AOpen PA3020 User manual

Brand: AOpen

Model: PA3020

Category: Graphics cards

Type: User manual

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User's Guide

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FCC Statement

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FCC Class B Radio Frequency

Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate

radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio 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:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for

help.

Notice 1:

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the

equipment.

Notice 2:

Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission

limits.

Table of Contents

User's Guide

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 FEATURES..........................................................................................1

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1 PA3020 OUTLOOK.............................................................................1

2.2 PA3010 PRO OUTLOOK......................................................................2

2.3 PA3000 PLUS OUTLOOK ....................................................................3

2.4 PA3000 OUTLOOK.............................................................................4

2.5 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ..............................................................5

CHAPTER 3 WINDOWS 98 / 95

3.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ..............................................................1

3.1.1 Setup Standard VGA Mode (for First Time Installation)...............1

3.1.2 Setup Standard VGA Mode (for upgrading) .................................2

3.1.3 Setup Display Card Driver ( Auto setup ).....................................5

3.1.4 Setup Display Card Driver ( Manual Setup )................................7

3.1.5 Setup DirectX 7.........................................................................10

3.2 AOPEN GRAPHICS SYSTEM CONTROL UTILITY..................................11

3.2.1 System Information ...................................................................11

3.2.2 Additional Properties................................................................12

3.2.3 TV Output Setting ( optional )....................................................18

CHAPTER 4 WINDOWS 2000

4.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ..............................................................1

4.1.1 Setup Display Card Driver ( Auto setup ).....................................1

4.1.2 Setup Display Card Driver ( Manual Setup ) ................................2

CHAPTER 5 WINDOWS NT

5.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ..............................................................1

5.1.1 Setup Standard VGA Mode..........................................................1

5.1.2 Setup Display Card Driver ( Auto setup ).....................................2

5.1.3 Setup Display Card Driver ( Manual setup )................................3

CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT

6 TROUBLESHOOTING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT.........................................1

Chapter 1

Introduction

User's Guide 1-1

Thank you for choosing the AOpen PA3020 Series ( PA3020 / PA3010 Pro /

PA3000 Plus / PA3000 ) Graphics & Video Accelerator. PA3020 Series is a

state-of-art video adapter that provides you with fast playback acceleration in

both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video playback. Especially,

PA3020 Series will offer enhanced features and fully support 3D Gaming and

Multimedia Applications.

1.1 Features

The RIVA TNT2 (TwiN-Texel) architecture is the second generation

integrated,128-bit 3D Processor that processes 2 pixels-per-clock cycle

enabling single-pass multi-texturing. RIVA TNT2 ‘s 32-bit color pipeline, 24-bit

Z-buffering, 8-bit stencil buffer and per-pixel mip-mapping precision delivers

unsurpassed quality and performance allowing developers to write standards

based applications with stunning visual effects and realism.

AOpen PA3020 Family :

l AOpen PA3020

- based on nVidia RIVA TNT2 ULTRA Graphics Processor

l AOpen PA3010 Pro

- based on nVidia RIVA TNT2 Graphics Processor

l AOpen PA3000 Plus

- based on nVidia RIVA TNT2 Model 64 Graphics Processor

l AOpen PA3000

- based on nVidia Vanta Graphics Processor

Key Features

• Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX

5.0 , 6.0/6.1 and 7.0

• TwiN-Texel (TNT)32 bit graphics pipeline - 2 texture mapped, lit pixels

per clock Single pass multi-texture rendering

Introduction

1-2 User's Guide

• 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha

• 24-bit Z-buffer, 8-bit stendcil buffer

• Anisotropic filltering ( better than Tri-Linear Mip-mapping )

• 100% hardware triangle setup engine

• High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw Acceleration

- Transparent BLT, stretch BLT, points, lines, polylines, polygons, fills,

patterns, arbitrary clipping and fast text rendering

- Pipeline optimized for multiple color depths including 8, 16, and 24 bits

per

• Video acceleration for DirectDraw, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and Indeo

• Fast 32-bit VGA/SVGA

• 128 bit wide frame buffer interface up to 32MByte with support for

16MBit and 64Mbit memory devices

• 300MHz DAC ( 250MHz DAC for PA3000 )

• NTSC and PAL digital output port supporting external digital TV

encoders

• Bidirectional Media Port and CCIR-656 Video Capture Port

• AGP 4x/2x interface , full sideband support ( PA3020, PA3010 )

Driver Support

• Windows 98/95 OSR2.1

• Windows 2000

• Windows NT 4.0

• DirectX

• OpenGL

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

User's Guide 2-1

2.1 PA3020 Outlook

AOpen PA3020 Layout

Notes :

• TV Output is optional

Hardware Installation

2-2 User's Guide

2.2 PA3010 Pro Outlook

AOpen PA3010 Pro Layout

Notes :

• TV Output is optional

Hardware Installation

User's Guide 2-3

2.3 PA3000 Plus Outlook

AOpen PA3000 Plus Layout

Notes :

• TV Output is optional

Hardware Installation

2-4 User's Guide

2.4 PA3000 Outlook

AOpen PA3000 Layout

Notes :

• TV Output is optional

Hardware Installation

User's Guide 2-5

Item Check :

• AOpen PA3020 Series Graphics Card

• AOpen PA3020 Series User’s Guide

• AOpen PA3020 Series Driver & Utility CD

2.5 Installation Procedures

Caution :

Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts, Take these

precautions:

• Before touching any electronic part, drain the static electricity from your

body. You can do this by touching the internal metal frame of your

computer while it's unplugged.

