Msi Nx6200-td128 User manual

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SER S

UIDE

Version3.0

January2005

G52-V1NNX03

NXSeries

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FCC-BRadio Frequency Interference Statement

Thisequipmenthasbeen tested andfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaclassB

digital device,pursuant topart15ofthe FCC rules. Theselimitsaredesigned to

provide reasonable protectionagainst harmful interferencewhentheequipment

isoperated in acommercialenvironment. Thisequipmentgenerates,usesand

canradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledand used in accordance

withtheinstructionmanual,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio

communications.Operationof thisequipmentin aresidentialarea islikelyto

causeharmful interference,in whichcasetheuserwill berequiredtocorrect

theinterferenceathisownexpense.

Notice 1

Thechangesormodificationsnotexpresslyapprovedbythe partyresponsible

forcompliancecould voidtheuser sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.

Notice 2

ShieldedinterfacecablesandA.C.powercord,if any,must beused inorderto

complywiththeemission limits.

VOIRLANOTICED INSTALLATIONAVANTDERACCORDERAURESEAU.

ThisdevicecomplieswithPart 15ofthe FCCRules. Operation issubject tothe

followingtwoconditions:

(1)thisdevicemaynotcauseharmful interference, and

(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,including interference

thatmaycauseundesired operation.

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MSIhasbeen workingon graphicsproductsforyearsandhasachieved a

superioraccomplishment in variousgraphicsseries. MSI isnotonlydevotedto

delivering thebestproduct quality, but alsotobringing up themost novelsolutions.

HereMSIpresentsthe patentsthatMSI obtainedforusersreference.

Taiwan Patentnumber: 446864

Patentnumber: 192403

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ImportantSafetyPrecautions

Alwaysread andfollowthesebasicsafetyprecautionscarefullywhenhandling

anypieceofelectroniccomponent.

1. KeepthisUser sManualforfuturereference.

2. Keepthisequipmentawayfromhumidity.

3. Laythisequipmentonastable,flatsurfacebeforesetting itup.

4. Theopeningsonthe enclosureareforairconvection,hencethey

protecttheequipmentfromoverheating.

5. Makesurethevoltageofthepowersourceand adjustproperly

110/220Vbeforeconnectingtheequipment tothe powerinlet.

6. Placethepowercordinawaythatpeopleareunlikelytostepon

it.Donotplaceanythingonthepowercord.

7. AlwaysUnplug thePowerCordbeforeinsertinganyadd-oncard

ormodule.

8. Allcautionsand warningson the equipmentshouldbenoted.

9. Neverpouranyliquidintotheopeningthatcoulddamagethe

equipmentorcauseanelectricalshock.

10.Ifanyof thefollowingsituationsarise,getthe equipment checked

byaservicepersonnel:

-The powercordorplugisdamaged

-Liquid haspenetrated intothe equipment

-The equipmenthasbeenexposed tomoisture

-Theequipmenthasnotfunctionedproperlyorinaccordance

withtheUser sGuide

-Theequipmentwasdropped and damaged

-Theequipmenthasobvioussignsof breakage

11.DONOTLEAVETHEEQUIPMENTINANUNCONDITIONED

ENVIRONMENTWITHASTORAGETEMPERATUREOF600C

(1400F)ORABOVE.IT MAYDAMAGETHEEQUIPMENT.

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Chapter1Getting Started

1.1HowtoUsethisGuide.................................................................1-2

1.2ConventionsofthisGuide...........................................................1-3

Chapter2Introduction

2.1SystemRequirements.................................................................2-2

2.2CardList........................................................................................2-3

NX6800 Series.............................................................................2-3

NX6600 Series..........................................................................2-40

Chapter3HardwareInstallation

3.1CardInstallation...........................................................................3-2

3.2D-SubPort(DB 15-Pin)...............................................................3-5

3.3DigitalPanelConnector (DVI-I)...................................................3-6

3.4TV_Out Connector(C).................................................................3-7

3.5TV_Out Connector (S)..................................................................3-7

3.6Video_InConnector (C)...............................................................3-8

3.7Video_InConnector (S)...............................................................3-8

3.8TV_OutConnector (S&C)..........................................................3-9

