User manual GIGABYTE GV-NX79G256DP-RH

[. . . ] 11, 2006 VGA Card GV-NX79G256DP-RH Sept. 11, 2006 GV-NX79G256DP-RH GeForceTM 7900 GS Graphics Accelerator User's Manual Rev. 101 12MD-NX79G2PR-101R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!* The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states. Copyright © 2006 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. [. . . ] Click the Next button. Installing the components. Step 4. Click Finish to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. - 11 Software Installation English 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 the "Next" button to install the driver. (There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator, please insert it now. ) 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. GV-NX79G256DP-RH Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 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 the Display Driver item. English Then click the Install Display Driver item. Step 2. Click the Next button. Windows installings the components. Step 3. · New NVIDIA Control Panel This is the default user interface, which provides control of the NVIDIA graphics driver settings and other NVIDIA utilities you might have installed on your system. GV-NX79G256DP-RH Graphics Accelerator - 16 - The following section introduces display properties settings using the classic NVIDIA control panel interface as the example. GeForce 7900 GS properties This page shows the Adapter, System and Driver version information. English You can select other properties from the pop-out menu. nView Display Settings properties (Note) nView allows you to connect separate displays to single graphics card. · nView Display mode: select your preferred nView display modes here. Options: Single display/ Clone/ Horizontal Sapn/ Vertical Span/ Dual View · Primary/Secondary display: select a single display or display pair. The selected display combination will appear in the graphical representation below. · Make this the primary display: Specifies that the display corresponding to the icon you selected above is the primary display. · Click Apply to apply settings or click OK to save settings. If TV is chosen as the display, you will need to select the proper TV format. To do this, click Device Settings followed by Select TV format. Select the format for your television and then click Apply followed by OK. Display Matrix Model CRT+TV CRT+DVI DVI+TV DVI+DVI GV-NX79G256DP-RH Yes Yes Yes Yes (Note) Only Single display mode is available when SLI mode is enabled. - 17 Software Installation English Dual-Monitor Setup: You can set the display to output from two monitors on the nView Display Settings page. This graphics card supports the following modes: (1) Clone Mode: Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of the same desktop. Select Clone from the nView Display Mode list and click Apply. Clone Mode (2) Horizontal Span Mode: Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one wide virtual desktop. [. . . ] For more information, consult your computer's manual or manufacturer. (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. [. . . ]