Asus PCI-V7100 Pro / T, User Manual

Page 1: ...es TwinView GPU Graphics Card USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers V7100 Pure V7100 T V7100 DVI V7100 2V1D V7100 Magic T V7100 Magic Pure V7100 Deluxe Combo V7100 Pro T V7100 Pro Pure PCI V7100 Pro T PCI V7100 Pure ...

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Page 4: ...CI V7100 Pure Layout 19 ASUS VR 100 Optional Upgrade Kit 20 Installation Procedures 21 New Systems 21 Systems with Existing VGA Card 21 3 Software Setup 22 Operating System Requirements 22 Windows 98 22 Display Driver Installation 23 Windows 98 23 Windows 2000 25 Windows NT 4 0 28 Drivers 29 Install Display Driver 29 Install DirectX 30 Install GART Driver 31 Install WDM Capture Driver 33 Install V...

Page 5: ...55 Color Correction 59 TwinView 60 GeForce2 MX 64 Desktop Display Manager 71 Using the ASUS Utilities 75 Tweak Utility 75 VideoSecurity 77 Live Video 81 SmartDoctor 90 Digital VCR 93 Using the Other ASUS Utilities 107 TWAIN Interface 107 VR PictureViewer 109 StereoTV 111 5 Resolution Table 113 Maximum Refresh Rate 113 6 Troubleshooting 114 Description 114 Recommended Action 114 Index 117 CONTENTS ...

Page 6: ...e 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 e...

Page 7: ...ut DVI models only Dual texture pixel fill capacities with two new hypertexel pipelines 700 Mtexel fill rate 20 Mtriangles sec through T L Setting Optimized for DirectX 7 and OpenGL Features NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Provides more resolutions and color depths Brings more productivity Sets a new milestone for realism Performs up to 1 5x improvement over GeForce Ensures broad application support Available ...

Page 8: ... 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 TwinView Architecture for models with TV out DVI models only with si multaneous and independent dual display control and ...

Page 9: ...ard for all devices VGA Monitor output 15pin standard Composite TV output RCA SVHS TV output 7pin VGA Output Projector S Video Output Composite RCA Output 1 2 3 1 2 3 NTSC PAL JP1 JP1 Use the same TV standard for all devices For example if your TV uses the NTSC standard then you should set JP1 to NTSC NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM 400 GPU Chip VGA BIOS Video Encoder Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsi...

Page 10: ...e Buffer Item Checklist ASUS V7100 Pro Pure Graphics Card This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector VGA BIOS Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink 64 32MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM 400 GPU Chip FAN_PWR ...

Page 11: ...m the TV TUNER MODULE Monitor Antenna NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS Sound Card VCR 32MB Frame Buffer S TV TUNER MODULE L G G R AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Item Checklist ASUS V7100 Deluxe Combo Graphics Card ASUS AV Adapter ASUS VR 100G This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc SVHS...

Page 12: ... Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard Composite TV output RCA SVHS TV output 7pin VGA Output Projector S Video Output Composite RCA Output 1 2 3 1 2 3 NTSC PAL JP1 JP1 Use the same TV standard for all devices For example if your TV uses the NTSC standard then you should set JP1 to NTSC NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM 200 GPU Chip Video Encoder Graphics Processing Unit 32MB Frame Buffe...

Page 13: ...MB Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS V7100 Magic Pure Graphics Card This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector Graphics Processing Unit Video Encoder NVIDIA TM GeForce2 MX TM 200 GPU Chip JP1 VGA BIOS 32MB Frame Buffer 32MB Frame Buffer ...

Page 14: ...ransmits that output to a receiver in a display The VIP Video Interface Port Connector are used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual Link output accepts either a 12 or 24 pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain...

Page 15: ...o Interface Port Connector are used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 The DVI Dual Link output accepts either a 12 or 24 pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals Item Check...

