User manual GIGABYTE GV-NX73G256D-RH

[. . . ] 15, 2006 GV-NX73G128D / GV-NX73G128D-RH / GV-NX73G256D-RH GeForceTM 7300 GS Graphics Accelerator User's Manual Rev. 104 12MD-NX73G1D-104R * 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 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this may void the warranty of this VGA card Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. [. . . ] Opens Help page GV-NX73G Series Graphics Accelerator - 16 - 3. 1. 5. Taskbar icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-click this icon to open the GIGABYTE 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. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. English Right click the icon. Click "VGA Information" item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs. You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. - 17 - Software Installation English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors. GV-NX73G Series Graphics Accelerator - 18 - After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon area. 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. - 19 - 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. To access more advanced options, click the "Advanced" button. GeForce 7300 GS tab After pressing the Advanced button in Settings, you'll see the Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS Properties dialog box. (You can also click the NVIDIA icon on the taskbar and select Nvidia Display to access the GeForce 7300 GS properties page. ) When you access the GeForce 7300 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. GV-NX73G Series Graphics Accelerator - 20 - 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. The following section introduces display properties settings using the classic NVIDIA control panel interface as the example. GeForce 7300 GS properties This page shows the Adapter, System and Driver version information. You can select other properties from the pop-out menu. - 21 Software Installation English nView Display 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 span/ Vertical span/ Dualview · 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. 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 Model CRT+TV CRT+DVI DVI+TV GV-NX73G128D(-RH) Yes Yes Yes GV-NX73G256D-RH Yes Yes Yes Display Matrix "*" Only Single display mode is available when SLI mode is enabled. Dual-Monitor Setup: You can set the display to output from two monitors on the nView Display Settings page. The GV-NX73G128D/GV-NX73G128D-RH/GV-NX73G256D-RH supports the following modes. (1) Clone Mode: Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of the same 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. 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. [. . . ]