Intergraph Intense 3D Pro 3410 Installation Manual

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User's Guide for Dell Computer Corporation
Intense 3D Pro 3410 (AGP)
Intense 3D Pro 3400 (PCI)
Installation Guide
April 1998

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide for Dell Computer Corporation Intense 3D Pro 3410 (AGP) Intense 3D Pro 3400 (PCI) Installation Guide April 1998...
  • Page 2 Intergraph Computer Systems. Intergraph Computer Systems shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors in, or omissions from, this document. Intergraph Computer Systems shall not be liable for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing or use of this document.
  • Page 4: Technical Support

    Intense 3D Pro Graphics Series. Terminology Definition Intense 3D Pro Product name of Professional Workstation graphics available from Intergraph Computer Systems. 3410 Graphics accelerator made for an AGP slot. 3400 Graphics accelerator made for a PCI slot.
  • Page 5 (at 1280 x 1024) and four video color lookup tables. 10-bit gamma correction. ‹ 32- or 24-bit double-buffering and 24-bit Z-buffering. ‹ Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) interface with direct memory ‹ access (DMA) for Intense 3D Pro 3410. Integrated VGA video support. ‹...
  • Page 6 Support for industry standard and Dell multi-sync monitors. ‹ Hardware support for Display Data Channel (DDC). ‹ Support for optional hardware geometry acceleration ‹ Intense 3D Pro Graphics Hardware Requirements This section will define the hardware requirements necessary to install and use the Intense 3D Pro Graphics Series.
  • Page 7 Intense 3D Pro Graphics can also use Intergraph Computer System’s optional Heidi Device Driver which works with the video display driver to support software applications based on the Heidi graphics library.
  • Page 8: Preparing For Installation

    Identify which Graphics option you are installing: ‹ Intense 3D Pro 3410T requires an AGP slot. ‹ Intense 3D Pro 3410 GT requires an AGP slot and a PCI slot ‹ adjacent to the AGP slot. Intense 3D Pro 3400T requires a PCI slot.
  • Page 9: Collect Materials And Tools

    Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static ‹ electricity before touching a card. Wear a properly connected grounding wrist strap when handling a ‹ card or working in a computer. Do not wear wool or polyester clothing. ‹...
  • Page 10: Read The Instructions

    See your computer’s documentation to make a backup copy of the video display driver diskettes. Store the original video display driver diskettes in a safe place, and use the backup video display driver diskettes during the installation. Read the Instructions Before installing Intense 3D Pro Graphics, read Chapter 3 “Installing the Hardware”...
  • Page 12: Installing The Hardware

    Installing the Hardware Refer to your Dell Computer User’s Guide documentation for instructions on opening and closing the computer, identifying the AGP and PCI slots, and adding expansion cards. Start the Installation To start the installation: Turn off power to the computer and to the monitor. Physically remove the power cord from the system and allow the Flea Power to dissipate for 15-30 seconds before proceeding.
  • Page 13 Push the card into the slot firmly and evenly until it is fully seated in the slot connector. Visually inspect the connection. If it does not appear to be correct, remove and reinstall the card. Use the screw you removed previously to secure the card to the computer’s chassis.
  • Page 14: Finish The Installation

    Close the computer. Connect the computer monitor’s video cable to the blue video output port on the Intense 3D Pro 3410 card. See the following figure. If a computer monitor has no built-in video cable, use a shielded video cable with a 15-pin (D-sub) video connector at one end for the video output port on the card and the appropriate connectors at the other end for the video input port on the computer monitor.
  • Page 15 Visually inspect the connection. If it does not appear to be correct, remove and reinstall the card. d) Use the screw you removed previously to secure the card to the computer’s chassis. 5. Connect the vertex data bus cable between the Geometry Accelerator and the Intense 3D Pro 3410 Accelerator.
  • Page 16 1. Close the computer. 2. Connect the computer monitor’s video cable to the blue video output port on the Intense 3D Pro 3410 card. See the following figure. If a computer monitor has no built-in video cable, use a shielded...
  • Page 17: Installing The Software

    In the Install From Disk panel, make sure the Copy manufacturer’s files from: is set to A:\ . Click OK. Verify that the Intergraph Intense 3D Pro driver is highlighted in the Change Display dialog, and click OK. 10. Click Yes when asked if you want to install a third-party driver.
  • Page 18: Configure The Video Display

    14. Click Close to exit the Display Properties dialog. 15. When informed that the computer must be restarted for the new settings to take effect, remove the diskette from the computer’s floppy disk drive and click Yes to restart the computer. 16.
  • Page 19 To verify the default video display driver: From the operating system Start menu, go to Settings/Control Panel/System. On the Startup/Shutdown tab, verify that Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 is selected in the Startup list. If it is not, select it from the list and click Apply.
  • Page 20: Technical Information

    Technical Information The following information is subject to change without notice. Intense 3D Pro 3410T Hardware Specifications Item Specification System AGP Bus Standard Card Size 12.25 in x 3.875 in; full-length AGP card Power Requirements 25W maximum +12V 250 mA maximum +5V 2.0 A maximum +3.3V 4.5A maximum Intense 3D Pro 3400T Hardware Specifications...
  • Page 21: Texture Processing

    Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard. DPMS allows for a host computer to send its monitor a signal to enter a power-saving mode. Interfaces The Intense 3D Pro 3410 Graphics Accelerator has a video output and a Stereo Sync Output Port described in the following sections.
  • Page 22 Video Output Port The video output port is a blue, female, 15-pin, D-Sub connector. The port provides connection to a computer monitor. The recommended cable length is less than three meters. Signal Name Signal Name Red Analog Video +5V Supply Green Analog Video Ground Blue Analog Video...

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