Page 16: ... you should set JP1 to NTSC VGA Output Projector S Video Output Composite RCA Output NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP Video Interface Port Connector is used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A JP1 2 26 25 Item Checklist ASUS V7100 T Graphics Card PAL or NTSC...

Page 17: ...ser s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS The VIP Video Interface Port Connector is used for third party add on modules such as video capture cards or television tuners 32 16MB Frame Buffer 1 VIP Connector A 2 26 25 ...

Page 18: ... NTSC standard then you should set JP1 to NTSC VGA Output Projector S Video Output NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS R 32MB Frame Buffer JP1 ASUS PCI V7100 Pro T Layout 32MB Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS PCI V7100 Pro T Graphics Card PAL or NTSC This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc ASUS Low Profile Bracket Notes Use the sa...

Page 19: ...ut 32MB Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS PCI V7100 Pure This User s Manual ASUS V7100 Series Driver Utility CD Disc ASUS Low Profile Bracket VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector NVIDIA T M GeForce2 MX T M GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink VGA BIOS R 32MB Frame Buffer ...

Page 20: ...ses ASUS VR 100G Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Input Reserved VR Glasses Output To VGA Card s Monitor Output VGA Input Projector ASUS VR 100 You must anchor the ASUS VR 100 s mounting bracket with a screw to a free ex pansion slot in your computer chassis VGA Output 3D Glasses ASUS VR 100G Stereo Glasses Output VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Input Reserved VR G...

Page 21: ... 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 V7100 series display driver NOTE This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot WARNING Computer boards and components con...

Page 22: ...supply before inserting your graphics card into the AGP slot Make sure that the power supply of your motherboard can provide enough electrical current on the 3 3V lead to maintain normal operation The ASUS VR 100 Optional Upgrade Kit must be installed to enable the the ASUS VR 100G 3D glasses to be used with the Pure models Windows 98 and VIA Systems If your motherboard has a VIA based chipset the...

Page 23: ...runtime libraries DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration See 3 Software Setup Install GART Driver and 3 Software Setup Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program NOTE See 3 Software Setup Drivers Install Display Driver for more informa tion 1 Start Windows 2 Switch display to Windows Standard D...

Page 24: ...therwise 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 theFoldersbox double click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X INF in the File name box 9 Click OK Alist of video cards appears Select yourVGAcard type for your operat ing system and then click OK 10 The Update Driver Warning box...

Page 25: ...he necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup 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 6 Follow the onscreen instructions to c...

Page 26: ...nstallation disc into your CD ROM drive to bring up the Locate Driver Files item of the FoundNewHardwareWizarddia log box 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 Method 2 Plug and Play 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box ap pear...

Page 27: ...les Search Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 9 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 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 8 When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system se lect the one that is l...

Page 28: ...ge 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 Win dows NT Click OK 9 Select ASUS V7100 and then click OK 10 Windows NT will once again prompt for c...

Page 29: ...een or run Setup exe in the root direc tory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers If you prefer to install the drivers individually follow the steps on the following pages 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 proce dures earlier in 3 Software Setup Windows NT...

Page 30: ...our CD ROM drive Click Drivers 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 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stall DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install WARNING Some games written for older DirectX ...

Page 31: ...set Follow the on screen instructions to finish the GART driver installation The succeeding steps as sume that you are installing for an Intel chipset 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Com puter to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root direc tory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears ClickIn st...

Page 32: ...If you selected No on the previ ous 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 fin ished click Finish ...

Page 33: ...river Windows 98 Windows 2000 The WDM Capture Driver must be installed to use some of the latest VCR applica tions The driver conforms to the Microsoft Windows Driver Model WDM stan dard 2 The Drivers box appears 3 When the ASUS WDM Capture Driver Setup box appears click Install ASUS WDM Capture driver and then click OK 4 When the Installation box appears click the appropriate TV standard for your...

