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Matrox Millennium G450
• G450 LE G450 LX G450 PCI G450 DVI G450 SH
User Guide
10711-301-0210
2002.01.14
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Hardware installation This section describes how to install your Matrox card. For information specific to your computer, like how to remove its cover, see your system manual. WARNING: To avoid personal injury, turn off your computer, unplug it, and then wait for it to cool before you touch any of its internal parts. Also, static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Before touching any electronic parts, drain static electricity from your body (for example, by touching the metal f
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3 Choose an expansion slot (Back of computer) Most computers have different types of expansion slots. Choose an AGP or PCI slot, AGP slot depending on the type of Matrox card you PCI slot have. Your system manual should identify ISA slot the location of each type of expansion slot in your computer. WARNING: Inserting your Matrox card into the wrong type of slot could damage your card, your computer, or both. If you have an AGP card, don’t insert the plastic tab (see picture) into the s
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Connection setup For the purpose of determining your connection setup, there are 4 types of graphics cards: ! HD-15/HD-15 – two HD-15 (blue) connectors HD-15 HD-15 ! HD-15 only – only an HD-15 (blue) connector HD-15 ! DVI/HD-15 – a DVI (white) and an HD-15 (blue) connector DVI HD-15 ! DVI only – only a DVI (white) connector DVI WARNING: Don’t change monitor connections while your computer is turned on. While your computer is turned on, it may be using monitor settings that are specific to t
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Note: Cards with a single HD-15 connector can only support one analog monitor at a time. With these cards, DualHead features (see page 10) are unavailable. If your graphics card has a DVI connector and an HD-15 HD-15 connector connector HD-15 connector If your Matrox card has a DVI and an HD-15 connector, you can connect up to two DVI monitors directly to your card. connector You can use the HD-15 connector on your card to connect an analog monitor. DVI connector You can use the DVI conn
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To use a dual-monitor cable to connect one Dual-monitor cable or two analog monitors, connect it to your card and to your analog monitor cables. If Main you’re connecting only one monitor, use the connector (1) main connector (labeled 1) of your dual- monitor cable. Secondary connector (2) Note: To connect a digital monitor (a monitor that uses digital input, usually a flat panel monitor) to your Matrox product, HD-15 connector (analog) your monitor must have a DVI connector. If you hav
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Determining your main and secondary display Your Matrox hardware has a main display and a secondary display – the main display is more capable than the secondary display. Which connector the software uses for your main display depends on your connection setup. ! If your Matrox card has two HD-15 connectors or if you’re connecting your monitors using a dual-monitor cable, the connectors are numbered. The main display uses the connector labeled 1 and the secondary display uses the connector l
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Software installation This section describes how to install Matrox software for Windows 98/Me/2000 /XP or NT 4.0. (For other operating systems, see the Readme file in the root folder of the Matrox installation CD-ROM.) Windows 2000/XP or NT 4.0 – You may need administrator rights to install certain software. For more information, see Windows documentation. 1 Restart your computer If you’re using Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, it detects new hardware when you restart. If Matrox display drivers
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Display setup Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or NT 4.0 – Your Matrox display driver includes Matrox PowerDesk software. This software helps you get the most out of your Matrox graphics card. This section has important information on how to configure your display settings using Matrox PowerDesk software. Accessing PowerDesk property sheets Many display controls are on Matrox PowerDesk property sheets. You can identify Matrox PowerDesk property sheets by the icon appearing on the tab. To access these p
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2 Depending on what version of Windows you have, click Change Display Type, or Advanced Properties # Monitor, or Advanced # Monitor. If you’re using a multi-display desktop, select a display before clicking Advanced. 3 If the monitor name listed doesn’t match your monitor, click the Change button to select a new monitor name. Follow the on-screen instructions. For more information on Windows monitor settings, see Windows documentation. If you want to customize your Windows monitor settings (
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2 Select the DualHead Multi-Display option button. 3 Click OK # Yes to restart your computer and for changes to take effect. 4 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Settings property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk property sheets”, page 9). 5 Click Multi-Display Desktop ( ). 6 Move the Desktop area slider to adjust your multi-display desktop, then click OK to accept your changes. Note: In multi-display mode under Windows NT 4.0, the same display resolution and color palette is used for each display.
