3Dlabs The Wildcat 4110 PRO, User Manual

Page 1: ...The WildcatTM 4110 PRO Graphics Accelerator User s Guide 3Dlabs Inc 480 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94086 408 530 4700 www 3dlabs com ...

Page 2: ...n 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 when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If the equipment is not installed and used in accordance with the instr...

Page 3: ... Monitor 9 Installing the Software 10 Make Sure Your Computer is Ready 10 Verify the Default Video Display Driver 12 Verify the System Startup Version 13 Upgrading the VGA Controller for the 3Dlabs 4110 PRO 14 Connecting a Stereo Display Device 15 3 Using the Video Card 18 Configuring the Video Display 18 3Dlabs Configuration Tab 18 3Dlabs Monitor Tab 19 Enabling Stereo Display 21 4 Troubleshootin...

Page 4: ...iv A Specifications 31 B Connectors 33 Stereo Sync Output 34 Analog Video Output 34 DVI I Output 34 Index 35 ...

Page 5: ...nd stereo display device Chapter 3 Using the Video Card provides instructions for configuring the video display and enabling the stereo display Chapter 4 Troubleshooting describes common problems and solutions and instructions for obtaining a usable video resolution reinstalling the video driver and how to get help Appendix A Specifications provides general functional and performance specification...

Page 6: ...ore detailed information on the operating system refer to the printed and online documentation delivered with the system Hardware Information For more information about your computer refer to the documentation delivered with your system Customer Support For technical assistance please contact 3Dlabs by phone at 1 800 464 3348 US or 44 178 447 0555 UK or send e mail to support 3dlabs com World Wide...

Page 7: ...ith your system in a safe place in case you ever need to reinstall the drivers Features Card Interface AGP Pro card designed for systems that have either a 50 watt or a 110 watt AGP Pro slot NOTE The 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO cannot plug into a standard AGP slot Video Memory Frame Buffer 64MB Texture Buffer 64MB DirectBurst 8MB Graphics Controller High speed Wildcat chipset technology RAMDAC 220MHz ...

Page 8: ...lights View volume clipping Up to six user clip planes Image processing Traditional 2D Operations 16 and 32 bit color depths 565 8888 Solid and patterned area fills Vectors diamond rule compliant Block moves screen to screen Block gets screen to system Block puts system to screen OpenGL Operations Image support for multiple formats zooming bilinear scaling color matrix and color tables Fogging lin...

Page 9: ...o support Stencil operations Matrix transformations OpenGL Extensions Imaging Extensions pixel buffer color table color matrix convolution Blend Extensions color minmax function separate Fog Extensions fog function fog offset Texture Extensions 3D textures edge border and LOD clamps mipmap generation Video Extensions interlace interlace read 422 pixels ...

Page 10: ...ample location jittering Dynamic sample allocation Dynamic sample backoff Two video look up tables Eight stencil planes Eight double buffered overlay planes 32 bit Z buffer High performance DACs that directly drive display devices DDC2B Display Data Channel standard Head mounted displays and shutter glasses frame sequential and interlaced stereo required Onboard texture memory with full mipmapped ...

Page 11: ...al connectors see Figure 1 1 3 Pin MiniDIN stereo sync output connector 2 15 Pin D sub analog video output connector 3 DVI I output connector Figure 1 Wildcat 4110 PRO External Connectors See Appendix B Connectors for detailed information on each of the 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO connectors ...

Page 12: ...ns on opening and closing the system identifying the AGP Pro expansion slot Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI expansion slots and adding expansion cards Make Sure Your Computer is Ready General system requirements include Pentium II or greater processor Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 with Service Pack 5 or later or Windows 2000 AGP Pro expansion slot CAUTION The 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO video card ca...

Page 13: ...Turn off power to the computer CAUTION Physically remove the power cord from the system and wait 15 to 30 seconds for standby power to dissipate Damage can occur to add in components if power is not physically removed from the system during installation procedures Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static electricity before touching the card Wear a properly connected groundin...

Page 14: ...gn the Wildcat 4110 PRO card with the AGP Pro expansion slot Make sure the gold fingered connections on the card s edge are aligned properly with the slot connector see Figure 2 these connectors are labeled on the left side of the image Figure 2 Wildcat 4110 PRO Video Card 5 Push the card into the expansion slot firmly and evenly until it is fully seated in the slot connector 6 Visually inspect th...