Page 34: ...Windows standard 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Com puter to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root direc tory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers and when the Driv ers box appears clickInstallVideo for Windows Capture Driver To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts NOTE Under...

Page 35: ...ard Deluxe Combo Windows 98 only 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 The Drivers box appears Click Install ASUS TWAIN Driver 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next to start copying the files Setup automatically starts co...

Page 36: ...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 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 gr...

Page 37: ... The system will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart Windows 2000 Method1 Using the Autorun Screen See Windows 98 Method 1 Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 Click Start and then point to Set tings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 Click the Change Remove Pro grams icon 5 Click AS...

Page 38: ...s inappropriately may dam age your card and cause your system to be unstable 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click In stall ASUS Tweak Utility 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next To com...

Page 39: ...tallation 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 Utilities 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 Sm...

Page 40: ...by using a video capture device such as a digital camera 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 Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click In stall VideoSecurity 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next to start the installation To co...

Page 41: ...ation 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 Utilities To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts Install ASUS Live Utility TheASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card s video input port NOTE Make ...

Page 42: ...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 Utilities To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts Install ASUS Digital VCR ASUS DigitalVCR like the ASUS Live utility lets you view and capture video images from the card s video input port DigitalVCR however provides extra func tion...

Page 43: ...ed buttonontheSettingsmenu Click the appropriate tab to change the display settings Refresh Rate This control changes the refresh rate of the current screen resolution Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon then point to Refresh Rate and click the desired refresh rate Next the system prompts whether to keep the setting Click OK to keep the setting otherwise click Cancel or press ESC 4 Softw...

Page 44: ...xample from 800x600 HiColor to 800x600 TrueColor Click OK to restart your computer to make the change Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon point to More Resolution and then click the desired screen reso lution Thesystemwillautomaticallyset the resolution selected without restart ing your computer Information Information lists pertinent data about the graphics card It supplies links to the...

Page 45: ...values for each or all of the RGB colors These adjustments can be made for D3D Game and OpenGL environments D3D Game D3D Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications NOTE The color settings of D3D Game and OpenGL are not adjustable below 8 bit color depth ...

Page 46: ...ol changes the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously and functions like a macro saving a scheme retains particular system presets Apply existing schemes or create and save schemes by saving the current settings existing schemes may be deleted A scheme may be developed to satisfy the requirements of special situations ie whenever play ing a certain game or a movie Color Spline This tool...

Page 47: ...adjust the direction effect slider leftwards to gain added responsiveness Foreground Foreground is set in conjunction with background to stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box of current games to scale the depth of 3D objects see pages 49 and 50 for an examples and more info Move the foreground slider leftwards to shift the foreground along the Z axis towards 0 Background Background is set...

Page 48: ... for the best stereoscopic visual quality Page flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave The 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 Consult documentation to make s...

Page 49: ...key combination of your choice only CTRL ALT X key combinations can be defined Keys that are unavailable for hotkey X values include ESC ENTER TAB SPACEBAR PRINT SCREEN or BACKSPACE Press any other key to complete the combination For example to define the hot key combination CTRL ALT D having placed the cur sor in the box press D NOTE Hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD ...

Page 50: ...lue 0 1 Beetle Crazy Cup is copyright 2000 by INFORGRAMES Original idea and development by XPIRAL Efecto Caos S L D3D OSD Histogram The OSD Histogram Chart pinpoints the Z axis range upon which 3D objects ap pear as well as how they gather For example if the above chart simu lated was displayed for a car racing game the vertices to the left of the E line could be the model of the game player s car...

Page 51: ...sual quality set Embossment in conjunction with View Angle See On Screen Display later in this section for more details Mode Line Interleave Select this option for better monitor compatibility particularly for monitors with less bandwidth or less range of horizontal vertical frequency Stereoscopic visual quality however will be poor since only half the vertical lines are generated Page Flipping Se...

