Colorful ATI Series User Manual

Colorful Graphics Card User’s Manual

Colorful Graphics Card

ATI Series

User’s Manual

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Colorful Graphics Card User’s Manual

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WARRANTY VOID CONDITIONS

The product is guaranteed for 24 months from the date of original purchase from Colorful graphics
card. This limited warranty does not cover any failure(s) or defect(s) caused by misuse, accident,
abnormal or unusually heavy use, improper packaging or handling, neglect, abuse, alteration,
improper installation, unauthorized repair or modification, improper testing or causes external to the
product such as, but not limited to, excessive heat or humidity, power failures, power surges or acts
of God. This limited warranty will be void if evidence is seen of screw holes created by
Distributor, burned-out chips, more than four wires are broken on the PCB, or evidence of repair
work performed by a party other than colorful. This limited warranty does not cover expendable
components, any software supplied by colorful, any experimental or developmental products,
compatibility issues with other hardware and software products introduced after the time of
purchase, or products or accessories not manufactured by colorful

CAUTION!!

DO NOT force the cooler against
the fragile GPU to avoid damage
to the GPU.

WARNING!!

DO NOT touch the cooling
system since it may produce a
certain heat while processing
tasks.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation................................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Packing Contents.........................................................................................................................................1

1.2 How to install............................................................................................................................................... 1

Chapter 2 Driver Installation..................................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Driver installation in Windows Vista........................................................................................................... 5

Chapter 3 ATI Catalyst Control Center in Vista ........................................................................................................ 9

3.1 A TI Catalyst Control Center Introduction.................................................................................................... 9

3.1.1 How to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center.................................................................................. 9

3.2 A TI Catalyst Control Center Interface ....................................................................................................... 10

3.2.1 Catalyst types.................................................................................................................................. 10

3.2.2 User Interface.................................................................................................................................. 10

3.2.3 View................................................................................................................................................ 11

3.2.4 Hotkeys........................................................................................................................................... 11

3.2.5 Profiles............................................................................................................................................ 12

3.2.6 Preference............................................................................................................... ........................ 12

3.2.7 Help ................................................................................................................................................ 13

3.3 Information Center..................................................................................................................................... 14

3.4 Displays Manager...................................................................................................................................... 14

3.4.1 Setup Single Display....................................................................................................................... 15

3.4.2 Setup Dual-Display......................................................................................................................... 16

3.5 Display Options......................................................................................................................................... 17

3.6 Monitor Properties..................................................................................................................................... 17

3.7 3D.............................................................................................................................................................. 19

3.8 Color.......................................................................................................................................................... 20

3.9 A vivo Video............................................................................................................................................... 21

3.10 A TI Overdrive.......................................................................................................................................... 22

Chapter 4 How to Build an HDMI Home Theater................................................................................................... 23

4.1 About the HDMI........................................................................................................................................ 23

4.2 About the DisplayPort................................................................................................................................ 23

4.3 How to Install HDMI................................................................................................................................. 25

FAQs........................................................................................................................................................................ 27

Technical Support.................................................................................................................................................... 29

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Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Before you begin…

Thanks for purchasing Colorful graphics card. Please check the packing contents first
before the installation. If there was any broken or parts missing, please contact your franchiser.

1.1 Packing Contents

z 1* Colorful graphics card
z 1* Windows 2000/XP/Vista driver CD
z 1* User’s manual
z DVI to VGA adapter, HDMI to DVI adapter, DVI to HDMI adapter, Additional power cable,

S-VIDEO cable, TV-OUT cable, SPDIF connecting cable, HDMI cable

Note: All the cables or adapters are Optional, and it depends on the output ports of the graphics
card

1.2 How to install

Follow the steps below to install the graphics card.

1. Turn off the power and remove all the cables which is connecting to the computer case

2. Open the computer case

3. Locate the PCI Express slot or AGP slot on the motherboard

AGP slot PCI Express slot

Note: Insert the wrong slot may damage the graphics card

4. Full seated the graphic card, and secure the card with a bracket screw.

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5. Some high-end graphic cards need an additional power cable

Note: If the additional power cable is not connected, the computer will not boot, or the system will
warn.

