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User’s Manual
For
GeForce4 MX Series
DOC NO: 54-ONV17-01 Rev.A
02/01/16
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Features .................................................................................................................6
1.2 System Requirements............................................................................................7
2.1 Adapter Configuration...........................................................................................7
2.2 Installing your VGA adapter ...............................................................................10
3.1 Installing driver on Windows 98SE/ME..............................................................11
3.3 View User's manual.............................................................................................12
3.4 Installing driver on Windows 2000/XP ...............................................................12
3.5 TV-OUT Function Instructions ...........................................................................13
3.6 nView Function instructions................................................................................17
7.1 Resolutions Supported.........................................................................................21
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1. Introduction
The nVIDIA GeForce4 MX series graphic is the 3D graphics processors and
multimedia controller. Its innovative architectures combine, transform, and light
technology with a rendering engine that delivers 4 pixels per clock. The nVIDIA
GeForce4 MX series graphic not only speed up graphics processing for richer 3D
graphics, it also frees up CPU bandwidth, to the computer systems use, by
incorporating GeForce4 MX break-through 3D architecture.
nVIDIA GeForce4 MX series graphics controller delivers stunning visual quality and
performance, with its 256 bit true-color engine and 32 bit Z/Stencil buffer.
GeForce4 MX series is the only graphics processor able to drive dual digital displays
independently delivering the dual-head graphics in a single Board. It’s full support 2
analog DVI or DVI and CRT.
1.1 Features
Integrated second-generation transform and lighting engine.
64/128MB memory DDR or SDRAM on board.
Integrated true-color 350MHz RAMDAC interface.
Supports high screen resolutions up to 2048x1536@60Hz.
Enables two Digital Flat Panel Display to 1280x1024.
256-bit 2D and 3D graphics architecture.
AGP 2X/4X/8X with AGP Texturing and Fast Writes. (For AGP series product)
32-bit color ARGB with destination alpha.
Cube environment mapping.
Separate hue, saturation, and brightness controls for the video overlay.
Video DMA for efficient VIP Host operations.
DVD and HDTV- ready motion compensation for MPEG-2 decoding.
OpenGL ICD for full OpenGL support.
Alternate OS support for OS/2, Linux, and BeOS.
Drivers for Windows XP, 2000, ME and 98SE.
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8.8 GB/second memory bandwidth.(For MX460 series product)
6.4 GB/second memory bandwidth.(For MX440 series product)
2.7 GB/second memory bandwidth.(For MX420 series product)
31Mtriangles/sec or higher through T&L and setup.
nVIDIA shading rasterizer (NSR) Featuring.
Fully support PCI Interface. (For PCI series product)
Low Profile SPEC. (For Low Profile series product)
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S Video In
Video Out
S Video Out
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Low-Profile VGA with TV-Out
Low-Profile VGA with TV-Out
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2.2 Installing your VGA adapter
1. Power off your computer, remove its outside cover, and then assert yourself by
touching the power supply of your computer.
Note: Before installing your new VGA card, you must first set the VGA
option to either Standard VGA or Standard Display VGA.
2. Remove your old graphics card, and install your new VGA card into the AGP slot.
PCI series product
AGP series product
AGP Slot
PCI slot
AGP mainboard
PCI slot
AGP mainboard
3. Align and secure the mounting bracket of your new VGA card to your computer
and replace your computer cover.
4. Connect your monitor cable to the DB-15 connector at your new VGA card.
!!! Caution !!!
Turn Off
Before you turn on your system,
you have to sure that VGA card
setup already and all cables are
connected.
Graphics Card
DO NOT connect / disconnect
TV-out cable when your TV or
Turn Off
PC is Power On.
5. Power on your computer.
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3. Software Installation
After installing the VGA card in your computer, please turn on your PC, and your
computer will be automatically detected.
Auto-Run CD will auto-detect your VGA and TV card devices.
Therefore, it might show more than one device in the first installing
window. Otherwise, Auto-Run CD will skip the first installing
window when it only detects one device. Please select one
installation of the devices that is proper for this product.
Notice :
3.1 Installing driver on Windows 98SE/ME
Please set the VGA card as ‘Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)’. When asked
if you want to restart your PC, click ‘No’. Then you should follow the next step.
