HHeeaavvyy MMeettaall™™ UUsseerr GGuuiiddee System Operation Manual for Quantum3D Heavy Metal Visual Computing Systems Release 1.0 January 20, 2000 Part Number: 700-1000-01 Quantum3D, Inc. 6810 Santa Teresa Blvd San Jose CA, 95119 Telephone (408) 361-9999 Facsimile (408) 361-9980 Technical Support (408) 361-9998 http://www.quantum3d.com © Quantum3D, Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Heavy Metal Installation and Operations Guide Table of Contents Table of Contents ..............................................................................................................2 1. Legal Stuff .................................................................................................................7 2. Quantum3D Visual Computing Systems ................................................................8 3. Unpacking Your Quantum3D System.....................................................................9 3.1. Inspect the Shipment .........................................................................................9 3.2. Check the Tip and Tell........................................................................................9 3.3. Check the ShockWatch....................................................................................10 3.4. Open the box.....................................................................................................10 3.5. Remove the Accessory Box.............................................................................10 3.6. Remove the computer system.........................................................................10 3.7. Open the smaller Accessory Box....................................................................11 3.8. Locate the packing list and confirm contents................................................11 3.9. Heavy Metal GX+ Contents ..............................................................................11 3.10. Heavy Metal BX Contents ................................................................................12 4. First Time Inspection .............................................................................................13 4.1. Confirm Components are Seated Properly.....................................................13 4.2. Confirm Installation of Expansion Cards .......................................................14 4.3. Confirm that the CPU and RAM is properly seated .......................................16 4.4. Confirm that the cables are attached properly to the floppy, CDROM, and hard disk........................................................................................................................17 4.5. Confirm the Bill of Materials ............................................................................17 5. Installation...............................................................................................................18 5.1. Installation of a single channel stand-alone system .....................................18 5.1.1. You will need the following items, not supplied with the system...................18 5.1.2. You will need the following from your Accessory Box...................................18 5.1.3. Power Requirements....................................................................................18 5.1.4. Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor and Network Connectors ...................................18 5.1.5. Secondary Display Device and Medusa Adapter Cable ...............................19 5.1.6. Install the Mercury Swaplock Cable..............................................................21 5.2. Powering on a Single Channel, Stand-alone System ....................................21 5.2.1. Type your question here and then click SearchConfirm that RAM and CPUs are recognized.............................................................................................................22 5.2.2. Login to the system.......................................................................................22 5.3. System Shutdown Procedures........................................................................22 6. Verifying System Operation...................................................................................23 6.1. 2D Output and Windows Operation ................................................................23 6.1.1. Testing the Glide Drivers ..............................................................................23 Heavy Metal and Operations Guide 2 Date: 1/26/00 Heavy Metal Installation and Operations Guide 6.1.2. Running OpenGVS Realworld Benchmarks .................................................23 6.1.3. Running the OpenGVS SDK Demos ............................................................23 6.1.4. OpenGVS Demo Help ..................................................................................24 6.2. Network Operation............................................................................................25 7. Heavy Metal Device Numbers and PCI Detection Order......................................26 7.1. PCI Device Detection Order .............................................................................26 7.2. Graphics Device Enumeration.........................................................................26 7.3. Heavy Metal BX Device Enumeration..............................................................26 7.4. Heavy Metal GX+ Device Enumeration ...........................................................27 7.5. Understanding the Device Number .................................................................28 8. Swaplock.................................................................................................................30 8.1. Overview of SwapLock.....................................................................................30 8.2. SwapLock™ Cable Connectors for Mercury ..................................................30 8.2.1. Mercury Cap Card Header Connections.......................................................30 8.2.2. Mercury Internal SwapLock Cabling.............................................................31 8.2.3. Mercury External SwapLock Cabling............................................................31 8.2.4. Configuring Multi-channel Mercury Systems ................................................32 8.3. SwapLock Connections for the 200SB and 200SBi.......................................33 8.4. SwapLock for Shared 200SB Channels ..........................................................34 8.4.1. Shared 200SB/200SBi Channels..................................................................34 8.4.2. 200SB/200SBi Distributed Channels............................................................36 8.5. Application Startup...........................................................................................37 8.6. Application Shutdown......................................................................................37 8.7. SwapLocking Various Obsidian2 Graphics Systems ....................................37 9. Using Obsidian2 Display Properties.....................................................................38 9.1. Confirming Device Enumeration .....................................................................38 9.2. Using the Glide Test .........................................................................................39 9.3. Using the Adapter Information ........................................................................39 9.4. Using the 3D TV Settings .................................................................................40 9.5. Display Properties Settings for SwapLock.....................................................40 10. Included Software...................................................................................................42 10.1. 200SB and 200SBi 3dfx Glide Drivers.............................................................42 10.1.1. 200SB/200SBi Video Formats ......................................................................42 10.1.2. TV Output Capabilities..................................................................................42 10.1.3. 3dfx Glide 200SB/200SBi Professional Driver Files......................................42 10.2. Mercury 3dfx Glide Drivers..............................................................................43 10.2.1. Mercury Video Timings.................................................................................45 10.2.2. Mercury TV Output Capabilities....................................................................45 10.2.3. 3dfx Glide Mercury Driver Files.....................................................................45 10.3. Driver Software Utilities ...................................................................................45 10.3.1. GDETECT.EXE ............................................................................................46 10.3.2. GMOJO.EXE ................................................................................................46 Heavy Metal and Operations Guide 3 Date: 1/26/00 Heavy Metal Installation and Operations Guide 10.3.3. DETECT.EXE...............................................................................................47 10.3.4. MOJO.EXE...................................................................................................47 10.3.5. GWHAT.EXE................................................................................................48 10.3.6. PASS.EXE....................................................................................................48