HP Workstation x1000 User Manual
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- Page 1 Fire GL2 User's Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2000 Fire GL Graphics; All rights reserved.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
ABLE OF ONTENTS GL2............1 NTRODUCING THE GL2 ................1 BOUT YOUR Hardware Design................. 1 Operating Systems ................2 Typical Application Environments........... 3 System Requirements and Tools ............. 3 Performance Overview..............4 ..............5 OW TO USE THIS UIDE Manual Conventions ................5 Viewing the User's Guide Online............ - Page 3 GL2 S ............23 OFTWARE TILITIES ..............24 HANGING THE IDEO ETTINGS How to Switch to the Display Properties?........24 Setting Resolution, Refresh Rate and Color Depth..................25 Selecting your Monitor...............26 Adjusting the Monitor Display............29 ............32 ODIFYING PPLICATION ROFILES GL2 D ..........35 EMOVING THE RIVERS ................
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Page 4: Introducing The Fire Gl2
NTRODUCING THE BOUT YOUR OW TO SE THIS UIDE UICK NSTALLATION BOUT YOUR Hardware Design The Fire GL2 is an AGP/ATX card based upon the IBM RC 1000/ GT 1000 chipset. The RC1000 256 bit graphics rasterizer provides the functionality of a VGA controller, a 2D/3D raster engine with geometry pipeline setup processor, and a 300 MHz RAMDAC. -
Page 5: Operating Systems
Operating Systems The Fire GL2 supports the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (or higher) Microsoft Windows 2000 Linux - 2.2.x kernels, C Library 1.2 (LibC 6.2) How to obtain Linux drivers? Download from www.ati.com/support Service Pack Information for Windows NT 4.0 You must be running Windows NT 4.0, updated with Service Pack 6 (or newer) prior to installing the Fire GL2 drivers. -
Page 6: Typical Application Environments
Typical Application Environments Fire GL2 offers outstanding 2D/3D performance in Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Linux. Fire GL2 is optimized and certified for professional 3D graphics in the following business environments. Mechanical Engineering Analysis (MEA) Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD) Electrical Design Automation (EDA) Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Digital Content Creation (DCC) -
Page 7: Performance Overview
Performance Overview Note: For more detailed information on features and performance please refer to the section Technical Details. Hardware Performance 32-bit RGB TrueColor 2D and 3D acceleration Accelerated, double-buffered 32-bit TrueColor up to 1920 x 1200, at 75 Hz refresh rates 24-bit Z-buffer, 8-bit double-buffer, 8-bit single-buffer overlay Video engine supports YUV conversion, point and bilinear scaling Software Features... -
Page 8: How To Use This User ' S Guide
OW TO SE THIS UIDE For your convenience, this online User’s Guide has been formatted as ® ® an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. This format gives you great flexibility when using this documentation. Many hyperlinks provide easy access to any information you may want. To make it useful in a printed format, too, a - hyperlinked - table of contents and page numbers are provided. -
Page 9: Viewing The User's Guide Online
Viewing the User's Guide Online You can also read the User's Guide online—important hypertext links, such as Table of Contents entries, World Wide Web, and email addresses are active. Place your mouse cursor over Table of Contents entries or main headings. -
Page 10: Quick Installation
UICK NSTALLATION Brief instructions on how to get to work with the Fire GL2 in the shortest possible time. Recommended for experienced users and system administrators only. For more detailed information on installation and operation of your graphics accelerator, please refer to the corresponding sections of the Fire GL2 User’s Guide. -
Page 11: Installing The Fire Gl2
NSTALLING THE NSTALLING THE ARDWARE NSTALLING THE OFTWARE NSTALLING THE ARDWARE The hardware installation includes the following steps: Preparing your Computer Installing the Card Connecting the Cables and Completing the Installation 8 Installing the Fire GL2... -
Page 12: Preparing Your Computer
Preparing your Computer Information Before you Start What do you need to System Requirements and Tools use your Fire GL2? Motherboard with free AGP 1.X slot for the Fire GL2 card. System interrupt (IRQ) which is free. This may have to be reserved in the computer’s BIOS. - Page 13 Where are the drivers? Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 drivers are provided on the Fire GL CD. Linux drivers are available for downloading from www.ati.com/support. Are you installing your Before you shut down your computer and remove the installed graphics solution , we Fire GL2 in place of a recommend that you un-install the old card card from another...
