Gigabyte GV-N430OC-1GL User manual

GV-N430OC-1GL
NVIDIA®GeForceTM GT 430 GraphicsAccelerator
User's Manual
Rev. 101
12MM-N430OGL-101R
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VGA Card
GV-N430OC-1GL
Oct.8,2010
Oct.8,2010
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GV-N430OC-1GL

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Table of Contents
1.Introduction ................................................................................................................ 5
1.1.Features ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.MinimumSystemRequirements .................................................................................... 5
2.HardwareInstallation.................................................................................................. 6
2.1.BoardLayout ................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.HardwareInstallation.................................................................................................... 10
3.SoftwareInstallation...................................................................................................11
3.1.DriverandUtilityInstallation..........................................................................................11
3.1.1. Driver Installation ..........................................................................................................11
3.1.2. GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite on Driver Disk ........................................................... 13
3.2. DisplayPropertiesPages ........................................................................................ 15
3.3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel............................................................................ 16
4.TroubleshootingTips................................................................................................ 24
5.Appendix ................................................................................................................. 25
5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode.............................................................. 25
5.2.ResolutionsandColorDepthTables ............................................................................. 26
5.3.RegulatoryStatements ................................................................................................. 28

- 4 - Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1. Features
•Powered by NVIDIA®GeForceTM GT 430Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
•Supports PCI Express 2.0
•Integratedwith1GBDDR3memory
•SupportsDirectX11
•Supports1HDMIconnector
•Supports1D-Subconnector
•Supports1DVI-Iconnectors
•SupportsHDCP(High-BandwidthDigitalContentProtection)technology
1.2. Minimum System Requirements
•Hardware
- Intel®Pentium®/CoreTM 2orAMDAthlonTM/PhenomTM
- 128MB ofsystemmemory; 2GB or morefor bestperformance
- Opticaldrive forsoftwareinstallation (CD-ROMor DVD-ROMdrive)
- A400Wattpower supplyor aboveis arecommended
•OperatingSystem
- Windows®7
- Windows®Vista
- Windows®XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
- Windows®XPProfessionalx64 Edition

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GV-N430Series GraphicsAccelerator
2. Hardware Installation
2.1. Board Layout
DVI-I Connector
D-Sub monitor Connector
(15-pin)
HDMI Connector
DVI-I
Connector
Digital LCD Monitor
DVI Output
HDMI TV
AnalogLCDMonitor AnalogMonitor
or
HDMI Connector
D-Submonitor
Connector
(15-pin)
GV-N430OC-1GL