6. Pay attention on other parts of the motherboard when installing the card.

7. Close the computer case, and re-connect all the cables that were removed before. Then connect

the monitor

Don’t open the plastic nips of
DIMM slots before installing the
graphics card

After the installation, please note
whether the nip of the PCIE slot is
well connected.

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8. HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port.

The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector
interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams. It represents a digital alternative to
consumer analog standards. HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such as set-top boxes,
Blu-ray Disc players, personal computers, video game consoles, and AV receivers to
compatible digital audio devices, video monitors, and digital televisions (DTV).

9. DisplayPort.

DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard (approved May 2006, current version 1.1
approved on April 2, 2007) put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It
defines a new license-free, royalty-free, digital audio/video interconnect, intended to be used
primarily between a computer and its display monitor, or a computer and a home-theater
system. It supports a maximum of 10.8 Gbit/s data rate and WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution
over a 3 meter cable.

NOTE: All ATI HDMI/DisplayPort-supported graphics cards are integrated audio codec, you just
need to set in the Control Panel.

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10. VVC and UVC
VVC (VRAM Voltage-Control) and UVC (VPU Voltage-Control) switches are Colorful particular
high-light for enhancing overclocking capability; you can find them usually on the high-end
graphics card.

The VVC and UVC are used for adjusting the memory voltage and core voltage. When slide to the
right-side, the voltage will be added, and the overclocking ability will be improved.

11. Dual BIOS

The overcloking button is on the bracket of the graphics card. It is very convenient, users needn’t
use a lot of softwares to test or adjust the clock when they play a game that without good
performance, but just need press the button.

VRAM
Voltage­Control

VPU
Voltage­Control

Caution: The system might come to unstable when overclocking, so novice users please
keep the default clock and voltage.

Turbo- The VPU
and memory work
at high clock.
Normal- The VPU
and memory work
at low clock

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Chapter 2 Driver Installation

2.1 Driver installation in Windows Vista

Step 1: Insert the Colorful Smart Install CD into the CD drive, and it has an auto-start feature.

Before installing the graphics card driver…….
Please Note:

1. Make sure you have installed the chipset driver of the motherboard

2. Make sure the DirectX(Direct9.0 or later) has been installed. Microsoft DirectX is a collection of

application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game
programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.

3. We suggest you downloading the latest DirectX on Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com

The program will detect the
graphics card model
automatically. Click “Setup
VGA” to install.

Select <Run
Autorun.exe>
to run the
auto-start
feature.

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Step 2:

Click “Next” to continue

Select “Install Additional
Languages” to install
mother tongue

Select “Install” to install
the driver.

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Step 3:

Click “Browse” if you want
to change the installation
location

Click “Express” for full
installation, we’re highly
recommended you select
express

Click “Accept” and click
“Next”

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Step4:

Attention:

1. The driver is updated frequently in order to improve the graphics card compatibility, we try our

best to keep the latest drivers in the drivers CD, but if you want update the driver, please visit
COLORFUL website (http://www.colorful.cn/

) or ATI website (http://ati.amd.com).

2. The driver CD content is limited, if it is not fit for your Operating System (such as Linux, Solaris,

FreeBSD etc.), please visit ATI website (http://ati.amd.com

) to download the correct driver.

Click “Finish” and restart
the computer.

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Chapter 3 ATI Catalyst Control Center in Vista

ATI Catalyst Control Center is designed for Microsoft® Windows XP and Windows Vista. You can
use ATI Catalyst Control Center to control your ATI hardware and access other ATI software
installed on your system. The operation in Windows XP and Windows Vista is almost the same; we
use Windows Vista for the reference.

3.1 ATI Catalyst Control Center Introduction

ATI Catalyst Control Center is a 3D acceleration control application that enables you to control th e functionality
of your graphics card. It offers exceptional graphics performance and visual quality for the ultimate in
performance, stability, and innovation. Safe GPU overclocking, custom profiles, and assignable hotkeys are just a
few of the many features.

Use ATI Catalyst Control Center to fine-tune your graphic and display device settings for optimal performance
and quality. Many features present you with a preview of your changes before they are applied.

3.1.1 How to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center

You get three different ways to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center
 The first way:

After the driver installation, right click the desktop, select the “Catalyst(TM) Control Center”
from the context menu.

