Picture Format (default:

24 bit), Image Setting and other settings.

Under Image Setting, you may set the desired Image File name and path (default: C:\CAPTURE.BMP

) and for the filename to be consecutively numbered (Store image use

consecutive numbered filename).


Manual Video Recording Setting

1. Click Setup and point to and then click Manual Recording to select the video recording settings, such as the Frame Rate (fps) (default: 30),

Maximum Capture Time (default:

10 seconds) and File name and path

(default: C:\CAPTURE.AVI) .




Auto Video Recording Setting

1. Click Setup and point to and then click Auto Timer Recording to select the live pre-recording settings.

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These settings include the Start Time (Year | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second), Stop Time (Year | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second), Channel Num-

ber, Capture Frame Rate, and options to Add Audio to the recording, View

Auto Recording Log, and to Delete one or Delete All the pre-recording settings.

2. Click Add to add your pre-recording setting/s.

The video recording will start at the designated date and time.

NOTE: The video recording settings assume that you have a video device connected to your ASUS graphics card and that the device is turned on and running.

Snapshot

Snapshot (hotkey: F5) lets you capture video stream data as single images and then show these images on your desktop almost simultaneously through the default image viewer. It supports any plug-in picture viewer/image processing program to view the captured images (see ASUS Live Control Panel earlier in this section).

To begin capturing, do the following:

1. Click Snapshot on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F5 key to capture the desired image on ASUS Live Video’s display screen.

The screen will freeze momentarily and the captured image (saved as a BMP file, using consecutive numbers) will be previewed in the Preview Files window.

You may click an image to view that captured image.

2. Repeat Step 1 as necessary.



Frame Recording

Frame Recording (hotkey: F6) lets you capture video stream data as consecutive images and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player. Frame Recording is useful in animation.


1. Click Frame Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F6 key to open the Capture Frames box.

2. Click Capture to begin capturing the desired frame or frames on

ASUS Live Video’s display screen and then click Done when the desired end frame is reached. The initial frame of the captured video (saved as an AVI file) will immediately be displayed on your movie player.

Video Recording

Video Recording (hotkey: F7) lets you capture video stream data continuously and then show these images on your desktop through your default movie player.


1. Click Video Recording on the ASUS Live Control Panel or press the F7 key.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin and then stop video recording.

NOTES

1. Windows 2000/NT4.0: The capture performance quality under Windows

2000/NT 4.0 is not as good as that under Windows 98.

2. Windows NT 4.0: To run ASUS Live Video, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

3 or later must be installed on your computer. You may download service packs at http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads.

3. Windows 2000/NT 4.0: To enhance capture performance, select UYVY as the capture format size and ASUS ASV1 as capture CODEC.






Using the Other Utilities

ASUS TWAIN Interface

Windows 98 Only

TWAIN is a cross-platform interface for acquiring images captured by scanners, digital cameras, and frame grabbers. The ASUS TWAIN Driver is currently supported only when used with Adobe Photoshop® (see www.adobe.com for details).

If you already have Photoshop installed and you chose to install the ASUS TWAIN

Driver, you can use Photoshop to import a still image using the ASUS TWAIN interface installed.

NOTE: The following steps assume that you are already running Photoshop and that you have already connected a compatible and working capture device, such as a web cam, to your system.

Using the ASUS TWAIN Interface for the First Time

1. From the File menu, click Import and then Select TWAIN_32 Source to specify the capture option.

Select ASUS Frame Capture

Source.

NOTE: You do not need to repeat this step for subsequent uses of the ASUS TWAIN module. If more than one TWAIN device is installed in your system and you want to switch devices, use Select TWAIN_32 Source command.

Importing an Image Using the ASUS TWAIN Interface

1. From the File menu, click Import and then TWAIN_32.



2. When the ASUS TWAIN Driver utility appears, click Options and then

Video Format.

3. In the Image Format list of the

ASUS Video Format dialog box, click 24 bit RGB.

4. Click Options and then Video For-

mat to select your video source. If desired or necessary, you may adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Satura-

tion, and Hue of your image.

You are now ready to capture.

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5. To capture, click the capture button or click the Capture menu and then

Single Frame.

Other Options

Preferences Menu: Click to adjust the background color of your image and other options.