3.9TV_OutConnector(HDTVintergrated).......................................3-9

3.10TV_Out / Video_InConnector(S&C)......................................3-10

3.11TV_Out/Video_InConnector (HDTV intergrated)...................3-11

Chapter4SoftwareInstallation

4.1Installingthe VGACardDrivers...................................................4-2

4.2InstallingnVIDIACaptureDriver..................................................4-4

4.3Installing OptionalSoftware........................................................4-5

4.4BrowsingtheWeb........................................................................4-5

4.5MoreInformation..........................................................................4-6

4.6DisplayAdjustment......................................................................4-7

Chapter5MSI Live Update3

5.1Installingthe MSILive Update3withMSILive Monitor.............5-2

5.2UsingtheMSILive Update3.......................................................5-3

5.3LiveVGADriver Update................................................................5-4

5.4LiveVGABIOSUpdate.................................................................5-7

5.5LiveUtility...................................................................................5-12

5.6HowtoUsetheMSILive Monitor.............................................5-13

5.7Contact Us.................................................................................5-20

5.8Twin-BIOS™(Optional)............................................................5-21

Chapter6Troubleshooting

6.1GeneralHelp................................................................................6-2

6.2DisplayProblem..........................................................................6-3

CONTENTS

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GETTINGSTARTED

Thisuser sguide isdesignedforaseries ofVGA

cards.Read thischapter first, anditwill give youa

clearinstruction on howtousethisguide.

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Chapter1

1-2

Thisuser sguideisdesignedforaseriesofVGAcards.Beforeyou

startreadingthisguide, findoutthe product nameoftheVGAcardyou

havejustpurchasedon thegiftbox, and lookforthespecification and

function description innext chapter inaccordancewiththeproductname

ofyourVGAcard.

Chapter 2, INTRODUCTION,providesthe briefspecification andfunc-

tionof eachVGAcard. Fordetailed descriptionofall functions,you may

refer tothe rest ofthechapters.NotethattheVGAcardyou purchased

maynotcoverall functionsmentionedherein;therefore,itisrecom-

mended toreadthe “Reference”information first, which indexesthe

correspoding founction descriptionofeachdifferentVGAcard,andthen

find theproperfunction description for yourVGAcardintheother chapters.

Chapter 3,HARDWARE INSTALLATION,tellsyouhowtoinstall yourVGA

cardintoyour computercorrectly, and the function ofeach connector on

theVGAcard.AlsonotethatyourVGAcardmaynot coverall functions

mentionedinthischapter. CheckonChapter2,INTRODUCTION,for

thespecification oftheVGAcardyoupurchasedifyou haveanyproblem

findingthe properfunctiondescriptionfor yourcard.

Chapter 4, SOFTWARE INSTALLATION,describeshowtoinstallMSI

VGAcardsoftwareforWindowsXPor2000,including thedriverand

usefulutilities.

Chapter 5,MSI LIVE UPDATE3, ausefulutilityforyoutoupgrade your

MSI mainboardand VGAcard.Becauseofthispowerfulcapacityof this

utility,you areallowedtoeasilydownloadand automaticallyupgrade

theBIOSand theup-to-datedriverson-line, withoutspending extratime

onsearching Web sitestofindthedesiredBIOSordrivers.

Chapter 6,TROUBLESHOOTING,providesyou thegeneralmethods

tosolveproblemsthat might happentoyour systemorVGAcard.

1.1HowtoUsethisGuide

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1.2ConventionsofthisGuide

Readtheconventions ofthisguide,and itwill give you anideaabout

howthisguideisdesignedandhowthisguide shouldbeused.

Layout

NX6800-TD128

MSIremindsyou...

TV_OutfunctionsonlyworkthroughS-Video connection.

nVIDIAGeForceNXGPU

128MBDDRRAM

FlashBIOS

AGPInterface

Fanconnector

D-SubPort(DB15-Pin)

DVI-Iconnector

TV_OutConnector(S&C)

PackageContents

Unpackthe packageandinspectallthe itemscarefully.Ifanyitem

containedisdamagedormissing,pleasecontact yourlocaldealer

assoonaspossible.Also, keep theboxandpacking materialsin

caseyouneedtoshiptheunit inthefuture.

