Physically Installing VIPER V330

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The installation is easy and straightforward. These installation instructions presume that you are familiar with your computer system. You may need to seek assistance from your dealer or consult your computer operations guide.

Installation procedure

Resolving interrupt conflicts

After installing the board


Warning!

Prevent static electric damage. Static charges can cause severe damage to microcircuits, but here are some easy ways to see that it doesn't happen:

Hold the graphics card by its edges only. Don't touch edge connectors or exposed circuitry.
Leave the card in the anti-static protective bag until ready to install it in your computer.
If possible, ground your body when handling the card. A metal power supply in your computer is generally considered the best place to ground yourself.
Do not place the graphics card on a metal surface.
Make as few movements as possible to avoid building up static electricity from your clothing, carpets and furniture.


Installation procedure


  • Remember which cables go to which connectors. You may want to label your computer's cables before disconnecting them!
  • With the power off, remove the computer cover and remove any graphics cards from your computer. Also check for any co-resident graphics adapter(s) built into the motherboard. If you find any, please disable them; if you do not remove or disable these adapter(s) they will create a memory conflict with your video card.
  • The VIPER card comes in both a PCI and AGP bus type. If you have a PCI version of the VIPER card, find an available PCI slot and remove the bracket and screw. If you have a AGP version of the VIPER card, find an available AGP slot and remove the bracket and screw.
  • Install your video card firmly into a PCI (or AGP) slot. Care should be taken to press it evenly and snugly into its slot. Once you are certain your video card is installed properly in it's slot, secure it with a screw.
  • Secure your computer cover and attach any previously removed cables. Your video card will use a standard IBM VGA DB-15 analog cable.

Resolving Interrupt Conflicts

To support the special graphics processor on the VIPER V330 the system BIOS will automatically assign a system interrupt to the PCI slot where the VIPER V330 is installed. However, there may be problems if a system interrupt is used for more than one device. In case of problems:

Check your computer's BIOS SETUP for the interrupt assignments. Refer to your PC manual for information on its BIOS SETUP and if possible

  • change the interrupt assignment for the VIPER V330, or
  • change the interrupt assignment for any other device sharing the interrupt with the VIPER V330

Try to manually change the interrupt assignment for any other device sharing the interrupt with the VIPER V330.

Check the documentation supplied with these devices for information on hardware switches for interrupt setting.





After Installing the Board

If you have correctly installed the board, the DOS messages will then appear on your monitor when the boot procedure is finished.

After successful installation of the board please continue with software installation.

If your system does NOT boot as it should,