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nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX Multimedia VGA Controller Installation Guide Version 1.0 07/2000 Copyrights and Liabilities The information contained in this manual has been validated at the time of this manual’s production. The manufacturer reserves the right to make any changes and improvements on the product described in this manual at any time and without notice. Consequently, the manufacturer assumes no liability for damages incurred directly or indirectly from errors, omissions or discrepancies between the product and the manual. All registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright © 1999 All rights reserved. No reproduction of this document in any form is permitted without prior written authorization from the manufacturer. Trademark All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. MMG2MX0-01E-00 FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Notice: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: . Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. . Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. . Plug the computer into a different outlet 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 operate the equipment. CSA Notice: This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview ..................................................................1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation.............................................2 Chapter 3 Software Installation...............................................4 Chapter 4 Display Properties for Windows..............................7 Chapter 5 Expertool for Windows..........................................12 Chapter 6 Technical Information ..........................................16 Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting...................................................20 Chapter 1 Overview Congratulation on the purchase of your new graphics accelerator card! You are now the owner of a state-of-the-art video adapter that offers features and functionality equal to, and beyond any other in its VGA class. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for installing the graphics card are as follows: ¾ a personal computer with a Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III or compatible microprocessor and at least 8MB of memory ¾ a VGA analog monitor supporting a minimum 60Hz vertical refresh rate ¾ an available AGP or PCI bus slot ¾ a CD-ROM drive Features ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ NVIDIA 256 Bit GeForce 2 MX GPU 2nd Generation Transform and Lighting Engine Digital dual display architecture and NVIDIA shading rasterizer Support 32/64MB SDR Video Memory (Optional) 350MHz RAMDAC, Resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz 175MHz Core Clock and 166MHz Memory Clock Integrated second-generation transform and lighting engines 4 texels per clock and 32-bit color with 32-bit z/stencil Cube environment mapping DirectX and S3TC texture compression 700M texel fill rate 20M triangles/sec setup and 2.8 GB/second memory bandwidth Supports up to 4 display interfaces-CRT, TV, Digital Panel Interface Dual CRTC/Simultaneous Dual Display Support for VIP2.0 interface AGP 4X with Fast Writes DVD and HDTV ready motion compensation for MPEG-2 decoding Support TV-Out and DVI Interface for LCD Panel (Optional) Software Support ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000 Microsoft Windows NT4.0 DirectDraw Direct3D Direct Video ActiveX Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Take these precautions: ) Before touching any electronic parts, drain the static electricity from your body. You can do this by touching the internal metal frame of your computer while it's unplugged. ) Don't remove a card from the anti-static container it shipped in until you're ready to install it. When you remove a card from your computer, place it back in its container. ) Don't let your clothes touch any electronic parts. ) When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its circuitry. Before You Begin Before you process further, make sure your computer system meets the peripheral requirements and switch to the standard VGA display driver. Prepare Your Computer for Installation Prior to working on your computer, make sure the power of the computer and any related equipment is turned off. Select a Vacant Expansion AGP (PCI) Slot Most computers have a combination of AGP, PCI and ISA expansion slots. AGP slots are usually made from plastic of a contrasting brown color (beige color), and are shorter than other slots in your computer. Your system manual should identify the AGP or PCI slots, as appropriate for your model. Plugging your Graphic card into an incorrect slot could damage the card, your computer, or both. Do not try to force a card into a slot that does not accommodate it, as it is probably the wrong slot. AGP slot Back of computer PCI slot ISA slot AGP vs. PCI vs. ISA expansion slots Insert your Graphic Card Remove the cover for the slot you intend to use and save the screw for the mounting bracket. Then, pick