User manual AXLE NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5200 V2

[. . . ] OTHERWISE, THE CLIPS MAY BLOCK THE PARTS AT THE BACK OF THE VIDEO CARD, AND WILL POSSIBLY DAMAGE THE CARD, AS THE PHOTO SHOWN BELOW. Do not leave the clips open before installing the video card Step4 Fasten the mounting bracket to the chassis. 4 Hardware Installation Step5 Put the cover back on the computer. Plug the cord into the matched connector of the graphic card according to what kind of monitor you have. Step6 Reconnect all the cables and cords. r To onito m (An example for VGA port) A Note for the Fan If the heat dissipation device provided is a fan, it is subject to damage if not properly handled. A shifted axle may shorten the fan's lifespan. Do not handle the fan by the axle. Before Installing the Driver The product package contains the Software Pack CD. Please read the Readme. txt file for the latest information about the software before proceeding with the driver installation. 5 Before Driver Installation Note: It is highly recommended that you follow the steps in this section to completely uninstall the NVIDIA Display Driver software before installing a new version of the software. [. . . ] Another dialog box appears, then click on Advanced. Step3 Click on Adapter to bring up the Adapter dialog box. Then click Change. Step8 Place the Software Pack CD in your CDROM drive. And then click OK. Step4 Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next. Step11 If a warning message appears, click Yes. Step5 Select Display a list of all the drivers . . . Then click Next. Step12 A dialog box tells you Windows is ready to install the driver. Click Next. Step6 Click Have Disk to prompt for a directory specified by you. Step13 A dialog box appears after the driver is installed successfully. Click Finish. Step7 The Install From Disk dialog box appears. Step14 Windows will ask you if you want to restart your computer. Click Yes. 9 Manual Driver Installation Windows NT4. 0 BEFORE INSTALLING THE DISPLAY DRIVER UNDER WINDOWS NT4. 0, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE WINDOWS NT 4. 0 SERVICE PACK LATER VERSION. 6 OR Step 1 Reboot the system and select "Windows NT 4. 0 (VGA)" from the Boot Menu List. Step 9 The Change Display dialog box reappears with a list of models. And then click OK. Step 2 Right click on the desktop, a flyout appears on the screen. Step 10 A dialog box appears asking if you want to install the selected driver. Step 11 The System Settings Change dialog box appears prompting you to restart your computer. Click on Have Disk to install from a specified disk. Step Step Step 6 The Install From Disk dialog box appears. 7 Insert the Software Pack CD into the CD-ROM drive. 8 Type in the field X:\Drivers\WinNT40 or browse for it. (X: being the CD-ROM drive) Then Click OK. After logging on Windows NT, the "Invalid Display Setting" applet will appear on your screen. You should then determine how you want the display to appear by choosing a resolution, color palette, refresh rate, etc. You can also use the "TEST" button to verify whether the monitor supports the specified resolution and refresh rate. 10 Software Settings Display Properties-Overview Calling up the Display Properties Settings Panel Display properties related to the graphics adapter are all under the Settings tab as shown in the figure below. Click the Properties option to call up the 5-tabbed Display Properties setup panel. Click the Settings tab to switch to the Settings panel. 11 What Settings Panel Does The Settings panel contains two major parts of settings: 1 Screen Settings, including resolution and color depth settings, with a preview window. Advanced Settings, accessed by clicking the Advanced button as shown in the figure below. Settings Panel Advanced Settings Panel Geforce FX 5700 VE is used as the example throughout the manual. 12 Software Settings Display PropertiesScreen Settings Resolution and color depth of your display can be set on the Settings panel (see Page 11). You can also extend your screen to the second device and set its resolution separatly using this panel. To extend the desktop Call up the Settings panel as described in Page 11, the preview window shows you have two display devices connected to your computer, the one(s) in use is in solid blue and white, and the unused one is blurred. To extend your desktop to a second device, click the screen 2 Icon to highlight it (Step 1). [. . . ] For performance reasons, this utility does not allow you to set more than half the available system memory as reported by Windows. Custom Direct3D settings Allows you to save the current settings as a custom "tweak". Once you have found the optimal settings for a particular Direct3D before starting the program and eliminates the need to set each option individually. The PCI Texture Memory Size is unavailable for systems using a AGP bus. 22 34 Software Settings Display PropertiesAdvanced Settings Settings ¾ Advanced settings Model-specific Settings (GeForce FX 5600) Performance and Quality Settings OpenGL settings OpenGL Settings Allows you to adjust the performance and compatibility options of your OpenGL application. Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration This option determines advanced rendering options when using multiple displays. The options include: SingleDisplay Mode, nView Clone/Span Mode, and Multi-Device Compatiblity Mode. Note that Multi-display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nView Multiview mode in Windows NT 4. 0. Custom OpenGL settings A list of the custom settings you have saved. [. . . ]