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Manual-v71b-GW-Eng 

 

GeForce Series 

 

Quick Start Manual 

Version 7.1b - August/2010 

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M-GW13 

Quick Start Manual

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 

ABOUT THE QUICK START MANUAL 

 

About The Gainward PowerCD 

 

An Important Installation Note 

 

If Your Product Needs Service 

INSTALLING YOUR NEW GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTER 

 

Step 1: Install the New Graphics Hardware 

 

Step 2: Connecting Display Devices 

 

Step 3: Software Installation 

10 

ABOUT DirectX 

11 

USING EXPERTool™ 

12 

THE POWER OF nVIEW 

18 

USING TWO MONITORS WITH YOUR GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTER (nView Function) 

19 

TROUBLESHOOTING 

21 

TECHNICAL REFERENCE 

 

24 

 

Graphics Modes and Refresh Rates 

24 

 Connector 

Description 

25 

PRODUCT CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS 

27 

 FCC 

Notice 

27 

 CSA 

Notice 

27 

 CE 

Notice 

27 

 

Macrovision Certificate Statement 

28 

Summary of Contents for GeForce Series

Page 1: ...m is permitted without the prior written authorization from the manufacturer Trademark All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders M GW13 Quick Start Manual 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE QUICK START MANUAL 3 About The Gainward PowerCD 3 An Important Installation Note 3 If Your Product Needs Service 3 INSTALLING YOUR NEW GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTE...

Page 2: ... visit www gainward com for more information Quick Start Manual 4 INSTALLING YOUR NEW GAINWARD DISPLAY ADAPTER If you are installing a Gainward display adapter with an extra power connector please make sure that your PC meets the following hardware requirements Your PC must have a power supply unit PSU of at least 450 W please reference the information on the packaging material of your products fo...

Page 3: ...inward card in the appropriate PCI Express x16 slot making sure that it is firmly seated Be gentle when pushing it straight into the slot Do not use brute force Do not bend or flex the card 6 Re attach the screw on the mounting bracket of your Gainward card This is very important as when the monitor cable is attached later the display adapter card may work loose and your computer will not operate ...

Page 4: ...tors for all display devices you can connect to Quick Start Manual 8 Display card with HDMI supporting VGA connector Connecting CRT monitor or LCD monitor with VGA connector DVI I connector Connecting LCD monitor DFP with a digital connector HDMI connector Connecting HDMI display device SPDIF connector Connecting SPDIF digital audio signal connect to mother board DVI VGA converter Converter DVI I ...

Page 5: ...n the component side of the Gainward HDMI display adapter Internal SPDIF cable Quick Start Manual 10 Step 3 Software Installation Note To make sure the system reliability we strongly recommend you to remove the old display driver that system had installed for the old display adapter 1 Turn your computer and monitor on and boot the operating system The operating system Windows Vista XP will attempt...

Page 6: ...TY DISC You may choose to install DirectX automatically during initial display driver installation recommended or at any later time From time to time Microsoft will update DirectX and other software components Choose Windows Update from the Start menu This will connect you directly with Microsoft s update web site on the Internet and make all necessary updates available to you by analyzing which s...

Page 7: ...artup Quick Start Manual 14 The Fan Control page is to adjust the fan s speed by your requirement Setting on Fixed Speed to get the best cooling performance if the noise level is not the concern for you Setting on Dynamic Speed to keep the normal fan speed that is set by Expertool automatically The Temperature shows the current GPU s temperature It is better to keep the temperature under 105 degre...

Page 8: ...ur computer crashes the previous safe settings will automatically be activated when you next start a Windows session Important Note Please note that Gainward will NOT warrant this display adapter beyond Enhanced Mode Quick Start Manual 16 Select Power Saving to put your monitor in Stand by mode Suspend mode or even shut your monitor off You can restart your monitor by moving your mouse or by press...

Page 9: ...ettings and set up additional Hot Keys for convenient navigation in multiple display configurations To enable nView you can open nView Desktop Management control panel from the Windows Control Panel group and then click the Load nView button This will temporarily enable nView until you log off and log on again You can also set up nView to automatically load every time you start Windows This option...

Page 10: ... second monitor in your display properties settings page you can adjust the desktop resolution as well color depth To disable the Extended Desktop function open your Display Properties Settings page again and right click on the second monitor From the pop up menu please select Attached and click on Apply Your second monitor will turn off and Windows desktop will be returned into its original state...

Page 11: ...on doesn t display correctly or behaves erratically after Gainward display drivers were installed This might indicate a problem with our display driver or a hardware compatibility issue To narrow down the cause of the problem try the following 1 Temporarily switch to the standard VGA driver Your PC will operate in a low resolution environment and you won t have accelerated display performance but ...

Page 12: ...This software is built into some monitors 3 If nothing helps get a DDC2 compliant monitor Quick Start Manual 24 TECHNICAL REFERENCE Graphics Modes and Refresh Rates Resolution 256color High color 16bits True color 32bits Note 640 x 480 60 240 Hz 60 240 Hz 800 x 600 60 240 Hz 60 240 Hz DVI monitor support up to 200Hz 1024 x 768 60 240 Hz 60 200 Hz DVI monitor support up to 140Hz 1152 x 864 60 200 H...

Page 13: ...cal Sync 9 TX1 10 TX1 11 SHLD 1 3 12 TX3 13 TX3 14 5V Power 15 Ground 16 HPD 17 TX0 18 TX0 19 SHLD 0 5 20 TX5 21 TX5 22 SHLD Clock 23 TXC 24 TXC HDMI Connector 1 TMDS Data2 3 TMDS Data2 5 TMDS Data1 Shield 7 TMDS Data0 9 TMDS Data0 11 TMDS Clock Shield 13 CEC 15 SCL 2 TMDS Data2 Shield 4 TMDS Data1 6 TMDS Data1 8 TMDS Data0 Shield 10 TMDS Clock 12 TMDS Clock 14 Reserved 16 SDA Quick Start Manual 2...

Page 14: ...utlet so that the two devices are on different branch circuits If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions Warning Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operat...

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