up the Graphic card and position it over the expansion slot you’ve chosen. Push the card with firmly and evenly until it’s fully seated in the slot. Replace the screw to secure the bracket of the Graphic card to the computer chassis. AGP expansion slot Connect the monitor/LCD Bracket screw Graphics card PCI expansion slot Motherboard Connect the Monitor/DVI/TV (Optional) Plug your monitor/DVI/TV cable into the monitor/DVI/TV connector on your Graphic card. Make sure the other end of the monitor/DVI/TV cable is properly connected to your monitor/DVI/TV. Monitor Connector (Blue) DVI Host Receptacle Connector TV-Out Composite TV-Out S-Video Chapter 3 Software Installation ) Before installing the Display driver, make sure your Windows 95/98/2000/NT was installed in VGA mode and functions properly. ) For Windows 95 systems, please install DirectX before attempting to use the MPEG Movie Player. ) To use an AGP graphics card with NT4.0, you may need to re-install NT with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later version before installing the AGP card. ) If you are running Windows NT4.0, please note that some drivers are not compatible with earlier releases of Windows NT. Consult your dealer or local support to ensure you have the most recent releases for Windows NT and the drivers. ) The pictures in this chapter are only for Win98 reference. Before You Begin If your system is running Windows 95/98/2000/NT, the New Hardware Found dialog box will appear after restart. Select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer, click OK, then follow all on-screen instructions. If the New Hardware Found dialog box does not appear, follow the instructions below. Setup VGA Mode Click the right mouse button anywhere on the Windows 95/98/NT desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears on screen. Select Settings │ Change Display Type (For OSR2 users, please select Settings │ Advanced Properties. For Windows 98 users, please select Settings │ Advanced. For Windows NT users, please select Setting │ Display Type) and then click the [Change] button for Adapter Type. When the Select Device dialog box appears on the screen, please select [Standard display types] from the manufacturers list and select Standard Display Adapter (VGA) from the list of models then click OK. Install Software Driver Method 1 – Automatically install VGA Driver and Applications: 1. Turn on your computer and start Windows 95/98/2000/NT. 2. Insert the Driver CD into your CD-ROM drive. 3. Click the Start button on the task bar and then select Run button. 4. Type D:\cdsetup.exe [Enter] in the Run dialog box (where D:\is the location of your CD-ROM drive). 5. The Expertool VGA Installation dialog box will appear on the screen, please click “Continue” button and follow the instructions on screen to complete installation. 6. Final, restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Method 2 – Manually install VGA Driver without Applications: 1. Turn on your computer and start Windows 95/98/2000/NT. 2. Insert the Driver CD into your CD-ROM drive. 3. Click the right mouse button anywhere on the windows 95/98/2000/NT desktop. 4. Select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears on the screen. (Figure 3-1) 5. Select Settings│ │Advanced in the Display Properties dialog box. (Figure 3-2) Figure 3-1 Figure 3-2 6. Click the Change button for Adapter item. (Figure 3-3) 7. Click Next button in the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box. (Figure 3-4) Figure 3-3 Figure 3-4 8. Select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want check box and click Next button. (Figure 3-5) 9. Select Show compatible hardware check box and click Have Disk button. Type the path to the folder containing the driver files and click OK. Choose the compatible VGA Models from your Driver. Then chick Next button to continue the installation. (Figure 3-6) Figure 3-5 Figure 3-6 10. Final, restart your computer to allow the changes to take effect. (Figure 3-7) Figure 3-7 Chapter 4 Display Properties for Windows The pictures in this chapter are only for Win98 reference. ) If the Color Correction doesn’t appear, please adjust the color palette to High color or True color. Figure 4-1 Figure 4-2 Click the right mouse button anywhere on the Windows desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears on screen. In Display Properties dialog box, for Win95, please select GeForce2 MX item. For Win98, please select Settings│ │Advanced button then choose GeForce2 MX item as Figure 4-2. Then click Additional Properties button, the Additional GeForce2 MX Properties dialog box will appear. In the Additional GeForce2 MX Properties dialog box, select Color Correction item as Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 Figure 4-4 (As Figure 4-3) Active Color Channel: Allows you to select the color channel controlled by the sliders. You can adjust the red, green or blue channels individually or all three channels at once. Brightness/Contrast/Gamma: The slider controls allow you to adjust the brightness, contrast or gamma values for the selected color channel. Automatically apply these