User manual GIGABYTE GV-N68T256DH

[. . . ] 13, 2004 VGA Card GV-N68T256DH Sep. 13, 2004 GV-N68T256DH User's Manual Rev. 101 12MD-N68T256DH-101 GeForceTM 6800 GT Graphics Accelerator Copyright © 2004 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card. [. . . ] Click "Next" button. -9- Software Installation English Installing the components. Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. GV-N68T256DH Graphics Accelerator - 10 - 3. 1. 3. New hardware found After the graphics card is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible) Click "Next" button to install the driver. (There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator, please insert it now. ) English Or click the "Cancel" button to install the driver from AUTORUN window. Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically. Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish Click the "Finish" button to finish the installation. - 11 - Software Installation English B. Driver installation (Autorun Window) Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup. exe". Step 1. When autorun window show up, click Install Display Driver item. Click "Install Display Driver" item. Step 2. Click "Next" button. Windows installings the components. Step 3. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed. GV-N68T256DH Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 3. 1. 4. Utilities on Driver CD Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup. exe". English · Install Gigabyte Utilities (V-Tuner 2 PLUS): Step 1. When autorun window show up, please click Utilities item. Click "Utilities" item. Then click "GIGABYTE Utility" item. Step 2. Click "Next" button. Step 3. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the utilities installation is completed. - 13 Software Installation English V-Tuner 2 PLUS (Overclock and Hardware Monitor Utility) V-Tuner 2 PLUS supports monitoring of the temperature, cooling fan speed and voltage of the graphics chip and lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Displays core clock status Speed adjustment of Fan 1 to Quiet/Turbo/Normal Mode Enables dynamic adjustment of fan speed based on GPU temperature. Displays memory clock status Displays Vcore/VDD/VDDQ status Core speed adjustment Core speed adjustment Click to display Vcore status Click to display VDD status Click to display VDDQ status Speed adjustment of Fan 2 to Quiet/Turbo/Normal Mode Opens Help page Select choice of skin The time between hardware status checks. (Default: 5 seconds) Enables auto adjustment of core/ memory clock settings set by user when running 3D applications. Displays GPU Temperature Displays Memory Temperature GV-N68T256DH Graphics Accelerator - 14 - 3. 1. 5. Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. [. . . ] (NOTE: Some manufacturers do not allow the built-in graphics to be disabled or to become the secondary display. ) Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver. Press the F8 key on your keyboard after system starts up. When the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears, select Safe Mode and press Enter. After getting into Safe Mode, in Device Manager check whether the driver for the graphics card is correct. [. . . ]