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3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX 9

Windows 2000

1. Turn on your computer.  Windows 2000 automatically detects the graphics card.  The “Found New 

Hardware Wizard” dialog box appears, informing you that a display adapter has been detected.

2. Select the “Search for a suitable driver” option and click the Next button.

3. Insert the 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 Ultra CD into your CD-ROM drive.

4. In the Optimal serach locations list, check the CD-ROM drivers box and click the Next button.

5. The Driver file search results will identify the graphics card as Creative GB0030 (AGP version) or 

Creative GB0050 (PCI version) and locate the driver files in 
D:\GRAPHICS\ENGLISH\WIN2KDRV location (D: represents your CD-ROM drive).  Click the 
Next button.

6. When the “Digital Signature not Found” dialog box appears, click the Yes button to continue the 

installation.

7. When the installation is complete, click the Finish button.

8. After the installation is complete, click Start on the Windows Taskbar and click Run.

9. In the Run dialog box, type D:\GRAPHICS\ENGLISH\SETUP.EXE and click on the Ok button.

10. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup.  If you do not install all the applications 

now, you can install them later.

Summary of Contents for 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX GB0030

Page 1: ...Contents Introduction 0 0 12 3 4 5 647 8 9 5 87 2 2 2 3 2 9 Serial and Model Numbers 8 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...Before You Begin 8 28 8 Minimum System Requirements A B1 11 C9 1D 8 5 7E 5 7 5 7 28 3 F3 3 D 5 7 2 E G Updating Drivers 3 Preliminary step for Windows 95 users 3 3 3 3 2 0 D 58 7 D 58 7 D 5 8 7 D 5 8...

Page 3: ...Installing Your Graphics Card To install the graphics card D 8 G 4 G 4 1 8 5 7 B H 3...

Page 4: ...F 3 3 3 8 2 2 I 4 I 3 I 0 3...

Page 5: ...Installing Software 3 G 3 F 5 7 D 3 F3 3 D 4 J 8 0 G 58 7 5 8 7 F D 5 7 Windows 95 Retail version 3 3 3 28 D 3 5 G 28 73 3 5 7 0 5 7 1 3 1...

Page 6: ...After the system has restarted proceed to install the applications Click Start then click Run 12 In the Run dialog box type D GRAPHICS ENGLISH SETUP EXE and click the OK button 13 Follow the instructi...

Page 7: ...an Update Driver Warning message telling you that the driver you selected may not work correctly You must click the Yes button to confirm that you want to use the selected driver Otherwise the system...

Page 8: ...tton 5 Click the Finish button 6 When prompted to restart your system click the Yes button 7 After the system has restarted proceed to install the applications Click Start Run 8 Insert the 3D Blaster...

Page 9: ...ts will identify the graphics card as Creative GB0030 AGP version or Creative GB0050 PCI version and locate the driver files in D GRAPHICS ENGLISH WIN2KDRV location D represents your CD ROM drive Clic...

Page 10: ...ing Mode dialog box reappears If the test bitmap is properly displayed click the Yes button If not click the No button A warning message will be displayed Click the OK button and repeat steps 3 to 6 c...

Page 11: ...ntrol shows you how to use the BlasterControl utility to customize your screen resolution color depth and refresh rate in Windows To open the Help file for BlasterControl Click Start select Programs s...

Page 12: ...pped filtered lit texels per clock cycle NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer per pixel rendering engine Delivers fill rates of up to 700 megatexels per second 2nd generation transform and lighting T L engines P...

Page 13: ...reen full motion video playback Multi tap bilinear video scaling and filtering Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion DVD sub picture alpha blended compositing Drivers Windows NT...

Page 14: ...44 150 170 200 240 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 1152x864 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170...

Page 15: ...monitor setting the monitor connected to the 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX card remains blank even though the card and its drivers have been installed Cause If 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX s drivers are...

Page 16: ...s selected Click the Change Display Type or Advanced Properties button Select the Monitor tab and change the setting if necessary Use a lower refresh rate or the adapter s default For details on this...

Page 17: ...oes not run double click on Graphics double click on English and double click the Setup icon 3 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Problems Using Software When you resta...

Page 18: ...1 3 2 H F 3 1 3 Problem with OpenGL Applications When starting OpenGL Screen Saver or applications in Windows 98 the message No local buffer memory available appears G 8 2 3 3 6 3 78 489 D 3 7 6 4 Ope...

Page 19: ...ource conflicts similar to the following Memory Range used FEDC0000 FEDDFFFF used by PCI standard PCI to PCI bridge Memory Range used FD800000 FDFFFFFF used by PCI standard PCI to PCI bridge Memory Ra...

Page 20: ...7 5Q Q7 3 2 3 3 P 8 P 8 4 3 C 4 3 8 8 8 3 8 4 8 C 8 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 Q Q 3 3 2 4 44 88 8 8 4 3 4P 3 P 4 3 4 88 0 8 C 4 3 0 0 8 8 P4 8 P8 3 4 2 08 44 4 4 0 8 RP 4 8 4 8 0 8 4 8 0 3 8 4 8 P 3 S S 3 3 P 3 3...

Page 21: ...s contain notices for various countries CAUTION This device is intended to be connected by the user to a CSA TUV UL certified listed IBM AT or compatible personal computers in the manufacturer s defin...

Page 22: ...Ltd Copyright 2000 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 October 2000 Annihilator Annihilator 2 MX Blaster and BlasterControl are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd NVIDIA and GeF...

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