Trident 3DImage 9750/9850 3D and Video Accelerator With optional TV Display

Software User Guide

Table of Contents

1	MICROSOFT WINDOWS 3.1
	1.1 INSTALLATION
	1.2 SCREEN CONTROL
	1.3 VIDEO FOR WINDOWS 1.1 INSTALLATION
2	MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98
	2.1 INSTALLATION
	2.2 DISPLAY PROPERTY
	2.3 DIRECTX 6 INSTALLATION
3.	TV DISPLAY IN WINDOWS 3.X OR WINDOWS 95
4	MICROSOFT WINDOWS	NT 4.0 INSTALLATION
5.	UTILITIES INSTALLATION
6.    OS/2
	6.1 TRIDENT OS/2 DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALLATION
  	6.2 TRIDENT OS/2 CAPTURE DRIVER INSTALLATION

Trident 3DImage 9750/9850 3D and Video Accelerator With optional TV Display

Overview

This document provides instructions on the installation of the software drivers supplied with 
the graphics accelerator board.  These software drivers offer performance and quality 
improvements over the standard graphics software drivers supplied with the computer system, 
and extend the graphics capability for selected applications by offering options such as 
increased screen size, color depth and monitor refresh rates, as well as improving overall 
graphic performance.

1. Microsoft Windows 3.1

1.1	INSTALLATION 
The graphic installation program (TINSATLL) supports a simple five-step installation procedure 
for the display driver setup program, the power management program and the UNinstall program.

To use TINSTALL, follow the 5 steps below:
1.	ENSURE that MS Windows 3.1x is up and running properly, using the standard VGA driver.
2.	SELECT the MAIN group in Program Manager.
3.	CLICK on FILE or press ALT + F4
4.	CLICK on RUN or PRESS R to select command line.
5.	TYPE in X:\Win_31\DISPLAY\TINSTALL  (Where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.)  

Choose Express installation for quick and decision-free installation. Display drivers will be 
copied into the TRIDENT.SGI directory and Utility files will be copied into the TRIDENT.UTL 
directory. Once all files are copied, a program group called DISPLAY DRIVER AND UTILITIES will 
be created.

When all necessary files are copied and a group name is selected, the TINSTALL program will 
create three icons:
a.	Screen Control (Used to configure display drivers).
b.	DPMS (Used for power management configurations).
c.	UNinstall (Used to delete the installed TRIDENT drivers).

1.2	SCREEN CONTROL
The Screen Control panel contains controls for setting screen resolution, color depth, font size,
refresh rates. 
Color depths of 16, 256, 64K, or 16.7M colors can be selected by clicking next to the desired 
option. 
Screen resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 can be selected by 
clicking next to the available options. 
Available refresh rates are dependent on the selected color depth and resolution. 

Configuring the Display Driver
	Select the color depth first.
	Select the resolution.
	Select the font size (if available as an option).
	Select the refresh rate.
	Click on OK. If the current driver does not support the selected configuration, Windows 
	will have to be restarted.

1.3 Video for Windows 1.1 Installation
You may perform following steps to install Video for Windows 1.1.

	1. TYPE in X:\Win_31\VFW11E\SETUP  (Where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive.)  
	2. Follow the instruction from the setup program to complete the installation.

2. Microsoft Windows 98

2.1	INSTALLATION

1.	ENSURE that MS Windows 98 is up and running properly using the 	
	Trident SVGA driver that it has detected.
2.	Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3.	SELECT your CD-ROM drive or TYPE in X:\SETUP (X is the letter of your CD-ROM 	drive) for the Trident CD-ROM Setup menu. 
4.	SELECT the "Installation" selection bar to install Windows 98 Dispaly Driver. 
5.	SELECT the "Settings" page inside of Display Properties windows.
6.	SELECT the "Advanced Properties", and click "Change" button.
7.	Click "Have Disk...", and browse the driver location in X:\WIN_98\DISPLAY.
8.	Follow the on-screen instructions to finish Trident display driver installation.
9.	Restart Windows 98 to complete installation.
 
