User manual GIGABYTE GV-N56GUD-1GI

[. . . ] GV-N56GOC-1GI / GV-N56GUD-1GI User's Manual Rev. 102 12MM-N560GI-102AR NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 560 Graphics Accelerator Copyright © 2011 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the properties of their respective owners. [. . . ] Make sure your system has installed the appropriate motherboard drivers (for the motherboard drivers, please contact the motherboard manufacturer. ) 3. 1. Driver Installation After installing the operating system, insert the driver disk into your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the setup. exe program. ) Step 1: Click the Install Display Driver item. Step 2: Click the Next button. For software MPEG support in Windows XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately. - 11 Software Installation Step 3: Click the Yes button. The system is installing the components. Step 4: Click the Finish button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is completed. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 3. 1. 2. GIGABYTE Easy Boost on Driver Disk Step 1: Click the GIGABYTE Easy Boost item. Step 2: Choose the language for the installation and click the OK button. Step 3: Choose the Typical and click the Next button Step 4: Click the Finish button. Then the installation of the GIGABYTE Easy Boost is completed. The system is installing the components. - 13 - Software Installation GIGABYTE Easy Boost EasyBoost is combined with Over Clock, OSD Turning, BIOS Setting, Technical Support, Live Update. Over Clock: Adjust GPU clock, Memory clock, Shader clock and Fan speed. And monitor graphics card current value. OSD Tunning: "OSD"-including OSD function, directory of screen shot, and recording video output. "Color"-Adjust Gamma, Contrast and Brightness. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 14 - BIOS Setting: Back up current BIOS, flash BIOS from selected BIOS file and auto flash BIOS from server. Technical Support: Show information of VGA, CPU, motherboard, system memory and monitor. OSD Turning: "OSD"Set hotkey of OSD function and directory of screen shot and recording video output. "Color" Adjust Gamma, Contrast and Brightness. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the useful life of the system components. - 15 Software Installation 3. 2. Display Properties Pages Display Settings (Resolutions and Color Quality for Windows) To access Display Settings page, right-click on desktop and select Personalize, then the Personalization windows will show up. Select Display Settings to adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for advanced settings. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 16 - 3. 3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel After installation of the display driver, right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel is used to configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Or you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize, and then the Control Panel\Appearance Personalization\Personalization window will show up. When the Display Settings dialog box appears, click Advanced Settings. After clicking the Advanced Settings button in Display Settings, you'll see the Generic PnP Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Properties dialog box. Click the GeForce GTX 560 tab to access the NVIDIA Control Panel. On the GeForce GTX 560 tab page, click Start the NVIDIA Control Panel to launch the NVIDIA Control Panel. - 17 - Software Installation Select the view of the NVIDIA Control Panel that is most appropriate for you. These changes will not affect any video playback. [. . . ] (Please refer to the monitor's manual. ) - 25 - Troubleshooting Tips 5. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) or floppy disk. (You may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. ) 3. [. . . ]