Gigabyte GV-N55256D manual

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    - 1 - English Minimum System Requirements • IBM ® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium ® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher • One available AGP 3.0 compliant slot or better • Operating Systems Win ® 98/98SE / Win ® 2000 / Win ® ME / Win ® XP • 64MB system memory • 50MB of available disk space for full installati[...]

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    - 2 - English 1.1. Features • Powered by nVidia GeForce FX 5500 GPU • Supports the new AGP 8X and latest DirectX 9.0 • Integrated with 128MB DDR memory (only for GV -N55128D/GV-N55128DP(-E)/GV - N55128DS) • Integrated with 256MB DDR memory (only for GV -N55256D(-E)) • Features DVI-I, TV -Out and D-Sub connectors • Features DVI-D connect[...]

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    - 3 - English 3. GV -N55128DS TV-Out (S-Video) VGA Monitor Connector (15-pin) DVI-I Connector NTSC / PAL TV Projector Analog Monitor OR VGA Output AV Output Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI-I to D-Sub Connector VGA Output Analog LCD Monitor Analog LCD Monitor DVI-I Connector TV-Out VGA Monitor Connector (15-pin) VGA Monitor Connector (15-pin) RCA[...]

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    - 4 - English Installing your graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics card. 2. Hardware Installation 1. 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 seated. 2 . Replace[...]

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    - 5 - English 3.2. Driver Installation (Windows ® XP/2000/ME/98) Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM drive, and then the Autorun window appears. If it does not appear, please run setup.exe in the root directory of the driver CD disk (ex:D:setup.exe). Click "Install Display Driver" item. 3.1. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft[...]

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    - 6 - English 3.3. V -T uner 2 Installation V -T uner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Click "Utilities" item. Click "GIGABYTE Utility" item. The tunning CLK will only be applied when running 3D mode. Adjust core speed Displays core clock status Display[...]

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    - 7 - English 4.1. BIOS Flash Utility 1. Please download the newest BIOS Zip file from GIGABYTE website (www.gigabyte.com.tw). The file contains a MS-DOS-based BIOS flash utility. Or contact your local dealer for the file. 4.2. How to Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS Mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk or floppy disk. This procedure ass[...]

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