Gigabyte GA-MG400 User manual

Brand: Gigabyte

Model: GA-MG400

Category: Graphics cards

Type: User manual

R-10-01-091026

GA–MG400 Series Graphics Accelerator

GA-MG400

GA-MG400 DH (TV)

USER'S MANUAL

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Chapter 1

User’s Manual

GA-MG400 Graphics Accelerator

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may

appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the

information contained herein.

Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective

owners.

Oct. 26, 1999 Taipei, Taiwan

Table Of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE...................................................................................1-1

1.2. KEY FEATURES.........................................................................1-1

1.3. VGA BIOS on Motherboard Concept............................................1-2

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1. UNPACKING...............................................................................2-1

2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ........................................................................2-1

2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION......................................................2-2

I. General Installation......................................................................2-2

II. Upgrade Installation....................................................................2-2

2.4. DualHead Display and TV output.................................................2-3

3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

3.1. WIN95 or WIN98 DRIVER AND UTILITIES

INSTALLATION..................................................................................3-1

3.1.1 Operating system requirement................................................3-1

3.1.2 DirectX installation..................................................................3-2

3.1.3 Driver installation....................................................................3-4

3.1.4 Utilities on driver CD...............................................................3-9

3.1.5 Property pages.......................................................................3-9

3.1.6 Taskbar Icon ..........................................................................3-15

3.2. WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION...............................3-16

3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY.................................................................3-17

4. Game's Keyboard Command Reference

4.1. NEED FOR SPEED III.................................................................4-1

APPENDIX A: Resolutions and Color Depth Table...................A-20

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

Welcome to use the GA-MG400 Series 3D/2D graphics accelerator. The

GA-MG400 Series 3D/2D graphics accelerator is an innovative design that

delivers a new level of balanced, scalable and sustained 3D performance along

with smooth video and great 2D graphics experience.

This manual will take you through the steps in order to properly install the

GA-MG400 Series graphics accelerator into your computer. Please note that

your computer may differ slightly from the illustrations and screen shots

displayed in this manual.

1.2. KEY FEATURES

GA-MG400

q VGA BIOS on Motherboard solution

q Matrox MGA-G400 256-bit DualBus graphics processor

q High performance video card with full AGP 4X support

q UltraSharp of 300 MHz RAMDAC

q Two independent 128-bit buses for better data manage and graphics

process.

q Explosive 3D,2D and DVD performance

q 3D Environment-Mapped bump mapping

q 3D rendering array processor at up to 2048 * 1536 resolution

q Current available Gigabyte motherboards: GA-BX2000, GA-6BXE,

GA-6BXC, GA-6ZXC, GA-6CX, GA-6VX+, GA-6VXE+ and more to come.

q Optional DualHead Display and TV output features

q Vibrant Color Quality

rendering

q Support for 16 or 32 MB of memory

Introduction

1-2

GA-MG400 Graphics Accelerator

1-3

1.3. VGA BIOS on Motherboard Concept

Motherboard ships with no-BIOS Graphics Accelerator together. The VGA

BIOS is integrated into motherboard BIOS, providing 100% full compatibility

between motherboard and Graphics Accelerator.

The all new Gigabyte’ s GA-MG400 Series graphics accelerator BIOS on

motherboard solution offers not only the highest graphics performance but

also gives the flexibility for upgrading to next generation of motherboard

graphics accelerator.

M VGA BIOS Combine in Motherboard BIOS.

VGA BIOS

VGA and

Motherboard

BIOS

GA-MG400 Graphics Accelerator

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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1. UNPACKING

The GA-MG400 package contains the following:

• The GA-MG400 graphics accelerator

• This USER'S MANUAL

• Need for Speed III Game CD Title

• One driver CD for Win95 / Win98¡BWin NT 4.0¡BWin 2000 driver and

Utilities

The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily

damaged by static electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing

until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The

operator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same

point as the anti-static mat.

Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause

damage to your card. Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on

the card before proceeding.

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED

ON THE CARD.

