User manual GIGABYTE GV-N76G256D-RH

[. . . ] 31, 2006 GV-N76G256D-RH GeForce TM 7600 GS Graphics Accelerator User's Manual Rev. 101 12MD-N76G2DR-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. 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 property of their respective owners. Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. [. . . ] Click the Next button. Windows installings the components. Step 3. Then the driver installation is completed. GV-N76G256D-RH 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: Step 1. When autorun window show up, please click the Utilities item. Then click the GIGABYTE Utility item. Step 2. Click this icon to open the control panel. on the taskbar's status English Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelerator from here. - 17 - Software Installation English 3. 1. 6. Display Properties pages To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar and select Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. The Display Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area, and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows) You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box. You can move the slider to change the resolution. Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting. To access more advanced options, click the Advanced button. GV-N76G256D-RH Graphics Accelerator - 18 - GeForce 7600 GS tab After pressing the Advanced button in Settings, you'll see the Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Properties dialog box. (You can also click the NVIDIA icon on the taskbar and select Nvidia Display to access the GeForce 7600 GS properties page. ) When you access the GeForce 7600 GS tab page for the first time, you'll see two items in the left submenu: Launch Page All of the NVIDIA control panels have been consolidated into a single application, the NVIDIA Control Panel. Click the Start the NVIDIA Control Panel button to open the NVIDIA Control Panel. In the NVIDIA Control Panel, select a category to alter specific NVIDIA display settings. English Control Panel User Interface You can choose one of the two user interfaces below: · Classic NVIDIA Control Panel When you select this item and click Apply, a submenu that provides the NVIDIA display properties settings will appear on the left side. · 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. - 19 Software Installation English The following section introduces display properties settings using the classic NVIDIA control panel interface as the example. GeForce 7600 GS properties This page shows the Adapter, System and Driver version information. You can select other properties from the pop-out menu. nView Display Settings properties 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. If TV is chosen as the display, you will need to select the proper TV format. Select the format for your television and then click Apply followed by OK. Display Matrix Model CRT+TV CRT+DVI DVI+TV GV-N76G256D-RH Yes Yes Yes GV-N76G256D-RH Graphics Accelerator - 20 - 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. Clone Mode English (2) Horizontal Span Mode: Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one wide virtual desktop. [. . . ] (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. 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. For more assistance, use the Troubleshooting Guide located in the Windows® Help or contact your computer manufacturer. [. . . ]