Acer SCSI/VGA Combo Card manual

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    SCSI/VGA COMBO CARD SCSI/VGA COMBO CARD User’s Guide[...]

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    ii Copyright Copyright Copyright  1998 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without th[...]

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    iii FCC Class B Radio Frequency FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Interference Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential in[...]

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    iv Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user Represents text input by the user. , , , etc. Represent the actual keys that you have to press on the keyboard. NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or s[...]

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    v Table of Contents Table of Contents Features ............................................................................... 1 Card Layout .............................................................. 2 Jumper Settings ........................................................ 3 Card Installation ...................................................[...]

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    SCSI/VGA Combo Card SCSI/VGA Combo Card 6 Features The combo card includes external video (CN6) and 68-pin Wide SCSI interface (CN4). The SCSI controller chipset (AIC-7880P) is a completely integrated, single chip SCSI host adapter for motherboard applications. Ultra speed SCSI technology maximizes transfer speed of up to 40MB/s in high performance[...]

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    SCSI/VGA Combo Card 7 Card Layout Figure 1-1 shows the SCSI/VGA combo card layout and jumper settings. Figure 1-1 SCSI/VGA Combo Card Layout[...]

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    8 User’s Guide Jumper Settings Table 1-1 SCSI/VGA Combo Card Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Function ROM Remapping JP1 1-2 2-3 * Map top 8K to bottom 8K No remapping VGA Feature JP2 1-2 2-3* Disabled Enabled VGA Controller JP3 1-2 2-3* Disabled Enabled Interrupt JP4 1-2 2-3* Enabled Disabled Table 1-2 SCSI/VGA Combo Card Connector Functions Conne[...]

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    SCSI/VGA Combo Card 9 Card Installation Follow these steps to install the SCSI/VGA combo card. 1. Remove a bracket cover opposite an e mpty PCI slot. 2. Position the card over the PCI slot, then insert the card golden fingers into the slot until the card fits in place. 3. Secure the card with a screw. 4. Connect the LED cable to the system board’[...]

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    10 User’s Guide SCSI Feature The system board features a single-chip SCSI host adapter that adds SCSI I/O capability to the system. The chipset consists of an onboard microcontroller, bus master interface controller, and SCSI controllers. A 50-pin Fast SCSI-II interface with 10 MB/s transfer rate and a 68 -pin Wide SCSI interface that transfers a[...]

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    SCSI/VGA Combo Card 11 Video Function The video controller is capable of supporting 3D video applications and enhancing the video display at the same time. The board may come with either 2-MB or 4-MB video memory. Larger video memory allows you to display higher resolutions and more colors. Supported Video Resolutions The following table lists the [...]

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    12 User’s Guide Table 1-3 Supported Video Resolutions Resolution bpp V- Freg. (Hz) H-Freq. ( KHz) 800 x 600 8/16/24/32 100 62.5 800 x 600 8/16/24/32 120 76.0 800 x 600 8/16/24 160 99.6 1024 x 768 8/16/24/32 43 35.5 1024 x 768 8/16/24/32 60 48.4 1024 x 768 8/16/24/32 70 56.5 1024 x 768 8/16/24/32 72 58.2 1024 x 768 8/16/24/32 75 60.0 1024 x 768 8/[...]