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Matrox G450 MMS User Guide 10807-3 01-0100 2002.08 .02 ENGLISH.
2 Mat ro x G450 MMS – U ser Gu ide Overview Thank you for purc hasing a G450 MMS (M ulti-Mo nitor Series) g raphics card. Y our Matro x MMS card is a high-performance graphics card that pl ugs into an exp ansion slot ins ide y our personal compute r .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 3 Har dwar e installation This section desc ribes how to install y our Matr o x card. F or information specific to y our c omput er , like how to remove its cover , see your system manu al.
4 Mat ro x G450 MMS – U ser Gu ide 3 Choose a PCI slot a M ost comp uters ha ve differ ent type s of expansion slots. Choose a PCI slot for y our graphics car d. Y our system m anual should identify the location of each t ype of ex pansion slot in you r comp uter .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 5 5 Connect your dua l-monitor cables A ttach you r Matr ox du al-monitor cab les * to the connect ors on the brack et of your Ma t rox M MS c a rd .
6 Mat ro x G450 MMS – U ser Gu ide Y our M atrox card is now installed. Restar t yo ur computer and inst all your M atro x software ( see “Softwar e installation” , page 7 ). No t e : M onitors are number ed consecu tively based on which connect or each is attached t o.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 7 Softwar e instal lation This section desc ribes how to install M atro x softwar e for W i ndow s 2000 /XP or NT 4. 0 . Y ou ma y need administrator rights to install certain software. F or more information, see W indows doc umentation.
8 Mat ro x G450 MMS – U ser Gu ide Display setup W indo ws 2000 /XP or N T 4.0 – Y our Matr ox displa y driver in clud es Ma t rox Powe rD e s k s o ft w a re .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 9 W indo ws 2000/X P – If yo u have a Plug-and -Play (DDC) monito r , W indows should autom atically use corr ect setting s for yo ur moni tor .
10 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Mult i-di splay setu p T o set up mu lti-display mo de: W indo ws 2000/X P – If m u lti-displa y m ode isn ’t aut omatically enabled when y ou r estart Wi n d o w s : 1 Rig ht-cl ick your Windows desktop back grou nd, then click Pr operties " Settings .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 11 T r oubleshootin g Basic procedur es This section explains b asic proced ures that are r eferred to b y some tro ubleshooting item s in this guide . Restarti ng in VGA m ode W hat follows is info rmation on how to re start your comput er in VGA m o d e .
12 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Main t r oubles hoot ing This secti on addresses possible proble ms that could prevent y ou from using y our compute r . Problem Comp uter doesn ’t display info rmation or bo ot after Ma trox card is insta lled 1 Cause Y our M at ro x card may not be properly installed.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 13 2 Plug yo ur monitor into the other graphics card and restart you r compute r . 3 Ma ke s ur e Matr ox System Utilities are installed on yo ur comput er . ( These can be installed fro m your M atro x CD-ROM .) 4 W indo ws 2000/X P or NT 4.
14 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 3 Solut ion M ake sure the c onnection to the back of the mo nitor is firmly in place. If your moni tor use s BN C in put, make sure th e R ed ( R ), Gr een ( G ), .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 15 4 R estar t yo ur comput er normally . 5 M ake sure the co rrect monitor is selected in W indows ( see “Monitor setu p” , page 8 ).
16 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 2 T o remove Matrox so ft ware : # W indo ws 2000/XP – Click Sta rt " Settings * " Contr ol Panel " Add/Remove Progra ms (double-click*) " Matrox Graphics Software ( remove only) " Change/R emove " Ye s .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 17 Extra troubles hooting Graphics The following troubleshooting item s address pr oblems related to graphics cards.
18 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Problem Moni tor settings aren’ t automatically detected 1 Cause Y our moni tor may not be Plug -and -Play. Mo s t ne w moni tors a re Pl ug- and- Play but m any older ones aren ’ t. Software can ’t aut omatically detect settings for monit ors that aren ’t Plug- and-Pla y .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 19 3 Cause Y ou ma y be using BNC co nnectors with a Plug-and-Pla y monitor . The Plug-and-P lay feature of a monitor can ’t be used with BNC co nnectors. 1 Solut ion If there ’ s an HD-15 connector at the back of your monit or , use this co nnector instead of the BNC co nnec tors .
20 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 2 Cause Y ou r Matrox card may b e in a “sl ave” ex pans i on sl ot on a comput er t hat ma kes a d is ti nc tio n between bus mastering and slave slots.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 21 Problem After game for Window s 2000/XP sta rts, monitor do esn’t display properly (blank s creen, roll ing or overlap ping scr een images) 1 Cause If your game uses a low-resolution (640 × 480 and below), full-screen display mode, your monit or may not sup port the refresh rate the M atro x driver is using.
22 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 1 Solut ion If yo u’re h a v in g p ro b le m s w i th a p ro g r am t h at c a n b e m ov ed o n y ou r Win d ows d e s kt op, r u n thi s prog r am on your pr i mar y dis play . Make su re th e pro gr am w in dow does n ’t overl ap any other displa y .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 23 5 R estar t yo ur comput er for changes to tak e effect. Problem Not all grap hics cards in t he com puter are fully su pported (Softwar e doesn’t work with a c.
24 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 1 Solut ion R un the setup program inclu ded with the Matro x displa y driver . The setup pro gram autom atically installs the display d river for each M atrox graphics card it supports.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 25 2 Clear one or more check bo x es. For mor e information, see conte xt-sensitive help . 3 Click OK " Ye s to acce pt the changes. (De pending on the featur e you di sabled, y ou may have to res tar t yo ur compute r fo r the change s to take e ffe ct.
