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1. Turn on your system. Windows 98 Windows 98 automatically detects the graphics card. An Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, informing you that a display adapter has been detected. 2. When a dialog box similar to the figure opposite appears, click Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want, and then click the Next button. 3. Insert the 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX CD into your CD-ROM drive. 4. In the Models list box, click the Ha
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1. Turn on your system. Windows Me 2. Windows Me automatically detects the graphics card. An Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, informing you that a display adapter has been detected. 3. Windows will automatically install the drivers for a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) (Microsoft) (6-8-2000). If you are installing 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX as a second or subsequent card to make use of Windows Me’s multi-monitor capability, you will see an Update Driver Warning message telli
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1. Turn on your computer. Windows 2000 automatically detects the graphics card. The “Found New Windows 2000 Hardware Wizard” dialog box appears, informing you that a display adapter has been detected. 2. Select the “Search for a suitable driver” option and click the Next button. 3. Insert the 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 Ultra CD into your CD-ROM drive. 4. In the Optimal serach locations list, check the CD-ROM drivers box and click the Next button. 5. The Driver file search results will identify
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Changing Settings 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. To change the 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. display settings in 3. In the Desktop Area group box, drag the slider to set the desired resolution. Windows NT 4.0 and 4. In the Color Palette group box, select the desired color. Certain colors may not be available for some Windows 2000 display resolutions. 5. In the Refresh Frequency group box, select the desired
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Getting More Information The Help file for 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX gives a brief introduction to the features supported by this 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 graphics card. MX To open the Help file for 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX Click Start, select Programs, select Creative, click on Help. The Help file for Creative BlasterControl shows you how to use the BlasterControl utility to customize Creative BlasterControl your screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate in Windows. To open the
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Technical Specifications Architecture Highlights ❑ Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX™ ❑ Advanced 256-bit graphics architecture ❑ 32MB of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory ❑ Intergrated high speed 350MHz RAMDAC ❑ 256-bit graphics architecture ❑ AGP 4X, with Fast Writes support (AGP version - requires motherboard support) 3D Features ❑ Two independent pixel pipelines ❑ Up to 4 texture-mapped, filtered, lit texels per clock cycle. ❑ NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer per-pixel rendering eng
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2D Features ❑ High performance 2D, GUI, DirectDraw® ❑ Screen resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 ❑ Optimized for 32, 16 and 8-bit per pixel color depths ❑ Flicker-free refresh rates up to 240Hz Video Features ❑ Video acceleration for DirectShow®, MPEG1, MPEG2 ❑ Enhanced motion compensation for full screen, full motion video playback ❑ Multi-tap bilinear video scaling and filtering ❑ Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion ❑ DVD sub-picture alpha blended compositing Drivers ❑ Window
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Refresh Rates The refresh rates show in the table below are supported by different video modes (based on 350 MHz RAMDAC). Refresh Color Depth Rates Resolution 256 (8-bit) 64k (16-bit) 16.7 million (32-bit) The refresh rates shown in the 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, 120, table are the highest obtainable 640x480 140, 144, 150, 170, 200, 240 140, 144, 150, 170, 200, 240 140, 144, 150, 170, 200, 240 and are monitor-dependent. Resolutio
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Troubleshooting System Stops After installing 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX and starting your system, the monitor displays a blank screen. Responding, Blank Screen or Corrupted Solutions Try the following: Display ❑ Turn off your system and wait a while before turning it on again. ❑ Verify that any built-in graphics card on your motherboard is disabled and that you have removed any other video display card from your system. ❑ Be sure that your 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX card’s bus connector i
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Other Display Problems The monitor display flickers or the screen goes blank after Windows starts. Cause Your monitor may not support the resolution or refresh rate that you have set. Solution Use display settings supported by the monitor. To change the display settings: 1. Restart your system in Windows 98/Me Safe Mode. To do so: a. Restart your system and when the message “Starting Windows 98/Me...” appears, For the resolutions supported by press . your monitor, refer to its manual. A li
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Beeping Sounds During When the system is starting up, there is a series of prolonged beeps. System Startup Cause Your 3D Blaster Annihilator 2 MX card may not be firmly inserted into the expansion slot. Solution Be sure that the AGP bus connector of the graphics card is fully inserted into the expansion slot by pressing the card firmly and evenly into the slot. You can also try removing the card and re-inserting it. Problems Installing In Windows 95 or Windows 98, the installation program for
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