User guide

Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide 17
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Solution Windows 98/Me/2000/XP –
1 Windows 98/Me – If your primary display is unusable, restart your computer in safe
mode (see “Restarting in safe mode or VGA mode”, page 13).
Windows 2000/XP – If your primary display is unusable, restart your computer in VGA
mode (see “Restarting in safe mode or VGA mode”, page 13).
2 Right-click the Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings .
3 Move the Screen area (Windows 98/Me/2000) or Screen Resolution (Windows XP)
slider down to its lowest setting, then click
OK .
4 Restart your computer normally.
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).
Windows NT 4.0 –
1 If your primary display is unusable, restart your computer in VGA mode (see “Restarting
in safe mode or VGA mode”, page 13).
2 Right-click the Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings .
Windows may prompt you that the display settings are incorrect for the current mode;
click
OK to continue.
3 Move the Desktop area slider down to its lowest setting, then click OK .
4 Restart your computer normally.
5 Select a monitor with the Matrox PowerDesk Monitor property sheet, then adjust your
display settings. For more information, see the Matrox PowerDesk online
documentation.
Note: In multi-display mode (see “DualHead Multi-Display setup”), each monitor has its
own monitor settings (refresh rates).