1. Insert the Auto-Run CD-ROM driver (wait few seconds). You will see ‘VGA
Installer’ window that will be shown on the screen. If it does not display, please
browse the CD and double click ‘AutoRun.exe’ icon.
2. Click-on ‘Install Driver’ to install the VGA driver.
3. After the installation is complete, the system will ask you whether you want to
restart your computer now. Click ‘Yes’ to reboot your system and activate the
program.
3.2 Installing DirectX on Windows
98SE/ME/2000/XP
When the system restart after finishing the VGA driver setup, please install better
DirectX version than that on your system.
1. Double click CD-ROM icon to let it auto-run. The ‘VGA Installer’ will be shown
again.
2. Click ‘Install DirectX’ and you will see a ‘Installer’ dialog, and click ‘OK’ to
show next page.
3. Click ‘Yes’ to continue.
4. Click-on ‘ReInstall DirectX’ to install the DirectX program.
5. When it is done, please click ‘OK’ to reboot Windows.
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3.3 View User's manual
Click ‘User’s Manual’ to view detailed information regarding the various
Drivers/Programs and FAQ located on the CD.
3.4 Installing driver on Windows 2000/XP
Please set the VGA card as ‘Video Controller (VGA Compatible)’. When asked if
you want to restart your PC, click ‘No’. Then you should follow the next step.
1. Insert the Auto-Run CD-ROM driver (wait few seconds). You will see ‘VGA
Installer’ window that will be shown on the screen. If it does not display, please
browse the CD and double click ‘AutoRun.exe’ icon.
2. Click ‘Install Driver’ to install the VGA driver.
3. A. Windows 2000:
If you see ‘Digital Signature Not
Found’ window, please click ‘Yes’.
B. Windows XP:
If you see ‘Hardware Installation’
window,
please
click
‘Continue
Anyway’.
4.
When asked if you want to restart your PC, click ‘OK’ to finish the installation
and reboot your Windows.
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3.5 TV-OUT Function Instructions
Before you power on your system, you have to be sure the VGA
NOTE:
card is installed already and all the cables are connected to prevent
form the card get burnt.
3.5.1 How to enable the TV-OUT function
The VGA card needs to see real 75 ohms AV input. Connect the
signal cable between TV-OUT of VGA and TV's Video input and
turn on the TV before launch ‘Display Properties’. Otherwise the
Warning:
TV-OUT function would be gray and un-selectable.
1. Boot up the system from monitor.
2. To Connect the signal cable between TV-OUT of VGA and TV’S Video input and
turn on the TV.
3. After launch ‘Display Properties’ window then:
1. Click ‘Settings’
2. Click ‘Advanced…’
3. Click ‘nView’
4. Click ‘Device Setting’
5. Click
‘Select Output Device’
6. Click ‘Advanced’
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3.5.2 How to change TV setting?
1. You can click ‘TV’ to switch VGA output to
TV.
A. Click ‘Change Format’ to select which
standard TV you want.
When you select ‘Make this format the
power-up default’; the System will
change BIOS default to the format, when
you boot-up next time.
B. Click ‘Video output format’ to select
output from Composite or S-Video.
C. Click ‘OK’ to switch your display mode.
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3.5.3 How to adjustment screen position?
1. Please open “Output Device” page.
2. When the output of your VGA is set to
Monitor, You can click ‘Device Setting’ to
adjust the screen position
WARNING:
The Monitor display may become
scrambled if you adjust the screen position
over the required range.
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3.5.4 How to change output to Digital Flat Panel?
1. A.
You can click ‘Digital Flat Panel’ to
switch VGA output to Digital Flat Panel.
B.
Click ‘OK’ or ‘Apply’ to switch your
display device.
2.
Click ‘OK’ to make sure.
3. Windows will ask you to keep this setting.
Click ‘Yes’ to finish setting.
Note : The function is just for output device with DVI connector.
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4. Video Mirror Function
4.1.1 Video Mirror mode
Video Mirror is a nView feature that allows a video or DVD application to
mirror its playback in full-screen mode on any one of the connected display
devices.
For Video Mirror functionality, set your nView panel to one of these
modes:
•Windows XP/2000 Clone or Windows XP DualView.
•Windows 9X/ME Clone or Extended Desktop.
1. Open the DVD or video application that you
want to view.
