Gigabyte Gv-n62128dp User manual

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GV-N62128DP

GeForce™6200 Graphics Accelerator

User's Manual

Rev. 101

12MD-N62128DP-101

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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. Windows®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. Windows®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

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1. Introduction

1.1. Features

•Powered by NVIDIA®GeForce™6200 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

•Supports AGP 8X

•Integrated with 128MB DDR memory

•Supports DirectX 9.0c

•Support AV / S-Video and HDTV output

•Supports TV-Out and D-Sub connectors

•Supports DVI-I connector

1.2. Minimum System Requirement

•IBM®or 100% PC compatible with Pentium®III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz

class processor or higher

•One available AGP3.0 compliant slot or better

•Operating Systems Windows®2000 / Windows®XP

•64MB system memory

•50MB of available disk space for full installation

•CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

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2. Hardware Installation

2.1. Board Layout

Analog LCD Monitor

NTSC / PAL TV

Projector

S-Video Output

Analog LCD Monitor

Pb/AV Output

HDTV

Digital LCD Monitor

TV-out

VGA Monitor

Connector

(15-pin)

DVI-I Connector

VGA Output

Analog Monitor

VGA Output

DVI-I to D-Sub Connector

DVI Output

TV-Out

DVI-I Connector

VGA Monitor Connector

(15-pin)

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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 power supply case.

3. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily damaged by

static electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator

should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-

static mat.

Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage

to your card. Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the card before

proceeding.

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON

THE CARD.

In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official

Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official Gigabyte BIOS might cause problem

on the graphics card.

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2.2. Hardware Installation

Installing Your Graphics Card.

Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics

accelerator card.

To install your graphics accelerator card:

1. Power off the computer and monitor, then

disconnect the display cable from the back

of your computer.

2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary,

consult your computer's manual for help

in removing the cover.

3. Remove any existing graphics card from

your computer.

Or, if your computer has any on-board

graphics capability, you may need to

disable it on the motherboard. For more

information, see your computer

documentation.

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You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. For detailed

instructions, select your operating system from the list below.

4. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove

the metal cover from this slot; then align

your graphics card with the AGP slot, and

press it in firmly until the card is fully

seated.

After installation, please connect the power cable to your

graphics card, or the system will not boot.

6. Plug the display cable into your graphics

card; then turn on the computer and

monitor.

To TV or VCR

To VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display

5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in

place, and replace the computer cover.

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3. Software Installation

In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:

The installation of Windows®2000 / Windows®XP drivers is very simple. When you insert

the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not

show up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow the guides to setup your graphics card

driver. (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your

graphics accelerator.)

3.1. Windows®XP Driver and Utilities Installation

3.1.1. Operating System Requirement

•When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your

system has installed DirectX 9 or later version.

•If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS or

VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard.

Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver.

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3.1.2. DirectX Installation

Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows®2000

or Windows®XP to achieve better 3D performance.

0Note: For software MPEG support in Windows®2000 or Windows®XP, you must

install DirectX first.

Click "Install DirectX 9" item.

Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and

Click "Next" button.

Step 3. Click "Next" button.

Step 1. When autorun window show up,

click Install DirectX 9 item.

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Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer.

Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.

Installing the components.

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3.1.3. Driver Installation

A. New hardware found

After the graphics card is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will

automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found"

message. The following is the step-by-step installation guide.

Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible)

Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing

The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically.

Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish

Click the "Finish" button to finish the installation.

Click the Next button to install the driver. (There

is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics

accelerator, please insert it now.)

Or click the Cancel button to install the driver

from AUTORUN window.

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B. Driver installation (Autorun Window)

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".

Step 1. When autorun window show up, click

Install Display Driver item.

Click "Install Display Driver" item.

Step 2. Click the Next button.

Step 3. Click the Finish button to restart computer.

Then the driver installation is completed.

Windows installings the components.

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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".

•Install GIGABYTE Utilities (V-Tuner 2):

Step 1. When autorun window show up, please click

the Utilities item.

Click the Utilities item.

Then click the GIGABYTE Utility item.

Step 3. Enter your name and company.

Step 4. Click "Finish" button to restart computer.

Then the V-Tuner2 installation is completed.

Step 2. Click "Next" button.

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V-Tuner 2

V-Tuner 2 lets you monitor the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory

(Core Clock and Memory Clock).

Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status

Select choice of skinOpens Help page

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3.1.5. Taskbar Icon

After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon in the system tray.

Right-clicking this icon opens the GIGABYTE control panel, which shows a menu composed

of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions.

You may select the Display Properties item, and then click Settings. Click Advanced after

clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

Right click the icon.

You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about

the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information.

Click the VGA Information

item into the "VGA Info" and

"Color Adjust" tabs.

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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.

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After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon in your system tray.

Click this icon to open the control panel.

You can adjust the properties

of the graphics accelertaor

from here.

Right click the icon.

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This page shows the Adapter, System and

Driver versions information.

You can click the item to change the color quality.

You can move the slider to change the resolution.

3.1.6. Display Properties pages

To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon in your system tray 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 select other properties from the pop-out menu.

GeForce 6200 properties

To access more advanced options, click the Advanced button.

After pressing the Advanced button in Settings, you'll see Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA

GeForce 6200 Properties dialog box. Click the GeForce 6200 tab. (You can also click the Nvidia

icon in the system tray and select Nvidia Display to access the GeForce 6200 properties page.)

Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting.

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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.

• Click Apply to apply settings or click OK to save settings.

If TV is chosen as the display, you will need to select the

proper TV format. To do this, click "Device Setting" followed

by "Select TV format". Select the format for your television

and then click "Apply" followed by "OK".

nView Display Settings properties

Performance and Quality Settings properties

The sliders lets to decide whether your application should

use quality or high performance texture.

• Application profiles: Select the application profile from the

list of profiles.

• Global Driver Settings: Select the Settings item and move

the slider below to set the degree of antialiasing to used

in Direct3D and OpenGL applications.

• Antialiasing settings: allows to set the degree of the Global

Driver Settings.

Display Model GV-N62128DP

Matrix CRT+TV Yes

CRT+DVI Yes

DVI+TV Yes

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Video Overlay Settings properties

The Video Overlay Settings Properties can adjust Overlay

zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only one

video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display.

The video overlay controls are automatically activated during

playback of any video file type that supports overlay

adjustments. The "Adjust Colors" button will access "Color

Correction" properties page.

Color Correction properties

The Color Correction Properties is used to compensation

for variations in luminance between a source image and its

output on a display device. Adjust the color correction

settings to provide more accurate color reproduction of

images(such as photographs) on your display device. Also,

many 3D-accelerated games may appear too dark to play.

Increasing the brightness and/or the gamma value equally

across all channels makes these games appear brighter and

more playable.

Tools properties

The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently access

various features and presets you've configured in the Display

Properties directly from the Windows taskbar.

• Shortcut tools:

Enabling these options will give you quick access to

NVIDIA features.

• Display Optimization:

Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your

display(s) for optimal viewing and representation of colors.

• Troubleshooting:

If you have a TV connected and it is not being detected,

select the check box below.

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