1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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Video Cards

Diamond Fire GL

II-15 When using your Diamond Multimedia Fire GL card, you get this error in the Event Viewer: “Glint Error: VideoPortGetAccessRanges failed.” Try changing this registry entry to solve the problem.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Servies\Glint\Device0

Add the following value:

Value Name: UseBiosAddresses
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Restart Windows NT for these values to take effect.

STB ViRGE Velocity 3D

II-16 To set the advanced parameters of your STB ViRGE Velcoity 3D Video Card under NT, change the parameters under the following registry key. Several parameters control these advanced settings.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\ControlSet\HardwareProfiles\1\System\ CurrentControlSet\Services\STBViRGE\Device0
Value Name: DefaultSettings.BitsPerPel
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x18

II-17 Value Name: DefaultSettings.Flags
ata Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

II-18 Value Name: DefaultSettings.VRefresh
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x4b

II-19 Value Name: DefaultSettings.XPanning
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

II-20 Value Name: DefaultSettings.XResolution
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x400

II-21 Value Name: DefaultSettings.YPanning
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x0

II-22 Value Name: DefaultSettings.YResolution
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x300

II-23 If you need to find the system’s refresh rate, check this registry entry.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\ControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\System\ CurrentControlSet\Services\STBViRGE\Device0
Value Name: Vrefresh
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x4b

This example value is the refresh rate for an STB ViRGE video card. You must find the appropriate key for your video card, for example, an ATI or Matrox. The value is stored in hexadecimal.

Matrox Millenium and Matrox Mystique

If you invested in a top-flight video card, you deserve to get the most out of it. These registry settings let you maximize the performance of your Matrox video cards, both the Millenium and the Mystique models.

II-24 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\mga64\Device0

Device0 refers to the first video card installed on your system.

Value Name: User.AlternateLines
Data Type: REG_BINARY
Value: 0


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