- Page 14 Setting the Display Driver to Standard VGA To avoid possible driver conflicts between your old and new graphics card, install the standard VGA driver for your operating system. Install the standard VGA driver before you shut down your computer and remove the installed (AGP, PCI, or ISA) VGA card.
- Page 15 Opening the Computer Cabinet Warning! Prevent static electric damage. Avoid touching any electronic components. Static discharge can cause severe damage to electronic equipment, but here are some easy ways to see that it doesn't happen: Don't touch edge connectors or exposed circuitry. If possible, ground your body.
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Page 16: Installing The Card
Installing the Card To install your Fire GL2 AGP card, follow these steps: 1. Locate the AGP slot. 2. Remove the metal slot cover. Save the screw to secure the graphics card later. 3. Hold the card by the edges and position it directly above the AGP slot. - Page 17 Installation in an AGP expansion slot 1 Fire GL2 card 2 Card edge connector 3 Expansion slot You may prevent a possible overheating risk, if you - whenever possible - leave the PCI expansion slot immediately next to the AGP slot free. Reassembling your Computer 1.
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Page 18: Connecting The Cables And Completing The Installation
Connecting the Cables and Completing the Installation Connecting the Monitor Cable Note - You may connect only one monitor, either analog VGA or digital CRT / TFT-LCD, to the Fire GL2. The Fire GL2 does not support two monitors connected to one card. If you connect two monitors to the card, the analog monitor is automatically active and the digital monitor is automatically inactive. - Page 19 Setting the Monitor Impedance If you can switch the impedance values on your monitor, use the following recommended settings: R, G, B video input: 75 Ohm Synch: 2.2 kOhm Try other 'Synch' settings if you cannot achieve a stable video image. If the impedance setting options are 'High' and 'Low' only, try the setting that provides the most satisfactory monitor display.
- Page 20 Start your System Switch on your monitor before you switch on your computer. Failing to do so could damage your monitor. If you have correctly installed the card, operating system messages will appear on your monitor when the boot procedure is finished. Note: Your monitor is running in standard VGA mode.
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Page 21: Nstalling The Oftware
NSTALLING THE OFTWARE Before you Start: Information, Tips and Hints Software Installation for Windows NT 4.0 Software Installation for Windows 2000 You will need to install the Fire GL2 drivers and software in the following cases: After you have installed the card to your system. After you have re-installed or upgraded your operating system. -
Page 22: Before You Start: Information, Tips, And Hints
Before you Start: Information, Tips, and Hints Before you install the drivers for your Fire GL2 accelerator, make sure your monitor cable is properly attached to the VGA or DVI-D connector. Do you need a special driver installation? The software installation procedure later in this chapter describes how to install the drivers for your graphics card after you have installed the new card for the first time and have rebooted your computer. -
Page 23: Software Installation For Windows Nt4.0
You must be running Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, updated with Service Pack 6 (or newer) before installing the Fire GL2 drivers. For most languages you can perform the Service Pack update from the Fire GL CD when you run the Quick Start utility. -
Page 24: Software Installation For Windows 2000
3. Click the button corresponding to the type of installation you want. If you select Custom, a list of software components will be displayed. Select the check boxes to specify the components you want to install. 4. Click Next to continue the installation. 5. - Page 25 4. Click the button corresponding to the type of installation you want. If you select Custom, a list of software components will be displayed. Select the check boxes to specify the components you want to install. 5. Click Next to continue the installation. 6.
