HP manual OpenGL Drivers, Platform Operating System and Drivers HP Vectra XW 6/xxx

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OpenGL Drivers

OpenGL Drivers

Every operating system and applications program needs specific drivers. Without these, the HP Integrated OpenGL Interface Board operates only in standard VGA mode, and hardware 3D acceleration will not be usable.

Platform

Operating System and Drivers

 

 

HP Vectra XW 6/xxx

The OpenGL interface drivers for Windows NT 3.51 must be installed, from the HP Vectra XW/XU Drivers and

 

Documentation CD-ROM, when the operating system is installed.

 

 

HP Vectra XW 6/xxx Series U1

The Windows NT 4.0 WS operating system is preloaded, and the OpenGL drivers are preloaded with it.

 

 

HP Vectra XW 6/xxx Series W1

 

 

 

Online Help and Online Online help for installing and configuring the drivers is found by running

Diagnostics\opengl\doc\hpopengl.hp on the HP Vectra XW/XU Drivers and Documentation CD-ROM, or from the hard disk on models in which the operating system is preloaded.

There is no specific diagnostic tool. However, for the HP Vectra XW 6/xxx and HP Vectra XW 6/xxx Series U1, the configuration can be checked on the AccelPanel. This is recommended as the first step in any trouble- shooting. This panel is normally placed in the AccelGraphics Group, though the user may have chosen to install it somewhere else.

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