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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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- mach64 Products
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- mach64 October 27, 1995
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- READ THIS FILE COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS PRODUCT !
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-
- Contents
-
- 1.0 Introduction
- 2.0 Adapter Installation
- 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 3.1
- 3.1 Installation Notes for Windows For WorkGroups 3.11
- 3.2 Installation Notes for Software MPEG for Windows 3.1
- 3.3 Installation Notes for Video for Windows
- 4.0 Installation Notes for Windows95
- 5.0 Installation Notes for Software MPEG for Windows95
- 6.0 Installation Notes for AutoDesk products
- 7.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
- 8.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT 3.5
- 9.0 VESA Support
- 10.0 VGA Feature Connector
- 11.0 FEATURE.EXE and the VGA Feature Connector
- 12.0 Reporting Problems
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- 1.0 Introduction
-
- This file contains last-minute updates that are not found in the User's
- Guide or in any addendum accompanying the display adapter. Please read
- this file before proceeding with the installation.
-
- For information on running the INSTALL program please refer to the
- following sections in your User's Guide:
-
- - "Configuring the Hardware"
- - "Running the INSTALL Program"
-
- GENERAL INFO for NEW INSTALLATIONS:
-
- - In order to match your mach64 to your monitor and to your system
- configuration, you must run "QUICK SETUP" before installing any
- drivers.
- - Please follow the instructions in the "Selecting Your Monitor Type"
- section of your User's Guide.
- - After running "QUICK SETUP", select "DRIVERS INSTALLATION" and use
- <escape> to exit back to DOS.
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- 2.0 Adapter Installation
-
- Adapter installation, while greatly simplified through the INSTALL
- utility, requires a step by step methodical approach to ensure that the
- adapter does not conflict with other system resources and to ensure
- optimal performance.
-
- The following technical information is a basic outline of the steps
- required to install an mach64 graphics adapter.
-
- 1) Upon removing the mach64 card from the box, record in your User's
- Guide, the serial number (found on the non-component side of the
- card) and the BIOS version (located on a white label on a plug-in
- BIOS chip on the component side of the card).
-
- The serial number will be helpful if you require ATI Customer
- Support and will also be required to complete the Warranty Form.
-
- 2) The following port addresses are used by the mach64:
-
- 102, 1CE, 1CF, 2EC-2EF, 3?4, 3?5, 3?8, 3?9, 3?A, 3?B, 3DC
- and all aliases; 46E8 (?=B for monochrome, ?=D for color operations)
-
- Check the system hardware for internal modems, FAX cards or LAN cards
- which may be using addresses at 2E8 or any other I/O address used by
- the mach64.
-
- Also ensure that LAN cards, scanner cards and other peripheral adapters
- are not using upper memory addresses between C000 and C7FF.
-
- If you have a system containing an on-board graphics controller,
- consult your owners manual on how to disable it.
-
- Check and record how much system memory is installed on the system
- motherboard.
-
-
- 3) After powering down your system, remove your old graphics adapter (or
- disable the on-board graphics controller) and plug-in the mach64.
-
- If the system fails to produce text on the monitor, return to Step 2
- and re-check the installed hardware for address conflicts.
-
- If no obvious conflicts are present, carefully remove all non-
- essential peripheral adapters (scanner, FAX/modem, audio, CD ROM cards,
- etc.) to determine the nature of the conflict.
-
- As a last resort, if possible, see if the card works in a different
- system.
-
-
- 4) Once the system has properly booted, place Disk #1 of the supplied
- mach64 disks into the appropriate disk drive and run the INSTALL
- program.
-
- The INSTALL program may report that it has found the graphics card to
- be in a "new or changed configuration". If this message appears, press
- any key to have the INSTALL program update the mach64 EEPROM.
-
- Also Install may report a conflict at I/O 2E8. Refer to part 2 for
- possible conflicts.
-
- NOTE: THE SCREEN WILL BE BLANKED FOR FEW SECONDS DURING CONFIGURATION
- CHANGE.
-
- The INSTALL program also checks for potential system conflicts. The
- "System Information" selection will list the graphics and system
- configuration details. You can also run this option from command line
- by typing "INSTALL SYSINFO".
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- 3.0 Installation Notes for Windows 3.1
-
-
- 1) Run INSTALL from Disk #1 of the mach64 diskettes.
-
- 2) Select Drivers Installation from the Main Menu.
-
- 3) From the Drivers Installation menu select Microsoft Windows.
