User manual ASUS V9950

[. . . ] V9950 Series Graphics Card V9950 Ultra / Deluxe / TVD / 256M V9950 / Deluxe / TVD / 128M V9950 Ultra / TD / 128M V9950 / TD / 128M V9950SE 256 / 128M USER'S MANUAL Hardware Guide E1390 Revised Edition V2 August 2003 Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Click Yes to restart your computer and complete setup. · The quick setup program works only when the primary display detected is an ASUS graphics card. For optimum performance, check the following: - Make sure the DMA mode is enabled when using IDE DMA 33/ 66/100/133 hard disk drives. To set parameters, click on Start-> Control Panel->System->Device Manager->Disk Drives-> Properties->Settings->Options->DMA. - Run the Disk Defragmenter (defrag. exe), especially when the hard disk is almost full. · Make sure the system power supply can provide the minimum power requirement of the graphics card. · ASUS V9950 Series User Guide 13 3. 1. 2 Windows 2000/XP Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program 1. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. From the 2D/3D Graphic & Video Accelerator main menu, click Drivers then Install ASUS Enhanced Driver on the Driver dialog box. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your computer and complete Setup. Method 2: Plug and Play 1. When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card, the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. From the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box, select "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)" then click Next. 14 ASUS V9950 Series User Guide 5. Insert the support CD into your CD-ROM drive to launch the Locate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box. Check CD-ROM drives, uncheck all other options then click Next to search for the drivers of your graphics card. When the wizard has finished searching for driver files for your graphics card, check Install one of the other drivers then click Next from the Driver Files Search Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box. When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system, select the one that is located in the D:\WIN2KXP\ASUS and click Next. 9. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files to your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer, click OK to restart your computer and complete Setup. ASUS V9950 Series User Guide 15 4. 1. 4 Windows NT 4. 0 Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4. 0, make sure that you have installed Windows NT 4. 0 Service Pack 3 or later to take full advantage of the AGP features of your card. 1. Switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480 pixels), then restart your computer. After startup, right-click the Windows NT desktop and click Properties. Assuming that your CD-ROM drive letter is D, type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Windows NT then click OK. Confirm installation of display drivers to copy all the necessary files. When done, click Close to return to the Display Properties box then click Apply. The Display applet appears to allow for mode selection. 16 ASUS V9950 Series User Guide 4. 2 NVIDIA WHQL driver The NVIDIA reference driver to Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) is a procedure to guarantee that this video graphics card is compatible with the Windows operating system. [. . . ] With Timeshifting, you don't have to wait until 11 o'clock to watch what you recorded because the feature permits play and record functions at the same time. · Scenario 2 Five more minutes in the most important game of the year, and your phone starts ringing and your caller ID indicates that it's from your boss. Continue to watch the game and lose your job or engage in a long boring conversation and miss the game. Click the Pause button, the computer will continue to record the rest of the and continue where you left game. [. . . ]