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NVIDIA Graphics Card and

Driver Installation Guide

Version 2.0

November 4, 2000

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Summary of Contents for P Class 733/800/866MHz / 1GHz

Page 1: ...NVIDIA Graphics Card and Driver Installation Guide Version 2 0 November 4 2000 ...

Page 2: ...rporation Specifications mentioned in the software are subject to change without notice NVIDIA Corporation products are not authorized for use as critical components in life support devices or systems without express written approval of NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA the NVIDIA logo GeForce GeForce Ultra GeForce2 MX GeForce2 GTS GeForce 256 Quadro NVIDIA Quadro Vanta NVIDIA Vanta TNT2 NVIDIA TNT2 TNT N...

Page 3: ...3 1 INSTALLING THE HARDWARE 6 3 2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE NVIDIA DRIVERS 6 3 2 1 Installing NVIDIA Drivers Windows NT 4 0 6 3 2 2 Installing NVIDIA Drivers Windows 2000 12 4 VIEWING DISPLAY PROPERTIES OF THE NVIDIA CARD 18 4 1 VIEWING DISPLAY PROPERTIES OF THE NVIDIA CARD WINDOWS NT 4 0 18 4 2 VIEWING DISPLAY PROPERTIES OF THE NVIDIA CARD WINDOWS 2000 21 5 UNINSTALLING NVIDIA DRIVERS 25 5 1 UNINST...

Page 4: ...u need the following hardware Intel Pentium II 233 MHz or compatible CPU with Monitor Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 1 0 2 0 Compliant Motherboard NOTE Some systems have integrated graphics functionality on the motherboard Contact your motherboard manufacturer to find out how to disable your on board graphics NVIDIA Graphics Card You must have one of the following NVIDIA graphics cards ready to ins...

Page 5: ...ut of the static protective bag until you are grounded You can ground yourself by using an antistatic wrist strap 2 3 2 Removing an Existing Graphics Card If you are replacing an existing graphics card in your computer with the NVIDIA graphics card it is recommended that you set your display driver to Standard VGA before shutting down your computer To set your display driver to Standard VGA and re...

Page 6: ...s Settings window appears 2 Click the Advanced button and then the Adapter tab 3 Click the Properties button and then the Driver tab 4 Click the Uninstall button then click OK 5 Important Click No each time you are asked to restart the computer and continue to click OK until the Display Properties window is closed 6 Click Start Shut Down to open the Shutdown window 7 Be sure that the Shutdown opti...

Page 7: ...phics card are securely seated in the AGP slot 8 Once the card has been installed properly in its slot use the bracket screw you previously removed in Step 4 to secure it to the computer 9 Connect the VGA monitor cable to the 15 pin connector on your NVIDIA graphics card 10 If you have an NVIDIA dual head card for example a GeForce2 MX card it may contain additional connector pins for a DFP or TV ...

Page 8: ...ation files to your Windows NT 4 0 desktop 5 Right click on the Disk 1 folder and select Properties to open he Disk 1 Properties window 6 Write down the path that appears in the Location field you ll need to point to this information during NVIDIA driver installation 7 If the Display Properties Settings window isn t already open right click on desktop select Properties and click the Settings tab 8...

Page 9: ...and the VGA compatible display adapter choice appears in the Display list If these choices do not appear or are not already highlighted search for the choice then click VGA compatible display adapter to highlight it 11 Click Have Disk to open the Install from Disk window 12 Click Browse If the error message A is not accessible appears click Cancel to close the message window and open the Locate Fi...

Page 10: ... open the next Locate File window 14 Make sure the NVHC INF file is displayed on the Locate File window above then click to highlight the file Click Open to open the Install from Disk window 15 Make sure the correct path to your Disk 1 folder appears in the above window Then click OK to open the Change Display window ...

Page 11: ...NVIDIA GeForce2 MX HP Commercial is selected as an example Click OK to open the Third party Drivers window 17 Click Yes to open the Insert Disk window 18 Click OK to open the Files Needed window 19 Click Browse If the error message A is not accessible appears click Cancel to close the message window and open another Locate File window as shown below ...

Page 12: ...sk 1 folder and click Open to open the next Locate File window 21 Make sure the NV4_mini sys file appears click to highlight the file then click Open to open the Files Needed window 22 Make sure the correct path to the location of your Disk 1 folder appears in the above Files Needed window Then click OK to open the Installing Drivers window ...