26 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide 2 Cause If y ou ’re us ing multi-d isplay mode, the pr ogram window or dialog box may be in a displa y or on a monit or that’ s unusable. (For examp le, your moni tor ma y not be properly connected or conf igu red.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 27 T o assign a k e yboard shortcut t o this featur e: 1 Click the Matro x Quic kDesk ico n ( ) on y our W indo ws taskbar , then click Hot Keys . 2 Create a ke yb oard shor tc ut f or t he Move Al l Windows to Primary D isplay featur e.
28 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Vi deo The following troubleshooting items addr ess problems r elated to video files. Problem Video file p layback is jerky (skipp ing frame s) 1 Cause Y our hard disk ma y be too slow. 1 Solut ion Tr y defrag ment ing your hard disk.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 29 W indo ws NT 4.0 – Install a DMA driv er . F or most comput ers, a DMA driver is av ailable for W indows NT 4.0 (for ex ampl e, t he “PI IX Bus M as ter IDE” dr iver supp or ts many computer s) . For mo re i nfor mat ion o n how to ge t th is d river, conta ct your s yste m vendo r .
30 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Problem Can’t view video 1 Cause Y our displa y settings ma y be too high. 1 Solut ion T r y lo wering yo ur displa y settings (resolution , color palett e, and/or refr esh rate). For information o n changing displa y sett ings, see “Displa y setup” , page 8 .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 31 Wi n d o w s X P – a Click Start " Settings * " Control P anel " Sound, S peech and Au dio Device s * " Sounds & A udio Devices . (* Dep ending on yo ur con figuration o f W indows, this p art of the step ma y not be necessar y .
32 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Display informat ion ! Y our M atrox graphics card is 100% V GA compatible and supports al l VESA standards: VBE 2.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 33 Maximu m display r esolutions (for each display) Maxi mum r efr esh rates Aspect ratio Maximu m resolution * * With most digital monitors , the maximum display r esolution is 1280 × 1024. For digi tal monitors that s upport reduced ti mings, the maxim um displ ay resolution may be 160 0 × 1200 .
34 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Supported VESA modes In the table below , VESA modes supported by your M atro x graphics card are indicated by a VESA mode number . M any Su per V GA DOS programs use VESA modes. Digita l flat panel infor mation M atro x G450 MMS p roducts that suppor t digital monitors are fully DVI 1.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 35 Har dwar e information Features T echnical featur es Vi deo specificat ions G450×2 MMS G450×4 MMS Graphi cs chip m odel Matrox G450 (256 -bi t Du alB us) RAMD A.
36 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Envir onmental s pecification s Digita l flat panel infor mation ! Mini mum/ max imu m ambi en t op er at ing temp er atu res : 0 t o 5 5º C ! Mini mum/ ma ximu m .
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 37 Graphics car d connector pinout s Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Display #2 /#4 1 Ground 24 Not connected 31 TMDS data 1 + 54 G round 2 Analog red ou.
38 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Adap ter pi nout s for a nalog m onito rs Pin usage for a digital ( DVI-I) connector P i nS i g n a l P i nS i g n a l P i nS i g n a l 1 Analog red output 6 Ground.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 39 Pin usage wi th an analog dual-mon itor adapter (DV I-I to HD-15) Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TMDS data 2 – 9 TMDS data 1 – 17 TMDS data 0 – 2 TMDS d.
40 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Maxi mum car d dimension s 6.5 in . / 16.51 cm 4.2 i n. / 10 .69 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 3.61 cm.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 41 Customer supp ort Matr ox W eb and F TP sites M atro x is on the Inte rnet with a W orld W ide W eb (WWW) and Fil e T ransfer Pr otocol (FTP) site. O ur W eb site has pr oduct literatur e, press releases , technical mat erial, a s ales offic e list, trade show information, and other rel evant material.
42 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide # V isit our technical sup port forum at www.mat rox. com/m ga/ su ppor t /fo ru m/a gre e. cf m . # See our F A Qs (Freq uently As ked Questions) at http://forum.matr ox.c om/cgi-bin/mgaforum/U ltimate.cgi#faq . # W r ite a letter to Graphics Cust omer Suppo r t at our Corporate H eadquarters.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 43 Where to get inform ation For dis play info rmation: ! W indo ws 2000/X P or NT 4.0 – A ccess t he Informa tion pro pert y sheet ( see “ A ccessing P owerDesk pr operty s heets” , page 8 ).
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Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 45 C. Limitations of Liability 1. EXCEPT FO R THE OBLI GA TIONS SPECIFICAL L Y SET FORTH IN THE LIM ITED WARRAN TY ST A TEM ENT , IN NO EVENT S HALL MA TROX B E LIABLE FOR: a.
46 Matr ox G450 MMS – U ser Guide Softwar e license agre ement Singl e User P roducts This Matrox sof tware (the “S oftware”) is copyrigh ted by M atrox Graphics Inc. A ll rights a re reserved. The purchaser is granted a license t o use the software only , subj ect to the following restrictions and limitations.
Mat rox G450 M MS – Us er Gui de 47 Index A addr ess, Ma tro x 42 Ado be Ac rob at 16 B BIOS 12 , 13 , 20 , 21 BNC m onito r co nnection 14 , 19 C CD-ROM, Matrox 7 , 13 , 16 conn ec tor 5 , 6 custom.
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