Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product NVS 280 PNY
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NVIDIA Quadro ® by PNY Professional Graphics Board User Manual v182.08 NVIDIA Quadro FX and NVS Series PNY Technologies, Inc. 299 Webro Road Parsippany, NJ 07054 800.
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Minimum System Requireme nts 3 Package Contents 3 Preparing for Installation 3 Hardware Installation 4 Additional Power Requiremen ts 5 Attaching Displays 6 NVIDIA Qua.
Introduction Congratulations on the purch ase of your NVIDIA Quadr o by PNY pr ofessional graphics board. You ar e now the owner of a state-of-t he-art graphics board that was designed for demandi ng 3D and/or 2D applicatio ns, and offers features and functionalit y beyond an y other card in its cla ss.
▪ Make sure that Windows Vista or XP is runn ing in VGA mode. ▪ Uninstall any previous grap hics driver software using the Add/Remov e icon in ‘Control Panel’ ▪ Shut down your computer ▪ O.
Typical motherboard show ing PCIE x16 and P CI slots Inserting Your Graphics Card Remove the backplane cover for the slot you intend to use and save the mounti ng bracket screw. Position the graphics board over the expans ion slot that coincides with the t ype (P CI Express or PCI) of the card purchased.
Attaching Displays FX 5800, FX 5600, FX 5600G, FX 4600, FX 4600G, FX 4700 X2, FX 3700, FX 1700, FX 570, FX 380, FX 370 These boards feature dual DV I-I connectors (the FX 4700 X2 features four DVI-I connectors).
NVS 440 x1 card showing plac ement of DMS-59 connect ors, when onl y attaching 2 displa ys the upper DMS-59 connector shoul d be used first; NVS 2 85 x16 card also show n with single DMS-59 co nnector.
▪ Insert the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY driver installa tion CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, the CD will auto run and you will be presented with a main menu that includes driver installation, along w.
▪ The listbox contains al l of the f eatures you can adjust on you r NVIDIA Quadro by PNY graphics board – you can change the setting of a feat ure using the drop down listbox besi de the feature name. If in doubt about a particular feature the ‘Appl ication- controlled’ setting is your best option.
▪ Allows you to adjust the color settings for your desktop – these changes will not affect any video playback – to change video color settings, go to ‘Adjust Video Color Settings’ Figure 6 .
▪ Set up Multiple Displays allo ws you to set optimal parameters for each display, gives you f ull control over features such as horizontal or vertical moni tor spanning, and al lows you to position.
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An important point after buying a device PNY NVS 280 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought PNY NVS 280 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data PNY NVS 280 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, PNY NVS 280 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get PNY NVS 280 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of PNY NVS 280, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime PNY NVS 280.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with PNY NVS 280. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device PNY NVS 280 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