Page 15: ...ble with a 15 pin D sub video connector at one end for the video output port on the card and the appropriate connectors at the other end for the video input port on the monitor See the documentation delivered with your monitor for more information Figure 3 Wildcat 4110 PRO Analog Video Output 3 Turn on power to the workstation If the monitor s Power On LED does not illuminate or the monitor does n...

Page 16: ...online Help for more information on installing drivers and software application programs NOTE If you are reinstalling the 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO driver you must remove the current driver prior to installing the update If you re running Windows NT 4 0 To remove the existing 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO driver 1 Log on using an account that has administrative privileges 2 From the operating system Start...

Page 17: ...estarts and you log in a message displays stating that a new display driver has been installed and that you should use the Display option in the Control Panel to select the preferred display resolution Click OK NOTE See Chapter 3 Using the Video Card for instructions on setting the display properties If you re running Windows 2000 To remove an existing driver 1 Log on using an account that has adm...

Page 18: ...e Configuring the Video Display in Windows 2000 later in this document for instructions on setting the display properties Verify the Default Video Display Driver If you re running Windows NT 4 0 To verify the default video display driver 1 From the operating system Start menu go to Settings Control Panel Display and click the Settings tab on the Display Properties dialog box 2 Click Display Type t...

Page 19: ...k the video image 1 If the Display Properties dialog box is not already displayed go to the operating system Start menu select Settings Control Panel Display and click the Settings tab 2 Click Test to test the display resolution 3 Click OK to dismiss the Display Properties dialog box NOTE See Chapter 3 Using the Video Card for instructions on defining the display properties If you re running Windo...

Page 20: ... dialog box appears Click Yes The Update Device Driver reappears Click Next on the Wizard 7 A prompt will display stating a digital signature is not found and will ask if you want to continue with this installation Click Yes 8 Insert Disk 2 when prompted then click OK to continue with the installation 9 Once the driver successfully installs click Finish to dismiss the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard ...

Page 21: ...y device 1 Connect one end of the stereo emitter cable to the input port on your stereoscopic display device NOTE See the documentation delivered with your stereoscopic display device for information on the connectors and proper cables 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the stereo output port on the Wildcat 4110 PRO video card see Figure 5 3 Configure the display settings to enable stereo dis...

Page 22: ...16 Figure 5 Wildcat 4110 PRO Stereo Output Port ...

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Page 24: ...0 or Windows 2000 documentation or online Help for instructions if necessary 2 Close any open applications 3 From the operating system Start menu go to Settings Control Panel Display In Windows NT 4 0 click the 3Dlabs Configuration tab if it is not already displayed In Windows 2000 follow the same path then click the Settings tab and then Advanced Click the 3Dlabs Configuration tab if it is not al...

Page 25: ...tab 1 On the Display Properties dialog box click the Wildcat Monitor tab see Figure 7 This tab contains commands for adjusting the resolution color depth and refresh rate See the steps under Wildcat Configuration Tab if you need instructions on opening the Display Properties dialog box ...

Page 26: ...onitor Display Properties dialog box 3 On the Wildcat Monitor Display Properties dialog box click Configure Monitor to change the display mode select a monitor type and change the resolution refresh rate Once you have made the changes you require click OK to accept the new configuration and dismiss the Configure Monitor dialog box You are returned to the Wildcat Monitor Display Properties dialog b...

Page 27: ... to the stereo output port on the Wildcat 4110 PRO card See Chapter 2 Setup for more information 2 On the Wildcat Monitor tab under Display Properties click Configure Monitor The Configure Monitor dialog box displays see Figure 9 above 3 Select one of the Stereoscopic Display modes from the Display Mode pulldown then click OK You are returned to the Display Properties dialog box 4 If you are promp...

Page 28: ...the Last Known Good option in Windows NT or restart Windows 2000 in Safe Mode and select a supported resolution and refresh rate See Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution later in this chapter for instructions Monitor does not support a selected resolution or refresh rate The selected settings are not compatible with your monitor and video card Reinstall the video driver Verify that the monitor cabl...

