HP P Class 450/500/550/600/650/700/750 ATI Fire GL 8800 graphics card (read be

Hewlett-Packard Company

3404 East Harmony Road

Fort Collins, Colorado 80528

Read Before Installing

ATI Fire GL 8800 Graphics Accelerator Card

HP Product No. A8050A

General HP Installation Instructions

NOTE

Before you install your graphics card, refer to the your workstation’s

Technical

Reference

(

www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport

) for important system

configuration information.

CAUTION

When handling your card always wear a properly grounded wrist strap and

handle the card carefully due to susceptible electrostatic shock.

The latest BIOS must be installed on your workstation

before

installing the

new graphics card. The latest BIOS can be downloaded from

http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport. If the latest BIOS is not installed, you

may experience no video, PCI Option ROM errors and system stops during self-

test (POST).

In addition, if you have purchased and/or installed Windows

®

2000, a chipset

driver must be installed to enable AGP. If an AGP graphics card is not run in

AGP mode, you may experience extremely slow graphics performance, system

lockups and Windows

®

stop errors. The chipset driver can be downloaded from

1.

Before opening your w

orkstation to install the graphics card, disconnect all cables from the system. When refer-

ring to your system model/type and for obtaining the proper driver version, please use the AxxxxX nomenclature

found on the Serial Number plate on the back of the machine.

2.

Following the procedures described in your workstation’s

Technical Reference

, install the graphics board into the

appropriate AGP Pro slot (see the next diagram). Slide the board into the slot and ensure it is fully seated in the

connector.

3.

Attach your monitor cable to the primary port. If you have dual monitors, attach the primary monitor to the pri-

mary port. Use the included DVI-I to DB-15 dongle to attach an analog monitor to the secondary port.

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