User manual AOPEN 6326

Introduction Thank you for choosing the AOpen SiS6326 Graphics & Video Accelerator. AOpen SiS6326 is a state-of-art video adapter that provides you with fast acceleration in both 2D/3D graphics and high quality scalable video playback. Especially, AOpen SiS6326 will offer enhanced features and fully support 3D Gaming and Multimedia Applications. Item Checklist n n AOpen SiS6326 VGA Card AOpen Driver & Utility CD Features u u u u u u u u u u u u u u n n n n n n n n n n SiS6326 3D Graphics and Video Accelerator 8MB or 4MB Video Memory Onboard AGP 1.0 Interface Compliant Supports 2x AGP Windows 95/98/NT Direct3D and DirectDraw Acceleration 128-bit with dual rendering pipelines 5M triangles/sec peak 125M pixels/sec trilinear fill rate Enhanced 128-bit 2D graphics engine Flash ROM Programmable for BIOS Upgrade Up to 1024x768 32bit Color in 3D and 1280x1024 16bit Color in 2D On Chip Hardware IDCT and Motion Compensation for Software MPEGII Playback Optional High Quality TV Signal for NTSC/PAL User-Friendly Installation for Win95/Win98/NT Full Advanced 3D Enhancements Triangle Setup Engine Flat and Gouraud Shading MIP-Mapping with Bilinear Filtering Color Alpha Blending for Transparency Real Time Text Paging and Video Texturing Fogging and Atmospheric Effects Specular Lighting Edge Anti-Aliasing Stippling or "Screen Door" Transparency Backface Culling Driver Support u u Windows 95 OSR2.1/98 Direct 3D, DirectDraw and DirectX u Windows NT 4.0/5.0 Hardware Installation 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 AOpen SiS6326 Graphics Card Installation Procedures u For The First Time Installation 1. Locate bus expansion slot. Make sure the slot is unobstructed. 2. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis. 3. Position the card directly over the 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. 4. Connect your analog monitor's 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the retaining screws(if any). 5. Connect other cables and devices if available. 6. Now you are ready to install the software drivers and utilities. u For 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 the PA50 graphics card. 4. Restart your computer and install the PA50 display driver. Windows 95/98 Caution: · · · · Before installing the display driver, make sure your Windows 95/98 is installed in VGA mode and work fine. To take advantage of all the eatures, please use Win95 OSR2.1 or Win98. Otherwise, you can use OSR2.0 and install the USBSUPP.EXE from Microsoft(http://www.microsoft.com) to upgrade to OSR2.1. The AGP Driver is recommanded for non-Intel chipset, please use correct AGP driver to install for different chipset. D: present the drive containing the installation CD. Setup VGA Mode (for First Time Installation) 1. Start Windows 95/98. 2. Update Device Driver Wizard dialog will appear and detect Standard PCI Graphic Adapter (VGA). Click Next to let Windows search driver. 3. Click Finish to install the VGA driver. If the Windows ask you for your Windows 95 CD, insert the CD or change the path to \Windows\System directory. Windows will prompt you to restart your Windows. Choose No and follow the steps on the next page. Setup VGA Mode (for Upgrading) 1. Follow Setup VGA Driver steps 1~3. 2. When the Select Device dialog box appears on screen, select Show all devices item to show all VGA devices. 3. Select Standard display types from the manufacturers and select Standard Display Adapter (VGA) from the Models then click OK button. 4. After you complete installing Standard VGA driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable the VGA driver. Windows 95/98 Setup VGA Driver (Manual Setup) 1. Start Win95/98 and insert the Installation CD. 2. Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu, or double-click on the Display icon from the Control Panel folder. 3. Select Settings->Advanced Properties for Win95 or select Settings->Advanced for Win98, and then click Change button. 4. In Win95/98, the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box will appear, please click Next button and follow the instruction on screen to install. 5. When the Select Device dialog box appears on screen, click Have Disk button and enter D:\Driver\WIN9x then click OK. 6. Select the AOpen SiS6326 then click OK. 7. After you complete installing display driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable display driver. Windows 95/98 Setup VGA Driver (Auto Setup) 1. Insert the Installation CD, the AOpen Installation Wizard will appear. You can also run D:\Setup.exe to launch it. Please click VGA Driver to next step. 2. Click Yes when the Confirm Setup dialog box appears. 3. After you complete installing AOpen SiS6326 driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable AOpen SiS6326 driver. Setup DirectX 6 1. Insert the installation CD, the AOpen Installation Wizard will appear. You can also run D:\Setup.exe to launch it. Please click DirectX 6 to enter DirectX 6 setup program. 2. After you complete installing DirectX 6, please restart Windows to enable the DirectX 6 driver. Setup SoftMpeg Insert the installation CD, the AOpen Installation Wizard will appear. You can also run D:\Setup.exe to launch it. Please click SoftMpeg to enter SoftMpeg setup program. Special Notes Do not recommend to drive AGP over clock higher than 66MHz. Trouble Shooting Problem : If system always finds new VGA hardware when you finish installing VGA driver & restart the Windows, it might be due to wrong version of Windows 95. Solution : If your Windows version is OSR2.0, follow below steps to upgrade your Windows: 1. Restart Windows OSR2.0. 2. Run usbsupp.exe to upgrade to OSR2.1. You can find this file on MSDN or Microsoft web site. 3. Restart Windows to install VGA driver again. Windows NT 4.0 Caution: · · · Before installing the Display driver, make sure your Windows NT is installed in VGA mode and work fine. Please install the Windows NT 4.0 service pack 3 before installing the video driver. Otherwise, the system may cause setup failed and won't be able to start up. D: present the drive containing the installation CD. Setup VGA Mode 1. Follow Setup Driver steps 1~3. 2. When the Select Device dialog box appears on screen, select Show all devices item to show all VGA devices. 3. Select Standard display types from the manufacturers and select VGA compatible display adapter from the Display then click OK button. 4. After you complete installing Standard VGA driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable the VGA driver. Setup VGA Driver (Manual Setup) 1. Start NT and insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu, or doubleclick Display icon from the Control Panel folder. 3. Select Settings->Display Type and then click Change button. Windows NT 4.0 4. When the Change Display dialog box appears on screen, click Have Disk button and enter D:\Driver\WinNT then click OK. Select the AOpen SiS6326 Video Accelerator then click OK. 5. After you complete installing display driver, click Close button and restart Windows to enable the display driver. Special Notes Do not recommend to drive AGP over clock higher than 66MHz.