2. A. Enable Overlay Controls
B. Enable video overlay zoom: Click this
check box and click Apply to use the
Zoom control slider to zoom in (out) on a
specific area of the video output
(overlay) on your screen. Using the
diagram of the screen regions shown on
the Overlay Controls panel, you can
select the area of the video screen you
would like to zoom. Once selected, you
can zoom to that portion of the screen by
moving the Zoom Control slider between
the Out and In range.
3. Be sure to click Apply whenever you make
any changes to the control panels. If changes
do not take effect (the controls have no effect
on the video) after you click Apply, close the
video overlay and then re-open it.
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5. Color Correction Panel
5.1.1 Color Correction Settings
If you are using a GeForceX GPU-based card, another non-nView nVIDIA
GPU-based card, or have not enabled nView on your system yet, follow these
steps:
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Right click from the Windows desktop to display the context menu, click
Properties, the Settings tab, and the Advanced button.
Click the Color Correction tab to display the nVIDIA Color Correction
panel.
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If you are using a nView-based card, have nView enabled, and want to
access the Color Control Panel from the nView panel, follow these steps:
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Open the nView control panel.
To access the context menu, right click on a monitor icon that
appears on the nView panel.
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Select Color Correction from the context menu.
1. Open Color Correction
A. Active Color Channel: Allows you to
select the color channel controlled by the
sliders. You can adjust the red, green or
blue channels individually or all three
channels at once.
B. Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma
Controls: The slider controls allow you
to adjust the brightness, contrast, or
gamma values for the selected color
channel.
C. Diagonal Line/Curve:
A
graphical
representation of the color curve. This
curve will change in real time as you
adjust the contrast, brightness or gamma.
D. Selecting Automatically apply these
settings at startup automatically
restores the color adjustments you have
made here when Windows is restarted.
2. Note: If your computer is running on a network, the color will be adjusted after
you have logged on to Windows.
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6. How to Overclock
Increasing the hardware clock frequencies beyond the
Warning: manufacturer’s recommended setting may cause system instability
and possibly damage the hardware.
6.1.1 Setting Hardware Options Function
1. Choose ‘Hardware Options’ in ‘Additional
Geforce 4 MX Properties’ then enable
‘Allow clock frequency adjustments’.
2. Please restart computer .To click ‘Restart
Now’.
3. After restart computer, please set the clock of ‘Core clock frequency’ or
‘Memory clock frequency’ that you want in step 1.
Clicking ‘test new settings’ after finish adjust clock to check it can affordable or
not.
5. To click ‘Apply’ to finish the procedure and
you will see this message.
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7. Display Information
7.1 Resolutions Supported
Resolutions Color Depth
Refresh Rate (Hz)
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150 170
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150 170
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150 170
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150 170
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150
60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 150
60 70 72 75 85 100 120
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
640 x 480
800 X 600
1024 X 768
1152 X 864
1280 X 960
1280 X 1024
1600 X 1200
1920 X 1080
1920 X 1200
1920 X 1440
2048 X 1536
60 70 72 75 85 100
60 70 72 75 85 100
60 70 72 75 85
60 70 72 75 85 100
60 70 72 75 85 100
60 70 72 75
60 70 72 75 85
60 70 72 75 85
16bit
32bit
8bit
16bit
32bit
8bit
60 70 72 75
60 70 72 75 85
60 70 72 75 85
60 70 75 85
60 70 72 75
60 70 72 75
16bit
32bit
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8. FAQ
Q: While installing on my PC, my computer loses the Vertical Sync.
A: Please check your monitor’s specifications. Some monitors connect the DDC
signal to ground: Which causes the BIOS not to detect your monitor. Therefore,
causing your nVidia Geforce4 MX graphics card not to receive any data or refresh
rates.
Q: The image on my monitor keeps on flickering and the driver can't
change the refresh-rate.
A: The problem is due to a failed DDC monitor detection.
To fix the problem:
1. Chick the right button of mouse in desktop them choose ‘Properties’.
2. Select ‘Settings’ tab
3. Click ‘Advanced Properties’
4. Select ‘Monitor’ tab
5. Click ‘Change’
6. Select ‘Show All Devices’ and choose your monitor type. If your monitor type
is not listed, please select one that is similar as possible.
Q: How do I change the resolution, color, and refresh-rate on my
Windows 98SE system?
A: Open the ‘My Computer’ folder and select the ‘Control Panel’ icon.