Page 29: ...in this chapter for instructions on determining if you have a defective unit Screen image defects appear Possible indication of a hardware problem Run diagnostics to check the graphics hardware Diagnostics Diagnostics utilities for checking the video card and instructions for using these utilities may be available from your computer vendor Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution The system operates in...

Page 30: ...fe Mode then hit ENTER to return to the boot screen Determining a Defective Unit To determine a defective unit 1 Save and exit from all files if possible then shut down Windows NT 2 Turn off the power to the monitor and to the workstation CAUTION Always turn off the power to the workstation before connecting or disconnecting the cables 3 Check and reseat all card and cable connections as needed 4 ...

Page 31: ...t has administrative privileges 2 Insert the delivery media into the appropriate device for diskettes or CD 3 From the operating system Start menu go to Settings Control Panel Display and click the Settings tab 4 Click Display Type then click Change 5 In the Change Display dialog box click Have Disk 6 In the Install From Disk dialog box type the path to the directory that contains the delivery med...

Page 32: ...m the operating system Start menu go to Settings Control Panel System Under System click the Hardware tab 3 Click Device Manager click Display Adapters then select 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO 4 Right click on 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO select Properties then click Update Driver 5 The Upgrade Device Drivers Wizard displays Click Next 6 Under Install Hardware Device Drivers click Search for a suitable driv...

Page 33: ...hooting procedures in this document do not resolve the problem please contact your vendor for technical assistance refer to your system documentation for instructions For information about your warranty see your system documentation ...

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Page 35: ...ts DirectBurst 64 bits Connectors 3 Pin MiniDIN stereo sync output 15 Pin D sub analog video output DVI I output Interrupts PCI assigned Interrupt A for Wildcat 4110 PRO DMA channels PCI AGP 2X Video memory Frame Buffer 64MB Texture Buffer 64MB DirectBurst 8MB NOTE Supported monitor resolutions and refresh rates may vary depending on your monitor Monitor Resolutions bits per pixel Refresh Rates Hz...

Page 36: ...ixel 6 0M Tri Sec 3D Gourad shaded triangles Z buffered 25 pixel 4 3M Tri Sec 3D Vectors solid color 10 pixel 12 0M Vec Sec Dimensions Height 1 01 Length 13 34 Width 4 25 Slots Required Two one AGP Pro or standard AGP slot and one adjacent PCI slot for cooling purposes Power Requirements 50 W maximum 12 0V 140 mA maximum 5 0V 1 8A maximum 3 3V 12 8A maximum ...

Page 37: ...r systems that have either a 50 watt or a 110 watt AGP Pro slot NOTE The 3Dlabs Wildcat 4110 PRO cannot plug into a standard AGP slot NOTE If you ordered this video card with a system it was installed and configured for use prior to shipment Figure 8 Bottom View Figure 9 Top View ...

Page 38: ... 15 pin D SUB connector provides connection to an analog CRT display DVI I Output The Digital Video Output Port uses a DVI I receptacle with 29 signal contacts as specified by the Digital Visual Interface Revision 1 0 specification This port supports pixel rates up to 112MHz using the SII150A PanelLink device from Silicon Image The port is 100 percent compliant to the DVI specification and support...

Page 39: ...tion vi information hardware vi more vi operating system vi installation software 13 10 13 installation 8 6 8 anti static precautions 9 7 9 driver requirements 13 10 13 drivers 13 10 13 general requirements 8 6 8 instructions 10 8 10 materials and tools 9 7 9 preparation 8 6 8 Windows 2000 drivers 14 11 14 Windows NT drivers 13 10 13 introduction 1 last known good option 23 last known good option ...

Page 40: ...sing the video card 15 18 15 verifying Windows 2000 default drivers 16 12 16 Windows 2000 system startup version 17 13 17 Windows NT default drivers 16 12 16 Windows NT system startup version 17 13 17 VGA controller upgrading 17 14 17 VGA mode 23 26 23 video analog output 30 34 30 DVI I output 30 34 30 image 17 13 17 resolution 22 25 22 video card troubleshooting 21 24 21 using 15 18 15 video disp...