 The second way:

Right Click the in the taskbar , and select the “Catalyst Control
Center”.

 The third way:

Left click the Start Menu, you can find the “Catalyst Control Center” in the programs.

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3.2 ATI Catalyst Control Center Interface

3.2.1 Catalyst types

There are two types of View Mode of Catalyst Control Center when you start the program for the
first time, Basic View and Advanced View.

We recommend that novice users choose the Basic View to setup the monitor, 3D quality and display;

experienced users choose the Advanced View to setup the details of the graphics card.

Note: We use the Advanced View settings in this manual.

3.2.2 User Interface

The ATI Catalyst Control Center provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your system, and it
consists of these main areas.

The Basic View is for
easy setup wizards and
quick settings.

The Advanced View
allows you to configure
all the many available
settings of the graphics
card.

Control Panel
Main T ask Area

Menu Bar

Select a Task Pane

Tabs Button

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3.2.3 View

ATI Catalyst Control Center contains three views that are suited to varying levels of familiarity with the
application.

3.2.4 Hotkeys

Note: Some applications disable hotkeys as a normal part of their funct ional ity.

Basic View

Basic View is the default view when ATI Catalyst
Control Center is started for the very first time. It
includes a wizard that guides you through the
process of configuring your display devices.

Advanced View

Advanced View provides access to all the features
offered by the ATI Catalyst Control Center.

Custom View

Custom View allows you to choose the features that
appear in the left navigation pane. Custom View is
recommended for experienced users who want to
access only the features they adjust most often or
that their 3D applications support.

Hotkeys Manager

Use the Hotkeys Manager to create
shortcut key combinations to quickly
perform tasks such as changing a
graphics setting or opening an
application. A hot key is a combination
of one or more modifier keys, such as
Ctrl, Alt, or Shift, and any letter from
the alphabet.
Hotkeys Manager is only available in
Advanced View.

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3.2.5 Profiles

Profiles Manager is a management tool for creating customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D
applications.
Use Profiles Manager to define and save video settings into a profile so they can be restored at a later date using
hot keys or file associations.

Note: Profiles are created on a per-graphics card basis. If there is more than one card installed in
your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a
profile.

3.2.6 Preference

Use the Preferences menu in the Dashboard to
customize the overall look and behavior for ATI
Catalyst Control Center. Yo u can:
Keeping ATI Catalyst Control Center Always on
Top of All Open Applications on the Desktop;
Showing or Hiding Tooltips;
Showing or Hiding Text that Appears on the
Toolbar Buttons;
Hiding the Splash Screen;
Showing or Hiding the ATI Catalyst Control
Center Icon in the Windows System Tray;
Changing the Language;
Changing the Appearance of the ATI Catalyst
Control Center using Skins;
Restoring All Factory Default Settings for ATI
Catalyst Control Center.

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3.2.7 Help

The ATI Catalyst Control Center Help
provides conceptual information on the
graphics technologies for the graphics card
and detailed instructions for optimizing
your graphics environment.

You can also use the Help to access usage
information, generate a problem report,
and get view current software version
information

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3.3 Information Center

Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL version, and ATI

Catalyst Control Center version.
Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card, such as the installed graphics
chipset, device ID, graphics bus capability, maximum bus setting, BIOS version, memory size, and total memory
bandwidth.

Note: Clicking System Information opens the Windows System Information dialog.

3.4 Displays Manager

Information Center

The Information Center aspect provides
detailed information about all installed
graphics hardware and associated
software.

The Displays Manager aspect is the
central location for configuring your
display devices and arranging your
desktop. Use Displays Manager to
change your display setup, arrange
your desktop in a multi-monitor
environment, and enable TV Out.
Displays Manager is available only in
Advanced View and Custom View.

Note: The stretch vertically and
horizontally options are not supported on
systems running Windows Vista.

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3.4.1 Setup Single Display

Right click on the desktop

Select the
Personalize
to open the
profiles

Use the slide bar to change the
resolution of the monitor

Click the “Advanced Settings”

This setting determines how many
times the monitor displays an entire
screen in one second. Higher refresh
rates may be more pleasing to the eye,
but cause the video hardware to work
harder and use more resources. Select
a lower rate that is compatible with the
adapter. If you can detect minute
flickering or the change bothers your
eyes, try adjusting the rate to the next
available higher rate. Never exceed the
rate available to the monitor.

