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Summary of Contents for Diamond Multimedia Viper V700 SERIES
- Page 1 V700 S IPER ERIES ’ UIDE Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. Corporate Headquarters: 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose, CA 95134-1922 USA...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
InControl Tools 99 Utility......................14 Updating Your Drivers ........................16 ..............17 EMOVING IAMOND RODUCT Removing Viper V700 Series Under Windows 98/95............. 17 Removing Viper V700 Series Under Windows NT 4.0 ............18 Removing Diamond Software Tools .................... 18 ....................20 ONTACTING IAMOND ......................21 ROUBLESHOOTING Windows 98 Q &... -
Page 5: About Viper V700 Series
2D and 3D graphics, providing rich multimedia output under the Windows platform. The Viper V700 Series 16/32MB of high-speed memory delivers powerful gaming at high resolutions, and handles the most robust 3D textures featured in the latest games. - Page 6 State-of-the-art 2D graphics Next-generation acceleration for graphics display at scorching speeds 16/32MB RAM for high resolutions at the highest quality Ultra-high resolutions Fully optimized for Windows 98/95 and Windows NT 4.0 Supports multimonitor display, and the OnNow power management feature of Windows 98 Accelerates Windows 98/95 and Windows NT 4.0, WHQL certified for compatibility Advanced multimedia capabilities:...
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Page 7: How To Use This Manual
133%. ANUAL ONVENTIONS Your Viper V700 Series User’s Guide is organized in a standard, familiar way. A few icons are used to point out important information: This icon marks useful tips or important operational notes. This icon is a warning about possible electrical/software hazards or problems. -
Page 8: Installing Your Viper V700 Series Board
V700 NSTALLING IPER ERIES OARD To use your Viper V700 Series board, you need to first install the hardware, software drivers, and utilities provided on the installation CD. ARDWARE NSTALLATION OFTWARE NSTALLATION Note—Some systems have an integrated graphics solution on the motherboard. - Page 9 Important—To receive the full benefits of the AGP version of your Viper board, you must be running either Windows 98, or Windows 95 OSR2 (version 4.00.950 B, or newer) on a system that has been updated with the USB OSR2.1 supplement. Check the software disks that were included with your computer equipment to verify that you have the USB supplement, or contact your computer manufacturer for additional details.
- Page 10 5. Click on Apply, then click on OK in all windows to close and accept the changes. 6. Shut down your computer. You are now ready to remove your old graphics card and install your new Viper V700 Series board. Setting the Standard VGA Under Windows 98 To set your display to Standard VGA under Windows 98: 1.
- Page 11 Viper V700 Series board. Note—You should have the latest Service Pack for NT 4.0 (Service Pack 4) loaded for the Viper V700 Series to operate properly. Service Pack 4 is available from Microsoft's web page, www.microsoft.com.
- Page 12 1. With the power off, remove your computer cover and locate the AGP slot. View of the AGP slot (dark color) 2. Remove the screw attached to the bracket cover and remove the bracket plate. 3. Before handling the card, ground yourself by touching the power supply box inside your computer.
- Page 13 4. Position your card directly above the AGP slot as illustrated below. Note—AGP cards are designed to fit one way only. Be sure your card is properly aligned. 5. Insert your card firmly into the AGP slot. Care should be taken to press it evenly and snugly into its slot.
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Page 14: Software Installation
6. Once you are certain that the card is installed properly in its slot, secure it to the computer frame with the screw you removed in step 2. Make sure the card does not lift out of the AGP slot while tightening the bracket screw. 7. - Page 15 Quick Installation of Diamond Drivers and Utilities This section covers the installation of your Diamond drivers and Diamond utilities under Windows 98/95 and NT 4.0. After Windows 98/95 reboots, the plug-n-play feature detects your new card and gives the message that new hardware was found. Windows 98/95 may then compile a driver database.
- Page 16 11. After the installation is complete, click Next to restart your computer. Congratulations, you have successfully installed your new Diamond graphics accelerator! Manual Installation of Diamond Drivers If, for some reason, you need to install the drivers for your Diamond product “manually,”...
- Page 17 2. Click the Change button. The Change Display dialog appears. 3. Click Have Disk… The Install From Disk dialog appears. 4. Insert the installation CD. If your system is set to “auto-play,” the Diamond installation program opens. Click Quit to exit the program. 5.
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Page 18: Diamond Software Tools
IAMOND OFTWARE OOLS Diamond Multimedia is committed to keeping your new product running at peak performance and providing tools to fully optimize your system for your personal applications. ONTROL TOOLS IAMOND PDATE IZARD 99 U ONTROL OOLS TILITY Diamond's InControl Tools 99 allows you to take charge of your Windows desktop and make Windows easier to use and control. - Page 19 Custom Desktop Menu with… - Resolution Switching on-the-Fly - Color Depth Switching on-the-Fly Diamond 3D Settings Custom Game Setting Profiles Shortcuts to URL Favorites Support for Windows 98/95 Note Your ICT99 3D desktop features may be different depending your graphics card.