2.2	SETTING DISPLAY PROPERTIES

1.	INSERT the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2.	SELECT your CD-ROM drive or TYPE in X:\SETUP (X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) 
	for the Trident CD-ROM Setup menu. 
3.	SELECT the "Display Property" selection bar.
4.	SELECT the "Settings" page inside of Display Properties windows.
5.	SELECT the "Color Palette" and "Desktop Area" of your choice.
6.	UNCHECK the option "Automatically set refresh rates" under the "Switch" section to be 
	able to set the refresh rate of your choice.
7.	CHECK the "DDC Monitor Support" option if your monitor is a "PLUG & PLAY"
 	monitor and is in compliance with VESA DDC2 Standard.  The display driver will
 	automatically detect the information provided by the DDC2 compliant monitor and
 	set the highest refresh rate supported by the monitor as the default refresh rate. 
8.	SELECT the "Device" page to choose CRT or TV as your current display device.
9.	SELECT the optional "TV" page to select Interlaced or Non-Interlaced display, 
	to select Underscan or Overscan, and to select degree of flicker reduction under
 	"Advanced" control button.  These features will not function unless a television is
 	set as the current display device.

Once the desired settings have been chosen, close the Display Properties window and Windows 95
system will be re-started using the Trident accelerated driver.

2.3 DirectX 6 INSTALLATION
1.	ENSURE that MS Windows 98 is up and running properly using the Trident 	SVGA driver that it has detected.
2.	Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3.	SELECT your CD-ROM drive or TYPE in X:\trident (X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) for the Trident CD-ROM Setup menu. 
4.	SELECT the "DirectX6" selection bar to install DirectX 6. 
5.	SELECT "ReInstall DirectX", and follow the on-screen instructions to finish installation.
6.	Restart Windows 98 to complete installation.


3. Optional TV Display in Windows 3.x or Windows 98

Your TV will be the default display device if a S-Video TV-output connector or a composite 
TV-Output connector is connected to your TV. Your color monitor will be the default display 
device if only the 15-pin VGA connector of the monitor is connected to the VGA output connector
of the Trident 3DImage 9750/9850 adapter card or if both the TV-Output connector and the 15-pin VGA
connector of the monitor are connected to the 3DImage 9750/9850 allows the user to select Underscan 
or Overscan, to select interlaced or non-interlaced, to select degree of flicker reduction and 
to adjust screen shift both horizontally and vertically. 

In Windows 98, use 'TV' control page and 'Device' control page to select television only features
in display properties once the display driver for Windows 95 has been installed. The 'TV' 
control page allows the user to select 'Underscan' or 'Overscan', to select 'Interlaced' or 
'Non-interlaced', to adjust the 'Screen Shift' of the television display horizontally and to 
select the degree of flicker reduction under Advance control button. The 'Display Device' 
control page allows the user to switch from color monitor to TV as the default display device 
and vice versa.

In DOS, a TSR program "TVDISP" is available in the directory of "X:\DOSUTL\TVGAUTIL\UTILITY"
(where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). This program allows the user to select 
'Underscan' or 'Overscan', to select 'Interlaced' or 'Non-interlaced', to switch from color
monitor to TV as the default display device and vice versa, to adjust the 'Screen Shift' 
of the television display both horizontally and vertically, and to contract or expand the size
of screen both horizontally and vertically.  More information about the TVDISP program is 
available in the README.TXT file of this directory.

Conventional broadcast TV or VCR content provides an "Overscanned" viewing area in order to 
ensure that the entire visible screen is used. The result is that portions of the image along 
the border are beyond the physical screen. The actual visual area lost is dependent on the 
individual TV model.  On the other hand, a PC system display content should be within the 
boundaries of the physically viewable screen. This is called underscan. When the TV is used as 
the display device in a PC, display hardware needs to control the image generation circuitry to 
drive the underscan timing to the TV.

Besides generating interlaced timing, hardware may have the option to drive non-interlaced 
timing to the TV. A non-interlaced display will remove much of the flicker effect but reduce 
the detail of the image.

The interlaced timing of a TV causes a flickering effect on the screen. Depending on the TV 
standard and tube phosphor material, the severity of flicker differs from one brand and model 
of TV to another. Since TV content is almost always full-motion video or animation, flicker is 
not as noticeable as it is when the screen content is stationary. Flickers are caused by TV low 
frame rate as well as the interlacing of adjacent scans. This flicker is most obvious when a 
particular scan contrasts highly with the scans directly above and below, such as a black 
horizontal line on a white background. This type of flicker can be greatly reduced by 
3DImage 9750/9850's built-in flicker reduction filter.