CAUTION: Do not remove the selection next to Hide modes that this monitor cannot display. Changing
the refresh rate to a rate that the monitor cannot accept may permanently damage some monitors.

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3.4.2 Setup Dual-Display

From the Graphics Settings tree, click Displays Manager > Displays Properties.

Extend Mode

Clone Mode

Right Click the Display Icon on the left-hand, and select the Clone Desktop1 with digital panel in the
pop-up menu.

Click the Detect Display first,
and Right Click the Display
Icon, you can set the primary
display

Right Click the Display
Icon on the left-hand, and
select the Extend Main
onto digital panel in the
pop-up menu

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3.5 Display Options

3.6 Monitor Properties

The Display Options aspect gives you
additional control to optimize
performance of OpenGL and Direct 3D
applications. Use the aspect to change
the current 3D refresh rate, the display
device detection method, and display
management options.

Monitor Attributes

The Monitor Attributes page provides
information about the attached monitor.
Using the page, you can also enable
Extended Display Identification Data
(EDID). EDID uses the information
provided by the attached monitor to
determine the limits for the resolution and
refresh rate.

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3.6.1 Monitor Adjustments

Use the Monitor Adjustments page to
control how the desktop appears on your
monitor. Using the page, you can resize
and reposition the computer desktop on
your monitor's display screen. You can also
adjust the horizontal and vertical sync or
enable composite sync.

ATI Avivo Color for Monitors

The Avivo Color page is available for
ATI Radeon graphics cards that
support per-display color settings.
Use the page to independently set the
hue and saturation for each attached
and enabled display.

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3.7 3D

The 3D setting contains:

Standard 3D Settings

The Standard Settings aspect provides access to a universal slider control where you can
simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application. This page is
useful when you are not aware of which type of 3D settings your application uses, or when you want
to use an overall adjustment control that rapidly configures your application.

Anti-Aliasing

Anti-aliasing (AA) is a rendering technique designed to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and
pixelation problems that are common in rendered 3D images. Rather than determining the color to
display for each pixel by sampling a single location at the pixel center, anti-aliasing samples multiple
locations within each pixel and blends the results together to produce the final color.

Adaptive Anti-Aliasing

Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that improves edge smoothness and fine detail for 3D objects.
This feature renders 3D objects containing transparencies more realistically, providing exceptional
levels of image quality while maintaining performance.

Anisotropic Filtering

Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three-dimensional
perspective and fade away into the background. It works best when used in conjunction with
Mipmapping.

ATI Catalyst A.I.

ATI Catalyst A.I. makes use of AMD's texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in 3D
applications, while maintaining or even improving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as
they are loaded to determine the best and fastest way to display them.

Mipmap Detail Level

Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object surface as it moves into
the background. A series of high- and low-resolution texture maps are stored in memory and
selectively used to create the object surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.

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All 3D Settings

The All Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page, without any
preview window, allowing for quick access and adjustment. You can change the settings for the
following 3D features as you normally would on each feature's own page: anti-aliasing, anisotropic
filtering, ATI Catalyst A.I., mipmap detail level, display refresh rate, and adaptive anti-aliasing.

3.8 Color

Note: ATI Catalyst Control Center does not support the changing of color properties for full-screen
3D applications and games for systems running Windows Vista. As a result, the Set color correction
for list in the Color aspect is not available since all changes in the aspect apply only to the Desktop.

Use the Color aspect to adjust the
color properties of your Desktop. Use
the Color Correction Images option to
preview the changes before applying
them.

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3.9 A vivo Video

Video Presets for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later

ATI Catalyst Control Center comes with several video presets containing pre-defined video
brightness, contrast, saturation, tint, and gamma settings. To optimize video playback using these
settings, choose the desired video preset.

Note: These settings only affects applications with video overlay support.

Basic Video Color Settings for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later

Use the Basic Color page to manually set gamma, brightness, contrast, saturation, and tint for video
playback.

Note: Certain video formats do not support these adjustments.
Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support.

