GIGA AG32S, User Manual

Page 1: ...AG32S RAGETM 128 Pro Graphics Accelerator REV 1 21 12MD AG32S 121 USER S MANUAL Upgrade your Life ...

Page 2: ...of their respective owners Notice Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a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 Please do not remove any labels on VGA card this may void the warranty of thi...

Page 3: ...river And Utilities Installation 9 3 1 1 Operating system requirement 9 3 1 2 DirectX installation 10 3 1 3 Driver installation 12 3 1 4 Utilities on driver CD 15 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 15 3 1 6 Property pages 18 3 2 WINDOWS NT 4 0 DRIVER INSTALLATION 22 3 3 WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 23 3 4 BIOS FLASH UTILITY 23 4 Troubleshooting Tips 24 5 Appendix 5 1 How to refash the BIOS 25 5 2 Resolutions ...

Page 4: ...rformance Additional gains are obtained with ATI s unique Twin Cache Architecture TCA which incorporates texture and pixel cache to increase the effective memory bandwidth for extra performance 1 2 KEY FEATURES Features 32MB of memory and ATI RAGE 128 PRO graphics technology Full 3D acceleration in all modes and color depths in resolutions up to 1920x1200 32bpp DirectX Direct3D DirectDraw Triangle...

Page 5: ... 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...

Page 6: ...6 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 2 2 BOARD LAYOUT AG32S 4Mx16 32MB SDRAM 4Mx16 Frame Buffer SDRAM BIOS ATi RAGE 128 Pro VGA Monitor Connector 15pin VGA Output VGA Monitor Connector 15pin ImpacTV2 Optional ...

Page 7: ...rd 1 Power off the computer and monitor then disconnect the display cable from the backof your computer 2 Remove the computer cover If necessary consult your computer s manual for help in removing the cover 3 Remove any existing graphics card from your computer Or if your computer has any on board graphics capability you may need to disable it on the motherboard For more information see your compu...

Page 8: ...is fully eated 5 Replace the screw to fasten the card in place and replace the computer cover 6 Plug the display cable into your card then turn on the computer and monitor You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the Graphics card driver For detailed instructions select your operating system from the list below AG32S Graphics card AGP Slot AG32S Graphics card To VGA MONITOR ...

Page 9: ...en you can follow guides to setup your AG32S driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Step By Step Installation to install the driver for your graphics accelerator 3 1 1 Operating system requirement If your OS is Microsoft Windows when loading the AG32S drivers for the system please make sure your system Windows 98 98SE or Windows ME has installed DirectX8 1 or later If you install the AG32S driv...

Page 10: ... 8 1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98 98SE or WinME to achieve better 3D performence Note For software MPEG support in Win98 98SE or WinME you must DirectX first install 1 Installation DirectX Driver Click Install DirectX 8 1 Item 2 Click Yes icon 3 Click Yes icon ...

Page 11: ...11 Software Installation Then the DirectX 8 1 installation is completed 4 Click OK item ...

Page 12: ...w Hardware Found message Please select Do not install a driver and press OK Step 2 Update Device Driver Wizard Standard PCI Graphics Adapter VGA Step 3 Update Device Driver Wizard Finish At this time system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation If you don t have the CD you can press C Windows System directory Step 4 System Setting Change 1 Click Next icon 2 ...

Page 13: ...tem has finished loading insert the AG32S driver CD disk into your CD ROM and then you can see the AUTORUN window If it does not show up please run D setup exe 3 Click NO icon Step 5 Driver Setup 1 Click Install Display Driver Rage 128 Pro ...

Page 14: ...14 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 2 Click Next icon 3 Click Yes icon 4 Click Finish icon to restart computer ...

Page 15: ...he taskbar s status area Right clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel showing a menu composed of shortcute of the graphics board s enhanced and other functions You may click the Display Properties item and then click Settings Click Advanced after clickng Settings Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings You can link to GBT web site for updated information about the graphic...

Page 16: ...16 AG32S Graphics Accelerator V Tuner Overclock Utility V Tuner lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock ...

Page 17: ...nstallation VGA Info VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments such as brightness contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors ...

Page 18: ...roperties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings Options Properties Click Advanced icon for adapter and setting You can click the item to change the color depth You can move the slider to the change resolution Enable ATI taskbar icon application enables or disables the ATI taskbar icon However this feature must be enabled for ATI hotkey support Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes th...

Page 19: ...en that have been moved Enable page flipping allows you to enable hardware acceleration of page flipping to swap full screen buffers Force 16 bit Z buffering allows you to disable all other formats of Z buffer and utilizes 16 bit Z buffering Disable dithering when alpha blending may remove artifacts left on the screen when both dithering and alpha blending are enabled Wait for vertical sync lowers...

Page 20: ...ats Some applications cannot handle too many texture formats Disabling compressed texture format the video driver ceases to support this feature This reduces the number of texture formats supported Anti aliasing provides you with an overall higher quality video image with a slight reduction in performance When Application Preference mode is selected the video driver will use anti aliasing only whe...

Page 21: ...e brightness and contrast of your display Overlay brightness increases or decreases the color brightness of your video overlay window The higher the gamma value the higher the brightness and contrast of your display Color Curve adjusts the selected color red green or blue by moving the color curve with your mouse Default restores the color settings to the default values Advanced Properties I In th...

Page 22: ...for Windows NT 1 Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD ROM drive If Windows runs the CD automatically 2 Click Start 3 Select Run 4 Type the following D SETUP If D is not your CD ROM drive substitute D with the correct drive letter 5 Click OK 6 Click on Install Display Drivers Rage 128 Pro to begin the Installation Wizard 7 Click Next 8 Click Yes to the license agreement 9 Follow the Wizard s on ...

Page 23: ...32S driver for Windows 2000 1 Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD ROM drive If Windows R runs the CD automatically 2 Click Start 3 Select Run 4 Type the following D SETUP If D is not your CD ROM drive substitute D with the correct drive letter 5 Click OK 6 Click on Install Display Drivers Rage 128 Pro to begin the Installation Wizard 7 Click Next 8 Click Yes to the license agreement 9 Follow t...

Page 24: ...sabled or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver For more troubleshooting tips right click the ATI icon in the taskbar and select Troubleshooting If you have problems during bootup start your computer in Safe Mode In Windows 98 SE and Windows Me press and hold the CTRL key until the Microsoft Wi...

Page 25: ...h the BIOS for your MAYA serial Chip by ATi graphics card 1 Extract the Zip file to the drive C or A 2 Restart your PC in MS DOS mode This function only for Windows 98 98SE If your OS is Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows XP please use the bootable disk to MS DOS mode ...

Page 26: ...26 AG32S Graphics Accelerator 3 Change the command path to the file location C or A 4 Reflash BIOS command as below C atiflash p 0 filename 5 Reboot your PC when it s done ...

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