Page 52: ...h rate interlaced mode under the following display scales 16 bits 2048x1536 1024x768 Stereo Mode 32 bits 1280x960 640x480 Stereo Mode 1280x1024 640x480 Stereo Mode 1600x900 800x600StereoMode 1600x1200 800x600StereoMode On Screen Display Enable OSD Clicking on the check box enables access to the advanced box When selected this option opens the OpenGL On Screen Display Use the defined Hotkey and adj...

Page 53: ...ma In most games use the keyboard UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a new setting The PLUS or MINUS keys move the sliders To restore the defaults press the HOME key To close screen settings display use the END key Known Issues on Selected Games Applications See the included support CD for the latest information OPENGLVR TXT in the WIN9XME folder All registered and unregistered trademarks are the pro...

Page 54: ...al 54 4 Software Reference TaskBar Utility This utility gives convenient access to various features and presets that may be configured in the Display Properties Menu directly from the Windows taskbar 4 S W Reference Taskbar Utility ...

Page 55: ...n adjustments to the display positions and to color correction including brightness contrast and gamma The display properties menu is useful to enable and configure the TwinView display and to make additional property adjustments To use Windows Display Properties click theASUS icon on the taskbar s sta tus area to open the ASUS Control Panel Menu Click Windows Display Properties click the Settings...

Page 56: ...ws WARNING Adjusting position or size is a highly dangerous operation Selecting a value that is beyond your monitor s specification may damage it Press ESC to restore your origi nal settings in case of problems Display Timing Selects the proper timing mode Auto Detect allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself NOTE Some older monitors may not support t...

Page 57: ...play when running at resolutions lower than the maximum resolution supported Use display adapter scaling Adapter automatically scales the appearance of the display on the monitor default Centered output Centers the image on the flat panel and does not adjust the scale NOTE This funciton is only available with DVI 2V1D cards 4 S W Reference Device Settings ...

Page 58: ...h T Deluxe Combo cards Video output format This field specifies the type of output signal sent to the TV If the correct connector cable is connected S Video outwillgenerallyprovideahigherqual ity output than Composite video out Specify Auto select to make the system determine the output signal Device Adjustments Screen Positioning Selects the TV video output format based on the four quadrants indi...

Page 59: ...Green or Blue Brightness Contrast Gamma These sliders help calibrate the visual output of the display card Changes to color settings are shown immediately on the monitor Automatically apply these settings at startup Selecting this option will automatically restore the color adjustments when Windows is restarted NOTE If the PC is running on a network the color will be adjusted after you have logged...

Page 60: ...Extended Desk top Mode To initiate Extended Windows Desk top Mode ensure that both primary and secondary monitors are properly connected to the card Go to Settings tab in Display Properties Click on Monitor 2 A query screen pops up Click Yes 4 S W Reference TwinView To disable Extended Desktop Mode return to the Settings Menu in Display Properties and right click on Monitor 2 Then click on the che...

Page 61: ...then the desktop exhibits the virtual effect only one portion of the primary desktop will be visible on the secondary monitor So moving the mouse cursor to the periphery of the secondary display desktop causes the whole desktop to move around Use viewport lock to fix the position of one portion of the virtual desktop on the secondary monitory After the viewport lock is engaged the mouse cursor may...

Page 62: ...u and right click on either screen icon Click Properties to make changes You may also click Advanced to view the tab dialogs In the Extended Desktop Mode the TwinView tab in the Advanced tab menu is replaced by two tabs Device Selection see page 56 and Color Correction seepage59 Thesemenus display all the same options and sub screens as available from the Display Properties Device Settings and fro...

Page 63: ...splay area of the primary desktop monitor to the secondary display monitor Horizontal Span Mode This mode horizontally extends the Windows desktop across two display devices This mode is useful for viewing items wider than a single display Vertical Span Mode This mode vertically extends the Windows desktop across two display devices This mode is useful for viewing items taller than a single displa...