Advanced Video Color Settings for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later

Use the Advanced Color page to fine tune the color of standard definition video (720 80) to make the
color more or less vibrant and to remove excess red from skin tones. You can preview your changes
before applying them.

Note: Advanced Color settings are supported only on ATI Radeon 2000 series and later graphics
cards running on Windows Vista

Basic Video Quality for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later

Using video quality options, you can enhance video quality by selecting an optimal deinterlacing
mode and enabling pulldown detection.
Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video. Pulldown
detection enables automatic compensation for film converted to video.

Note: These settings affect only applications with video overlay support.

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Theater Video Mode for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later

Use the Theater Mode page to change the way you view streaming video. You can adjust the aspect
ratio, overlay display mode, and preferred viewing mode, such as Widescreen or Fullscreen.

Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support.
Note: ATI Radeon 1800 series and later graphics cards provide support for video in both Blu-ray
and HD-DTV optical formats.

All A TI A vivo Video Settings

The All Settings page combines all of the principal ATI Avivo Video features onto a single page,
without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment.
This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is
already known or understood.

Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support.

3.10 A TI Overdrive

ATI Overdrive
To help assess the performance of the graphics
card, ATI Overdrive displays the current GPU and
memory clock speeds, the percentage of graphics
computing power currently used, the current
temperature of the cards, and, if applicable, the
fan speed.
Use the Auto-Tune feature to set optimal speeds
for the graphics processor and video memory
clocks. Alternatively, manually set these speeds to
meet your specific requirements. To ensure
optimal performance, manually set speeds should
be tested before they are used.
You can manually overclock any GPU, including
those in ATI CrossFireX configurations.

CAUTION:
If a GPU is being used at or close to its maximum capabilities, or if the card is running close to 110, do not
increase the GPU or memory clock speeds.

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Chapter 4 How to Build an HDMI Home Theater

4.1 About the HDMI

The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector interface for
transmitting uncompressed digital streams. HDMI devices are manufactured to adhere to various
versions of the specification, where each version is given a number such as 1.0, 1.2, or 1.3a. Each
subsequent version of the specification uses the same kind of cable but increases the bandwidth
and/or capabilities of what can be transmitted over the cable. For example the previous maximum
pixel clock rate of HDMI interface was 165 MHz which was sufficient for supporting 1080p at 60
Hz and WUXGA (1920x1200) at 60 Hz. HDMI 1.3 increased that to 340 MHz which allows for
higher resolution, such as WQXGA (2560x1600), across a single digital link.

Pin Definitions

Pin 1 TMDS Data2+
Pin 2 TMDS Data2 Shield
Pin 3 TMDS Data2–
Pin 4 TMDS Data1+
Pin 5 TMDS Data1 Shield
Pin 6 TMDS Data1–
Pin 7 TMDS Data0+
Pin 8 TMDS Data0 Shield
Pin 9 TMDS Data0–
Pin 10 TMDS Clock+

Pin 11 TMDS Clock Shield
Pin 12 TMDS Clock–
Pin 13 CEC
Pin 14 Reserved (N.C. on device)
Pin 15 SCL
Pin 16 SDA
Pin 17 DDC/CEC Ground
Pin 18 +5 V Power (max 50 mA)
Pin 19 Hot Plug Detect

4.2 About the DisplayPort

DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard (approved May 2006, current version 1.1
approved on April 2, 2007) put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It
defines a new license-free, royalty-free, digital audio/video interconnect, intended to be used
primarily between a computer and its display monitor, or a computer and a home-theater system. It
supports a maximum of 10.8 Gbit/s data rate and WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution over a 3 meter
cable.
The DisplayPort connector supports 1 to 4 data pairs in a Main Link that also carries audio and
clock signals, each with a transfer rate of 1.62 or 2.7 Gbit/s. The video signal path supports 6 to 16
bits per color channel. A bi-directional auxiliary channel (at a constant 1 Mbit/s) carries
management and device control data for the Main Link using VESA EDID and VESA MCCS
standards. The video signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI, but a DisplayPort connector can

Note:

1. Chapter 4 is optional for the graphics card which support for HDMI

2. DisplayPort system has the same installation steps with HDMI system,

so we don’t introduce it specially.