-
- 4) Select INSTALL Windows 3.1 driver:
-
- a) Select Display Drivers only
- - if you have NOT installed Windows based multimedia applications
- (e.g. Multimedia CD-ROMS, Video editing packages)
-
- b) Select Display Drivers + Software MPEG
- - if you have installed Windows based multimedia applications
- (e.g. Multimedia CD-ROMS, Video editing packages)
-
- 5) Follow the screen instructions to completion.
-
- 6) When INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed,
- exit the INSTALL program using the <escape> key.
-
- 7) Start Windows, use the ATI Desktop icon to configure Windows for the
- desired resolution and color depth.
-
- Note: If you wish to change the Windows' display driver, to a different
- driver (i.e. VGA), do not use the Windows' Setup icon within
- Windows. To change the display, exit Windows and change directory
- to the Windows subdirectory. When at the Windows prompt type SETUP
- and select the desired display driver.
-
- For further information regarding the mach64 Windows functions please use
- MS Write to read the MACH64.WRI file. This Write file is located in the
- ATI\ATIDESK default subdirectory.
-
- 3.1 Installation Notes for Windows For WorkGroups 3.11
-
- Follow the Microsoft Windows 3.1 installation instructions.
-
- The Super VGA 256 color drivers supplied with Microsoft Windows for
- WorkGroups 3.11 will not function correctly on a mach64 based card.
- These SVGA drivers appear to check for specific Super VGA adapter chip
- sets and incorrectly identifies the mach64 card as a SVGA adapter.
-
- If you wish to use other Windows for WorkGroups supplied graphics drivers,
- you may select the VGA or Super VGA (800x600, 16 color) driver.
-
-
- 3.2 Installation Notes for Software MPEG for Windows 3.1
-
- During the Windows driver installation (refer to section 3.0), the INSTALL
- program will prompt the user if they want to optionally install the
- Software MPEG driver. Software MPEG drivers require Video for Windows to
- be installed in the system. If Video For Windows is not detected to be
- installed in the system, the INSTALL program will default to installing
- display drivers only.
-
- Section 3.3 describes the instruction to download the VFW. For further
- details, please see the ATIPLAY.WRI after installing the MPEG driver.
-
-
- 3.3 Installation Note for Video for Windows
-
- Microsoft Video for Windows 1.1 run-time is available from the
- following sources:
-
- CompuServe:
- On CompuServe, you can get VFW11E.ZIP through the Video for Windows
- library (use "GO WINMM").
-
- Microsoft's Web Site:
- 1. Go to "http://www.microsoft.com";
- "Select Support for Microsoft Products";
- 2. Select "Microsoft Software Library" or "Software Library";
- then "Microsoft Windows";
- 3. Select "Microsoft Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups";
- then "Miscellaneous Files";
- 4. Download "Video 1.1e for Windows Run-Time Edition".
-
- ATI On-Line services
- For added convenience the unadulterated Microsoft VFW11E.ZIP file may
- be found on the, CIS forum or the ATI Download BBS.
-
- Once you obtain VFW11E.ZIP, perform the following steps:
-
- 1. Ensure that you have a copy of PKUNZIP.EXE.
- PKUNZIP is available on most BBS and information services,
- including the ATI BBS and CompuServe
-
- 2. Do NOT attempt to perform the driver installation from within Windows.
- Exit Windows completely, and perform the following operations in DOS.
-
- 3. Unzip VFW11E.ZIP into the temporary directory on your hard disk,
- then run the SETUP utility. For example:
-
- MD \VFW11E
- PKUNZIP VFW11E.ZIP \VFW11E
- CD \VFW11E
-
- You will now have a file called SETUP.EXE.
-
- 4. Start Windows.
-
- 5. In Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
-
- 6. In the Command Line box, type the path to the SETUP.EXE. For example:
- c:\VFW11E\SETUP.EXE
-
- 7. Setup will install the Video for Windows Run-Time.
-
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- 4.0 Installation Notes for Windows 95 Display Driver
-
- For detailed information of Windows 95 drivers and ATI Utilities please
- refer to the README.W95 file on the disk label "WIN95 Driver". The file
- is located in the WIN95 subdirectory.
-
- The Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is a Windows 95 mini driver.
- It is installed and configured using the standard Windows 95 configuration
- utilities. The installation procedure for the driver are as follows:
-
- Note: Windows 95 will require a re-start to implement certain display
- settings
-
- 1) Start Windows 95.
-
- 2) Insert the disk labelled mach64 Windows 95 Drivers into a floppy drive.
