Video driver for nVidia GeForce2 MX video card

Version

Localizations

Installation

Changes / Fixes

Known issues

Known limitations

 

Version

 

Windows 98:

·          Supplier package version : 6.54

·          HP internal package revision : TOA0302

 

Windows NT4 and Windows 2000

·          Supplier package version : 6.48

·          HP internal package revision : TOA0301

 

This release note applies to Windows 98, Windows NT4 and Windows 2000.

 

 

Localizations

 

 

·          English (USA) Finnish Norwegian

·          English (UK) French Portuguese (Brazil)

·          Arabic French (Canada) Russian

·          Chinese (simplified) German Spanish

·          Chinese (traditional) Italian Spanish (Latin America)

·          Danish Japanese Swedish

·          Dutch Korean Thai

 

 

Installation

 

 

Installation steps under Windows 98:

1

Start Microsoft Windows 98.

2

From the Start menu, select Settings.

3

Select Control Panel.

4

Select Display.

5

Select the Settings tab.

6

Select Advanced.

7

Select Adapter.

8

Select Change

9

Select Next.

10

Verify that "Specify a location" has a check mark next to it.  If it does not, click in the box next to "Specify a location" to place a check mark in the box. Select Next.

11

Select Browse and enter the path for the nVidia drivers

12

Click in the box next to "Install one of the other drivers" to place a check mark in the box.  Select Next.

13

Select the driver from the list. Select Next.

14

Select Finish.

15

Select Close.

16

Windows 98 will ask if you wish to restart the computer.  Select Yes.

 

Installation steps under Windows 2000:

 

These drivers must be installed by a user with administrator privileges.

1

Start Microsoft Windows 2000.

2

From the Start menu, select Settings.

3

Select Control Panel.

4

Select Display.

5

Select the Settings tab.

6

Select Advanced.

7

Select Adapter.

8

Select Properties.

9

Select Driver.

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Select Update Driver.

11

Select Next.

12

Select Next.

13

Verify that "Specify a location" has a check mark next to it.  If it does not, click in the box next to "Specify a location" to place a check mark in the box. Select Next.

14

Enter the path to the NVIDIA drivers in the "Copy manufacturer's files from:" dialog.  Select OK.

15

Click in the box next to "Install one of the other drivers" to place a check mark in the box.  Select Next.

16

Select the driver from the list. Select Next.

17

Select Finish.

18

Select Close.

19

Windows 2000 will ask if you wish to restart the computer.  Select Yes.

 

Installation steps under Windows NT4:

 

These drivers must be installed by a user with Administrator privileges.  Consult your system administrator or Microsoft Windows NT User's Manual  for more information on Administrator privileges.

1

Start Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.

2

Click the Start button on the control bar, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

3

Double-click Display, click the Settings tab, click Display Type, then click Change.

4

Insert the NVIDIA NT Driver Library Installation Disk 1 into the 3.5" floppy drive, then click Have Disk.

5

Select or type the path to the 3.5" floppy drive, then click OK. Windows should find files for your NVIDIA graphics chip.

6

If Windows found the files, select OK.

7

Click yes when Windows NT informs you that you are installing a third party driver and asks if you wish to proceed

Windows NT copies the files to the hard disk.

8

Click OK, click Close, then click Close.

9

Remove diskettes from the diskette drive, then click Yes when Windows NT asks if you wish to restart the computer

 

Changes /Fixes

 

·          No fixes, as this is the first driver which has been released for VL400 for this video card.

 

Known issues

 

Windows NT4:

·          In Clone Mode, some video problems can appear on the screen when video resolution is changed. Another video resolution change will make the problem disappear

·          With IR32 video codec in 16 bits color resolution, the video may display incorrectly. Modifying the window size to a smaller size will make the video be displayed correctly

 

Windows 2000:

·          In Clone Mode, some video problems can appear on the screen when video settings are changed. Another video resolution change will make the problem disappear

 

 

Known limitations

 

Windows 98:

·          There is no possibility to play a DVD on two monitors when we are in extended desktop option. This is a limitation of Windows 98

·          Not optimized for Direcxt8 (Only Direct X7 is supported on VL400)

·          In dual screen, some games using OPEN GL cannot be played. (For example Quake 3)

 

Windows 2000:

·          Some games can only be played on one screen in horizontal or vertical span. This is a hardware limitation : there is no 3D acceleration available on the second display.