Page 13: ...tem follow these steps 1 Be sure that you have completed the steps in Installing the NVIDIA Graphics Card to install your NVIDIA Graphics card on your computer that is running Windows 2000 2 Have on hand the NVIDIA Driver Installation files for your NVIDIA graphics card 3 Once your computer starts up the Found New Hardware Wizard window appears automatically NOTE Do not click Next or Cancel leave ...

Page 14: ...cation when you install the NVIDIA drivers 26 Click OK to close the Disk 1 Properties window The Found New Hardware Wizard window should still appear on your desktop 27 Click Next to open the Install Hardware Device Drivers window 9 Click the Display a list of the know drivers for this device option then click Next to open the Select a Device Driver window ...

Page 15: ...ass option A list of Manufacturers and associated Models appears as shown below 11 From the above window click NVIDIA in the Manufacturers list then click the name of your installed NVIDIA card from the Models list Click Have Disk to open the Install from Disk window 12 Click Browse to open the Locate File window ...

Page 16: ... sure the path to your Disk 1 folder is displayed correctly in the Install from Disk window If the correct path doesn t appear click Browse and find the correct path Click OK to open a Select a Device Driver window as shown below 15 Select the name of the NVIDIA card installed on your computer Click Next 16 If the above Update Driver Warning message appears click Yes to continue installing the dri...

Page 17: ... Installation Guide 16 17 Click Next 18 If the above Update Driver Warning message appears click Yes to continue installing the drivers The Start Device Driver Installation window appears 19 Click Finish to complete the driver installation process ...

Page 18: ...Guide 17 20 Important Restart your computer for the changes to take effect NOTE Once Windows 2000 is up and running to view the configuration and display properties of your new NVIDIA graphics card go to Viewing Display Properties of the NVIDIA Card Windows 2000 ...

Page 19: ...to view the display properties of your NVIDIA graphics card 1 Once the computer has started you may see the following message 2 If you see the above message click OK to close the window and open the Display Properties window If the Display Properties window doesn t appear right click on your Windows desktop and select Properties 3 Click the Settings tab to open the Display Properties Settings wind...

Page 20: ...to16 bit High Color If you want to increase the Desktop Area move the Desktop Area slider to the right in the direction of More 5 Click Test wait a few seconds then click Apply The Settings window appears with the new Color Palette setting 6 Click the Display Type button to open the Display Type window which provides detailed information about your NVIDIA driver ...

Page 21: ...e above window and return to the Settings window 8 Click the NVIDIA product tab for example GeForce2 MX which shows the name of the NVIDIA card you installed The Driver Version Information box displays Filename Description and Version information about your installed NVIDIA drivers as shown below ...

Page 22: ...Windows 2000 Follow these steps to view the display properties of your NVIDIA graphics card 1 Once your computer has restarted right click on your Windows 2000 desktop and select Properties The Display Properties Settings window appears 2 Click the Advanced button then click the Adapter tab 3 Click the Properties button ...

Page 23: ...ation Guide 22 4 Click the Driver tab The Driver window displays basic information about the NVIDIA driver you installed 5 Click the Driver Details button to open the Driver File Details window which lists the NVIDIA driver files installed on your computer ...

Page 24: ... the resource settings of your NVIDIA card Use the scroll bar to see the complete list of settings 7 Click OK to close the window 8 Click the NVIDIA product tab e g GeForce2 MX which shows the name of the NVIDIA card you installed The Driver Version Information box displays Filename Description and Version information about your installed NVIDIA drivers as shown below ...

Page 25: ...NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Graphics Card Driver Installation Guide 24 ...

Page 26: ...Control Panel 3 Double click Add Remove Programs to open the Add Remove Program Properties window 4 Select NVIDIA Windows NT 4 0 Display Drivers from the list that appears the choice is highlighted 5 Click Add Remove to open the NVIDIA Uninstall window 6 Click Yes to display the next message which prompts you to close any open applications so that the computer can restart in order to complete the ...

Page 27: ...on process for Windows NT 4 0 discussed in the previous section 1 Right click on your Windows 2000 desktop and select Properties to open the Display Properties Settings window 2 Click the Advanced button to display the General window then click the Adapter tab to display the Adapter window 3 Click the Properties button and then the Driver tab 4 From the Driver window click the Uninstall button to ...

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