-
- 3) Click on the Start button. Click on the Run menu item.
-
- Type A:\WIN95\SETUP.EXE in the text entry area. Press OK.
-
- 4) Follow the instructions displayed in the help.
-
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- 5.0 Installation Notes for Software MPEG for Windows 95
-
- 1) Start Windows 95.
-
- 2) In the Start menu, click "Run..".
-
- 3) Insert the disk labelled mach64 Windows 95 Driver into the disk drive.
-
- 4) On the command line,
-
- Type A:\MPEG95\SETUP OR B:\MPEG95\SETUP.
-
- 5) Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation.
-
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- 6.0 Installation Notes for AutoDesk products
-
- Note: The following applications are supported:
- AutoCAD R10, R11, R12 and R13(Protected Mode only);
- 3D Studio R2,R3,R4 and AutoShade 386 with Renderman.
-
- 1) Run INSTALL from Disk #1 of the mach64 diskettes.
-
- 2) Select Drivers Installation from the Main Menu.
-
- 3) From the Drivers Installation menu select one of the following:
-
- AutoCAD
- AutoDesk 3D Studio
- AutoShade
-
- 4) Follow the screen instructions to completion.
-
- 5) When the INSTALL reports that the driver has been successfully installed,
- hit <escape> to exit the INSTALL program.
-
- 6) All the AutoDesk products require environment variables to be loaded
- prior to starting the application. The INSTALL program creates
- batch files that contain all the necessary SET statements. These
- batch files will be located in the directory specified during the
- driver installation. The following are the default batch file names:
-
- AutoCAD R10, R11, R12 and R13 ADIACAD.BAT*
- AutoDesk 3D Studio R2, R3, R4 ADI3DS.BAT
- AutoShade 2 with Renderman ADISHADE.BAT
-
- * ADIACAD.BAT is not required under ACAD 12 and 13 default stand-alone
- installations. If the TurboDLD driver option does not appear in the
- video display selection list, run the batch file.
-
- 7) After running the appropriate batch file, refer to your AutoDesk
- documentation for information on how to select and reconfigure the
- display driver.
-
- For further details, please see README.DLD, after installing the drivers.
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-
- 7.0 Installation Notes for OS/2
-
- Notes
- a) Before installing the ATI OS/2 display drivers, you must
- set your system to use the IBM supplied VGA driver. Type SETVGA from
- a full screen OS/2 session to accomplish this.
-
- b) Check the Window List (press CTRL-ESC) to see if you have any
- WIN-OS/2 or DOS sessions iconized. Close them all as the OS2 device
- driver install not complete successfully if a WIN-OS/2 or DOS
- session is running.
-
- c) To complete the install successfully you will require the following
- information:
-
- *The OS/2 boot drive on which the PM driver is located.
- *The default ATI OS/2 driver directory is C:\MACH_OS2.
-
- After you have set the operating system to use the IBM supplied VGA driver:
-
- 1) Open an OS/2 Window or Full Screen command prompt, insert disk #1 of the
- mach64 diskettes. Change to the drive containing the ATI disk
- and type OS2INST.
-
- 2) When the main selection menu appears,
-
- a) Select Drivers Installation and press <Enter>.
- b) From the Install Enhanced Drivers menu select IBM OS/2 and
- press <Enter>
- c) Follow the on screen prompts until this portion of the installation
- process complete.
-
- 3) When the files have been successfully copied to your hard disk, open an
- OS/2 session and type DSPINSTL, then press <Enter>.
-
- 4) When the Display Driver Install panel appears, select Primary Display
- and click OK to bring up the Primary Display Driver List.
-
- 5) Select "ATI mach64 (Enhanced x.xx)" from the list and click OK.
-
- Note: Users of OS/2 WARP will be presented with a Monitor
- Configuration/Selection panel. Select "Install Using Defaults
- for Monitor Type".
-
- 6) When the source directory panel appears, select 'Change' and enter:
- C:\MACH_OS2 (replace c: with your boot drive letter if you don't
- use c: Click 'Set' and then 'Install'. After the files are copied,
- exit the OS/2 window or full screen session. Shut down and restart
- your system.
-
- 7) The PM driver will first come up in 640x480, 256 colors mode. Use the
- following steps to change the screen resolutions or number of colors:
-
- a) Open 'OS/2 System' folder.
- b) Open 'System Setup' folder.
- c) Open 'System' object.
- b) Select the 'Screen' tab.
- e) Select the desired resolution and number of colors from the list.