Page 64: ...he GeForce2 MX tab displays information about the graphics card computer system and driver versions it also accesses extra features and supplies an Internet link for drivers product updates and news Manually Select Antialiasing Mode Off no antialiasing Disables antialiasing in 3D applications Select Off if you require maximum speed performance in your applications 2x Enables antialiasing using the...

Page 65: ... produce higher quality rendering of 3D images Display logo when running Direct3D applications This option lets you display the NVDIA logo in the lower corner of the screen while running Direct3D applications Mipmapping Mipmap detail level This option lets you adjust the Level of Detail LOD bias for mipmaps A lower biasprovidesbetterimagequalitywhileahigherbiasaugmentsperformance Choose from five ...

Page 66: ...ult values conform to the Direct3D specifications Some software may expect texel origin to be defined elsewhere The image quality of such applications will improve if the texel origin is redefined Dragging the slider leftward positions the texel origin closer to its upper left corner and moving the slider rightward positions it closer to the center Range 0 to 7 default 3 ...

Page 67: ...s This option 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 This setting determines the buffer flipping mode for full screen OpenGL applications Options are Auto select default Use block transfer and Use page flip Vertical sync This setti...

Page 68: ... to zoom in on a specific area of the video output screen NOTE when enabling overlay zoom Video players that are not able to detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while displaying a still frame Select screen region to zoom This option lets you select the region on the video playback to zoom in or out Zoom control This option lets you zoom in or out on the s...

Page 69: ...ay this causes the display to swap and the overlay window now appears on the secondary display and the full screen appears on the primary display In Clone mode choosing Auto select is equivalent to selecting Secondary Display NOTE After selecting your Full Screen Device settings you may need to exit and restart your video application for the settings to take effect Aspect Ratio The aspect ratio is...

Page 70: ... Manager and Desktop Manager Configuration Click this button to access the Desktop Display Manager setup menus Using the Quick Tweak icon Right click the NVIDIA taskbar icon to display a popup menu of options including OpenGL Direct3D or Color settings The menu also contains items forrestoringdefaultsettings Leftclick on the icon twice and the Display Properties Menu appears NOTE An additional opt...

Page 71: ...hen click OK The program appears in the Application Management window Repeat this step for each program that you want to add to the Desktop Display Manager Desktop Display Manager In the TwinView Extended Desktop Mode this Display Manager sets up the PC to run one or more programs on one or both monitors or desktops Among others it also allows you to undertake program management features such as r...

Page 72: ...ot Keys may be configured with different key combinations and assign them to actions like moving active windows to another monitor or moving open windows to a separate monitor Default key combinations for each action are Move the active window to another monitor ALT 1 Move all windows to another moni tor ALT 2 Gather all windows to one monitor ALT 3 Global Settings This field specifies settings th...

Page 73: ...are ESC ENTER TAB SPACEBAR PRINT SCREEN or BACKSPACE Zoom update frequency updates per second This setting updates the refresh frequency of the magnified view in number of times per seconds default 8 it can be set from 1 to 100 times per second Normally the magnified view is updated whenever the mouse cursor is moved and is updated at a fixed interval when the mouse cursor is still Delay before sw...

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Page 75: ...S 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 ...

Page 76: ...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 ASUSTweak Safe Mode Prop erties box appears Click the appro priate settings Using Tweak S...

Page 77: ...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 limita tions 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 gi...

Page 78: ... 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 user configurable When VideoSecurity is ran a sub directory will automa...

Page 79: ...ure 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 Use this to stop tracing or to choose the error processing method to use while tracing Thi...

Page 80: ...ain 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 Lets you adjust the video source parameters such as Color Video Connector and Video Standard Opens online help Minimizes VideoSecurity to the status tray Click ASUS VideoSecurity icon on the stat...

Page 81: ...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 require ment Pentium II 266 NOTE You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to use ASUS Live see 3 Software Setup Install DirectX Running ASUS Live Video To run the utility click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Live and the...