2.2. BOARD LAYOUT

GA-MG400

Hardware Installation

2-2

16/32MB SGRAM

(1M632)

15-pin

Monitor

Connector

15-pin

Monitor

Connector

(Optional)

MATROX

G400

MGA

TVO

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2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

I. General Installation

1. Shut down the computer.

2. Unplug monitor cable from your computer.

3. Remove your computer’ s unit cover, and ground yourself.

Remove the screw and slot bracket from the board’ s mounting.

Be sure removing the existing graphics card from your system, if you

have another graphics card in your system.

5. Pick up the GA-MG400 and remove the plastic sleeve.

Press the card firmly into the AGP slot.

Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

7. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the GA-MG400.

8. Replace your computer’ s unit cover.

Plug your monitor’ s 15-pin connector into your GA-MG400 monitor

connector.

10. Turn on the power.

11. You can install the driver and utility to your system now.

II. Upgrade Installation

Update the motherboard BIOS by the following steps.

a. Use the existing VGA Card to boot.

b. Start the computer into MS-DOS mode or command prompt.

c. Use the BIOS flash utility in the support CD.

d. Follow the system guidance to flash the motherboard BIOS (P3-17).

M Be sure to use the related Motherboard BIOS, flash a wrong BIOS may

cause a damage to the motherboard.

e. Once the process is finished, shut down the system

Remove the existing VGA Card and plug GA-MG400 into the AGP slot.

Turn on the power and install the driver and utility to the system now.

Hardware Installation

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2.4 DualHead Display and TV output

Changing the way you use computers

The MG400 Series introduces the highly versatile DualHead Display feature.

This revolutionary technology allows a single AGP card to support two

separate displays with as many as six different configuration options.

DualHead Display lets you use either an RGB monitor or analog Flat Panel

as your primary display and a separate RGB monitor. TV, analog as your

secondary display. Unlike traditional multi-monitor solutions that simply

allow you to extend your applications across two monitors, DualHead

Display offers a variety of new display features and productivity-enhancing

software utilities that will revolutionize the way you use your computer.

The MG400 Series also allows you to recycle your old monitors and TVs,

thereby reducing the total cost of ownership and making it the most cost

effective multi-display solution available.

RGB

Monitor

RGB

Monitor

RGB

Monitor

Analog

Flat

Panel

Analog

Flat

Panel

RGB

Monitor

Analog

Flat

Panel

Analog

Flat

Panel

RGB

Monitor

Analog

Flat

Panel

Software Installation

3-1

3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:

3.1. WINDOWS95 OR WINDOWS98 DRIVER AND UTILITIES

INSTALLATION

The installation of Windows 95 or Windows 98 drivers is very simple.

When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the

AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run “D:\setup.exe”). Then you

can follow guides to setup your GA-MG400 driver (Please follow the

subsection 3.1.3 “Step By Step Installation” to install the driver for your

GA-MG400 graphics accelerator.

3.1.1. Operating system requirement

M If your OS is Microsoft Windows¡Awhen loading the GA-MG400 drivers

for the system, your Windows95 version should be OSR 2.1 or later or

Windows 98 Bata3 or later. Please make sure your system has installed or

DirectX6 or later.

If your windows version is an older version, You must use the USB

supplement update (make sure the update language is the same with your

system language) to upgrade your system to OSR 2.1.

M You can find the USB supplement update in the April 1997 MSDN

Disc1\OSR2\USBSUPP.

M In Windows95, if you install the GA-MG400 drivers for the mainboard

which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate

GART.vxd program for that mainboard. Please see the driver CD for

appropriate Vgartd file.

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3.1.2. DirectX Installation

Install Microsoft DirectX 7.0 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support

for Win95/98 to achieve better 3D performence.

Note: For sofeware MPEG support in Win95/98, you must install

DirectX first.

Select “Display Drivers Setup Utility ”

item.

Select “ Install DirectX 7.0 ” item.

Software Installation

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Then the DirectX 7.0 installation is completed.

Select “Yes” button.

Select “ReInstall DirectX” item.

Select “ Yes

“ Button.

Select “ OK

“ Button.

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