- f) Double click on the system menu icon or select close from the system
- menu to close the window.
- g) Shut down and restart your system.
-
- After installing the driver, please see README.INF for further details.
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-
- 8.0 Installation Notes for Windows NT 3.5/3.51
-
- For installation instructions of Windows NT 3.5/3.51 drivers please refer
- to the README file on the supplementary NT disk.
-
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- 9.0 VESA Support
-
- The VESA modes supported by your mach64 card are dependent upon the amount
- of video memory and the monitor type selected in the ADVANCED or QUICK
- SETUP. To determine the modes supported by your current configuration you
- must install the mach64 utilities, then run VESATEST from the mach64
- directory.
-
- 1) Run INSTALL and select "Utilities Installation" from the Main Menu.
-
- 2) Follow the screen instructions to completion.
-
- 3) When INSTALL is finished copying all necessary files, press <escape> to
- exit install.
-
- 4) Change directory to the mach64 (default) directory and type "VESATEST".
-
- 5) All the modes currently supported will be displayed.
-
- If you experience problems using applications which support VESA, please
- install the mach64 Utilities and consult README.VBE for further
- information.
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-
- 10.0 VGA Feature Connector
-
- The VGA feature connector is provided on mach64 graphics accelerators
- for the purpose of passing display information to optional add-in products
- such as TV or video playback (overlay) boards. However, for VRAM-based
- accelerators such as the GRAPHICS PRO TURBO 1600, GRAPHICS PRO TURBO and
- WINTURBO, the feature connector only provides display information if the
- mach64 is placed in VGA mode. This means that the user must select a VGA
- or SVGA driver prior to running Windows, etc.
-
- VRAM based products use an advanced 64-bit architecture in which the
- data path from the VRAM connects directly to the DAC. This high performance
- 64-bit bus between the VRAM and the DAC provides for a substantially
- increase in bandwidth for improved refresh rate support at higher
- resolutions and color depths. Mach64 drivers are written to operate in
- accelerator mode and utilize the full capabilities of the dual-ported VRAM
- memory. However, when operating in accelerator mode, the low bandwidth VGA
- feature connector does not carry pixel information, and thus, overlay add-in
- cards connected to this feature connector will have no display or 'black
- windows'. To use the feature connector with VRAM-based products, a VGA
- driver must be used.
-
- If the mach64 is installed in a PCI slot, palette snooping must also be
- enabled. This will ensure that the color palette on both the graphics
- and overlay cards are properly initialized. Refer to your system
- documentation for instructions on how to do this (for many PCI motherboards,
- the system CMOS provides a user accessible switch to enable palette
- snooping).
-
- For DRAM-based mach64 products such as the GRAPHICS XPRESSION and WINBOOST,
- the VGA feature connector can be used in both accelerator and VGA modes.
- Due to the single-ported DRAM memory, data must return to the graphics chip
- and appear on the feature connector, regardless of the mode. However when
- operating in accelerator mode, the mach64 driver must be directed to load
- the VGA palette on the overlay card. This is accomplished by adding
- VGADAC=ON to the MACX section of the SYSTEM.INI.
- Note that if the mach64 accelerator is installed in a PCI slot, palette
- snooping will also have to be enabled as described previously.
-
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- 11.0 FEATURE.EXE and the VGA Feature Connector
-
- FEATURE.EXE is a small utility that allows one to control the state of the
- Video Feature connector on ATI264-CT based products only. The Video Feature
- Connector resides on the Video card and is used by other peripheral cards
- in the system to pass video information to and from the Graphics Adapter;
- the link is achieved via a 24-pin ribbon cable that connects peripheral
- cards and the video adapter in a daisy-chain fashion.
-
- There are two modes of operation for the Feature Connector supported by
- FEATURE.EXE:
-
- default - supports resolutions up to and including 800x600, AND refresh
- rates up to and including 75Hz.
-
- 1024 - supports resolutions up to and including 1024x768, AND refresh
- rates up to and including 75Hz.
-
- For example, if an user wants to enable pass-through at 1024x768 mode,
- the syntax is :
-
- Feature 1024 <enter>
-
- To install FEATURE.EXE:
-
- 1) Run the INSTALL program from the disk #1.
-
- 2) Select "Utilities Installation".
-
- 3) Follow the messages and once complete, FEATURE.EXE will reside in
- the \mach64 default directory on your hard drive.
-
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-
-
- 12.0 Reporting Problems
-
- If you experience difficulties, open the file REPORT.TXT and complete
- the Problem Report form.
-