Page 82: ... and or ASV2 Settings Quality Level 0 Best Compression 1 2 3 default 4 5 Normal Quality 6 7 8 9 Best Quality 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 Shows hides the Video Source Option F9 see next page Opens the About ASUS Live ASUS ...

Page 83: ...e 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 Butt...

Page 84: ...et 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 ...

Page 85: ...4 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 ...

Page 86: ...g to ad just the basic video capture settings such as Capture Image Dimension and Format Capture CODEC se lection and CaptureAudio Format and Attribute Video Capture Setting Under Capture Image Dimension and Format select the Image Dimensions Image Format and ASV2 Settings of your choice NOTE Windows 2000 NT4 0 sup ports only the UYVY image format Under Capture CODEC selection select the video com...

Page 87: ...lso lets you ad just the Brightness Contrast Satura tion and Hue of your 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 set tings Under Image Setting you may set the desired Image File name and path default C CAPTURE BMP and for the filename to be consecu tively numbered Store image use c...

Page 88: ... 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 These settings include the Start Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Stop Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Channel Number Capture Frame Rate and options ...

Page 89: ...on your desktop through your default movie player Frame Recording is useful in animation To begin capturing do the following 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 ...

Page 90: ...eat 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 maxi mum capability once needed thus smartly extending the graphic chip s lifetime Cools down the CPU s temperatu...

Page 91: ...t 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 maxim...

Page 92: ...omething 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 4 S W Reference SmartDoctor ...

Page 93: ...em require ment Pentium II 266 For TimeShifting recording at MPEG II format 704x480 30 frames second minimum system requirement is Pentium III 600 recommended Pentium III 700 or higher NOTE You should already have installed DirectX 7 or later to useASUS Digital VCR see 3 Software Setup Install DirectX Running ASUS Digital VCR To run the utility click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Digit...

Page 94: ...2x240 To resize the monitor drag a window corner pointer becomes a double headed arrow when it is ready to the desired size The video size status will also change accordingly NOTES Users of PAL D K models of the graphics card should select PAL BGHI for the Video Standard Monitor Toolbox Exit Click to quit ASUS Digital VCR OSD Setup Click to set up the video source and adjust Brightness Contrast an...

Page 95: ...lect the Always on Top Off command from the Window W menu OSD Setup When first using ASUS Digital VCR you must set up the video source Use the OSD Setup button on the ASUS Digital VCR Control Panel to show or hide the video source setup screen on the monitor Use your mouse pointing device or the UP and DOWN arrow keys on your keyboard to select options Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Connector ...

Page 96: ...ick the display and then click You may also use CTRL S or ESC to disable full screen display The display will then revert to its previous size Enable wallpaper display NOTE Before using the Enable wallpaper display option make sure that the View as Web Page option of theActive Desktop setting is not selected see Start Settings Active Desktop View as Web Page To Enable wallpaper display click or us...

Page 97: ...esults from fast moving objects when rendering to video Normal uses both fields to render the video output For PAL output use Skip Odd Field and for NTSC output use Skip Even Field Video Standard Video Standard lets you select the video srandard to use for display NTSC M default NTSC N NTSC 4 43 PAL BGHI PAL M PAL N PAL 4 43 or SECAM NOTE Users of the PAL D K models should select PAL BGHI for the ...

Page 98: ...de from Live Mode click or press F3 Captured images are shown on the Preview Library Double click an image to play it back or view it with the associated image viewer or application the path and file name of the selected image is shown below the image You may also right click an image or select an image and then click the appropriate button to Playback or view Save As a new file or Delete that ima...

Page 99: ...y 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 withsomeapplicationsthatusevideocaptureasanoption suchasvideoconferencing net meeting or digital video authoring applications IMPORTANT You must enable...

