Nvidia Creative Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 - Manual (Page 20)

20 Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value Installation Guide
Troubleshooting
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Solutions
Try the following:
❑ Switch off your system and wait a while before switching it on again.
❑ Verify that any built-in VGA on your motherboard is disabled and that you
have removed any other video display card from your system.
❑ Ensure that your Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card’s bus connector is
fully inserted into the expansion slot. Ensure this by pressing it gently and
evenly into the slot.
❑ Verify that the pins of your monitor’s VGA Input connector are not bent and
that the connector is properly connected to the VGA Out connector of
Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value.
Windows 98 Multi-Monitor
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Cause
If Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value’s drivers are not specified during the
software installation (see “To install in Windows 98” on page 8), the system
installs the second or successive Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value card as a
VGA card which does not support Windows 98’s multi-monitor feature.
Solution Update the device drivers to Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT2 Value’s drivers:
1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.
3. On the Settings tabbed page, click the Advanced Properties button.
4. In the Advanced Display Properties dialog box, click the Change button.
5. In the Select Device dialog box, click the Have Disk button.
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