Gigabyte GV-R96S128D User Manual

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GV-R96S128D

Radeon 9600 Series Graphics Accelerator

USER'S MANUAL

Rev. 101

12MD-R96S128D-101

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Chapter 1 User's Manual

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Table of Contents
1.INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................	4
1.1. PREFACE ...............................................................................................	4
1.2. KEY FEATURES .....................................................................................	4
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................	5
2.1. UNPACKING ...........................................................................................	5
2.2. BOARD LAYOUT .....................................................................................	6
2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...................................................................	7
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................	9
3.1. Win® XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION ....................................	9
3.1.1. Operating system requirement ................................................................................	9
3.1.2. DirectX Installation .................................................................................................	10
3.1.3. Driver Installation ...................................................................................................	12
3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD .............................................................................................	15
3.1.5. Taskbar Icon .........................................................................................................	18
3.1.6. Display Properties pages ......................................................................................	21
3.2. Win® 98/98SE / Win® 2000 / Win® ME DRIVER INSTALLATION ................	30
3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY ...........................................................................	30
4. Troubleshooting Tips .....................................................................	31
5. Appendix ......................................................................................	32
5.1. How to reflash the BIOS ..........................................................................	32
5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP) ..............................	33

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Table of Content

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

GV-R96S128Dfeatures 4-pipeline architecture for twice the rendering power, 128MB of memory to accelerate latest 3D games and new SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 technology supporting DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality to give developers the freedom to cre ate more c omplicated and realis tic visual effects t han ever b efore. GV-R96S128D supports the new AGP8X standard, which allows large volumes of texture and vertexdata to be transferred faster from systemmemory to the chip.

1.2. KEY FEATURES

nPowered by RADEON™ 9600 Series Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

nFully support DirectX® 9.0

nSupports the new AGP 8X standard

n4-pixelpipeline architecture

nThe 64-bit memory interface

n128MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3Dgames

nFirst to use pixel shaders to accelerate video

nDVI-Iand TV-Out connector supported

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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1. UNPACKING

The GV-R96S128D package contains the following:

•The GV-R96S128D graphics accelerator

•This USER'S MANUAL

•The GV-R96S128D Driver CD x 1

•Power DVD CD

•Game CD

•One cable supports S-video and AV-Output

•DVI-I to D-Sub connector

WARNING!

Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer.

1.Turn off your computer and unplug power supply.

2.Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case.

3.Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system.

The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easilydamaged bystatic electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done ona grounded anti-static mat. Theoperator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-static mat.

Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage to your card. Be sure there are no shippingand handling damages on the card before proceeding.

MDO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD.

MIn order toensure your graphics cardworking correctly, please useofficial Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official gigabyte BIOSmight cause problem on the graphics card.

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2.2. BOARD LAYOUT

1) GV-R96S128D (128MB DDR)

TV-Out

DV I Connector

AV Output

NTSC / PAL TV

S -V ideoOutput

Projector

DVI O utput

Digital LCD Monitor

OR

VG A O utput

A nalog LC D Monitor

TV -out

DV I Connector

DV I-I to D-sub

C onnector

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2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

Installing Your Graphics card.

Now that you haveprepared yourcomputer, you are ready toinstall yourgraphicsaccelerator card.

To install your graphics accelerator card:

1.Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the displaycable from the back of your computer.

2.Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover.

3. Remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Or, if your computer has any on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see you computer documentation.

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4.Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your Graphics card with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully eated.

GV-R96S128DGraphicscard

AGP Slot

5.Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replacethe computer cover.

6.The graphics card is DVI interface.

If your monitor is only with D-Sub connector, please connectthe monitor andthe graphicscard by "DVI-I to D-Sub" adapter.

To TV or V CR

To Flat P anel Display

DVI-ItoD-Sub adapter

You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the Graphics card driver. For detailed instructions, select your operating system fromthe list below.

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3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:

The installation of Win® 98/98SE / Win® 2000 / Win® ME / Win® XP drivers is very

simple. When you insert the driver CDinto your CD-ROM drive, you can see theAUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow guides to setup your GV-R96S128Ddriver. (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Step By Step Installation" to install the driver for your GV-R96S128Dgraphics accelerator.)

3.1. Win® XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION

3.1.1. Operating system requirement

•If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the GV-R96S128D drivers for the system, pleasemake sureyour system(Windows98/98SE,Windows2000or Windows ME) has installed DirectX.

•If you install the GV-R96S128D drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIAchipsets, please install the appropriate Driver programfor that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for M/B Driver.

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Software Installation

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3.1.2. DirectX Installation

Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3Dhardware acceleration support

for Windows® 98 / 98SE / Windows® 2000 / Windows® ME or Windows® XP to achieve better 3Dperformence.

Note: For software MPEG support in Windows® 98/ 98SE/ Windows® 2000 / Windows® MEor Windows® XP, you must install DirectX first.

1.Install DirectX Driver:

Click "Install DirectX 9" Item.

2.Click "Next" icon.

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