YourVGAcardpackage shouldcontainthe followingitems:

VGACard

SoftwarePack Cds

Users' Manual

Reference

2.Introduction.......................................................................2-1

3.HardwareInstallation

3.1Card Installation...........................................................3-2

3.2VGA Connector(DB15-Pin)............................................3-4

3.3DigitalPanelConnector(DVI-I).......................................3-5

3.5TV_OutConnector(S)....................................................3-6

4.SoftwareInstallation...........................................................4-1

5.MSILiveUpdate3

5.1InstallingtheMSILiveUpdate3withMSILive Monitor......... 5-2

5.2UsingtheMSILiveUpdate3...........................................5-3

5.3LiveVGA DriveUpdate...................................................5-4

5.4LiveVGA BIOSUpdate....................................................5-8

5.5LiveUtility....................................................................5-14

5.6HowtoUsetheMSILiveMonitor.....................................5-15

5.7ContactUs..................................................................5-22

6.Troubleshooting..................................................................6-1

Theproductname

oftheVGAcard

Thelayoutofthe

VGAcard

Thecomponents

ontheVGAcard

Correspondingfunction for

eachparticularVGAcard

Thepackagecon-

tentsofthisVGA

card

Importantinforma-

tionthatshould be

paid attentionto

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INTRODUCTION

Thischapterprovidesthebriefspecificationand

function of each VGAcard.For detaileddescription

ofallfunctions,you may refertothe restofthe

chapters.NotethattheVGAcardyou purchased

maynotcoverall functionsmentionedherein;

therefore,itisrecommendedtoreadthe “Refer-

ence”informationfirst,whichindexesthe

correspoding function description ofeach differ-

entVGAcard, andthenfindtheproper functionde-

scriptionforyour VGAcardintheotherchapters.

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Chapter2

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2.1SystemRequirements

Toinstall the VGAcard,yoursystemneedstomeetthefollowing

requirements:

Computer Intel®PentiumII/III/4processor,

Intel®Celeron processor,or

compatiblesystem

Expansion Slot AGP/ PCI Expressslot

Monitor VGAsupport,minimum640x480

resolution

OperatingSystem Windows®2000,XP

CD-ROMDrive DoubleSpeedorHigher

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Features &Specifications

NX6800 Series

§SuperscalarGPUarchitecture

Deliversup to8xthe shading powerofpreviousgenerationproducts

forscreaminggaming performance.

§Microsoft®DirectX®9.0ShaderModel 3.0support

Ensurestop-notchcompatibilityandperformanceforallDirectX®9

applications,includingShaderModel3.0titles.

§NVIDIA®CineFX™3.0engine

Powersthenextgenerationof cinematicrealism. Fullsupportfor

Microsoft®DirectX®9.0ShaderModel 3.0enablesstunningand

complexspecialeffects.Next-generationshaderarchitecture

deliversfasterand smoothergameplay.

§High-speedGDDR3memoryinterface

Supportfortheworld sfastest GDDR3memorydeliversfluidframe

ratesforeventhemostadvancedgamesand applications.

(NX6800UltraandNX6800GTonly)

§NVIDIA®UltraShadow™IItechnology

Enhancestheperformanceofbleeding-edgegames,thatfeature

complexsceneswithmultiplelightsourcesand objects.Second-

generationtechnologydeliversmorethan4xtheshadowprocessing

poweroverthepreviousgeneration.

§NVIDIA®Intellisample™3.0technology

Thefastestantialiasingdeliversultra-realisticvisuals,withnojagged

edges, atlightning-fastspeeds.Visual qualityistaken tonew

heightsthroughanewrotatedgrid sampling pattern.

§NVIDIA®ForceWare™Unified DriverArchitecture(UDA)

Deliversrock-solid forwardand backwardcompatibilitywithsoft-

waredrivers.

§NVIDIA®DigitalVibranceControl™3.0

2.2CardList

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Features &Specifications

§NVIDIA®SLI™multi-GPUready

Dramaticallyscalesperformancebyallowing twographics cardsto

be runinparallel.(PCIExpressversionsofNX-6800UltraandNX-

6800GTonly)

§64-bit floatingpoint texturefiltering andblending

§128-bit studio-precision computation

128-bitstudio-precision computationthroughtheentirepipeline

preventsimagedefectsduetolowprecisionand ensuresthebest

imagequalityforeven the mostdemanding applications.

§AGP8XorPCIExpress support

§OpenGL®1.5optimizationsandsupport

Ensurestop-notchcompatibilityand performanceforallOpenGL

applications.

