Specifications

Q. Does the Annihilator or the Annihilator Pro have extra outputs like TV-OUT or DVI?
No, despite what you may have read in reviews. There is only the standard monitor output.
However, Gateway do have an OEM version that does have TV-OUT and DVI.
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Q. Can I connect my hardware DVD decoder to my Annihilator?
If you have a standard 26 pin VMI connector on the DVD decoder you can plug the cable into the left half (near
the bracket) of the VIP connector on the Annihilator. However, pins 14/27 will be in the way - you will have to
bend them out of the way.
Note that doing this isn't officially supported!
If you don't want to bend the pins, instead use an internal SCSI connector. The connector is the correct width -
connect only the correct half of the SCSI connector to the MPEG card.
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Q. Are there any newer Video BIOS upgrades for the Annihilator?
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There is one upgrade that has been produced by Creative for the Annihilator Pro. It is available on their
website:
http://www.americas.creative.com/support/files/download.asp?Centric=56&descID=1079
However, there is a password on the zip file. You can contact Creative support if you have the problem
that the BIOS fixes. I won't tell you the password - Creative deliberately put a password on the file to
reduce support costs for those who might make a mistake in flashing their video BIOS where there is no
need.
This BIOS version is supposed to fix problems with the Annihilator Pro only displaying 16MB of RAM
detected on bootup.
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You can also use an NVIDIA reference BIOS: see the 'Where can I get the latest NVIDIA Flash BIOS
and which should I use?' question.
Be warned that using the NVIDIA BIOS will void your warranty. Also, check your card's current BIOS
version as some cards already have a more up to date BIOS than the NVIDIA BIOS that is available.
Check this by rebooting and looking at the screen that comes up before the POST screen - the NVIDIA
control panel applet does not give a reliable reading of the CL BIOS version (read the '
How do Creative's
BIOS versions differ from NVIDIA's BIOS versions?' question for the reason why).
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Q. How do Creative's BIOS versions differ from NVIDIA's BIOS versions?
This response was given by William Ball of Creative:
We have a different versioning convention from NVIDIA. Basically ours is CC.cc.oo.mm.ee and NVIDIA's is
CC.cc.mm.ee.oo, where .oo is the OEM revision. So on NVIDIA's control panel or NVFLASH program, the .oo
part is displayed last whilst our bootup signon message and the later BlasterControl application would display
our convention. So, for our SDR BIOS, the version is displayed as 2.10.1.01.04 (our convention) instead of
2.10.01.04.1 (NVIDIA's convention). This might have led people to believe that we are using a 2.10.01.01
BIOS.
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Q. Why can't I set my Virtual Desktop to higher than my monitor's maximum resolution
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