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GV-RX13256DP-RH Graphics Accelerator

4. Troubleshooting Tips

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

Check that the card is seated properly in the 

PCI Express x 16

 slot.

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

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

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.)

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

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.

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

®

 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-RX13256DP-RH

Page 1: ...March 23 2006 VGA Card GV RX13256DP RH...

Page 2: ...VGA Card March 23 2006 GV RX13256DP RH...

Page 3: ...ons might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to u...

Page 4: ...d Utilities Installation 10 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement 10 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 11 3 1 3 Driver Installation 12 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD 14 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 17 3 1 6 Display Propert...

Page 5: ...DirectX 9 0C SupportsAV S Video and HDTV output Supports TV Out connector Supports DVI I connector 1 2 Minimum System Requirement IBM or 100 PC compatible with Pentium III 650MHz orAMDAthlon 650MHz c...

Page 6: ...ut VGA Monitor Connector 15 pin DVI I Connector Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor OR VGA Output Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI I to D Sub Connector VGA Output NTSC PAL TV Projec...

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: ...s card 1 Power off the computer and monitor then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer 2 Remove the computer cover If necessary consult your computer s manual for help in removin...

Page 9: ...he graphics card is securely inserted 2 Replace the screws to fasten the card in place and replace the computer cover 3 Plug the display cable into your card then turn on the computer and monitor If y...

Page 10: ...ndingcolor Y Green Pr Red Pb Blue 2 Connecting S Video If your TV has a S Video connection connect the S Video cable from your TV to the S Video Out port on the adapter 3 ConnectingAV Output If your T...

Page 11: ...xt confirmation dialog box appears Figure 3 click Yes to complete the CrossFire configurations How to enable the ATI CrossFireTM technology AfterinstallingtwoCrossFiregraphicscardsofthesamechipset exa...

Page 12: ...p your graphics card driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Driver installation to install the driver for your graphics accelerator 3 1 Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation 3 1 1 Operating...

Page 13: ...r Windows XP you must install DirectX first Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately Step 1 When autorun window show up click the Install DirectX...

Page 14: ...step installation guide Step 1 Found new hardware wizard Video controller VGA Compatible Click the Next button to install the driver There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator...

Page 15: ...run D setup exe Click the Install Display Drivers Radeon X1300 Series item Step 1 When autorun window show up click the Install Display Drivers Radeon X1300 Series item Step 2 Click Next button Step 3...

Page 16: ...n to restart computer ThentheV Tuner2installationiscompleted Step 2 Click the Next button Click the GIGABYTE Utility item 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD Insert the driver CD disk into your CD ROM and th...

Page 17: ...the Next button Click the Hydravision Install item Step 3 Click the Yes button Step 4 Click the Next button Windows installings the components Step 6 Click the Finish button to restart computer Then...

Page 18: ...uner 2 V Tuner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock Adjust core speed Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Adju...

Page 19: ...shortcut 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 chang...

Page 20: ...raphics Accelerator 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...

Page 21: ...tings Advanced ATI CATALYST Control Center tab and press ATI CATALYST tm Control Center button refer to Fig 2 Fig 1 Fig 2 HYDRAVISIONTM HYDRAVISION has everything you need to manage increased amounts...

Page 22: ...or Windows You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box You can click the item to change the color quality Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting You c...

Page 23: ...The left navigation pane displays a tree view that lists all the advanced features The Advanced view is recommended for experienced users Custom View The Custom view allows you to display only the fe...

Page 24: ...perties The Preferences page helps to restore defaults change skins and update the CATALYST Control Center The CATALYST Control Center Preferences page contains the following options Note A profile ap...

Page 25: ...problem report should you require technical support The CATALYST Control Center Help feature offers the following options Help for this Page Help Contents Search Help Go to ATI com About CATALYST Cont...

Page 26: ...le secondary devices such as a TV or use the Wizard to help you configure your display s Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View to set yourdesktopresolution thedisplayrefresh...

Page 27: ...he attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate AvivoTM Color Use AvivoTM Color for ATI graphics cards that supports per display color settings Indep endently set the h...

Page 28: ...y type of 3D application The slider en ables you to adjust for overall systemperformance overall3Dimagequality or a balance between the two HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device su...

Page 29: ...tically adjust to the application s requirements Adaptive Anti Aliasing Adaptive anti aliasing is a technique that ap plies a combination of multi sampling MSAA and super sampling SSAA on 3D objects t...

Page 30: ...when used in conjunction with Mipmapping Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality Setting for performance is best used w...

Page 31: ...ties of materials and surface including hair skin wood and water Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object s surface as it moves into the backgro...

Page 32: ...ar API specific feature If you are not sure which API your 3D applica tion uses consult the documentation of your 3D application All Settings TheAll Settings page combines all of the principal 3D feat...

Page 33: ...use the Contrast control Color Full screen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color Adjusting the Brightness con trol alters the overall brightness Adjusting the Contrast c...

Page 34: ...your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices Adjustments Use AvivoTM Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma Brightness Contrast Satura...

Page 35: ...motion video Adaptive deinterlacing when selected reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks Motion Adaptive deinter...

Page 36: ...over will be able to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart Should the computer be unable to recover from a crash VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering mo...

Page 37: ...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 button on t...

Page 38: ...s manual or manufacturer 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 graphic...

Page 39: ...computer 5 1 2 Reflash BIOS in Windows mode 1 After installing the display drivers you will find a GIGABYTE icon in the lower right corner of the Taskbar Right click to select the VGA utility 2 Updat...

Page 40: ...3 3 1280 x 1024 120 3 3 3 1600 x 1200 100 3 3 3 1792 x 1344 85 3 3 3 1800 x 1440 70 3 3 3 1856 x 1392 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1080 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1200 85 3 3 3 1920 x 1440 75 3 3 3 2048 x 1536 66 3 3 3 Radeo...

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