Section 4: Installation And Start-Up - 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 Reviewer's Manual

Voodoo3™ Reviewers Guide

SECTION 4: Installation and Start-Up

Installing the Board
For Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 Systems
Follow these simple steps and in just a few minutes you can easily replace your computer's old
display card with the powerful new Voodoo3 accelerator card. The Quick Install software on the
Voodoo3 CD will analyze your computer and then open the Quick Install Guide which will lead
you through the installation process in a few simple steps and can even show you examples.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
• The On-line User's Guide on the Voodoo3 CD is in HTML format. Your system must have
internet/web browser software installed (either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator) to view the On-line User's Guide.
• The "Hardware Installation" section of the On-line User's Guide has important information
that you will need while your computer is shut down and the On-line User's Guide is
unavailable to you. It is very important that you print this section so that you can refer to it
during the installation. Also, please watch one of the Quick Install videos to familiarize
yourself with the installation procedure before you begin.
• A simplified version of the hardware installation instructions is also included in this Quick
Install Guide along with some basic troubleshooting information in case you have any
difficulty getting your computer restarted after the installation of your new Voodoo3 card.
Quick Install Instructions:
1. Before you do anything else, start your computer normally and insert the Voodoo3 CD into
your computer's CD-ROM drive.
If the Quick Install software does not open automatically, simply open Windows
Explorer, select your CD-ROM drive, and then double-click on the SETUP.EXE file
on the Voodoo3 CD.
2. The Quick Install software will perform a simple check of your computer's configuration and
then it will open the On-line Quick Install Guide to Page 1.
If you see any error messages instead of the On-line Quick Install Guide, check the
Troubleshooting section in the back of this Quick Install Guide for important
information about your computer.
3. When you have read the instructions on Page 1 of the On-line Quick Install Guide, printed
the instructions on the next page that you will need during the hardware installation, and
watched the Quick Install video, then shutdown your system and proceed with the Hardware
Installation.
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August 1999