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ASUS V8170 User’s Manual

FCC DOC &

Compliance

FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and

This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this 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 inter-
ference 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 that to which
the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING!

  The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the

graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations.  Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-
dian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Macrovision Corporation Product Notice

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by
method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned
by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protec-
tion technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended
for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by
Macrovision Corporation
. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.

Summary of Contents for V8170 DDR/T/64M

Page 1: ...1 Introudction Highlights Models R V8170 Series Graphics Card Quick Start Manual Hardware Video Drivers V8170 PRO T 64M V8170 DDR T 64M V8170 MAGIC T 64M 32M V8170 SE T 64M QE1001 ...

Page 2: ... and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe NVIDIA GeForce4 MX460 440 420 andcombinationsthereofaretrademarksofNVIDIACorp Windows MS DOS and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe an...

Page 3: ...ase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit...

Page 4: ...60 440 420 Bringing 3D environments to life Built in 64MB Double Data Rate frame buffer More resolutions and color depths up to 2048x1536 60Hz Lightspeed Memory Architecture II Advanced power behind the GPU delivers outstanding performance at all resolutions up to 6 4 GB Sec bandwidth nVIEW display technology The TV encoder integrates 1024x768 resolution with two independent display pipelines prov...

Page 5: ...d OpenGL acceleration 8 texture mapped filtered lit texels per clock cycle Single pass multitexturing 32 bit colors Z stencil buffer Advanced per pixel lighting texturing and shading Cube environment mapping bump mapping S3 texture compression Integrated TV encoder at 1024x768 resolution Integrated full hardware MPEG 2 decoder processes full frame rate full scene MPEG 2 video Motion compensation a...

Page 6: ... DDR Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS V8170 PRO T 64M Graphics Card PAL or NTSC This User s Manual ASUS V8170 Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard SVHS TV Output 7pin VGA Output Projector S Video Output Graphics Processing Unit NVIDIA TM GeForce4 MX TM 460 GPU Chip Frame Buffer ...

Page 7: ...NTSC This User s Manual ASUS V8170 Driver Utility CD Disc VGA Monitor output 15pin standard VGA Output Projector SVHS TV Output 7pin S Video Output PAL 1 2 3 JP2 JP1 1 2 3 NTSC JP2 JP1 Graphics Processing Unit NVIDIA TM GeForce4 MX TM 440 GPU Chip VGA BIOS Frame Buffer Frame Buffer JP1 JP2 2 H W Setup V8170 DDR T 2 Hardware Setup ...

Page 8: ...S Video Output Graphics Processing Unit NVIDIA TM GeForce4 MX TM 420 GPU Chip Frame Buffer VGA BIOS ASUS V8170 MAGIC T Layout 64MB 32MB DDR Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS V8170 MAGIC T 64M 32M Graphics Card This User s Manual ASUS V8170 Driver Utility CD Disc 2 H W Setup V8170 MAGIC T 2 Hardware Setup ...

Page 9: ...rojector S Video Output Graphics Processing Unit NVIDIA TM GeForce4 MX TM 420 GPU Chip Frame Buffer VGA BIOS ASUS V8170 SE T Layout 64MB SDR Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS V8170 SE T 64M Graphics Card This User s Manual ASUS V8170 Driver Utility CD Disc 2 H W Setup V8170 SE T 2 Hardware Setup ...

Page 10: ... the software drivers and utilities Systems with Existing VGA Card 1 Change your display driver to Standard VGA 2 Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords 3 Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card 4 Restart your computer 5 Install the ASUS V8170 display driver NOTE This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot WARNING Computer boards ...

Page 11: ... to yourgraphics card unplug your computer s power supply before inserting your graphics card into the AGP slot Make sure that the power supply of your motherboard can provide enough electrical current on the 3 3V lead to maintain normal operation Windows 98 and VIA Systems If your motherboard has a VIA based chipset the VIA VGARTD must be installed in normal mode NOTES VGARTD stands forVirtual Gr...

Page 12: ...tem If installing theASUS VGAcard with an existing system disable any VGAcard currently in use refer to how to instructions on page 11 for Windows 98 ME and on page 13 for Windows 2000 XP 2 InserttheVGADrivers supportCD Ifthepreviousdisplaydriverwasuninstalled or there is no display driver the system automatically detects and installs the new Display Driver from the CD ROM Otherwise a menu display...

Page 13: ...ry to disable any existing VGA card currently in use To do so double click on My Computer to enter the Windows Control Panel 2 Click on System and then select Device Manager and then expand the Display adapter icon Highlight the current driver and click on Remove Exit the menu Shut down the computer and insert the new ASUS VGA card Reboot the computer 3 To install a new ASUS VGA card in a new syst...

Page 14: ...ve letter for your CD ROM and browse for the Asusnv9x inf driver file 5 Then check the box No I want to select the hardware from a list 6 Then choose Display adapters and then select the NVIDIA product category and the appropriate GeForce driver Then click on Have Disk 8 Click OK to install the driver After the process is complete shut off the PC and then reboot ...

Page 15: ...the PC If you are installing the ASUS VGA card with an existing system it may be necessary to disable any existing VGA card currently in use To do so double click on My Computer to enter the Windows Control Panel 2 Click on Add Remove Hardware Wizard and then select Uninstall Unplug a device Continue and select Uninstall a device ...

Page 16: ... Driver Installation 3 Display Driver 3 Click on the current VGA card Then continue and select Yes I want to uninstall the device Finish up and shut off the PC Reboot after installing the new ASUS V8170 card Insert your VGA support CD and install drivers ...

Page 17: ...lder on the root drive Shut off the PC Install the newASUSV8170VGAcard Reboot the PC Return to the Control Panel and click on the Add New Hardware Wizard Icon Choose Add Troubleshoot a device Then choose Add a new device 2 InFind New Hardware choose No I want to select the hardware from a list Windows 2000 XP Manual Driver Installation 3 Click on Display adapter In Select a Device Driver choose th...

Page 18: ... 4 Click Browse and select the test folder into which the Win2000 driver files were placed 5 Locate the Asusnv2k inf file and then select Open 6 Then click OK to install the driver file After the process is complete shut off the PC and reboot 3 Display Driver ...

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