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Page 26: Fire Gl2 Software Utilities 23
GL2 S OFTWARE TILITIES HANGING THE IDEO ETTINGS ODIFYING PPLICATION ROFILES As part of its Windows NT/2000 drivers, Fire GL2 installs additional property pages to your Display Properties control panel. They are named as follows. Windows NT 4.0: Monitor, Adjustment, Configuration, and Information. Windows 2000: Adjustment, Configuration, and Information. -
Page 27: Changing The Video Settings
HANGING THE IDEO ETTINGS The dialogs in the Display Properties menu allow setting and adjusting the video settings to suit your requirements best. How to Switch to the Display Properties? 1. Start Windows. 2. After Windows has finished booting, click Start > Settings > Control Panel. -
Page 28: Setting Resolution, Refresh Rate And Color Depth
Setting Resolution, Refresh Rate and Color Depth Windows NT 4.0 1. Select the Settings dialog in the Display Properties window. 2. Set the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate that best suit your requirements and your monitors' performance. Windows 2000 1. -
Page 29: Selecting Your Monitor
Selecting your Monitor Windows NT 4.0 1. Select the Monitor dialog in the Display Properties window. You can customize the settings of the connected monitor. For more information on setting up the monitor refer to the context sensitive online help. Fire GL2 Software Utilities... - Page 30 2. Set the desired operation mode for your monitor. Custom Modes Use resolution and refresh rates for this monitor as specified in the Settings dialog in Display Properties. This option allows you to take full advantage of the resolution/refresh rate capabilities of the video chip. Warning! Selecting a resolution or refresh rate that your monitor does not support can permanently damage the monitor.
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Page 31: Windows 2000
DDC Monitor Select this option and click the Apply or OK button if you want the driver to automatically decode the monitor's DDC (Display Data Channel) information on each reboot/NT 4.0 start. To detect a new DDC monitor immediately, click the Detect now button. An error message will be displayed if the connected monitor does not support DDC. -
Page 32: Adjusting The Monitor Display
Adjusting the Monitor Display Using this dialog you can adjust the display of the connected monitor. For more information on adjusting the monitor's display refer to the context sensitive online help. 1. Windows NT 4.0: Select the Adjustment dialog in the Display Properties window. - Page 33 2. Monitor Tuning: With the buttons in the Move and Size sections you can tune the position and size of the monitor's display for the indicated resolution and refresh rate. Notes: (1) Use the hardware setting controls on your monitor, if available, to adjust your display size or position - instead of the software controls in 'Adjustment - Monitor Tuning.' Check the documentation of your monitor for information on your monitor's...
- Page 34 3. Gamma Correction Adjustment: Adjust the monitor's gamma correction for optimal brightness with the red, green and blue slider bars. Note: You cannot adjust Gamma Correction for 256-color modes When these sliders are changed the gamma correction table modifies each pixel's color value. The brightness produced at the face of the display is proportional to the input voltage raised to the power gamma.
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Page 35: Modifying Application Profiles
ODIFYING PPLICATION ROFILES Using the Configuration dialog you can individually configure each application’s settings. Windows NT 4.0: Select Display Properties > Configuration. Windows 2000: Select Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Configuration. Fire GL2 Software Utilities... - Page 36 Activating a configuration profile: For some of the most popular applications the optimal configuration profile is factory-set by default. Select the application from the list in the Configuration Profiles section. This will add necessary Windows registry settings. Click Apply and, if prompted, restart Windows.
- Page 37 Adding a new application profile: Click the Add button in the Configuration Profiles section and enter the new application for which you want to set the configuration parameters. Modifying the configuration parameters: To change the configuration settings of a specific application, for example, CATIA, select the application from the list in the Configuration Profiles section and click the Modify button.
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Page 38: Removing The Fire Gl2 Drivers 35
GL2 D EMOVING THE RIVERS This section describes how to properly remove your graphics card software from your system should you need to do so. Before removing the Fire GL2 video driver, please close all open application programs and disable any anti-virus software that is running on your computer until the driver is removed! To install or uninstall the Fire GL2 drivers, you need administrator rights or you must be logged on as a user with administrator rights... -
Page 39: Troubleshooting
ROUBLESHOOTING Your board is a complex electronic device and can only be repaired by authorized technical personnel with special equipment. Do not attempt to change or repair any parts of this product. Doing so will render your warranty invalid. OMMON ROBLEMS AND OLUTIONS If you experience a problem using the Fire GL2, check the following... - Page 40 Screen image defects appear Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. Check for your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth settings in the Settings and Monitor dialogs of the Display Properties Warning! Be sure that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you select.
- Page 41 Checking for address and interrupt conflicts It is necessary to ensure that the I/O and memory addresses reserved for the graphics board are not used by other hardware devices. The integrated on-board VGA controller of your Fire GL2 uses the following addresses (hex): I/O Address Standard VGA I/O: 3B0-3DF...