Toggle preview video: Click button or click the Options menu and then Pre-

view to toggle between the preview video options. A pressed button (or a checked

Preview command) indicates that the preview is on and vice-versa.

Toggle overlay video: Click button or click the Options menu and then Over-

lay to toggle between the overlay video options. A pressed button (or a checked over-

lay command) indicates that the overlay preview is on and vice-versa.



ASUS VR PictureViewer

Optional

ASUS VR PictureViewer 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 ASUS VR PictureViewer, click or right-click the ASUS Control Panel icon

(see IV. Software Reference | ASUS Control Panel) on the taskbar’s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel, point to VR PictureViewer, and then click it.

Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File

1. Click the VR Effect menu and then click VR On to enable stereoscopic display.



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.

Testing the 3D Glasses

1. Click the Test 3D glasses and then follow the onscreen instructions.



ASUS StereoTV

Optional

Windows 98 Only

NOTE: The ASUS StereoTV utility can only be used with the Deluxe/TVR (or models with Video-In/TV-Out) model.

It can be used to view stereo video images with the optional 3D glasses (ASUS VR-

100G) using your monitor or TV 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.

NOTE: You should already have installed DirectX 7 or higher to use ASUS

StereoTV (see III. Software Setup | Install DirectX)

To run StereoTV, right-click the

ASUS Control Panel icon on the taskbar’s status area to display the

ASUS Control Panel, point to

StereoTV, and then click it.

ASUS Control Panel icon

ASUS VR MoviePlayer

Exit

Minimize

Window Size Buttons

Volume Buttons Stereo Setting

Channel Buttons

Video Setting

Channel Setting

Image Setting

Buttons and Functions

Channel Buttons

Clicking selects the next higher channel while pressing selects the next lower channel.

Volume Buttons

Clicking increases the volume while pressing decreases the volume.

Window Size Buttons

Clicking increases the window size while pressing decreases the window size.

Stereo Setting

Use this button to toggle between non-stereoscopic and stereoscopic mode.



Image Setting

Use this button to view correctly a stereoscopic image. For example, with a space inverted pseudoscopic spatial image, where the background appears in front and the foreground in the back. (Hotkey: R).

Channel Setting

Use this button to select an appropriate cable standard for your video system.

IMPORTANT!

Be sure that the system and standard of the country where you will be installing your card is set appropriately. For example, you should have the NTSC model if you plan to use your card in countries with NTSC systems, PAL-BGHI model in countries with PAL-BGHI systems, or PAL-4.43 model in countries with

PAL-4.43 systems.

Video Setting

Use this button to select the video format (Options: NTSC, PAL-BGHI, PAL-4.43) and video source (Options: Composite, Video).

Minimize Button

Clicking this button minimizes the ASUS VR MoviePlayer.

Exit Button

Clicking this button closes StereoTV.


V. Resolution Table

Resolution

640 x 480

800 x 600

1024 x 768

1152 x 864

1280 x 960

Vertical

Frequency

Horizontal

Frequency

Color Depth

8bpp = 16bpp =

256 colors 65K colors

Standard High Color

32bpp =

16.7M colors

True Color

60Hz

70Hz

72Hz

75Hz

85Hz

100Hz

120Hz

140Hz

144Hz

150Hz

170Hz

200Hz

60Hz

70Hz

72Hz

75Hz

85Hz

100Hz

120Hz

140Hz

144Hz

150Hz

170Hz

200Hz

240Hz

60Hz

70Hz

72Hz

75Hz

85Hz

100Hz

120Hz

140Hz

144Hz

150Hz

170Hz

60Hz

70Hz

72Hz

75Hz

85Hz

100Hz

120Hz

140Hz

144Hz

170Hz

200Hz

240Hz

60Hz

70Hz

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85Hz

100Hz

120Hz

140Hz

144Hz

150Hz

170Hz

200Hz

240Hz

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141.4

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194.9

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67.5

77.1

91.3

48.4

56.4

57.5

60.0

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81.7

98.8

116.6

120.2

125.7

144.1

172.8

212.1

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123.5

145.1

150.5

157.2

179.8

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46.9

53.7

63.7

77.2

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94.0

112.7

135.1

166.2

72.9

75.2

78.7

90.3

108.0

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V. Resolution Table

Resolution

1280 x 1024

1600 x 900

1600 x 1200

1920 x 1080

1920 x 1200

1920 x 1440

2048 x 1536

Vertical Horizontal

Frequency Frequency

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131.7

155.9

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VI. Troubleshooting

Description Recommended Action

After installation and restarting, Windows 95/98 informs me that the display setting is still incorrect.