Double-click on ‘Display’ icon, then select ‘Settings’ tab, and then choose ‘Color
Palette colors’ to change the color values. Adjusting ‘Screen area’ to change the
Resolution (screen image size). From the same tab click-on ‘Advanced…’ to
access the Refresh-rate.
Q: How do I change the resolution, color, and refresh-rate on my
Windows NT system?
A: The procedure is basically the same as the Windows 98SE system. Except that
you must select ‘Test’ then click ‘OK’, so that the changes can take affect.
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Q: TV-OUT is grayed out on my TV-OUT capable nVidia Geforce4 MX
graphics card. How can I fix it?
A: 1. The nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card needs to see real 75 ohms AV input.
However, not all TVs have this, and some have a switch labeled ‘Terminate’
next to the AV inputs to turn the 75 ohms off to allow more than one TV to be
connected. If you are having this problem, especially with a smaller or
portable TV, then try another TV to see if this is a problem, or check for a
‘Terminate’ switch.
2. According to motherboard vendor this may also be caused a problem by
motherboards using a linear voltage regulator that does not supply enough
voltage to the nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card, and therefore there is not
enough voltage to maintain TV-OUT.
Q: My nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card keeps on locking up. How can I
fix it?
A: 1. Are you over clocking either nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card or your
processor? If you are, try clocking back to normal, leaving the case lids off
and under clocking and see if it fixes the problem. If it does, you need more
cooling.
2. Have you assigned an IRQ to VGA in your BIOS? If not, do so.
3. Have you got an IRQ conflict with nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card and
another card? The only device that can have the same IRQ is the ‘IRQ
Holder for PCI Steering’. If so, try moving the card to another slot (in
particular avoid the first PCI slot as this frequently is forced to share an IRQ
with the AGP slot) or assigning a different IRQ to that slot in the BIOS.
4. Are you running a virus checker in the background? Try disabling it.
5. Try installing the latest AGP drivers for your motherboard chipset if you
haven't got an Intel motherboard.
6. If you have an ‘AGP Driving Control’ setting in your BIOS, try switching it
to ‘BA’ or another value instead of ‘Auto’.
7. If you have a VIA chipset, try enabling AGP4X. We have chosen to disable
the AGP sideband transfer because there have been various system instability
problems due to issues in the design of some motherboards.
Q: The system will hang up when I play 3D game in Win98SE system.
A: 1.
Start ⇒ Programs⇒ Accessories⇒ System Tools⇒ System Information
Tools⇒ DirectX Diagnostic Tool⇒ Display
2.
3. Disable ‘Direct3D Acceleration’ to try.
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Q: When I install the 2x.xx series of drives Windows 9x locks up at the
bootup screen. How can I fix it?
A: Make sure your nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card is not sharing an IRQ with
any other devices. If you find that it is, try either moving the device into another
PCI slot, or reassigning the PCI IRQs in the BIOS. In particular, the first PCI slot
is frequently forced to share an IRQ with the AGP slot.
Q: If I set the nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card as the primary card in
the BIOS, my secondary PCI video card is not detected. How can I fix
it?
A: Check in your C:\CONFIG.SYS file to see if you are loading EMM386.EXE. If
you are, remove the line.
Q: Games stutter with my nVIDIA Geforce4 MX graphics card. How can I
fix it?
A: 1. Go into the System Control Panel, then click on Device Manager, and then
find your CD/DVD-ROM drive(s) and hard drive(s). Go into each one, click
on Settings and check DMA. This enables UltraDMA.
2. Make sure that Video BIOS shadowing is disabled in your BIOS.
3. Make sure that your graphic card is not sharing any IRQs with another card -
the only device that can have the same IRQ is the ‘IRQ Holder for PCI
Steering’. If you find that the GeForce2 MX is sharing an IRQ, try moving the
card that it is sharing the IRQ with to another slot.
Q: I get flickering textures in Quake 3 Arena and Windows 9x. How can I
fix it?
A: Type the following at the console:
/r_ext_compiled_vertex_array 0
/vid_restart
Q: I can't get my system to work with AGP8X. It only can work in AGP4X.
A: 1. You must enable AGP in 8X mode in BIOS of motherboard.
2. You need to confirm motherboard have support AGP 8X mode.
3. You need to install the motherboard AGP driver.
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