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pass these signals through. While DVI and HDMI require separate clock signals, DisplayPort
embeds the clock in the data signal. The data transmission protocol in DisplayPort is based on
micro packets and is extensible for future feature additions, whereas DVI/HDMI transmission
protocol is a Serial Data Stream at 10x pixel clock rate. Finally, unlike the separate DVI/HDMI and
LVDS standards, DisplayPort supports both external (box-to-box) and internal (laptop LCD panel)
display connections.

Pin Definitions

Pin 1 ML_Lane 0(p)
Pin 2 GND Ground
Pin 3 ML_Lane 0(n)
Pin 4 ML_Lane 1(p)
Pin 5 GND Ground
Pin 6 ML_Lane 1(n)
Pin 7 ML_Lane 2(p)
Pin 8 GND Ground
Pin 9 ML_Lane 2(n)
Pin 10 ML_Lane 3(p)

Pin 11 GND Ground
Pin 12 ML_Lane 3(n)
Pin 13 GND Ground
Pin 14 GND Ground
Pin 15 AUX_CH(p)
Pin 16 GND Ground
Pin 17 AUX_CH(n)
Pin 18 Hot Plug
Pin 19 DP_PWR
Pin 20 DP_PWR

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4.3 How to Install HDMI

1. Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI connector of the television.

2. Connect the other end of HDMI cable to the ATI graphics card.

3. Choose HDMI when start up

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4. At last, setup the audio output in the Control Panel, and select the displays that you use in the ATI
Catalyst Center.

Select the Sound
in the Control
Panel

Set the Digital Output
Device(HDMI) as
Default

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FAQs

This part contains a list of symptom that may indicate a problem with your software or hardware
and some troubleshooting way you can take to solve the problem. If you still have problems after
trying our suggestions or if you’re having a problem that is not described below, please contact us.

Q: The graphics card has no VGA port, how could I use a CRT monitor?

A: Some of the graphics card only has DVI port output; you can use the DVI to VGA adapter to
connect the CR T monitor.

Q: What shall I do if I lose my driver CD?

A: You can visit our website (http://www.colorful.cn) to download the driver.

Q: Is it necessary to update the graphics BIOS when the card runs OK?

A: If there is no special use, Colorful doesn't provide graphics card BIOS. We don't advice users use
the abnormal BIOS operation, because the wrong BIOS may damage your hardware, moreover, the
card may out of warranty.

Q: What are the names of different parts in a graphic card?

A: A graphics cards made up by GPU chip, PCB, memory modules, Electronic component, bus
interface and display output.

Q: Why the fan on the graphics card runs so loudly? How to solve it?

A: When the card runs under the high heat and lots of dust environment for a long time, the fan may
make noise. You can clean the dust on the fan. If it is still the same, please contact the franchisers.

Q: Why I can't use the Windows Media Player to play the movies?

A: Please download the latest version of Windows Media Player.

Q: How to upkeep the graphics card?

A: 1. Keep the ambient dry and avoid the dust.

2. Clean the dust on the fan usually, and keep the PCB and electronic component clean.

Q: Why my monitor appears wrong color when power on.

A: 1. Graphics card and monitor is not well connected

2. Monitor broken

3. Graphics card broken

4. Monitor has been magnetized

Q: The computer is hanging up, is my graphics broken?

A: There are many reasons make the computer hang up, if you exclude others, please try to examine
whether the motherboard and the graphics card were well connected, whether the connect fingers
had been oxidated or whether installed the right driver .

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Q: Why the monitor appears some abnormal dots?

A: This is usually because the graphics card and motherboard are not well connected. Please clean
the connect fingers or return.

Q: What is function of the external power supply?

A: Some high power cards, such as ATI RADEON 1900 series, RADEON 2600 series, RADEON
3800 series, RADEON 4800 series etc., have extra power supply, to make up for the lack of power
that motherboard supply.

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Technical Support

If you can’t settle the questions, please contact with our engineer, and send the following
information to us. (Note: please give a description about your computer system and your
display equipments.)

--Colorful Technology & Development Co., Ltd--

http://www.colorful.cn

1. Product Name： 2. Serial Number：

3. Purchase Date： 4. Customer Name：

5. Purchase Place： 6. Operation System：

7. Driver Version： 8. Contact Address：

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