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More PowerDesk information For more information on Matrox PowerDesk: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or NT 4.0 – ! For context-sensitive help where available, click the “ ” icon in the title bar, then click the item you want help on. Right-click a help topic for a pop-up menu that lets you print or copy it. (Some help topics are only available through context-sensitive help.) Windows 98/Me/2000/XP – ! Access the PowerDesk Information property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk property sheets”, page 9),
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Troubleshooting Basic procedures This section explains basic procedures that are referred to by some troubleshooting items in this guide. Restarting in safe mode What follows is information on how to restart your computer in safe mode (or VGA mode). If your primary display is usable: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP or NT 4.0 – 1 Restart your computer: " Windows 98/Me/2000/XP – Click Start # Shut Down # Restart # OK. " Windows NT 4.0 – Click Start # Shut Down # Restart your computer # Yes. 2 Windows 98/Me
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2 From the startup menu, choose Windows “VGA mode”. Main troubleshooting This section addresses possible problems that could prevent you from using your computer. Problem Computer doesn’t display information or boot after Matrox card is installed 1 Cause Your Matrox card may not be properly installed. 1 Solution Make sure your Matrox card is properly installed. Specifically, make sure the card is firmly inserted in its expansion slot and that all connections to it are firmly in place. For mor
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Note: Make sure your computer uses the other graphics card to control your primary display. The graphics card that controls your primary display is the one that first displays information when you restart your computer. (A DualHead-supporting graphics card may display this startup information on both of its displays at the same time.) Your computer BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) and the slot type (ISA, PCI, or AGP – see “Choose an expansion slot”, page 3) of each graphics card help determ
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3 Solution Make sure the connection to the back of the monitor is firmly in place. If your monitor uses BNC input, make sure the Red (R), Green (G), Blue (B), Horizontal Sync (HSYNC – white or gray wire), and Vertical Sync (VSYNC – black wire) connections are firmly in place and plugged into the correct input. Bayonet Nut Connect (BNC) 3 Cause If your monitor uses BNC input, one or more connection settings may be incorrect. 1 Solution Set each of your monitor RGB input and sync switches (if
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5 Make sure the correct monitor is selected in Windows (see “Monitor setup”, page 9). 6 Make sure you’re not using inappropriate monitor setting customizations: Access the PowerDesk Monitor Settings property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk property sheets”, page 9), then click Delete all customizations. 7 Restore your original display settings (see steps 2 and 3). Note: In multi-display mode (see “DualHead Multi-Display setup”), each monitor has its own monitor settings (refresh rates). Windo
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" Windows 2000 – Click Start # Settings # Control Panel # Add/Remove Programs (double-click) # Matrox Graphics Software (remove only) # Change/Remove # Yes. " Windows XP – Click Start # Control Panel* # Add or Remove Programs # Matrox Graphics Software (remove only) # Change/Remove # Yes. " Windows NT 4.0 – Click Settings # Control Panel # Add/Remove Programs (double-click) # Install/Uninstall # Matrox Graphics Software (remove only) # Add/Remove # Yes. 3 After removing Matrox software, ins
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More information We provide additional documentation in help files, Readme files, and Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To view or print PDF files, use the Acrobat Reader program, which you can install from the Matrox installation CD-ROM. This guide is available on the CD-ROM as a PDF file (Doc\English\Guide\Guide_en.pdf). The online version of this guide has additional information, including the following sections: “TV output”, “Extra troubleshooting”, “Display information
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TV output If your Matrox graphics card has a second monitor connector, you can use the TV output adapter to connect a TV or video recorder to view or record the secondary display of your Matrox graphics card. If a TV output adapter wasn’t included with your Matrox product, you can purchase it separately (see TV output adapter http://shopmatrox.com). This section describes how to use the TV output feature. Note: TV output isn’t supported with full-screen DOS display modes (for example, the