settings at startup: Selecting this option will automatically restore the color adjustments you have made here when Windows is restarted. Custom Color Settings: A list of the custom color settings you have saved. Selecting an item from the list will activate the setting. Save As: Lets you save the current color settings as a custom setting. Saved settings will then be added to the adjacent list. Delete: Delete the custom color setting currently that selected in the list. Restore Hardware Defaults: Restore all color values to the hardware factory settings. (As Figure 4-4) Performance and Compatibility Options: This option is used to turn fog table emulation on or off. Automatically generate mipmap levels: The NVIDIA graphics processor automatically generate mipmaps to increase the efficiency of texture transfers across the bus and provide higher application performance. Auto-mipmap method: Allows you to select the auto-mipmapping method used by the graphics processor. Mipmap detail level: Allows you to adjust the LOD (Level of Detail) bias for mipmaps. A lower bias will provide better image quality, while a higher bias will increase application performance. Custom Direct3D settings: A list of the custom settings (or ″tweaks″) you have saved. Selecting an item form the list will activate the setting. To apply the setting, choose the ″OK″ or ″Apply″ button. More Direct3D: Display a dialog that allows you to customize additional Direct3D settings. Restore Defaults: Restores all settings to their default values. Figure 4-5 Figure 4-6 (As Figure 4-5) Performance and Compatibility Options: Allowing fast linear-mip-linear filtering provide in increased application performance at the expense of some image quality. Default color depth for textures: This option determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications. Buffer flipping mode: This option determines the buffer flipping mode for fullscreen OpenGL applications. Vertical sync: This option lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. Use up to MB of system memory for textures in PCI mode: This allows the graphics processor to utilize up to the specified amount of system memory for texture storage [in addition to the memory installed on the display adapter itself.] This setting applies only to PCI display adapters [or AGP display adapters running in PCI compatibility mode.] (As Figure 4-6) Video Overlay Controls: Use these sliders to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your monitor. You can independently control the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation to achieve optimal image quality when playing back videos or DVD movies on your computer. Figure 4-7 Figure 4-8 (As Figure 4-7) Monitor Timing: Allows you to select your monitor timing mode. Auto-Detect [let Windows determine the proper mode]: Allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself. This is the default setting. Note that some older monitors may not support this feature. General Timing Formula (GTF): It’s a standard used by most newer hardware. Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT): It’s an older standard still in use on some hardware. Enable this option if your hardware requires DMT. Display the Quick Tweak icon in the taskbar: Adds the NVIDIA Quick Tweak icon to the Windows taskbar. The icon allows you to apply any of the custom Direct3D, OpenGL or color settings ″on the fly″ from a convenient pop up menu. The menu also contains items for restoring default settings and accessing the Display Properties dialog. Select taskbar icon: Allows you to choose the icon used to represent the Quick Tweak utility in the Windows taskbar. Select the icon you want displayed from the list. Then choose ″OK″ or ″Apply″ to update the icon in the taskbar. 10 (As Figure 4-8) In NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Properties dialog box, select Output Device item. These options in this dialog box allow you to select the output display devices [ monitor, digital flat panel or TV, depending on which devices your display adapter supports.] Device Setting button: Opens a window where you can customice the settings for the active display device. As Figure 4-8, select Device Settings button, the Output Device Settings dialog box will appear. In the Output Device Settings dialog box, you can use the arrow buttons to adjust the position of the desktop on your monitor as Figure 4-9. Figure 4-9 11 Chapter 5 Expertool for Windows ) For maximum compatibility and flexibility, the Expertool utility can be loaded and unloaded dynamically. Notice: Many features which by the Expertool and only available when Expertool was actived. ) These pictures in this chapter are only for Win98 reference. Expertool is a display control and desktop enhancement utility for Windows 95/98/2000/NT, specially designed and optimized for use with your graphics accelerator. You should think of Expertool as a kind of supplementary “device driver” which works in conjunction with your accelerator’s display driver. Installation Expertool will automatically install when you use the Setup program under Windows 95/98/2000/NT (refer to Chapter 3). Once installed, it can be activated by selecting Programs│ │Expertool│ │ Expertool (Figure 5-1) or clicking on the “Expertool” (Figure 5-3) icon in the System tray to show the Expertool Properties on your screen. (Figure 5-2) Uninstall Click Close button to close Expertool. (Figure 5-2) Then click Start button on the task bar and select Settings│ │Control Panel│ │ Add/Remove Programs. 