• Make sure the “Assign IRQ to VGA” option is enabled in the BIOS.

• Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA.

• Uninstall the driver, restart, and reinstall the driver.

My monitor is not capable of high resolution or refresh rate.

• It depends on the display characteristics of your monitor. Consult your monitor documentation for the proper configuration.

DirectX or the other applications report no AGP memory available.

• Windows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later.

• DirectX version is not 6.0 or later.

• You have not installed appropriate drivers for the

AGP chipset. (e.g. VGARTD.VXD for Intel 440LX).

• Incorrect BIOS setting. BIOS must support at least

64MB for AGP aperture size.

Games or applications report “No 3D acceleration hardware found.”

• 3D works only in 16- or 32-bit color depth. Switch your color depth display mode to 16-bit (high color) or 32-bit (true color).

• Check necessary libraries, such as DirectX or

OpenGL.

• Try to switch to a lower resolution.

I cannot enable AGP memory or run I-Base test.

• You may be using a motherboard with an Aladdin

IV AGPset. To get the best compatibility, the display card uses AGP Bus Master mode instead of AGP execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset.

My MPEG player displays bad quality video clips.

• You must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode (DirectDraw).

• Try to switch to a lower resolution, color depth, or refresh rate. Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardware acceleration mode.

• Switch dual view mode to VGA or TV mode.

• VideoSecurity currently only supports S-Video or

Composite CCDs. Any device used must be connected to an ASUS video card.

I can’t use VideoSecurity with my USB CCD or IEEE

1394 CCD.

I am using Video Security and it seems my hard disk space is almost exhausted.

• This is a very important issue when you decide to use VideoSecurity with the “never stop” option. You must be aware of the free space of your hard disk— it must be enough for storing temporary files in the current working directory. If disk space is exhausted,

VideoSecurity will not store any information and give you a warning message.


VI. Troubleshooting

I am using VideoSecurity and I set the password option. I have forgotten my password, though. Is there a way to recover my password?

• The only way to remove password protection is to recall the original password that you assigned. The password protection is still active even when you uninstall VideoSecurity and install a new copy. Make sure that the password that you assigned can be easily remembered. You may write down your password and store it in a safe place.


®

8x DVD-ROM Drive

• Industry-leading performance for even the most demanding applications

• Maximum transfer rate: 8X DVD-ROM / 40X

CD-ROM

• High speed digital audio extraction

• Supports UltraDMA/33 transfer mode

• Complies with MPC3 standard

• Supports Multi-Read function

®

Ultra-Fast CD-ROM

• Supports high speed CD-Audio playback

• Supports high speed digital audio extraction

• Supports UltraDMA/33 transfer mode

• Compatible with all CD formats

• Supports multi-read function (CD-R/CD-RW)

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Asus V7700 Computer Hardware User`s manual

V7700 Series

USER’S MANUAL

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Macrovision Corporation Product Notice

Highlights

Available Models

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe TV

ASUS AGP-V7700 Deluxe

ASUS AGP-V7700 / T

ASUS AGP-V7700

Features

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module

Optional

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Layout

ASUS TV77 TV-Out Module Connection

ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit

Y-Type Connection

Standard Connection

Installation Procedures

New Systems

Systems with Existing VGA Card

Operating System Requirements

Windows 98

Display Driver Installation

Windows 98

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

Method 2: Display Property Page

Method 3: Plug and Play

Windows 2000

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

Method 2: Plug and Play

Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Display Property Page

Drivers

Install Display Driver

Install DirectX

Windows 98 Only

Install GART Driver

Windows 98 Only

Install ASUS TWAIN Driver

Only with TVR Model/Windows 98

Uninstall Display Driver

Windows 98

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen

Method 2: Using Control Panel

Windows 2000

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen

Method 2: Using Control Panel

Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Using Control Panel

Run ASUS VGA Live Update

Windows 98 Only

Install Video for Windows Capture Driver

Windows 2000/NT 4.0 Only

Utilities

Install ASUS Tweak Utility

Install SmartDoctor

Install VideoSecurity

Windows 98 Only

Install ASUS Live Utility

ASUS Control Panel