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3D Blaster BansheeUser GuideOn-line Version

Setting Up Your 3D Blaster Banshee 1-11Setting Up Your 3D Blaster BansheeThis chapter familiarizes you with the 3D Blaster Banshee and shows you how t

Setting Up Your 3D Blaster Banshee 1-2 3. Remove the cover from your computer.If you are replacing an existing VGA card with 3D Blaster Banshee, r

Setting Up Your 3D Blaster Banshee 1-39. Connect the monitor cable to the Monitor Output connector of your 3D Blaster Banshee.If you are using a multi

Installing Software 2-12Installing SoftwareAfter you have installed your 3D Blaster Banshee, you can install the software. The 3D Blaster Banshee CD

Installing Software 2-2 2. When a dialog similar to Figure 2-1 appears, ensure that the Driver From Disk Provided By Hardware Manufacturer option

Installing Software 2-32. When a dialog similar to Figure 2-2 appears, click the Next button. Figure 2-2: The Update Device Driver Wizard dialog.3.

2-4 Installing SoftwareInstalling in Windows 981. Switch on your system.Windows 98 automatically detects the graphics card.An Add New Hardware Wizard

Installing Software 2-5If you are installing Banshee as a second or subsequent card to make use of Windows 98’s multi-monitor capability, you will see

2-6 Installing Software6. Insert the 3D Blaster Banshee CD into your CD-ROM drive.7. In the Install From Disk dialog, type D:\WINNT40 (where D: repres

Troubleshooting 3-13TroubleshootingDetermining your Windows 95 VersionTo determine your Windows 95 version number:1. Right-click the My Computer icon,

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Windows 98 Multi-Monitor Display ProblemsThe monitor connected to the second or successive Banshee card remains blank even though the card and its dri

2. Lower your monitor’s resolution. For the resolutions supported by your monitor, refer to its manual.Monitor display exhibits pixel drop (that is, p

2. In the My Computer window, double-click the Creative Banshee icon.If the installation program does not run, double-click the Win95/Win98 folder ico

• Unable to display About box. Ensure that CTRES32.DLL is present in your system.CauseThe file CTRES32.DLL is required to display Creative SoftMPEG’s

• Failed to launch Multimedia Properties. Check if application is installed.ActionMake sure that CONTROL.EXE exists in the Windows directory and MMSY

Using BlasterControl 4-14Using BlasterControlAfter you install the Graphics Blaster, the BlasterControl property pages indicated by the logo are adde

Using BlasterControl 4-2 Opening Display Properties DialogThe Display Properties dialog provides you with controls to customize screen elements.Th

Using BlasterControl 4-3Adjusting Display SettingsSeveral of your display settings can be changed using the Monitor property page in BlasterControl (F

Using BlasterControl 4-4 Changing Refresh RateTo select a particular refresh rate:1. Click the down-arrow button at the side of the Refresh Rate l

Using BlasterControl 4-5Changing Display PositionTo adjust the position of the screen display, click the Up, Down, Left, and Right positional buttons

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Using BlasterControl 4-6 Assigning and Clearing Hot KeysThe Hotkey property page (Figure 4-8) allows you to assign hot keys to your screen resolut

Using BlasterControl 4-73. Press the hot key you want to assign. For example, if you press the F12 key, “F12” appears in the Key Assignment text box

Using BlasterControl 4-8 Adjusting the Virtual DesktopBlasterControl adds a Desktop area function to the familiar Settings tab page. Now, in addi

Using BlasterControl 4-9The Hotkey property page allows you to activate two powerful virtual desktop features by assigning hotkeys to them: Zoom In/O

Using BlasterControl 4-10 Correcting Display SettingsYou may inadvertently select a display setting that causes distortion, for example, a high re

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-15Using Creative SoftMPEGCreative SoftMPEG is an MPEG player that plays Karaoke CDs, Video CDs, and .MPG files.This chapter

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-2 Starting Creative SoftMPEGTo start Creative SoftMPEG:1. Double-click the Creative SoftMPEG icon in your Graphics Blas

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-3you select the “Display Track Number and Duration” option in the shortcut menu, the touch-sensitive display (Figure 5-2) ap

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-4 Minimize ButtonThe Minimize button minimizes Creative SoftMPEG to a button on the Windows 95 taskbar.Playlist ButtonTh

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-5Playback Control ButtonsPlayback Control allows you to perform the playback operations.Eject ButtonUse the Eject button to

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Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-6Playing TracksTo start playing a track, click the Play button .To stop playing a track, click the Stop button .Playing

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-7If you are already playing a track, Creative SoftMPEG immediately goes to the new position and starts playing.If your playe

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-8 Adjusting the VolumeYou can adjust the volume of Creative SoftMPEG using the Graphic Volume slider on the touch-sensiti

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-9Adding Tracks to the PlaylistTo add tracks to the playlist:1. Select tracks to add to the playlist from the File List (see

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-10 Rearranging Tracks in the PlaylistTo rearrange a track in the playlist:1. Click the track in the Playlist and drag it

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-11Using the Preferences DialogThe Preferences dialog similar to that in Figure 5-6 allows you to set preferences for Creativ

Using Creative SoftMPEG 5-12 Using Command Line SwitchesThe following command line switches are supported by the application:Switch Description/p

Sonnetech’s Colorific® and 3Deep® 6-16Sonnetech’s Colorific® and 3Deep®Colorific® True Color MatchingColorific color management software is the indust

Sonnetech’s Colorific® and 3Deep® 6-2 After Running ColorificWhen you complete the Colorific calibration, Colorific creates a color profile of you

Sonnetech’s Colorific® and 3Deep® 6-3Using 3DeepTo use 3Deep to calibrate monitor gamma value:1. Click the Start button, point to Settings and then cl

Safety & Regulatory InformationThe following sections contain notices for various countries:Safety InformationCAUTION: This device is intended t

Sonnetech’s Colorific® and 3Deep® 6-4 Technical SupportUpdated information about using Colorific and 3Deep can be obtained from Sonnetech’s web si

Technical Specifications A-1ATechnical SpecificationsGeneral Features! Fully integrated 128-bit VGA/2D/3D video accelerator! Full VMI interface! VESA

Technical Specifications A-2 PCI 2.1 Compliant (for Banshee PCI)! Full support for PCI system bus, with the ease of Plug and Play installationAddr

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Contents vContentsIntroductionSystem Requirements... viiDriver Updates...

Contents vi5 Using Creative SoftMPEGGetting More Information...5-1Starting Cre

Introduction viiIntroduction3D Blaster Banshee is a state-of-the-art, fully integrated 128-bit VGA/2D/3D/video accelerator with full VMI interface.

Introduction viii Driver UpdatesTo download the latest Banshee drivers, visit Creative’s website (refer to the Technical Support leaflet for deta