The NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE-based graphics card that came with your computer is preconfigured for optimal use and
should not require further adjustments. However, if you need to change your settings,
follow the instruction in these sections.
Most applications require a color setting
greater than 256 colors to be set through the
Windows Display Properties Settings tab. If you need to modify color
settings, follow the instructions
in Modifying Color and Screen Settings
below.
To display at a specific screen resolution
and
refresh rate, both
the graphics card and your display (monitor) must support that resolution and
refresh rate.
From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
Double-click the Display icon to open the Display Properties window.
Click the Settings tab to open the Settings page.
Set the Color quality and Screen resolution you want in the respective lists.
Click Apply and then click OK to exit the Display Properties window.
If you are prompted to restart your computer, follow the prompts in order for the changes to take effect.
Modifying Refresh Rate
From the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
Double-click the Display icon to open the Display
Properties window.
Click the Settings tab to open the Settings page.
Click the Advanced option.
Click the Monitor tab.
Select the refresh rate you want from the Screen refresh rate
list. (You must select a refresh rate value supported by your display
device. Refer to the Supported Display Modes
(VGA) and Supported Display Modes (DVI)
for supported refresh frequencies.
Click Apply.
Click OK and then click OK again to exit
the Display Properties window.
If you are prompted to restart your computer, follow the prompts in order
for the changes to take effect.
To access the NVIDIA Control Panel and menu (shown on the left), follow these steps from your active Windows desktop:
Right-click anywhere on your Windows desktop to open the desktop menu
Choose NVIDIA Display. The name of one or more of your displays will appear for quick access to the NVIDIA display control panel.
Select one of your displays.
The NVIDIA Control Panel with menu appears and opens on the GeForce 7300 LE information page (as
shown on the left) and contains the following
information:
System information details selected aspects of your system that could
affect overall graphics performance.
Graphics card information details the hardware aspects of the NVIDIA
GeForce 7300 LE-based graphics card as well as the NVIDIA Display Driver software version.
The NVIDIA Control Panel menu appears on the left
of the GeForce 7300 LE page (see left
image) and contains the following options that
you can click to access pages where you can configure settings:
NOTE:If you do
not see the nView Display Settings option on your menu, this means you have only one
display device connected to your computer. In this case, follow these steps:
Turn off your computer.
Confirm that you have at least two displays securely connected to your
computer and that they are turned on.
Turn on your computer.
When your desktop appears, open the Windows Display Properties Settings page.
You will now see multiple display (monitor) icons on the Display Properties
Settings page and the NVIDIA Display menu will contain the nView Display Settings
option.
To hide
NVIDIA Display menu, click the green button that appears on the left of the opened menu, as shown
in the GeForce 7300 LE screen. The
image on the left shows the GeForce 7300 LE page with a collapsed menu.
Context Help and Tool Tips
Context Help
You can obtain context Help (see image on the left) for any of the settings and options on the NVIDIA display control panel page by using any
one of these methods:
Select or move your mouse pointer to the option for which you want help
and then press F1, or
Click the ? icon located on the top right corner of the NVIDIA display control panel page you have open, move the "?" icon
over the option for which you want help, then click your mouse again to display the help.
Tool Tips for Disabled Settings
When an option or setting on an NVIDIA display control panel page is
disabled (grayed), you can place the mouse pointer on the disabled option
for a couple of seconds to see tool tip help describing the reason it is
disabled. (See image on the left.)
Working with nView Display Settings
The nView Display Settings page presents a graphical representation of your nView display configuration.
When you click one of the display images (shown as 1a and 1b
in the Clone mode example below), you are selecting the associated display device as the current display.
When you right-click on a display image, a context menu of choices allows you to make adjustments
for that display device.
NOTE: You can make the same adjustments using the
Device Settings >> option on this page.
nView display modes
Select Single display mode if you have only one display device connected to your
computer.
Notice that one numbered display image appears on the page in this mode.
Select Clone mode if you have more than one display connected to your computer and want to display the same desktop on both your primary and
secondary displays.
When you select Dualview mode, both display devices in the
display pair function as one virtual desktop; but Windows treats each
display as a separate device, so your Windows taskbar is not
stretched across displays.
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About display numbering. When you are running in nView
Single display, Clone, or Dualview mode, the
numeric part of the display image identifier such as 1 (or 2), 1 and 2, 1a
and 1b, or 2a and 2b reflect the Windows display number, as viewable from
the Windows Display Properties page.
NOTE: The Windows
operating system only assigns numbers to displays running the native Windows
multi-display mode Dualview, which is common to both Windows and
NVIDIA, but not Clone mode, which is an NVIDIA nView-specific display mode.
nView Dualview mode.The display images on the nView
Display Settings page are numbered as separate displays, 1 and 2, as in the
Windows Display Properties page.
nView Clone mode. Multiple displays running in nView Clone mode
also appear as one "Dualview" head to Windows and therefore the Windows
Display Properties page displays only a single display image. The display
images on the nView Display Settings, however, are numbered as 1a
and
1b (or 2a and 2b) where the numeric value remains the same with only the
alphabetic part of the number (a or b) designating separate heads indicating
dual display.
Make this the primary display. In nView Clone or Dualview mode, select this check box to specify that the display corresponding to the display image you selected is the
primary display.
When you start your computer, the logon dialog box appears on the primary display. Most application windows, by default, appear on the primary display when you initially open them. The Windows Display Properties page also reflects this display numbering, except when in nView Clone Mode --- see the earlier section
About Display Numbering
for details.
You can also enable primary display from the Device Settings >> Primary
Display option OR right click a display image and select Primary Display.
Disable auto-panning on secondary device (viewport lock).This option applies only in nView Clone mode. Select this check box if you want to lock the current pan position on the secondary cloned display. This lets you effectively freeze the
"virtual desktop" at a certain position, which is useful for presentations of fine-detail work in applications.
NOTE: An alternative method of selecting the below options is by clicking theDevice Settings >> button or right
clicking a display image
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