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Page 42: Technical Details
ECHNICAL ETAILS EATURES AND ERFORMANCE SSIGNMENTS IDEO ODES LOCK IAGRAM EATURES AND ERFORMANCE Hardware Design Single 2/3 length AGP/ATX card AGP4x Version 2.0 compliant including side band signalling support Controller IBM Chipset: IBM RC 1000 256-bit graphics rasterizer and IBM GT 1000 hardware geometry engine with integrated features. - Page 43 Memory and BIOS 64 MByte Double Data Rate (DDR) SGRAM for unified framebuffer, Z-buffer and texture storage 128 KByte BIOS FlashROM, 3.3V only, reprogrammable by software Connectors Standard blue 15-pin D-VGA video output connector 25-pin DVI-D output connector for digital flat-panel (DFP) displays and digital CRT displays Stereographic 3-pin Mini-DIN output connector for stereoviewing eyewear (supports StereoGraphics CrystalEyes shutter glasses).
- Page 44 Professional 3D Rendering Full OpenGL 1.1 ICD with 1.2 functional extensions Single-pass bump mapping and hardware 3D textures Gouraud shading Bilinear and trilinear MIP-mapping Alpha blending Fogging and depth cueing Anti-aliased lines and sorted polygons Scissoring and stippling Overlay and stencil buffers Z-buffering Hardware Geometry Acceleration 100% OpenGL geometry pipeline...
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Page 45: Software
Software OpenGL 1.1 ICD with 1.2 functional extensions OpenGL support for quad-buffer stereoviewing eyewear Supports Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 2D and 3D Linux support Pentium III Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) support for Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, and Linux Athlon 3Dnow! support for NT4.0 and Windows 2000 DDC2B monitor support on all operating systems ACPI Power Management support... - Page 46 Stereo Sync Output Pin Function Connector + 5 V DC (fused 750 mA) ground StereoSync DVI Output Connector Pin Function T.M.D.S. Data2- T.M.D.S. Data2+ T.M.D.S. Data2/4 Shield T.M.D.S. Data4- T.M.D.S. Data4+ DDC Clock DDC Data DVI: Digital Visual Interface not connected DDC: Display Data Channel T.M.D.S.
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Page 47: Video Modes
IDEO ODES All video modes comply with VESA DMT (Discrete Monitor Timing) or VESA GTF (General Timing Format) standards. VGA Monitors Resolution Color Line Frequency (kHz) Refresh Rate Bits Bits (Hz) 640 x 480 31.5, 37.5, 43.3, 56.9 60, 75, 85, 100 800 x 600 37.7, 46.9, 54.1, 63.9 60, 75, 85, 100... -
Page 48: Block Diagram
LOCK IAGRAM AGP 2X/4X System Interface Graphics Rasterizer RGB Out System Bus Interface Sync Out DDC2B Ctl Raster/ Palette Texture Unit Geometry Engine Unit Engine Display Video Timing Digital Pixel Cache Engine Generator Output Utility Bus Interface Frame Buffer Interface Flash Frame buffer 64KB... -
Page 49: Trademarks And Regulatory
RADEMARKS AND EGULATORY RADEMARKS Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. ATI is a registered trademark of ATI Technologies Inc. in Canada, the United States and/or other countries. Fire GL is a trademark of ATI Technologies Inc. in Canada, the United States, and/or other countries. -
Page 50: Disclaimer
ISCLAIMER The manufacturer (MFR) reserves the right to make changes to this document and the products which it describes without notice. The MFR shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein; not for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. -
Page 51: Emi Compliance Information
EMI C OMPLIANCE NFORMATION FCC Compliance Information FCC - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR A CLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE We, the Responsible Party ATI Research Inc.- Fire GL Graphics 4 Mount Royal Avenue, Marlborough, MA 01752-1978 USA; Phone: (508) 303-3900 declare that the product Fire GL2 AGP complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. - Page 52 CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendments 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 55022/CISPR 22, Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment. EN 50082-1, Generic Immunity Standard for Residential, Commercial and Light Industrial Products (EN 61000-4-2:96, EN 61000-4-3:97, EN 61000-4-4:96, EN 61000-4-6:97)