ATI Technologies GL 8800 Quick Installation, Installation Steps, automatic Quick Start utility or

6 Getting Started

Quick Installation

•Brief instructions on how to get to work with the Fire GL 8800 in the shortest possible time.

•Recommended for experienced users and system administrators only.

•For more detailed information on installation and operation of your graphics accelerator, please refer to the corresponding sections of the Fire GL 8800 User’s Guide.

Installation Steps

1Un-install the drivers and software for your old graphics card.

2Set the display driver to Standard VGA (only for Windows NT 4.0).

Disable any on-board graphics solution on the motherboard.

3Shut down and disconnect your computer system.

4Remove the installed (AGP, PCI, or ISA) VGA card.

5Install the new Fire GL 8800 card.

6Reassemble and connect your computer system.

7Install the Fire GL 8800 drivers and configuration software from the Fire GL CD:

•automatic Quick Start utility or

•Start > Run > X:\START EXE

where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive