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ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Controller Installation Guide First Edition Revision A Manufacturing Part Number: AB551- 96002 – Revision A April 2005 © Copyright 2004-2005 H ewlett-Packa r d Development Company, L.
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Contents 1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................
Contents ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Default Visual Information ....................................................................................................................... 18 Configuring Graph ics Resolution or Vertic al Refresh Rate for HP-UX .
Preface This preface contains the foll owing sections: • Intended Audience • Document Structure • Notational Convent ions • Reader Comments and Feedbac k • Related Information • Printing History Intended Audience This manual is for managers and operators of HP AlphaServer systems with ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controllers.
Preface ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Example: “Enter the ls -l filename command” means you must replace filename with your own text. • Keyboard keys and graphical interface items (such as bu ttons, tabs, and menu items) are represented using this font .
Preface ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Diagnostics and Event Monitori ng: Hardware Support Tools Complete information a bout HP’s hardware support tool s, inclu ding online and offlin e diagnostics and event monitoring too ls, is at the http://docs.
1 Overview Introduction This chapter provides a brie f overview of th e ATI RADEON 7500 PCI grap hics controller . Module Description The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller/acc elerator module is.
Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Figure 1-1 ATI RADEON 75 00 PCI Graphics Controller S-VIDOUT R CRT 27300 DVI MR0494 2 1 5 4 3 X ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics contro.
Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Connector Pinouts Table 1-2 contains a listing of the pins and sign als found on the standard 15-pin VG A connector and the DVI-I to VGA adapt or (part number 209815-001 not included in kit).
Overview ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide This Page Intentionally Left Blank 4 Chapter 1.
2 Installation Introduction This chapter provides information on unpack ing the graphic controller and in stalling the ATI RADEON 7500 PCI graphics controller mo dule in a suppor ted HP product. Unpacking The graphics option hardware is packaged in a single carton that contains one graphic controller and one installati on guide.
Installation ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide 7. Grasp the top edge of th e graphics option, carefull y insert it into the slot, and seat it firmly.
3 HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installation and Customization This chapter provides informati on for installing and modifying t he software required to suppor t 2D and 3D graphics with the ATI RAD EON 7500 PCI graphics contr oller under the HP OpenVMS I64 operating system.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Restrictions, Limitations and Defaults This section of the document cont ains limitations, re strictions and d efaults fo r the ATI RADE ON 7500 hardware and softwar e.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Multiple Colormaps (8 Bits Per Pixel) Multiple colormaps are not supported by the hardwa re. The ATI RADEON 7500 PCI grap hics controllers support on ly one installed colormap at on e time.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide the libraries provide support for the ATI RAD EON 7500 TCL hardware, hardwar e alpha and stencil planes, 3D multi-texturing, and 3D cu be map textures.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Screen Order and Forcing Single Headed Operation Screen order is determined by th e bus ordering of devices, and wi ll vary across platforms.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide To override the default se ttings, follow these st eps: 1. Copy or rename the SYS$M ANAGER:DECW$PRIVATE_SERVE R_SETUP.TEMPLA TE file to create a new command (.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide More extensive l ogging of serv er events can be en abled by modi fying the DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SE TUP.
HP OpenVMS I64 – Graphics Software Installa tion & Customization ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Problem Description Solution resolution and refresh rate being used? Some monitors may need to be manually adjusted usi ng their front panel controls.
4 HP-UX Configuration This chapter describes how to configur e the ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controller in a system running the HP-UX operating system. NOTE : Chapter 4 pertains t o the HP-UX oper atin.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Changing the Boot Console When an ATI RADEON 7500 is installed in the sys tem, the only supported console is the serial console. Use the following instruc tions to switch the cons ole to the serial devic e.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Verification of Hardware Installation After the ATI RADEON 7500 gr aphics controller has be en installed an d the system has rebooted, verify the graphics card was correctly inst alled and identi fy wh ich device file co rresponds to which card.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Resolutions ATI RADEON 7500 graphics controllers can support va rious gr aphics resolutions and refresh rates as shown in Table 4-1.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Section “Screen” Identifier “Screen 0” DefaultDepth 24 […] SubSection “Display” Depth 24 […] EndSubSecti.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Multihead Support Multihead support is pro vided through chang es to the Xserver’s configuration file wh ich is located at /etc/X11/XF86Config. In orde r to do this correctly, yo u will need to know wh ich device files to use.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Section Screen Identifier “Screen 0-1” Device “ATI Radeon 7500 QW(0) Connect or 1” Monitor “Monitor 0” # Inc.
HP-UX Configuration ATI RADEON 7500 PCI Graphics Co ntroller Installation Guide Messages Xserver messages are ty pically logged to /var/X11/Xserver/logs. The two files that conta in the messages are: /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xf86.*.log /var/X11/Xserver/logs/Xstartup.
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