§256-bitmemoryinterfacewithadvancedmemorycontrol

§Full MPEGsupport

Deliversastunning video experiencethroughencoding and decod-

ingofanaloganddigtial content.

§Industry sfirston-chip video processor

§Advancedadaptivede-interlacing

§Dual400MHzRAMDACs

Blazing-fast RAMDACssupport dualQXGAdisplayswithultra-high,

ergonomicrefreshrate-up to2048x1536@85Hz

§Dualsingle-linkDVIsupport

Able todrivethelargestandhighestresolutionflat-paneldisplays.

§OperatingSystemsSupport Windows®XP/ 2000

§Powersupplyof 350 (and up)watt ishighlyrecommendedfor

systemstability

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Features &Specifications

§Specifications(Forreferenceonly)

GraphicsBusTech.

MemoryInterface

MemoryBandwidth(GB/sec.)

FillRate(billion texels/sec.)

Vertices/sec.(million)

MemoryDataRate(MHz)

Pixelsperclock (peak)

Texturesperpixel

(maxin asinglerendering pass)

NX6800Ultra

PCI Express/AGP8X

256-bit

35.2

6.4

600

1100

NX6800GT

PCI Express/AGP8X

256-bit

5.6

525

1000

GraphicsBusTech.

MemoryInterface

MemoryBandwidth(GB/sec.)

FillRate(billion texels/sec.)

Vertices/sec.(million)

MemoryDataRate(MHz)

Pixelsperclock (peak)

Texturesperpixel

(maxin asinglerendering pass)

NX6800

PCI Express/AGP8X

256-bit

22.4

3.9

406

700

GraphicsBusTech.

MemoryInterface

MemoryBandwidth(GB/sec.)

FillRate(billion texels/sec.)

Vertices/sec.(million)

MemoryDataRate(MHz)

Pixelsperclock (peak)

Texturesperpixel

(maxin asinglerendering pass)

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NX6800Ultra-T2D256E

Layout

nVIDIAGeForceNXGPU

256MBDDR3RAM

PCIExpress Interface

SLIInterface

PowerConnector

FanConnector

DVIChip

TV_OutConnector(S)

DVI-IConnector

MSIremindsyou...

NotethattheVGAcardsshownabovemayvaryfromthe

actualcards.Forfurtherinformation,pleasevisitMSI

websiteat http://www.msi.com.tw

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PackageContents

Unpackthepackageand inspectall theitemscarefully.If anyitemcon-

tainedisdamaged ormissing,pleasecontact yourlocal dealerassoonas

possible.Also,keeptheboxandpacking materialsincaseyouneedto

shiptheunit inthefuture.

YourVGAcardpackage should contain thefollowing items:

VGACard

Software

PackCDs

User sManual

Reference

2.INTRODUCTION.............................................................................2-1

3.HARDWAREINSTALLATION.........................................................3-1

3.1CardInstallation......................................................................3-2

3.2D-Sub Port(DB15-Pin)..........................................................3-5

3.3DigitalPanelConnector(DVI-I)..............................................3-6

3.5TV_OutConnector(S)............................................................3-7

4.SOFTWAREINSTALLATION.........................................................4-1

5.MSILIVE UPDATE3........................................................................5-1

5.1InstallingMSILiveUpdate3withMSILiveMonitor..............5-2

5.2UsingtheMSILiveUpdate3...................................................5-3

5.3LiveVGADriveUpdate............................................................5-4

5.4LiveVGABIOSUpdate............................................................5-8

5.5LiveUtility...............................................................................5-14

5.6HowtoUsetheMSI LiveMonitor.........................................5-15

5.7ContactUs.............................................................................5-22

6.TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................6-1

DVI-I/VGA

Adapter

PowerCord

TV-OutS-S

ConnectingCable

(All accessoriesaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.)

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NX6800Ultra-TD256E

Layout

nVIDIAGeForceNXGPU

256MBDDR3RAM

PCIExpress Interface

SLIInterface

PowerConnector

FanConnector

DVIChip

DVI-IConnector

TV_OutConnector(S)

D-Sub Port(DB15-Pin)

MSIremindsyou...

NotethattheVGAcardsshownabovemayvaryfromthe

actualcards.Forfurtherinformation,pleasevisitMSI

websiteat http://www.msi.com.tw

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