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...INSTALLATION 7
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 9
3.1. WINDOWS® 98 /98SE / WINDOWS® ME / WINDOWS® 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 17 3.1.6. DISPLAY PROPERTIES PAGES 24
3.2. WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 32 3.3. BIOS FLASH...
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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1. UNPACKING
The GV-R9000 PRO IIpackage contains the following: l The GV-R9000 PRO II Graphics Accelerator l This USER'S MANUAL l The GV-R9000 PRO II Driver CD x 1 l Power DVD XP CD x 1 l Game CD x 2 l One cable support S-video and AV-Output ; DVI-I to D-Sub connector
WARNING!
Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them ...
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... your Graphics card came with a DVI connector, you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector, as shown below...
To Flat Pan el D ispl ay
To VGA Mon itor
To TV o r VCR
You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the Graphics card driver. For detailed instructions, select your operating system from the list below.
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...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-R9000 PROII driver (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Step By Step Installation" to install the driver for your GV-R9000 PROII graphics accelerator.
3.1.1. OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
l If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the GV-R9000 PRO II drivers for...
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... 98/ 98SE/ Windows® 2000/ ME to achieve better 3D performence. M Note: For software MPEG support in Windows® 98/ 98SE/ Windows® 2000 or
Windows® ME, you must install DirectX8.1(or later) first. (If your OS is Windows® XP, please skip this section.)
1. Install DirectX Driver: Click "Install DirectX 8.1" Item.
2.Click "Yes" icon.
3.Click "Yes" icon.
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4.Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8.1 installation is completed.
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... PCI Graphics Adapter(VGA)
1.Click "Next" icon.
MDon't click "Cancel", because the system will hang if you press it.
Step 3: Update Device Driver Wizard: Finish At this time, system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation. If you don't have the CD, you can press C:\Windows\System directory.
Step 4: System Setting Change
2.Click "Finish" icon.
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3..Click "No" icon.
After the system has finished loading, insert the GV-R9000 PROIIdriver CDdisk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe".
Step 5: Driver Setup (Pictures below are shown in Windows XP)
1. Click "Windows XP Drivers (Radeon 9000 Series)" item.
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3.1.4. UTILITIES ON DRIVER CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please follow the steps. l Install ATI WDM Driver :
1. Click "WDM Driver (VIVO)" item.
2.Click "Next".
3. Click "Finish" to restart computer.
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... of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. Click "Advanced" after clickng Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.
Right click the icon.
You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics card, latest drivers, and other information.
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VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card.
Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.
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... monitor settings. RADEON 7500 graphic cards thathave more than one displayoutputcan benefit fully from this software. ARADEON 7500 with only one display output can still take advantage ofthe many features of HYDRAVISION™ . HYDRAVISION™ installation enables the Desktop Manager and creates a Windows® program group for HYDRAVISION™ display managementsoftware.
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... align monitors -You can manuallydefine monitor placementfrom the Settings dialog in
the Display Properties dialog box. When this box is checked, HydraVision will override user-defined
monitorplacementifthe monitors are notevenly aligned.
This control will work only if all monitors are running at the same resolution and your desktop is
configuredas arectangle.
Remove HydraVision title bar...
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... which provides software version information and a
link to the ATI Technologies website.
Load/Unload Desktop Manager -This button restores or removes the HydraVision Desktop Manager
tracking program. Unloading the Desktop Manager returns display settings to Windows defaults. You
should only selectthis option ifyou do notwantto use anymultiple monitor dialog box controls and
window controls or...
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Enable Window fade-in - Check this box to cause an application window to slowlyopen or 'fade-in' to
your desktop.
3D Controls
Enable Shadow support- Check this box to enable the Shadow supportsliders.
The Visibility slider sets the degree ofvisibility ofthe shadow.
The Shadow slider sets how big a shadow is added to an application window or dialog.
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..., this feature must be enabled forATI hotkey support.
n ShowATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar.
n Disable quick resolution feature is accessible by left-clicking the ATIicon in the taskbar.
n Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays enables or disables to reduce the DVI
frequencywhen using high-resolution.
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n Red / Green / Blue sliders These controls allow you to increase or decrease the colorbrightness ofDirect3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4.0)
n RGB Lock adjustthe RGB sliders individually or adjustall three sliders atthe same time. n Default resets the Game Gamma settings to the defaultvalues.
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... to second device or copying your desktop on the second device.
SELECT DISPLAY TYPE ENABLE /DISABLE"EXTEND MY WINDOWS DESKTOP ONTO THIS M ON ITO R
The Displaytab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable displaydevices and swap the assignmentofPrimary and Secondary displays.
Connecting your graphics card to a TV or VCR
Turn off your computer and your television (or VCR...
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...correct drive letter.) 5. Click "OK". 6. Click on "Install Display Drivers(Radeon 9000 Series)" to begin the Installation Wizard. 7. Click "Next". 8. Click "Yes" to the license agreement. 9. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY
GV-R9000 PRO II BIOS update procedure: MNote: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www.gigabyte.com...
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... 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.) n Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver. n If you have problems during bootup, start your computer in Safe Mode. In Windows...