How To Use This Guide - MSI MS-8916 User Manual

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1.1 How to Use this Guide

This user's guide is designed for a series of VGA cards. Before you
start reading this guide, find out the product name of the VGA card you
have just purchased on the gift box, and look for the specification and
function description in next chapter in accordance with the product name
of your VGA card .
Chapter 2, INTRODUCTION, provides the brief specification and func-
tion of each VGA card. For detailed description of all functions, you may
refer to the rest of the chapters. Note that the VGA card you purchased
may not cover all functions mentioned herein; therefore, it is recom-
mended to read the "Reference" information first, which indexes the
correspoding founction description of each different VGA card, and then
find the proper function description for your VGA card in the other chapters.
Chapter 3, HARDWARE INSTALLATION, tells you how to install your VGA
card into your computer correctly, and the function of each connector on
the VGA card. Also note that your VGA card may not cover all functions
mentioned in this chapter. Check on Chapter 2, INTRODUCTION, for
the specification of the VGA card you purchased if you have any problem
finding the proper function description for your card.
Chapter 4, SOFTWARE INSTALLATION, describes how to install MSI
VGA card software for Windows XP, or 2000, including the driver and
useful utilities.
Chapter 5, MSI LIVE UPDATE 3, a useful utility for you to upgrade your
MSI mainboard and VGA card. Because of this powerful capacity of this
utility, you are allowed to easily download and automatically upgrade
the BIOS and the up-to-date drivers on-line, without spending extra time
on searching Web sites to find the desired BIOS or drivers.
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