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101 12MD-NX68U256DB-101 Copyright © 2005 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). 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 Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. EnglishEnglish Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum system requirement ....................................................................... 3 2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board layout ............................................................................................... 4 2.2. Hardware installation ................................................................................... 6 3. Software Installation ............................................................................ 8 3.1. Win® XP driver and utilities installation .......................................................... 8 3.1.1. Operating system requirement ..................................................................................... 8 3.1.2. DirectX installation .......................................................................................................... 9 3.1.3. Driver installation ........................................................................................................... 11 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD .................................................................................................... 13 3.1.5. Taskbar icon ................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.6. Display properties pages ............................................................................................. 18 3.1.7. nView properties pages ............................................................................................... 22 3.2. Win® 2000 driver installation ...................................................................... 27 4. Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 28 5. Appendix .......................................................................................... 29 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS ........................................................................... 29 5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode ................................................................................. 29 5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode ................................................................................ 29 5.2. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows® XP) .................................. 30 GV-NX68U256D-B Graphics Accelerator - 2 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 Ultra Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x 16 • Integrated with 256MB DDR III memory • Supports DirectX 9.0 • Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology note • Supports TV-Out connector • Supports 2 DVI-I connectors 1.2. Minimum system requirement • IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher • One PCI Express x 16 slot • Operating Systems Win® 2000 / Win® XP • 64MB system memory • 50MB of available disk space for full installation • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Note: SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name (i.e. GV-NX68U256D-B) and from the same vendor (i.e. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). English -3 - Introduction EnglishEnglish 2. Hardware Installation TV-out DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 NTSC / PAL TV Projector AV Output S-VideoOutput Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output VGA Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter 2.1. Board Layout TV-Out DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 GV-NX68U256D-B Graphics Accelerator - 4 Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the pow...