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User’s Guide

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Chapter 2 – hardware Installation

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1.1 S

The NVIDIA GeForce FX GPU ushers in a new era of graphics and gaming. With the

GeForce FX powering your graphics experiences, you can run applications and

games at higher resolutions and at speeds never before possible. Everything a

bleeding-edge gamer desires is packed inside this powerhouse of a processor,

including the latest high-speed DDR2 memory, an expansive AGP 8X pipeline and

unparalleled IntellisampleTM technology driving scenes of unrivalled beauty at

unmatched speeds.

Power and performance, the two elements every gamer craves, are the heart and

soul of the GeForce FX. Powered by pure adrenaline and engineered with a passion

for perfection, the GeForce FX delivers cinematic effects beyond imagination. Its

CineFXTM engine produces gaming effects on par with the hottest motion pictures.

Combined with the industry’s first true 128-bit studio-quality color processing

technology, 3D worlds and characters are more real than anything that’s come

before.

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zGraphics Card

zUser’s Guide

zDrivers & Utilities CD

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zCaution :

Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts, Take these precautions :

Before touching any electronic part, drain the static electricity from your body. You

can do this by touching the internal metal frame of your computer while it’s

unplugged.

Chapter 2 – Hardware Installation

Do not remove a card from the anti-static container until you are ready to install it.

When you remove a card from your computer, place it back in its container.

Do not let your clothes touch any electronic parts.

When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its circuitry.

Before You Begin

Before your process next step, make sure your computer system meets the

peripheral requirements and switch to Standard VGA Display Driver.

Prepare Your Computer for Installation

Prior to working on your computer, make sure the power and any related equipment

are turned off.

How to Insert Your AGP Graphics Card

How to Connect the Monitor

Plug your monitor cable into the monitor connector on

your AGP graphics card. Make sure the other end of

the monitor cable is properly connected to your

monitor.

Chapter 2 – hardware Installation

Installation Procedure

zFor the first time installation

1. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot, make sure this slot is unobstructed.

2. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.

3. Ground yourself to an anti-static mat or other grounded source.

4. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the card down

into the slot.

5. Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom of the host adapter are securely

seated in the slot.

6. Connect your analog monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the

retaining screws (if any).

7. Connect other cables and devices if available.

Now you are ready to install the driver and utilities.

zFor Systems with existing VGA card.

1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA Display Driver.

2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cards.

3. Replace the existing VGA card with the new graphics card.

4. Restart your computer and install the new display driver.

Chapter 3 – Software Installation

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zCaution:

zBefore installing the display driver, make sure your Windows Me/98/95 is

installed in VGA Mode and works fine.

zFor Windows 95 user. To take advantage of all the AGP features, please use

Windows 95 OSR2.1 or later version.

The AGP driver is required for non-Intel chipset. Please use correct AGP drive to

install for different chipset.

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1. Start Windows Me/98/95.

2. Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will

appear and detect as Standard PCI Graphic

Adapter ( VGA ).

3. Click Next to begin setup the VGA driver.

If the Windows ask you for your Windows

Me/98/95 CD, insert the CD, or change the

path to \Windows\System folder.

4. Windows will prompt you to

restart your Windows, Click Yes to

reboot.

5. After system reboot. You may

begin to setup NVIDIA VGA driver.

Chapter 3 – Software Installation

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1. Start Windows Me/98/95. Click mouse

right button on the desktop and select

Properties from the popup menu, or double

clock on the Display icon from the Control

Panel folder.

2. Select Setting->Advanced, then

select Adapter page, and click

Change button.

3. When Update Device Drivers Wizard

Dialog box appears on screen, select

Display a list of all drivers, so you can select

the driver you want.

4. Select Standard Display Type

from the manufacturers and select

Standard PCI Display

Adapter( VGA ) from the models,

then click OK button.

5. After complete installing Standard

VGA Driver. Click Close button and

restart Windows.

6. After System reboot. You may

begin to setup NVIDIA VGA Driver.

Chapter 3 – Software Installation

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1. Start Windows Me/98/95,

2. Click mouse right button on the desktop

and select Properties from the popup menu,

or double clock on the Display icon from the

Control Panel folder.

3. Select Setting->Advanced, then

select Adapter page, and click

Change button

4. When Update Device Drivers Wizard

dialog box appears on the screen, select

Specify the location of the driver to show all

VGA devices.

5. Select “Display a list of all the

driver in a specific location”, and

click Next button.

Chapter 3 – Software Installation

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1. Start Windows XP/2000 and insert the

Installation CD disk into the CD-ROM

drive.

2. Click mouse right button upon My

Computer and select Properties from the

popup menu.

3. Select Hardware and then click the

Device Manager button .

4. The Windows XP/2000 Device

Manager dialog appears, click

mouse right button upon Video

Controller in others device. Then

select Properties from popup menu.

6. Click Have Disk button from the Select

Device dialog box, Enter the Driver Path

( \NVIDIA\WinMe9x ) or click Browse button

to select driver folder.

7 Select your VGA model and click

OK to start install.

8. After complete installing VGA

Display Driver, please restart

Windows to enable VGA driver.

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