3. Choice Expertool item for Install/Uninstall and click the Add/Remove button. 4. Click OK to uninstall Expertool. 1. 2. Expertool Icon Figure 5-1 Figure 5-2 12 Figure 5-3 Figure 5-4 Figure 5-5 (As Figure 5-4) DeskTop: Displays the current Resolution Setting, Color Setting, Font Size and Refresh Rate for the monitor. Drag the slider to specify values for each setting and click OK to put changes into effect. (As Figure 5-5) Information: Displays the current display settings and information of your computer. Run this program each time Windows starts - check box: Select this option to run Expertool immediately each time Windows starts. Figure 5-6 Figure 5-7 13 (As Figure 5-6) Screen Adjustment: Selects Adjust to adjust the screen position with the keyboard. If you wish to cancel any changes you’ve made, select Default. Monitor Information: Shows information about your monitor. Hide modes that this monitor cannot display: Unchecking this box will allow you to set your display to modes that this monitor cannot display correctly. This may lead to an unusable display and/or damaged hardware. Power Saving: Allows you to adjust the Power Saving settings for Standby, Suspend or Shut-off mode. Standby check box: This option instantly places your monitor in standby mode, which delivers minimal power savings but provides optimal recovery time. Suspend check box: This option instantly places your monitor in Suspend mode, which delivers maximum savings but requires a somewhat longer recovery time than Standby mode. Shut-off check box: This option effectively turns your monitor off, and recovery time is practically equivalent to turning the monitor on using the monitor's power switch. (As Figure 5-7) Color: Moves the slider to adjust the gamma value. The farther you slide this to the right, the higher the gamma value, and the brighter your display will be. The more you slide this to the left, the lower the gamma value, and the dimmer your display will be. Figure 5-8 Figure 5-9 14 (As Figure 5-8) Memory/Core Clock Setting Slider Control: Allows you to adjust your video memory/core clock for peek performance and maximum stability. The higher you set the memory/core clock the greater the performance increase. But changing this value will affect the stability of the VGA card. It is recommended that you use the original setting. (As Figure 5-9) DirectX: DirectX properties vary depending on the version of windows you are running, the version of DirectX installed, and the type of DirectX enabled drivers installed. This dialog box will also display the system's DirectX capabilities, and related information. Figure 5-10 (As Figure 5-10) Zoom In: Clicks on the client area and drags the mouse to zoom the desktop. (As Figure 5-2) Minimize: Close the menu and minimizes this application. Close: Close this application and disables the features it supports. 15 Chapter 6 Technical Information Display Memory Configuration Memory-Resolution/Color 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x960 1280x1024 1600x900 1600x1200 1920x1080 1920x1200 1920x1440 2048x1536 256 color 240Hz 240Hz 240Hz 200Hz 170Hz 170Hz 150Hz 120Hz 100Hz 100Hz 85Hz 75Hz The table below is for reference only. 16bit 32bit 240Hz 240Hz 240Hz 240Hz 240Hz 200Hz 200Hz 170Hz 170Hz 150Hz 170Hz 150Hz 150Hz 120Hz 120Hz 100Hz 100Hz 85Hz 100Hz 85Hz 85Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz Monitor Connector Pin Assignments Pin no. Function Red Video Green Video Blue Video NC Ground Red Return (ground) Green Return (ground) Blue Return (ground) Pin no. 10 11 12 13 14 15 Function +5V Sync Return (ground) NC DDC DATA Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync DDC CLOCK 16 DVI Connector Pin Assignments and Description Pin no. Signal Name TX22 TX2+ SHLD2/4 TX45 TX4+ DDC_CLK DDC_DAT Vertical Sync TX110 TX1+ 11 SHLD1/3 12 TX313 TX3+ 14 +5V Power 15 Ground 16 HPD 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TX0TX0+ SHLD0/5 TX5TX5+ SHLD Clock TXC+ TXC- Description TMDS negative differential output, channel 2 TMDS positive differential output, channel 2 Shield for TMDS channel 2/4 TMDS negative differential output, channel 4 TMDS positive differential output, channel 4 DDC2B Clock DDC2B Data Signal for the analog interface TMDS negative differential output, channel 1 TMDS positive differential output, channel 1 Shield for TMDS channel 1/3 TMDS negative differential output, channel 3 TMDS positive differential output, channel 3 Logic +5V supply Ground reference for +5 volt power pin. Used as return by Hsync and Vsync Signals Signal is driven by monitor to enable the system to identify the presence of a monitor. TMDS negative differential output, channel 0 TMDS positive differential output, channel 0 Shield for TMDS channel 0/5 TMDS negative differential output, channel 5 TMDS positive differential output, channel 5 Shield for TMDS clock differential pair TMDS positive differential output, channel Clock TMDS negative differential output, channel Clock Flash ROM Upgrade 1. Copy the utility from your CD directory “\Nvidia\Dos\FLASH\GeForce” to your hard disk. 2. Type nvflash.exe -fto update your ROM file (Rom file can be downloaded from the web site). 