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AMD Radeon  R9 290 Series

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Summary of Contents for Radeon R9 290 Series

Page 1: ...AMD Radeon R9 290 Series User Guide Part Number 53873_enu_1 0...

Page 2: ...tion o its subsidia ies in the United States and othe count ies Linux is a egiste ed t ade a k of Linus To va ds Windows and Windows Vista a e egiste ed t ade a ks of the Mic osoft Co po ation in the...

Page 3: ...nce Heed all warnings A wa nings ega ding the p oduct and its ope ating inst uctions shou d be obeyed Use appropriate grounding Caution Fo continued p otection against the isk of e ect ic shock and fi...

Page 4: ...iv AMD Radeon R9 290 Series 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc...

Page 5: ...ol Center Software 11 4 1 Control Center Overview 11 4 2 Starting the Control Center Software 11 4 3 Using the Control Center Help System 12 Chapter 5 Reference 15 5 1 Troubleshooting 15 5 1 1 Graphic...

Page 6: ...n 22 5 3 8 C Tick Australia and New Zealand 23 5 3 9 Product Environmental Compliance 23 5 3 10 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Compliance European Union 24 vi AMD Radeon R9 2...

Page 7: ...a e st ong y eco ended fo a ist of ce tified powe supp ies see ati a d co ce tifiedpsu 4 GB RAM 6 GB RAM o g eate is eco ended fo AMD C ossFi e techno ogy CD ROM o DVD ROM d ive fo insta ing softwa e...

Page 8: ...The e phasized nu be s in bo d a e e ui ed fo egist ation and f ee suppo t Figure 1 1 Sample Serial and Part Numbers 2 Getting Started AMD Radeon R9 290 Series 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc...

Page 9: ...t 2 Tu n off and disconnect you co pute syste 3 If needed e ove any o d g aphics ca d s 4 Insta the new g aphic ca d 5 Reasse b e and connect you co pute syste and disp ay s 6 Sta t the co pute syste...

Page 10: ...seated 7 If you ca d e ui es supp e enta y powe and ust be connected di ect y to the powe supp y ocate the app op iate powe connecto cab e s f o the powe supp y and connect it o the to the g aphics c...

Page 11: ...e such as a g aphics ca d When you insta a new g aphics ca d you ust a so insta the d ive and configu ation softwa e the ca d e ui es to function p ope y You a so need to insta o einsta you AMD Radeon...

Page 12: ...6 Hardware and Software Installation AMD Radeon R9 290 Series 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc...

Page 13: ...igure 3 1 AMD Radeon R9 290 Display Connections 1 Disp ayPo t DP connection Ca ies video and audio signa s to Disp ayPo t co p iant devices 2 HDMI connection Type A Ca ies video and audio signa s to H...

Page 14: ...ection f o a Disp ayPo t connection to a non Disp ayPo t disp ay using Disp ayPo t signa s Passive dong es A ows connection f o a Disp ayPo t connection to a non Disp ayPo t disp ay using non Disp ayP...

Page 15: ...ct a disp ay to you g aphics ca d using an adapte 1 Tu n off you co pute and disp ay 2 P ug the adapte into the connection f o you AMD Radeon g aphics ca d and tighten the thu bsc ews if the e a e any...

Page 16: ...ies Note The Cont o Cente softwa e app ication can a so enab e and configu e u tip e onito s b To access the basic u ti onito configu ation settings c ick the Settings tab c Se ect the onito icon iden...

Page 17: ...easy access to a avai ab e featu es and settings It a so p ovides a sea ch featu e fo finding specific pages as we as the abi ity to book a k pages by pinning the within the app ication The fo owing...

Page 18: ...supe use befo e unning the co and amdcccle Run the co and sudo amdcccle and p ovide the supe use passwo d when p o pted Run the co and amdxdg su c amdcccle and p ovide the supe use passwo d when p o...

Page 19: ...The he p syste opens to p ovide context sensitive he p fo the cu ent page o gene a usage info ation Using the Control Center Software 13 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD Radeon R9 290 Series...

Page 20: ...14 Using the Control Center Software AMD Radeon R9 290 Series 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc...

Page 21: ...ches the othe boa d Fo o e info ation on bus types see know edgebase a tic e GPU 59 How to Install AMD Graphics Hardware 5 1 1 2 The computer beeps and the boot process stops Make ce tain that the g a...

Page 22: ...ftwa e is sti insta ing Wait 20 30 inutes to ake su e the softwa e has finished insta ing and then esta t the co pute 5 1 2 HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting The fo owing t oub eshooting tips ay he p if yo...

Page 23: ...o e t oub eshooting steps see know edgebase GPU 10 Inability to Select a Specific Resolution for a Display Device in AMD Catalyst Control Center 5 2 Customer Care The AMD Custo e Ca e Web site has nu...

Page 24: ...nfo ation app ies to C ass A and C ass B p oducts 5 3 1 FCC Compliance Information USA Class A This device co p ies with Pa t 15 of the FCC Ru es Ope ation is subject to the fo owing conditions 1 this...

Page 25: ...o owing easu es Re o ient o e ocate the eceiving antenna Inc ease the sepa ation between the e uip ent and eceive Connect the e uip ent to an out et on a ci cuit diffe ent f o that to which the eceive...

Page 26: ...ation Techno ogy E uip ent I unity Cha acte istics Li its and Methods of Measu e ents 5 3 4 Electrical Safety Eu ope The Low Vo tage Di ective 2006 95 EC EN 60950 1 Safety of Info ation Techno ogy E...

Page 27: ...ay be e ui ed to take co ective actions VCCI V 3 Class B T ans ation This is a C ass B p oduct based on the standa d of the VCCI Counci If this is used nea a adio o te evision eceive in a do estic en...

Page 28: ...ss B E uip ent Househo d pu pose info te eco unications e uip ent As this e uip ent has unde gone EMC egist ation fo househo d pu pose this p oduct can be used in any a ea inc uding esidentia a ea KN2...

Page 29: ...ion 182 AS NZS CISPR 22 5 3 9 Product Environmental Compliance This p oduct ay ca y a a king si i a to those be ow that indicates its eve of co p iance with China RoHS standa ds Fo info ation on China...

Page 30: ...ste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Compliance European Union This p oduct was anufactu ed by Advanced Mic o Devices Inc 24 Reference AMD Radeon R9 290 Series 2013 Advanced Micro De...

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