EVGA drivers for video card, Driver Manual

Page 1: ... may be labeled differently Again please double check with the manufacturer Disable the VGA device through the Device Manager in Windows If you have an older motherboard of 4 years and older the only way of disabling the onboard VGA device is by setting certain jumpers on the motherboard i e affixing certain shunts on designated pins If you are upgrading from a previous 3Dfx VGA card such as the V...

Page 2: ...Step 2 A window will appear confirming the extraction for the eVGA video drivers Simply click on the NEXT button to proceed ...

Page 3: ...Step 3 To start extracting the driver files hit the NEXT button This will extract the contents of the compressed file into this folder denoted by the blue progress bar as well as the percentage complete ...

Page 4: ...Step 4 Once the driver files have been extracted you may then hit the FINISH button to complete the extraction ...

Page 5: ...Step 5 A dialog box will appear for the nVIDIA driver install disreguard this by hitting the CANCEL button The Setup program will want you to confirm this do this by clicking the YES button ...

Page 6: ...Step 6 At this point you want to manually install the drivers by bringing up the System Properties Right Click the My Computer icon on your desktop Select Properties at the bottom of the pop up menu ...

Page 7: ...Step 7 This will bring up your system properties of your Windows 98 operating system At the top should be four tabs selecting the tab marked Device Manager ...

Page 8: ...Step 8 Once at the Device Manager window you will see a listing of all the computer components currently installed on your system including the modem CDROM and sound card ...

Page 9: ...aters There you will see a listing of what video driver is installed By defualt Windows will use it s basic video driver called the Standard PCI Graphics Adpater VGA Using only this driver will limit your display at only 16 colors and 640 X 480 resolution To use any other configuration you must install the drivers that were written for your video card ...

Page 10: ...Step 10 Proceed by Right Clicking the Standard PCI Graphics Display Adapter VGA and selecting the Properties option in the pop up window ...

Page 11: ...Step 11 At this point you will receive the properties of the graphics card Click the Driver tab ...

Page 12: ...Step 12 Once in the Driver tab click the Update Driver at the bottom right ...

Page 13: ...Step 13 This in turn will bring up the Update Device Driver Wizard Go ahead and select the Next button ...

Page 14: ...iate drivers or have you pick a specific driver yourself You know the location of the display driver from the previous step when you created the eVGA folder for driver extraction Select the option Display a list of all drivers in a specific location so you can select a driver you want Then click Next ...

Page 15: ...n at the lower right Step 16 A pop up window will appear asking for the location of these drivers Simply click the Browse button Step 17 Another window will appear showing you the folders and contents on your hard drive At the bottom of the window denoted Drives make sure the C drive is selected That will be the drive in which the eVGADrv folder was created from the earlier steps ...

Page 16: ...hat folder displayed on the left window pane Make sure the file nvaml inf is selected and highlighted Now you can click the OK button at the upper right corner of the window Step 19 The field should now show the location of the display drivers as C Program Files eVGADrv Proceed by pressing the OK button ...

Page 17: ...GeForce2 MX MX 400 Make sure the card is highlighted in blue and proceed by clicking the OK button at the bottom Step 21 Windows will indicate that the driver is now ready to install and will show the location of that driver Double check that the information is correct and select Next ...

Page 18: ...nd install them which will then be followed by the Finish window Select Finish Step 23 You will need to restart the computer so Windows can properly load the driver for your video card Otherwise you will be stuck at the dreary 16 color and ...

Page 19: ...l notice that colors look more vibrant That s a good sign Now there are two ways of accessing display properties by doing the following Right Click your desktop and select Properties in the pop up menu Click your Start button in the lower left go to Settings Control Panel Look for an icon that says Display Properties and double click it ...

Page 20: ...You will arrive at this window if you have successfully accessed your Display Properties ...

Page 21: ...Select the Settings Tab at the upper right then select the Advanced button in the lower right ...

Page 22: ... quick indicator to see if the drivers were installed correctly is by noticing the model of your video card has a tab In this case the GeForce2 MX MX 400 with the NVIDIA logo is displayed Select that tab ...

Page 23: ...t this tab Look at the bottom 1 3 s of that window under the heading Driver Version Information There are three columns there Under the Version heading look at the last 4 digits of that number sequence That s an indicator of the version number of your drivers ...