Page 100: ... Video Capture Store Video file use consecutive numbered filename Select preferred file naming convention default selected Capture Audio Select if you prefer to include audio when capturing video default not selected When selected the Set Audio option becomes available SnapShot Store image use consecutive numbered filename Select preferred file naming convention default selected Snapshot color bit...

Page 101: ...z 16 Bit Stereo 172 KB s can make the sound quality of your video file better but your video file size will be larger Frame rate lets you select the preferred video data rate for the images to be cap tured default 30 frame sec which is full motion Maximum AVI split file size lets you set the maximum size for each video capture default 2000 M Bytes Enable capture time limit lets you limit the captu...

Page 102: ...cording includes the Current time Hour Minute Second StartTime Year Month Day Hour Minute Second End Time Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Frame Rate Channel and options to Capture Audio to the recording View Log of auto recorded events and to Delete one or Delete All the pre recording settings Add lets you add while Clear lets you clear your pre recording setting s The video recording will start...

Page 103: ... 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 pro gram to view the captured images To begin capturing do the following 1 Click on the ASUS Digital VCR toolbar or press the F5 key to capture the desired image from the ASUS Digital VCR monitor The screen will freeze momentarily and the...

Page 104: ... reached The initial frame of the captured video saved as an AVI file will immediately be displayed on your movie player NOTE 1 With the newTimeShifting technology fromASUS you can start playing back the captured video anytime see TimeShifting later in this section even while recording Capture Video F7 Capture Video hotkey F7 lets you capture video stream data continuously and then show these imag...

Page 105: ...u re watching your favorite TV show on your computer and you had to leave but you don t want to miss the rest of the show all you need is to record it with ASUS TimeShifting When you come back you don t have to wait unlike traditional recorders for the recording to finish to be able to watch what s been recorded Just click Play and playback will start imme diately this while recording still contin...

Page 106: ...ox opens Double click the video file you want to open You may need to locate the drive or folder that contains the file 3 Playback immediately begins A progress indicator will show the elapsed time NOTES During playback 1 You may apply some filters to create effects on your video Simply clickFilters to apply a filter to the video file 2 You may apply Fast Motion Slow Motion and other effects Simpl...

Page 107: ...he First Time NOTE You do not need to repeat this step for subsequent uses of theASUS 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 ASUS TWAIN Interface Windows 98 Only TWAIN is a cross platform interface for acquiring images captured by scanners digital came...

Page 108: ...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 Preview 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 overl...

Page 109: ... 3D glasses ASUS VR 100G and test your 3D glasses func tionality 1 Click the VR Effect menu and then click VR On to enable stereoscopic display Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File To run ASUS VR PictureViewer click or right click the ASUS Control Panel icon see 4 Software Reference ASUS Control Panel on the taskbar s status area to display the ASUS Control Panel point to VR PictureView...

Page 110: ...en dialog box or select another folder and then click Open The 3D image appears on the VrViewer main window see preced ingpageforanopened3Dimagefile 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 ...

Page 111: ...ereoTV see 3 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 Channel Buttons Stereo Setting Volume Buttons Window Size Buttons Channel Setting Video Setting Image Setting Buttons and Functions Channel But...

Page 112: ...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 ...

Page 113: ...colors 16 7M colors Standard High Color True Color 640 x 480 240 240 240 800 x 600 240 240 240 1024 x 768 240 240 240 1152 x 864 200 200 170 1280 x 960 170 170 150 1280 x1204 170 170 170 1600 x 900 150 150 120 1600 x 1200 120 120 100 1920 x 1080 100 100 85 1920 x 1200 100 100 85 1920 x 1440 85 85 75 2048 x 1536 75 75 75 Maximum Refresh Rate ...

Page 114: ...e mode for motherboards using this AGPset 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 Compos...

Page 115: ...s there a way to recover my pass word 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 uninstallVideoSecurity and install a new copy Make sure that the password that you assigned can be eas ily remembered You may write down your password and store it in a safe place ...

