Installing Your Graphics Card - Creative Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Manual

Installing Your
Graphics Card
To install the graphics
card
If you are replacing an existing
VGA card with Graphics Blaster
RIVA TNT2 Value, please
remember to remove the existing
VGA card.
4 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide
Figure 1 shows you the connectors on the Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card.
Video Expansion connector
Connect to a video expansion board.
VGA Out connector
Connects to your monitor via a monitor cable.
Figure 1: The Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card.
1. Switch off your computer and all peripheral devices.
2. Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet.
3. Touch any metallic surface on your computer to discharge any static electricity.
4. Remove the computer cover.
5. Locate a free AGP expansion slot.
Figure 2 shows the various types of expansion slots.
6. Remove the metal plate from the AGP slot.
Keep the screw and metal plate for future use.
7. Align the bus connector of the graphics card with the
expansion slot.
AGP bus connector
An AGP slot
A PCI slot
An ISA slot
Figure 2: Types of expansion slots.