• Don't remove a card from the anti-static container until you are ready to

install it. When you remove a card from your computer, place it back in

its container.

• Don't let your clothes touch any electronic parts.

• When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its

circuitry.

Before You Begin

Before you process further, make sure your computer system meets the

peripheral requirements and switch to standard VGA display driver.

Hardware Installation

2-6 User's Guide

Prepare Your Computer for Installation

Prior to working on your computer, make sure the power and any related

equipment is turned off.

How to Insert Your AGP Graphics Card?

How to Connect the Monitor?

Plug your monitor cable into the monitor connector on your AGP graphics

card. Make sure the other end of the monitor cable is properly connected to

your monitor.

Installation Procedures

For the first time Installation

Hardware Installation

User's Guide 2-7

1. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot, make sure this slot is unobstructed.

2. Remover the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer

chassis.

3. Ground yourself to an anti-static mat or other grounded source.

4. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end 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.

5. Connect your analog monitor's 15-pin VGA connector to the card and

fasten the retaining screws(if any).

6. Connect other cables and devices if available.

7. Now you are ready to install the software drivers and utilities.

For Systems with existing VGA card

1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA.

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

3. Replace the existing VGA card with the PA3020 Series graphics card.

4. Restart your computer and install the PA3020 Series display driver.

Chapter 3

Windows 98/95

User's Guide 3-1

3.1 Installation Procedures

Caution :

• Before installing the display driver, make sure your Windows 98/95 is

installed in VGA mode and work fine.

• To take advantage of all the AGP features, please use Windows 95

OSR2.1 ( or above version ), or Windows 98. Otherwise, you can use

OSR2.0 and install USBSUPP.EXE from Microsoft to upgrade to

OSR2.1

• The AGP driver is required for non-Intel chipset, please use correct AGP

driver to install for different chipset.

3.1.1 Setup Standard VGA Mode (for First Time Installation)

1. Start Windows 98/95

2. Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box will appear and detect Standard

PCI Graphic Adapter (VGA).

Windows 98/95

3-2 User's Guide

3. Click Next to begin install the VGA driver. If the Windows ask you for

your Windows 98/95 CD, insert the CD, or change the path to

\Windows\System directory.

4. Windows will prompt you to restart your Windows, Click Yes to reboot.

5. After system reboot, you may begin to setup VGA driver.

3.1.2 Setup Standard VGA Mode (for upgrading)

1. Start Windows 98/95

2. Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the

popup menu, or double click on the Display icon from the Control Panel

folder.

Windows 98/95

User's Guide 3-3

3. Select Setting->Advanced ( or select Setting->Advanced Properties for

Windows 95 ), then select Adapter page, and click change button.

4. When Select Device dialog box appears on screen, select Display a list

of all drivers, so you can select the driver you want.

Windows 98/95

3-4 User's Guide

5. Select Standard display types from the manufacturers and select

Standard PCI Display Adapter( VGA ) from the Models then click OK

button.

6. After complete installing Standard VGA Driver, click Close button and

restart Windows to enable Standard VGA Mode.

7. After system reboot, you may begin to setup VGA driver.

Windows 98/95

User's Guide 3-5

3.1.3 Setup Display Card Driver ( Auto setup )

* USING PA3020 FOR EXAMPLE *

1. Start Windows and insert the AOpen Installation CD disk into the CD-

ROM drive.

2. The AOpen Installation Wizard will appear, please select VGA Driver to

setup.

3. Display Driver Setup Application will check your Windows to make sure

your system is works fine, If you see any warning message, please click

Abort to stop setup. If not please click Continue to begin setup.

Windows 98/95

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4. During setup process, please don’t click any anything. Setup application

will setup display driver automatically for you.

5. After complete installing PA3020 driver, Windows will ask you reboot

system to enable the PA3020 display driver.

Windows 98/95

User's Guide 3-7

6. After system reboot, PA3020 display driver is setup ready.

3.1.4 Setup Display Card Driver ( Manual Setup )

* USING PA3020 FOR EXAMPLE *

1. Start Windows 98/95

2. Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the

popup menu, or double click on the Display icon from the Control Panel

folder.

3. Select Setting->Advanced (or select Setting->Advanced Properties for

Windows 95), then select Adapter page, and click change button.

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