4. Microsoft Windows NT 

4.1 	NT 3.5 INSTALLATION (for 9750 only)

1.	RUN the Microsoft Windows NT display Setup program located in the Control
	Panel of the Main group.
2.	SELECT "Change Display Type..." button from the Display Settings options.
3.	SELECT "Change..." button from the Display Type options.
4.	SELECT "Other..." button from the Select Device options.
5.	Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 will prompt you for the correct path here the
 	Trident drivers are located.  ENTER the path "X:\NT\NT35\9750"(where X the
 	drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.)
6. 	Choose "Trident Video Accelerator 3D Image975/Cyber 9397" from the list of
 	drivers.
7. 	Then follow the procedures provide by Windows NT to complete installation.
8. 	Restart Windows NT.  Windows NT will start up with default mode using the
 	Trident drivers.
9. 	Choose desired resolution, color depth and refresh rate from the Display Setting applet,
	and restart Windows NT.

4.2 	NT 4.0 INSTALLATION 

1.	SELECT the "Display" icon in control panel and then SELECT the Settings" page.
2.	SELECT "Display Type..." button in the "Settings" page.
3.	SELECT "Change..." button from the Adapter type section.
4.	SELECT "Have Disk..." button from the Change Display page.
5.	Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 will prompt you for the 	correct path where the 	
	Trident drivers are located.  ENTER the path "X:\NT\NT40\DISPLAY"(where X is
 	the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.)
6.	If the driver "Trident Video Accelerator" is listed under the Display list,
	 SELECT the "OK" button to continue.
7.	Once the driver files are copied, RESTART Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 for the
 	changes to take effect.
8.	SELECT the desired color palette (the number of colors), desktop area
 	(resolution), and refresh frequency in the settings page of Display Properties 
	and then SELECT the "Test" button in the same page to determine whether your
 	selection works properly. SELECT "Apply" to active the selected mode.

5. UTILITIES INSTALLATION

Installation Procedures

The Utility Installation program is used to install and retrieve instructions on:

a) Utility programs
b) Non-Windows applications display drivers.

The Utility installation program is run by executing the following steps:

1.	Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Drive.
2.      Change directory to  "X:\DOSUTL" at the drive prompt (where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
3.      TYPE "README" at the drive prompt for installation destination drive.
        Selecting 1 for install Utility to C: drive
        Selecting 2 for install Utility to D: drive
        Selecting 3 for install Utility to E: drive
4.      Next, a menu for Contents, Utilities and Drivers is available.
5.      Selecting A will display the contents of all drivers in the list.
6.      Selecting B will display instructions on the available utility programs.
7.      Selecting C will display instructions on how to install display drivers for
	  non-Windows applications.

6. OS/2

6.1   TRIDENT OS/2 DISPLAY DRIVER INSTALLATION

A. Installation Procedure from command prompt
1.    Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Drive.
2.    Open an OS/2 full-screen or OS/2 Windows session under "Command Prompt" of the 
	System folder.
3.    Switch the current drive to the CD-ROM X:\OS2\9750(or 9850)\display (where X is the letter of 
	your CD-ROM drive).
4.    At the drive prompt, type the command: "Install".
   
B. Installation procedure from the OS/2 Desktop:
1.    Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Drive.
2.    Open the OS/2 System folder; double-click on the Drives object, and then double-click
	on CD-ROM drive X(where X is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). 
3.    When the drive X folder opens, switch to OS2\display, double-click on INSTALL.EXE. 
4.    You can also click on the CD-ROM drive object from Launch Pad, and then double-click
	on OS2\9750(or 9850)\display\INSTALL.EXE.

6.2	TRIDENT OS/2 CAPTURE DRIVER INSTALLATION

1.	Insert the Trident Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM Drive.
2.	Click on the "OS/2 system" folder on your OS/2 desktop.
3.	Click on the "System Setup" icon.
4.	Click on the "Install/Remove" folder.
5.	Click on "Multimedia Application Install"
6.	Switch the current drive to the CD-ROM X:\OS2\9750(or 9850)\capture (where X is the letter of your
	CD-ROM drive).
7.	Select the "Trident Video Capture" line that appears under
      the "Features" heading in the menu.
8.	Click on the "Install" button.
9.	Click on "YES" when the system prompts you to answer whether to
   	modify your config.sys file.
10.	Select the "1" when prompted to enter the number of Trident Video
  	Capture Cards in use.
11.	Click on "OK" to let the system continue the installation.
12.	Once the installation is complete, shutdown the OS/2 system
   	and reboot to begin using the Trident Capture card.

