Page 2 - FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for aclass B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits aredesigned to provide reasonable protecti...
Page 3 - Copyright Notice
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation ofthis document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of itscontents. Our products are under cont...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Table of Contents Chapter 1 MS-8801 Trident Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator 1. Overview ............................................................... 1-1 2. Features ..................................................................
Page 5 - Chapter 2 Installation of Trident; Install Enhance Drivers for Windows
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Chapter 2 Installation of Trident Blade 3D ...... 9880 VGA Driver 1. Driver ..................................................................................... 2-1 1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows ® 95/98 .............
Page 6 - Chapter 1; Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator; Trident; Support 8M SGRAM; D Acceleration
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Chapter 1 MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator 1. Overview The MS-8801Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator brings to the PC unparalleled price/performance 3D graphics,combining advanced per pixel 3D setup and r...
Page 8 - System Requirements; Computer
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 4. Package Contents Before installing the MS-8801 VGA card, please checkto make sure that your package is complete: l VGA card l CD-ROM- drivers and applications on CD-ROM- documentation on CD-ROM l User’s Guide on CD-ROM 3. System Re...
Page 9 - VGA BIOS
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 5. Card Layout 1-4 U4 U6 J1 Y1 U3 U5 Q2 Q1 U2 U1 CON 1 CON 2 U4 Trident 9880 Blade 3D AGPGraphics Processor U1/U2/U3/U5 SGRAM 512Kx32/SGRAM 1Mx32 U6 VGA BIOS Y1 Crystal 14.31818MHz J1 VGA Connector D-SUB 15-pin Q2 TL431 DIP Q1 MOSFET ...
Page 10 - DB 15 Pin Connector; Pin
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 6. DB 15 Pin Connector Analog Video Display Connector(DB15-S) Pin Signal Description 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Not used 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Not used 10 Ground 11 Not used 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SC...
Page 11 - Resolution; Vertical Refresh Rate
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Resolution Color Vertical Refresh (Hz) 640x480 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120,160 800x600 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120,160 1024x768 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120 1280x1024 8bit, 16bit 60,70,72,75,85...
Page 12 - Before installing MS-8801 driver, you need to install theWindows; Chapter 2
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 1. Driver 1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows ® 95/98 After installing the MS-8801 VGA card into the mainboard, Win-dows ® 95/98 will auto-detect changes in your hardware configura- tion; this will install the Standard VGA Driver....
Page 13 - Step 2: Click on Install VGA Drivers button.; files into the hard drive.
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 2-2 Step 2: Click on Install VGA Drivers button. Step 3: Click on the Next button. This will copy the necessary files into the hard drive. Step 4: Click on the Finish button. Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer now.
Page 14 - New Display Properties:
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide New Display Properties: 2-3 This function is used for setting Colorpalette, Desktop Area and Refresh rate.
Page 17 - Install Enhance Drivers For Windows; You need to install the Windows; NT will default to Standard
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide 2-6 1.2 Install Enhance Drivers For Windows ® NT You need to install the Windows ® NT 4.0 “Service Pack 3”, before installing the driver. After installing MS-8801Card, Windows ® NT will default to Standard VGA mode 640x480x16 colors. ...
Page 18 - Step 3: Click on the Next button. This will copy the necessary
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Step 3: Click on the Next button. This will copy the necessary files into the hard drive. Step 4: Click on the Finish button. Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer now. 2-7
Page 19 - Using Display Properties new function:
MS-8801 Trident ® Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide Using Display Properties new function: This function is used to show the DisplayDriver version, chip version and memorysize. 2-8