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NVIDIA Series 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 x16 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 install  

 

 

the graphics driver.

 

  Restart your computer. 

 

 

Press <F8> 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 you are not able to ind the desired monitor color/resolution settings:

 

 

The color and screen resolution options available for selection depend on the graphics card 

 

 

being installed.

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

Summary of Contents for Nvidia GV-N78TWF3-3GD

Page 1: ...technology some of the speciications might be out of date before publication of this this manual The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor...

Page 2: ...lation 5 2 1 SLI Technology 5 3 Software Installation 7 3 1 Driver and Utility Installation 7 3 1 1 Driver Installation 7 3 1 2 GIGABYTE OC Guru II 9 3 2 Display Properties Pages 19 3 3 Accessing NVID...

Page 3: ...inimum System Requirements Hardware Intel Pentium 4 or AMD AthlonTM XP class 2GB system memory 4GB recommended Optical drive for software installation CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Operating System Windows...

Page 4: ...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 5: ...o D sub Monitor To Mini HDMI Monitor To Mini DisplayPort Monitor Step 1 Locate the PCI Express x16 slot If necessary remove the metal cover from this slot then align your graphics card with the PCI Ex...

Page 6: ...GH B If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system the following are required An SLI certiied motherboard with two three PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver An SLI bri...

Page 7: ...river and Utility Installation 3 1 1 Driver Installation After installing the operating system insert the driver disk into your optical drive The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which...

Page 8: ...k the Install NVIDIA Update then click the NEXT button The system is installing the components Step 5 Click the RESTART NOW button to restart the computer Then the driver installation is completed Ste...

Page 9: ...E OC Guru II item Step 2 Choose the language for the installation and click the OK button Step 3 Choose the Typical and click the Next button Step 4 Click the Finish button Then the installation of th...

Page 10: ...set up MONITORING GPU CLOCK MEMORY CLOCK FAN MINIMUM VOLTAGE POWER TARGET OSD ONLINE SUPPORT Function When it s locked GPU CLOCK MEMORY CLOCK MINIMUM VOLTAGE POW ER TARGET can not be changed Function...

Page 11: ...Software Installation MONITORING MONITORING PANEL Show real time GPU Clock MEMORY Clock Click MORE to MONITORING PANEL Function Monitoring Panel Settings Function Start recording Function Stop record...

Page 12: ...ator Monitoring panel settings Function Set up a folder to save the recorded iles Function Show the chosen items on the MONITORING PANEL Function Return to MONITORING Page Function Save the settings F...

Page 13: ...OCK and OFFSET Under most cases BASE CLOCK is smaller equal to BOOST CLOCK MEMORY CLOCK When changing DEFAULT CLOCK represents PLUS and represents MINUS Show GPU OFFSET users can enter numbers directl...

Page 14: ...hows real time fan speed it will show 0 if using a passive graphics card MODE shows Auto mode or Manual mode users can set up in SETTINGS AUTO mode fans will be controlled automatically MANUAL mode us...

Page 15: ...MINIMUM VOLTAGE Show and set up MINIMUM VOLTAGE When changing MINIMUM VOLTAGE represents PLUS and represents MINUS POWER TARGET Show and set up POWER TARGET When changing POWER TARGET represents PLUS...

Page 16: ...nction Set up where OSD will show during games through clicking on one of the 9 squares Function Setup a shortcut key for SOFTWARE On Screen Display OSD Function Setup shortcut keys and a folder to sa...

Page 17: ...he software detects if there is an updated BIOS version available You can download the up dated BIOS version and it installs automatically 2 Update Driver The DRIVER version of your VGA is shown in th...

Page 18: ...lable You can download the updated OC GURU version and it installs automati cally 4 PRODUCT INFO When you are connected to the internet clicking the item will link to the oficial GIGABYTE product page...

Page 19: ...e Advanced button for advanced settings 3 2 Display Properties Pages Display Settings Resolutions and Color Quality for Windows To access Display Settings page right click on desktop and select Person...

Page 20: ...t click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel The NVIDIA Control Panel is used to conigure all your graphics card settings Right click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel In the NV...

Page 21: ...b lish a unique set of 3D settings for a particular game or application Set PhysX coniquration NVIDIA PhysX is a powerful physics engine that can utilize GPU acceleration to provide amazing real time...

Page 22: ...plays Tasks in the Display pages allow you to do the following Move CRT screen position Change resolution Adjust desktop color settings Rotate display Manage custom resolutions Set up multiple display...

Page 23: ...r set tings go to Adjust Video Color Settings under the Video and TV section from the Start page Rotate Display The NVIDIA Rotate features enable you to change the orientation of your desktop to portr...

Page 24: ...lect your preferred nView display modes here Only use one display Single The same on both display Clone Conigured independently from each other Dualview Asonelargehorizontaldesktop Horizontalspan As o...

Page 25: ...th of each display is half the width of the total virtual desktop width Horizontal Span Mode 1 The same on both display Clone Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of...

Page 26: ...n able stereoscopic 3D function you will need 3D displays and glasses The details http www nvidia com object 3d vision main html View Compatibility With Games You can view stereoscopic 3D compatibilit...

Page 27: ...ideo content on your display Select one of the test images to monitor your changes For best results play a video while you make adjustment to view the changes as they happen Adjust Video Image Setting...

Page 28: ...or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you install the graphics driver Restart your computer Press F8 on your keyboard after sy...

Page 29: ...g our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned toxic chemicals Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Statement GIGABYTE will fulill the national laws as interp...

Page 30: ...used batteries properly With your help we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic equipment minimize the use of landills for the disposal of end of life...

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