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║ SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO README File Rel.1195 ║
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║ SPEA Video Seven ║
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Thank you for purchasing the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO graphic card. We,
at SPEA Software AG, hope that you will enjoy working with our product
and that it will help you and prove to be an efficient tool in your
daily work.
To achieve this goal we have put a lot of effort into making the
installation and use of our product both as user-friendly and self-
explanatory as possible.
IMPORTANT NOTE!
You must IMPERATIVELY read this README file and all the documentation
supplied BEFORE you continue the installation!
Otherwise SPEA cannot accept any responsibility for claims that may be
caused as a consequence.
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║ Contents ║
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- V7-VEGA VIDEO Graphic Card : General Remarks
- Windows Driver Installation
- Monitor Selection
- Known Limitations
- SPEA Video Seven : Support / Service
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║ SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO Graphic CARD : General Remarks ║
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The V7-VEGA VIDEO graphic card is a product that offers significantly
enhanced features compared to other standard VGA graphic and
accelerator boards.
This particularly applies to
- higher resolutions and
- higher refresh rates.
Please be aware that you can only take full advantage of the
features provided by the V7-VEGA VIDEO, if the other components of
your system, especially the graphic monitor that is being used,
also comply with the specifications of the V7-VEGA VIDEO.
(Example : The resolution 1280x1024 that is supported by the
SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO can obviously not be used with a monitor that
is specified to only support resolutions up to 1024x768.)
To run MPEG-Files and VideoCD you need multimedia software.
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║ Windows Driver Installation ║
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To install the SPEA V7 Windows driver 'BigWin':
(Only for floppy disk installation, does not apply to CD ROM install.)
At the end of the current installation procedure,
please insert disk "Drivers for Windows" and enter:
README
For CD ROM install run the batch file on CD:
SPEAINST
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║ Monitor Selection ║
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As already mentioned above, the graphic monitor used with the
SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO must comply to the specifications of
the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO. Only then can the full functionality
of the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO be used.
*** IMPORTANT ***
Please only select parameters that your monitor is specified for.
Your monitor may be seriously damaged, if it is constantly driven
with parameters which are not within the range of its specification.
If you change your monitor you have to compare the specification
and, if necessary, to change the resolutions / refresh rates!
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║ Known Limitations ║
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1) It is not possible to use two or more VGA boards in one PC at
the same time.
In case you want to use the V7-VEGA VIDEO board in a PC that has a
VGA interface integrated on the motherboard, then this integrated
VGA interface must be disabled before the V7-VEGA VIDEO may be used.
2) In some PCI PCs you may reboot (cold restart) your computer twice
if the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO is installed in a PCI motherboard slot
of such systems.
3) Some applications such as Windows 3.1x, and others offer
"Video 7 ..." display interfaces
in their configuration programs.
These options should NOT be selected when using the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO.
Please follow the instructions given in the user's manual to guarantee
that the optimum configuration for the SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO is being
installed.
4) To keep the compatibility to a lot of monitors, the
SPEA V7-VEGA VIDEO has the possibility do create low refreshrates
at high pixel resolutions. Synchronisation problems may in this case
occure with high-class multi-sync monitors. To prevent this, please
choose the highest horizontal frequenzy as possible with your monitor.
5) Read unconditionaly the file DPMS.DOC.
6) Under OS/2 warp there are known limitations:
Running MPG-files with the XING MPEG Player from seamless/fullscreen
Windows/OS/2 may cause a system crash.
Moving an icon on the desktop with no application running
may hang up the system. Avoid that by starting any application before
moving an icon.
Under certain conditions appears the background of a closed
application in some windows of seamless windows started speedy
benchmark program.
Unavailable menu items are shown black coloured instead of gray
coloured.
Torque benchmark program shows a message:
Floating Point: Square Root of Negative Number
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║ SPEA Software AG : Support / Service / Software Updates ║
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For technical support on installation, configuration and use of
SPEA graphics boards and multimedia products, SPEA provides the
following software and information in the file- and news-areas
of the online services listed below :
- the most current software and driver versions released by SPEA
for distribution
- technical information, hints and answers to frequently asked
questions, compiled and updated regularly by the staff of the
SPEA SupportTeam
The online services are available 24 hours every day.
- SPEA Mailbox
(Bulletin Board Service): Modem, analog +49 81 51 / 1 29 21
Modem, analog +49 81 51 / 26 62 41
Modem (Zyxel) +49 81 51 / 2 11 96
ISDN +49 81 51 / 7 80 01
- SPEA Forum in Compuserve: GO SPEA
- SPEA in Internet: http://www.vobis.de/bbs/firmen/spea
Software updates and techical support information are also pub-
lished with the
- MediaGallery CD. This CD is being updated on a monthly basis,
and is a supplement distributed with the German PC magazine
"PC Direkt".
Individual technical support by telephone is available at the
- SPEA ExpertLine Phone 01 90 / 51 24 28
(DM 1,20/minute; SPEA Software AG)
This service is available within
Germany only)
More detailed information on how to access the SPEA Mailbox may
be found in the readme-file MAILBOX.TXT. To read this file,
type:
CD \SPEA\GDC
SHOW MAILBOX.TXT
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║ End of README ║
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