ASUS
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PhysX
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Installation Guide
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Page 2: ... FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR ...
Page 3: ...ents 1 1 2 Card Installation 1 1 3 Driver Installation 3 2 PhysXTM control panel 6 2 1 Lanuching PhysX Control Panel 6 2 2 Info 7 2 3 Demo 7 2 4 Settings 8 2 5 Help 8 3 Troubleshooting 9 3 1 Problems and solutions table 9 3 2 Verifying the PhysXTM Card 10 3 3 Verifying the PhysXTM Driver 11 4 Uninstalling the Driver and Utilities 12 ...
Page 4: ...equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from t...
Page 5: ...broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing devices on your motherboard carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not damaged If you detect any damage contact your dealer immediately To avoid short circ...
Page 6: ... for most games 50MB free hard disk space or greater PCI Slot revision 2 2 or later 3 3V Free 4 pin Peripheral Power Cable Before the installation check your ASUS PhysX card package for the following items ASUS PhysXTM PPU card ASUS PhysXTM PPU support CD Product serial number CD serial number When the above items are ready you can begin the installation that includes two steps 1 card installation...
Page 7: ...elow for the barcket screw hole 8 Connect one 4 pin Peripheral Power Cable to the power connector on the card as shown below Goldfingers bracket screw hole 4 pin Peripheral Power Cable 6 Align and insert the PhysX card into the PCI slot until it seats in place Make sure the goldfingers are properly inserted to the slot ...
Page 8: ...alled the ASUS PhysX card the Found New Hardware Wizard window may pop up before or during driver installation See figure below 1 3 Driver installation To install the device driver 1 Click Cancel from the Found New Hardware wizard window 2 Insert the ASUS PhysX support CD into your optical drive If autorun is enabled the ASUS PhysX Card Driver screen appears automatically Go to step 5 If Autorun is...
Page 9: ...con The ASUS PhysX Card Driver screen appears 5 From the ASUS Card Driver screen double click Install Driver The Setup prepares the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the program setup process 6 Click Next on the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen ...
Page 10: ... by default 8 Click I Agree on the License Agreement window or click Cancel to exit the installation program The ASUS PhysX device drivers are copied onto your system The installation may take several minutes to complete 9 Click Close on the Setup Completed window to exit the ASUS PhysX Installer and complete the installation ...
Page 11: ...river and hardware information view demos adjust system settings and access technical support service 2 1 lanuching PhysX Control Panel To launch the ASUS PhysX control panel Select Start Control Panel AGEIA PhysX Or Right click the System Tray Icon then select Ageia PhysX Settings Note If you have not installed the ASUS PhysX card yet a window will tell you to install the card and a pop up dialog...
Page 12: ...7 ASUS PhysXTM Installation Guide 2 2 Info The Info tab displays the PhysX driver and hardware information 2 3 Demo In the Demo tab you can click the PhysX boxes Demo icon to launch the installed demo ...
Page 13: ...ick Start Extended Diagnostics to run extended diagnostics on the ASUS PhysX card The text box displays the result of the diagnostics Click Save Report to File to save the diagnostics result for future technical support use 2 5 Help In the Help tab you can Click Check for Updates Online button to obtain your device driver update information or update it online Click Documentation for more document...
Page 14: ...e C o m p u t e r message appears during driver installation 4 pin Peripheral Power Cable is not plugged into the card Cause Solution Problem Follow the instruction in Verifying the PhysX card on page 10 I need to verify the ASUS PhysX card is successfully installed Cause Solution Follow the instruction in Verifying the PhysX card driver on page 11 Cause Solution I need to verify the ASUS PhysX de...
Page 15: ... in device list you may have to re install the card or and plug power cable into the card 5 Right click PhysX Card then select Properties 6 Click General tab 7 Check if the Device Status text box displays This device is working properly messege if it does go to step 9 8 If Device Status does not show the message try re installing ASUS PhysX device driver or use Windows troubleshooting 9 Exit Devic...
Page 16: ...ick Device Manager 3 If the ASUS PhysX card and driver have been successfully installed and power is supplied to the card the PhysX card icon is listed in the Device Manager window 4 Right click PhysX card icon then select Properties 5 Click Driver tab 6 The Driver Properties window displays the PhysX Card Device Driverʼs information 7 Exit Device Manager ...
Page 17: ...om your computer Or Click No to keep the PhysX driver and utilities on your computer 4 Uninstalling the Driver and Utilities To uninstall PhysX driver and utilities 1 Select Start Control Panel Add or Remove Programs 2 Find PhysX icon click it 3 Click Remove button 4 Select the language of the uninstaller then click OK ...
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