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- Page 1 G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card Installation Guide and User’s Manual...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ..............1-1 What’s in the box? ..............1-1 The Software and Supporting Documentation......1-1 About the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card....1-1 Full Hardware Acceleration of Key 3D Features: ..... 1-2 Excellent 2D and Video Performance:........1-2 Layout diagram ............... 1-3 Chapter 2 Installation............... -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card are on the included CD-ROM, with help files to assist you in making configuration changes. This user’s manual will give you detailed instructions on how to install the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card and software. About the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card •... -
Page 6: Full Hardware Acceleration Of Key 3D Features
Chapter 1 Full Hardware Acceleration of Key 3D Features: 3D setup engine Gouraud and flat shading Colored specular highlighting Texture mip-mapping and bilinear filtering Texture map color/chroma-keying Texture map perspective correction Texture map blending 16-bit z-buffering Translucency: source alpha blending, per-vertex fogging, alpha and pattern stippling Edge and line antialiasing Color dithering... -
Page 7: Layout Diagram
Introduction Layout diagram The layouts for the two cards are the same, the different between the G740A and the G740B is that the G740A uses 4MB(or 8MB)of SGRAM, and the G740B used 8MB of SDRAM... - Page 8 Chapter 1...
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Page 9: Chapter 2 Installation
Installation Guide This guide will take you through the steps to take in order to properly install the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card into your computer. Please note that your computer may differ slightly from the illustrations and screen shots displayed in this manual. - Page 10 Chapter 2 Step 1 - Ground yourself. Warning: Danger to equipment! The G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card and other components in your computer can be damaged by static discharge. Before handling any components or opening the computer system cover, ground yourself by touching the metal back or side panel of your computer system unit.
- Page 11 Step 4 - Insert the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card. Locate the empty AGP socket on the motherboard and use the following instructions to insert the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card into that socket: Grasp the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card by its edges.
- Page 12 Step 5 - Reconnect all cables & replace the cover. Plug the cable from your computer monitor into the back of the G740A/G740A Graphics Accelerator card. Make sure it is securely fastened. If you have cables for television input and output, S-video (video camera) input and output, or a DVD add-on card, reconnect them to the card or via the provided multi-function cable.
- Page 13 Installation You should then click the “G740 Driver Install”, and see the screen below: You should then click the “Windows 95/98 Driver ”, and see the screen below:...
- Page 14 Chapter 2 Click “Accept”, the screen will show: When you click “OK”, it will start the driver install action. You will see the screen open and close many of the windows automatically, after installing, the screen will show: Click “Yes” to restart Windows. When you restart Windows, the driver should work properly for you, you can change the desktop size or resolution for your working environment as well.
- Page 15 ”Adapter Type”. Click the ”Have Disk” button in the ”Change Display” window and insert the G740A/G740A Graphics Accelerator card drivers CD- ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. The G740A/G740A Graphics Accelerator card display drivers are located in the D:\G740_DRV\NT40_DRV directory of the CD-ROM.
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Page 17: Chapter 3 Troubleshooting And Support
Find out what versions of the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator display drivers and related software such as DirectX are installed in the computer. You may need to update to the latest drivers by downloading them from the World Wide Web. -
Page 18: The Symptom Table
Chapter 3 The Symptom Table Scan the left column of the table until you find a symptom that your G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator graphics card is exhibiting. Note the corresponding solution codes. Symptom Solution Codes The graphics card stopped working when a software 1, 5 package was added to the computer. -
Page 19: Technical Support
There could be a conflict between the application and the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card. Make sure that you have installed the latest available display drivers. Try disabling Hardware Acceleration in the Advanced Graphics Settings of the System application in the Windows Control Panel if the problem is specific to this application. - Page 20 Chapter 3...
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Page 21: Display Information
Interlace support is for 8-bit only. 85 MHz not supported. DDC Monitor Support The G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card supports the DDC-2B protocol. DDC monitors send their optimal timing parameters to the graphics adapter, allowing it to choose the proper refresh rate for each resolution. -
Page 22: Connector Descriptions
The bi-directional VMI-compatible connectors are provided to enable a video module, such as a DVD/MPEG card in a PCI slot, to communicate video data directly to the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card instead of through the PCI bus. Ribbon cable connectors are inserted into the VMI connectors A and B.