User Guide

20 Installing the Fire GL4
Before you Start: Information, Tips, and Hints
Before you install the drivers for your Fire GL4 accelerator, make
sure your monitor cable is properly attached to the DVI-I connector.
Do you need a special driver installation?
The software installation procedure later in this chapter describes
how to install the drivers for your graphics card after you have
installed the new card for the first time and have rebooted your
computer.
This section offers some additional tips if you want or need to install
the graphics card drivers in a special working scenario, for example,
if you have re-installed your operating system, or if you want to
perform a manual installation.
• You can always install the drivers using the Quick Start utility
on the Fire GL CD.
The Quick Start utility will start automatically, if you insert the
Fire GL CD into your CD-ROM drive after the operating system
has started. If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and/or the
Quick Start program does not start automatically:
Click the Start button in the task bar, click Run, and then select
START.EXE from the root directory of the Fire GL CD.
•
Select Readme from the Fire GL CD start menu to display a
readme file. Refer to this file for additional and ‘last minute’
information. Information in this file may not appear in printed
documentation or online help.
• Where are the drivers? When prompted for a driver installation
CD, insert the Fire GL CD and enter or browse to the path
corresponding to your operating system.
\NT4 - for Windows NT 4.0
\NT5 - for Windows 2000
•
You must be running Windows 2000 or
Windows NT 4.0, updated with Service Pack 6 (or newer) before
installing the Fire GL4 drivers. For most languages you can
perform the Service Pack update from the Fire GL CD when you
run the Quick Start utility.