17 VESA VGA Mode Table Mode (hex) 100h 101h 102h 103h 104h 105h 106h 107h 108h 109h 10a 10b 10c 10e 10f 111 112 114 115 117 118 11a 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 13d 13e 145 146 Pixels Colors Windowed Linear 640 by 400 640 by 480 800 by 600 800 by 600 1024 by 768 1024 by 768 1280 by 1024 1280 by 1024 80 by 60 132 by 25 132 by 43 132 by 50 132 by 60 320 by 200 320 by 200 640 by 480 640 by 480 800 by 600 800 by 600 1024 by 768 1024 by 768 1280 by 1024 320 by 200 320 by 400 320 by 400 320 by 400 320 by 240 320 by 240 320 by 240 640 by 400 640 by 400 1600 by 1200 1600 by 1200 256 256 16 256 16 256 16 256 16 16 16 16 16 256 64K 32K 64K 32K 64K 32K 64K 32K 256 256 32K 64K 256 32K 64K 32K 64K 256 32K 18 2D Memory Configurations Width 640 640 640 800 800 800 1024 1024 1024 1152 1152 1152 1280 1280 1280 1280 1280 1280 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 1920 2048 2048 2048 Height Color 480 480 480 600 600 600 768 768 768 864 864 864 960 960 960 1024 1024 1024 900 900 900 1200 1200 1200 1080 1080 1080 1200 1200 1200 1440 1440 1440 1536 1536 1536 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit Memory Configuration 16MB 32MB 19 Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting Problem: After installation and restarting, Windows 95 informs me that display settings are still incorrect. There may be conflict between previous and current display drivers. This is caused by incomplete removal of previous display driver. Try the following steps to remove it. Solution: (1) Use the right mouse button to click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop. (2) Select "Properties" and the "System Properties" box should appear. (3) Click on the "Device Manager" tab. (4) You will see a list of devices on your computer. (5) Open "Display Adapters" in the list by double clicking it. (6) You will find two (or more) conflicting adapters listed here. (7) Remove all previous adapters by selecting them and selecting "Remove" (8) Close Device Manager and restart Windows 95. (9) Now your display driver should work correctly. Problem: After installing the driver, Windows 95 doesn't prompt me to restart and the driver still doesn't work after a manual reboot. You may have installed similar drivers before. Try the following steps to install: Solution: (1) Use right mouse button to click on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop. (2) Select "Properties" and the "System Properties" box appears. (3) Click on the "Device Manager" tab. (4) You will see a list of devices on your computer. (5) If "Display adapters" appears in the list, click it. If "Display adapters" doesn't appear, skip to step 9 and continue. (6) The name of your card will be listed in the box. Double click it. (7) The properties box of your card appears. Select "Driver" tab. (8) Click "Change Driver.." and follow the installation steps. (9) Click "Other devices" and you will see your card listed. (10) Click on the card, and when the properties box appears. Select the "Driver" tab. (11) Click "Change Driver.." and follow the installation steps. 20 Problem: When the system is starting up, there is a series of prolonged beeps. Solution: The VGA card may not be firmly inserted into the expansion slot. Ensure that the gold-striped bus connector of the graphics card is properly inserted into the expansion slot. Ensure this by pressing the card gently and evenly into the slot. Alternatively, remove the card and re-insert it. Problem: Monitor display flickers after Windows 95 or Windows 98 starts. Solution: Your monitor may not support the resolution or refresh rate that you have set. You must use display settings supported by the monitor. To change the display settings: (1) Restart your system in Windows 95/Windows 98 Safe mode. To do so: a. Restart your system and when the message "Starting Windows 95/98…" appears, press F8. A list of options including Safe Mode and Command Prompt Only Mode appears. b. Select Safe Mode and press ENTER. (2) Lower your monitor's resolution. For the resolutions supported by your monitor, refer to its manual. 21 When you need advanced technique service, please Complete this form and FAX to your dealer. Your name: Product S/N: Phone : PCB NO.: HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Mainboard Chipset: Mainboard CPU: Mainboard Memory: Mainboard Brand: Cache Memory: Monitor Type: MB KB CPU Speed: VGA Memory Type: VGA Memory VGA Memory Brand: FDD/HDC Card: Horizontal Freq. : Vertical Freq. : MHz MB KHz to HZ to KHz HZ Operating System or Test Programs: Application Software: Other Cards installed in system: Problem Description: Printed in Taiwan 22
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