Nvidia geforce4 MX420 User Manual
Nvidia geforce4 MX420 User Manual

Nvidia geforce4 MX420 User Manual

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GeForce4
MX420/440/460
SP7100M4A3X064DV ; SP7100M4A3X064TV
SP7100M4A3X064PU ; SP7100M4A3V128DV
SP7100M4A3V128TV ; SP7100M4A3V128PU
3D GRAPHIC
ACCELERATOR
SPARKLE COMPUTER CO., LTD.
NVIDIA
MANUAL

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  • Page 1 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420/440/460 SP7100M4A3X064DV ; SP7100M4A3X064TV SP7100M4A3X064PU ; SP7100M4A3V128DV SP7100M4A3V128TV ; SP7100M4A3V128PU 3D GRAPHIC ACCELERATOR MANUAL SPARKLE COMPUTER CO., LTD.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420/440/460 User’ s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................... 2 1. NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420/440/460 Features ............... 3 2. Hardware installation....................4 3. Resolutions and colors supported:................5 4. Smart Installation......................5 5. Manually install Windows XP drivers................
  • Page 4: Nvidia Geforce4 Mx420/440/460 Features

    1. NVIDIA GeForce4 MX420/440/460 Features GeForce4 MX420 AGP bus, with 64MB or 128MB SDRAM on Board Graphics core 256-BIT Fill rate (AA samples/sec.) 1 BILLION Triangles/sec 31 MILLION Memory bandwidth 2.7 GB/SEC GeForce4 MX440 AGP bus, with 64MB DDR SDRAM on Board...
  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    API Support OpenGL 1.3 and lower DirectX 8.1 and lower 2. Hardware installation 2.1 Package Contents NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 3D Accelerator card CD title or Software diskettes This manual 2.2 Installing the card Turn off your computer Remove the cover of the computer per the owner’ s manual Install the card in the AGP bus slots Replace the cover.
  • Page 6: Resolutions And Colors Supported

    3. Resolutions and colors supported: GeForce4 MX420/440/460 B.P.P. Refresh Rates (HZ) 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240 640*480 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240 800*600 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240 1024*768 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200 1152*864 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170 1280*960 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170 1280*1024 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150 1600*900 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150 60/70/72/75/85/100/120 60/70/72/75/85...
  • Page 7 4.2 Click Driver installation 4.3 If everything fine, screen will show Confirm Installation window. Then Select OK...
  • Page 8 4.4 Now appears the Driver Confirmation window Select Install If the drivers is very new may not certified by Microsoft, if so, system will prompt you the drivers do not have “digital signature”, still you can force to install. 4.5 Then restart your computer.
  • Page 9: Manually Install Windows Xp Drivers

    11. Then show Browse for Folder Select E:\drivers\ NVIDIA\7100\winXP (If 7100 not exist, use 7X00 instead) Note: “E:”-> CD Drive, “NVIDIA”-> VGA chip brand name, “7100”-> VGA model name Then select OK and then click Next 12. If no problem occur, system will start to install the driver 13.
  • Page 10 Click on the pull-down arrow from the Color palette area to select color depth or adjust the sliding bar to either Less or More from the Desktop area Select OK to restart System and new color depth or the new resolution takes effect.
  • Page 11: How To Change Refresh Rate In Windows Xp

    5.3 How to Change Refresh Rate in Windows XP Make sure that you have installed windows XP Driver. Click on the Start box in the lower left corner and proceed to Setting, Control Panel Inside the Control panel group , click on Display icon to open the Display Properties folder and choose Settings click the Advance Settings choose Monitor Click on the Refresh Rate sub window to change refresh rate...
  • Page 13: Nvidia Utility In Windows System

    5.4 NVIDIA Utility in Windows System 5.4.1 GeForce4 MX (NVIDIA) Display Adapter Information Table, you can tell the BIOS and Drivers version, NVIDIA Chip model name, IRQ setting and many useful information. Additional properties is for advance user to setting OpenGL, Direct3D, Overlay control, Desktop Utilities and 3D antialiasing settings.
  • Page 14: Nview

    5.4.2 nView nView have 4 modes : Standard, Clone, Horizontal span and Vertical span. If the optional connector is connected, you will be able to choose one as Windows default display device. Only the device is plugged and functional, You will be able to check the selection box.
  • Page 15: Standard Mode

    5.4.2.1 Standard mode: nView disabled, only one monitor will work. Click Device Settings >> , you can select output device – CRT or TV. Or you can select Advanced … and select output device. Click Video output format bar to select S-Video or RCA (optional) output, default is auto select.
  • Page 16: Color Correction

    5.4.2.2 Color correction… Click Device Settings >>, select Color Correction… . This Window shows NVIDIA Digital Vibrance is functional and you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma and save it as your favorite setting. If you don’ t like your adjustments, you can also check...
  • Page 17: Screen Adjustment

    5.4.2.3 Screen Adjustment… Click Device Settings >>, select Screen Adjustment… You can adjust screen position. Display Timing can let you set your computer timing.
  • Page 18: Nview Enable Mode

    5.4.2.4 nView enable mode You need two monitors, one analog monitor(CRT) and one TV or DVI (Optional). All connected well and functional. Clone mode: 2 monitors show the same picture, Select Clone and Click Apply to active. Horizontal span mode: Picture span horizontally on 2 monitors.
  • Page 19: Manually Install Windows 98 And Windows Me Drivers

    11. Then show Browse for Folder tab Select E:\drivers\ NVIDIA\7100\Win9X or \Winme (If 7100 not exist, use 7X00 instead) Note: “E:”-> CD Drive, “NVIDIA”-> VGA chip brand name, “7100”-> VGA model name Then select OK 12. Then show Update Device Driver Wizard tab...
  • Page 20 Click on the pull-down arrow from the Color palette area to select color depth or adjust the sliding bar to either Less or More from the Desktop area Select OK to restart Windows System and new color depth or the new resolution takes effect.
  • Page 21: How To Change Refresh Rate

    Select Change Now comes up a update drivers wizard window. Please follow the on screen instruction. Please specify the drivers location at your CDROM letter: \drivers\NVIDIA\7100\win2000 (If 7100 not exist, use 7X00 instead) or the directory where you put your drivers...
  • Page 22 Select Install and click “YES” when the Installing Driver dialog box appears. If the drivers is very new may not certified by Microsoft, if so, system will prompt you the drivers do not have “digital signature”, still you can force to install. A message appears stating that drivers were successfully installed.
  • Page 23: Fcc Statement

    FCC Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two condition.(1).this device may not cause harmful interference. (2).this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation Warning: Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
  • Page 24: Trademark Acknowledgments

    Trademark Acknowledgments All brand names and trademarks are the property of their owners.

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