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Troubleshooting Tips

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4. Troubleshooting Tips

The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer
or GIGABYTE for more advanced troubleshooting information.

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Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x 16 slot.

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Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector.

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Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power.

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If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your motherboard. For

more information, consult your computer's manual or manufacturer.

(NOTE: Some manufacturers do not allow the built-in graphics to be disabled or

to become the secondary display.)

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Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when

you installed the graphics driver.

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Restart your computer.
Press the F8 key on your keyboard after system starts up. When the Windows
Advanced Options Menu appears, select Safe Mode and press Enter.
After getting into Safe Mode,  in Device Manager check whether the driver for the
graphics card is correct.

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For more assistance, use the Troubleshooting Guide located in the Windows

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Help or contact your computer manufacturer.

If necessary, adjust your monitor's setting by monitor's adjust panel to make the
screen looks focused, crisp, and sharp. (Please refer to the monitor's manual.)

Summary of Contents for GV-NX78T256V-B

Page 1: ...Aug 1 2005 VGA Card GV NX78T256V B...

Page 2: ...VGA Card Aug 1 2005 GV NX78T256V B...

Page 3: ...s Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card this may void the warranty of this VGA card Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of...

Page 4: ...and utilities installation 9 3 1 1 Operating system requirement 9 3 1 2 DirectX installation 9 3 1 3 Driver installation 11 3 1 4 Utilities on driver CD 13 3 1 5 Taskbar icon 15 3 1 6 Display propert...

Page 5: ...pter and DVI I connector 1 2 Minimum system requirement IBM or 100 PC compatible with Pentium III 650MHz orAMDAthlon 650MHz class processor or higher One PCI Express x 16 slot Operating Systems Window...

Page 6: ...1 Board Layout GV NX78T256V B VIVO DVI I Connector 2 DVI I Connector 1 Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output VGA Output DVI I to D Sub Adapter NTSC PAL TV Projector Y S Video Output Pb AV...

Page 7: ...parated from the system The card contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed Unpac...

Page 8: ...ve the computer cover If necessary consult your computer s manual for help in removing the cover 3 Remove any existing graphics card from your computer Or if your computer has any on board graphics ca...

Page 9: ...supply connector We suggest you to connect both of the two power cables on the graphics card to the power supply to achieve optimal graphics performance 3 Plug the display cable into your graphics ca...

Page 10: ...SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x 16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration...

Page 11: ...2000 Windows XPdriversisverysimple Whenyouinsertthe driver CD into your CD ROM drive you can see theAUTORUN window if it does not show up run D setup exe Then you can follow the guides to setup your...

Page 12: ...Accelerator 10 English Step 4 Click Finish to restart computer Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed Installingthecomponents Step 2 Choose I accept the agreement and click the Next button Step...

Page 13: ...nstallation guide Step 1 Found new hardware wizard Video controller VGA Compatible Click Next button to install the driver There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator please ins...

Page 14: ...o your CD ROM and then you can see theAUTORUN window If it does not show up please run D setup exe Step 1 When autorun window show up click Install Display Driver item Step 2 Click Next button Step 3...

Page 15: ...w If it does not show up please run D setup exe Install GIGABYTE Utility V Tuner 2 Step 3 Enter your name and company Step 4 Click the Finish button to restart computer Thentheutilitiesinstallationisc...

Page 16: ...or 14 English V Tuner 2 V Tuner 2 lets you monitor the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Sele...

Page 17: ...hortcut of the graphics card s enhanced and other functions You may click the Display Properties item and then click Settings Click Advanced after clicking Settings Click the appropriate tab to change...

Page 18: ...lerator 16 English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments such as brightness contrast and gamma values f...

Page 19: ...ish After installation of the display drivers you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar s status area Click this icon to open the control panel Youcanadjustthepropertiesof the graphics accelerator fr...

Page 20: ...lor the range of display area and the refresh rate Settings Resolutions and Color depth for Windows You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box To access more ad...

Page 21: ...ct the format for your television and then click Apply followed by OK nView Display properties Performance and Quality Settings properties The sliders lets to decide whether your application should us...

Page 22: ...Adjust the color correction settings to provide more accurate color reproduction of images such as photographs on your display device Also many 3D accelerated games may appear too dark to play Increa...

Page 23: ...the screen If your monitor is capable of operating in either Landscape or Portrait mode you can adjust the screen by this properties Landscape 0 degree rotation Portrait 90 degree rotation Inverted La...

Page 24: ...check box Click Enable button to turn on all the nView Desktop Man agerfeatures 3 1 7 nView properties pages nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your gra...

Page 25: ...d A Or right click on Desktop select Properties Settings Advanced GeForce 7800 GT Double click Desktop Management item on the pop up menu Method B Method A Method B Double clickDesktopManagementtoseem...

Page 26: ...a record all nView display settings for easy softwaresetup nView Windows properties This tab allows you to control of window and dialog box placement when using multiple monitors nView Applications pr...

Page 27: ...ies This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops nView User Interface properties This tab allows customization of the nView user interface nView Effects properties This tab provides special...

Page 28: ...zoom functionality on the desktop Alsoenablesfullscreenvideoplaybackviathevideomirroring controlbutton nView Hot Keys properties This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key co...

Page 29: ...Software Installation 27 English nView Tools properties ThistabcanimprovenViewfunctionalityformobileanddesktop users...

Page 30: ...TORUN window will show up Click Install Display Driver item and follow the wizard to install the driver If Windows does not show the CD automatically please run following steps 1 Click the Start butto...

Page 31: ...ufacturer NOTE Some manufacturers do not allow the built in graphics to be disabled or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you...

Page 32: ...in MS DOS mode For Windows 2000 XP you need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS DOS mode 3 Change the command prompt to A 4 To back up the current BIOS at the A prompt type BIOS flash utilit...

Page 33: ...640 x 480 60 240 3 3 3 720 x 480 60 3 3 3 720 x 576 60 3 3 3 800 x 600 60 240 3 3 3 848 x 480 60 240 3 3 3 960 x 600 60 240 3 3 3 1024 x 768 60 200 3 3 3 240 3 3 X 1088 x 612 60 200 3 3 3 240 3 3 X 1...

Page 34: ...M Resolution Hz Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1024 60 100 3 3 3 120 3 3 X 1600 x 1200 60 100 3 3 3 120 3 3 X 1920 x 1080 30 85 3 3 3 100 3 3 X 1920 x 1200 60 85 3 3 3 100 3 3 X 1920 x 1440...

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