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Page 20: Updating Your Drivers
PDATING RIVERS Diamond Multimedia is committed to keeping your new product running at peak performance. Diamond publishes periodic updates to the drivers for Diamond hardware installed on your system. These updates address various issues from overall product performance enhancements, to software upgrades and other improvements. Diamond makes it easy for you to update your Diamond hardware drivers with its Update Wizard. -
Page 21: Removing Your Diamond Product
EMOVING IAMOND RODUCT This section describes how to properly remove your Viper software and hardware from your system should you need to do so. V700 S 98/95 EMOVING IPER ERIES NDER INDOWS V700 S NT 4.0 EMOVING IPER ERIES NDER INDOWS EMOVING IAMOND... -
Page 22: Removing Viper V700 Series Under Windows Nt 4.0
V700 S EMOVING IPER ERIES NDER INDOWS 1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. 2. Click on the Remove the Product button. 3. Click Next. 4. When the uninstall is complete, Windows NT will automatically reboot. To remove the hardware: 1. - Page 23 Note—If you only want to remove one product from the list, click Back and click the Add/Remove components button. Select the item(s) you want to remove from the checklist. Click Next to continue. 3. After the software has been removed, restart your computer.
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Page 24: Contacting Diamond
ONTACTING IAMOND Diamond Worldwide Support and Information Services Service Country Phone / Internet Address Technical Support (541) 967-2450 Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. 7101 Supra Drive SW Albany, OR. 97321 +44-1189-4444-44 Germany +49-8151-266-330 France +33-1-55 38 16 16 Japan +81-(0)3-5695-8405 Email Support techsupt@diamondmm.com... -
Page 25: Troubleshooting
ROUBLESHOOTING If you experience a problem using a Viper V700 Series board under Windows 98, there are three possible causes of your problem: Your application is incompatible with the Viper V700 Series or is not compatible with Direct3D or OpenGL. -
Page 26: Windows 98 Q & A
3D APIs. Viper V700 Series is not Properly Installed Check to make sure that Viper V700 Series is properly seated in the AGP slot and that the VGA monitor cable is firmly and correctly connected to your graphics card. - Page 27 Q: User receives a Windows Protection Error in "IFSMGR" when starting Windows 98. Check to see if the user has a compressed hard drive, this seems to be the common factor with this problem. Currently, it is recommended to use uncompressed hard drives.
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Page 28: A Viper V700 Series Display Modes
V700 S IPER ERIES ISPLAY ODES 2D Windows 98/95 and NT 4.0 Display Modes* Resolution Depth 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz 85Hz 100Hz 120Hz 170Hz 200 Hz 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200 1920x1080 1920x1200 1920x1440 2048x1536 *u = Viper V770 = Viper V730... - Page 29 3D Windows 98/95 and NT 4.0 Display Modes* Resolution Depth Double - Buffer Double - Buffer + Z- Buffer 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200 1920x1080 1920x1200 1920x1440 2048x1536 *u = Viper V770 = Viper V730 Note—2D and 3D modes listed may vary based upon operating system. Modes are subject to change without notice.
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Page 30: B Viper V700 Series Specifications
V700 S IPER ERIES PECIFICATIONS Controller: Viper V770: nVIDIA RIVA TNT2, 128-bit Viper V730: nVIDIA Vanta, 64-bit Bus Type: AGP 1.0/2.0 compliant Memory: 16/32MB Horizontal Sync Signals: 31.5KHz-108.5KHz Vertical Refresh: 60Hz-200Hz Maximum Dot (Pixel) Rate: Viper V770: 300MHz RAMDAC Viper V730: 250MHz RAMDAC Complete 3D Feature Set: Anisotropic Filtering Anti-Aliasing... - Page 31 Hardware Triangle Setup Mip Mapping Perspective Correction Specular highlights Subpixel precision Texture Mapping Transparency (color key and alpha), Twin Texture Engine Z-Buffering. Video Playback: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Indeo and Cinepak Multi-tap X and Y scaling and filtering Color space conversion Connectors: DB-15 analog connector (VESA DDC2B) Video port connector Power Requirements:...
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Page 32: C Windows 98 Multiple Monitor Support
98 M INDOWS ULTIPLE ONITOR UPPORT Windows 98 lets a single machine connect to multiple display adapters and monitors. You can significantly expand the total viewing area of your desktop— increasing the amount of applications or windows you can view simultaneously. The multiple monitor feature of Windows 98 requires a display driver that supports the multimonitor environment. -
Page 33: Tips And Troubleshooting
3. Reboot the system. On bootup, while the Splash screen is showing, the second monitor will initialize. It will show you the information about the card BIOS and tell you…Windows has successfully initialized this display adapter. To extend the desktop to this monitor, go to your Display Properties and then to the Settings tab…... - Page 34 Q: Why won’t the task bar extend over both screens? The task bar is only displayed on one monitor. This is the correct operation. Q: Why is D3D not accelerated on the second display adapter? This is a known issue and is a limitation of either Windows 98 or the motherboard. Q: AGP is not the primary adapter.
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Page 35: D Trademark , Copyright And Warranty Information
This manual is copyrighted. All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, reproduced, reduced or translated by any means, either mechanical or electronic, without prior consent in writing from Diamond Multimedia Systems, Incorporated. The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate. -
Page 37: Diamond Viper V700 Series Warranty
Diamond or an authorized Diamond agent. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Viper V700 Series board and is not transferable. This warranty does not cover any incompatibilities due to the user's computer, hardware, software or any other related system configuration in which the Viper series interfaces. -
Page 38: E Ce And Fcc Information
FCC I NFORMATION This device complies with CE Certification pursuant to EN55022:1994-08/A1:1995 class B This device also complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installation. This device generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. -
Page 39: Declaration Of Conformity
ECLARATION OF ONFORMITY We, the Responsible Party Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. 2880 Junction Avenue San Jose, CA 95134 declare that the product Viper V700 Series is in conformity with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.