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Page 117: ...nection 20 VR 100G 3D glasses 20 51 109 110 Auto detect 56 panning 61 recording 98 102 select 58 67 69 Automatically apply 59 Available models 7 B Background 47 50 Blind 47 50 Brightness 45 46 50 53 58 59 108 Buffer flipping mode 67 C Capture Audio format 86 100 102 Basic setting 86 CODEC 86 89 Frames 89 98 104 Image dimension 86 Menu 108 Mode 82 84 94 98 Video 98 104 Captured file name 101 Captur...

Page 118: ...57 Digital flat panel 57 Digital flat panel Centered output 57 Digital VCR 93 Always on top 95 Capture mode 94 98 Auto recording 102 Capture frames 104 Capture Video 104 Capturing images 103 Setup 98 Snapshot 100 Video capture 100 Full screen display 96 Live mode 94 96 Monitor toolbox 94 OSD setup 95 Playback 94 103 106 Running 93 TimeShifting 105 Uninstalling 93 Using 94 Video source setup 96 Dis...

Page 119: ...cooling 91 Desktop manager 70 DMA transfer mode 85 Dynamic graphic cooling 91 Extended desktop mode 60 Fog table 65 Full screen display 96 OSD 49 52 Overheat protection 91 Stereoscopic mode 47 Video mirror zoom 69 Video overlay zoom 68 Wallpaper display 96 Zoom feature 73 End time 102 Engine 75 Error processing 78 Exit button 112 Extended desktop mode 60 70 Eyes 51 53 F Fast motion 106 Features 8 ...

Page 120: ...VI 15 V7100 Pure 17 V7100 T 16 V7100 Deluxe Combo 11 V7100 Magic Pure 13 V7100 Magic T 12 V7100 Pro T 9 Limitations 77 Line interleave 48 51 Live mode 94 96 Live Video 81 Capturing images 86 Frame recording 89 Manual video recording setting 87 SnapShot setting 87 88 Video recording 89 Video capture settings 86 Control panel 82 Always on top 83 Capture mode 82 Live mode 82 Video source option 83 Mo...

Page 121: ...de 67 Custom openGL settings 67 Default color depth 67 Performance and compatibility 67 Allow dual planes 67 Disble support for enhanced CPU 67 Enable anistropic filtering 67 Enable buffer 67 Use fast linear mipmap 67 Use up to xMB 67 Vertical sync 67 OS System requirements 22 Overheat protection 91 92 Overlay 108 Overlay controls 68 Brightness contrast hue saturation 68 Check here 68 Enable video...

Page 122: ... System requirements Monitor refresh rates 49 OS 22 T Taskbar 43 54 ASUS icon 43 NVIDIA icon 70 VideoSecurity icon 79 Testing 3D glasses 110 Texel alignment 66 TimeShifting 104 105 Timing adjustment 75 76 Tips For enabling monitor 2 61 For VR 48 What s this 55 Toggle Overlay video 108 Preview video 108 Track overlay zoom 69 Troubleshooting 114 TV 58 Change format 58 Device adjustments Brightness f...

Page 123: ...napshot 98 103 INDEX Source option 83 95 96 Standard 97 Video capture 85 86 98 100 Capturing images 86 Enabling DMA transfer mode 85 Win 98 Win2000 NT 4 0 85 Video mirror controls 69 Allow driver 69 Aspect ratio 69 Enable video mirror zoom 69 Full screen device 69 Track overlay zoom 69 Video in TV out 51 77 VideoSecurity 77 Define tracing procedure 78 Detecting region 79 Error processing 78 Limita...

Page 124: ...connection 20 VR 100G 3 D glasses 20 51 109 110 W WARNING 6 21 28 30 38 43 48 52 56 75 Window size buttons 111 Windows desktop 43 Properties and settings 43 Windows display properties 55 Working directory 79 Z Z axis range 50 Zoom control 68 73 INDEX ...