User guide

34 Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
Problem In multi-display mode, displays aren’t numbered consecutively
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Cause If you have more than one graphics card in your computer, the
display numbering may not be consecutive for the displays of a
multiple-display card (for example, a DualHead supporting
card). Display numbering depends on the types of expansion slots used in your computer
(AGP and PCI) and the BIOS settings of your computer.
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Solution Windows* 98/Me/2000/XP – Move the displays in Windows.
(* Windows 2000 /XP – In “ Separate resolutions …” mode only.)
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings .
2 Select a display and move it according to the physical position of the monitor it’s
associated with.
Problem Screen image defects appear, program doesn’t run properly,
or Windows doesn’t work properly
(example: mouse pointer not drawn properly)
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Cause Some programs may not work properly with some Matrox acceleration.
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Solution Disable specific types of software acceleration:
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP –
1 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Options property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk
property sheets”, page 9).
2 Clear one or more check boxes, starting with Use device bitmaps caching .
For more information, see context-sensitive help.
3 Click OK Æ Close to accept the changes. (Depending on the feature you disabled, you
may have to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.)
Windows NT 4.0 –
1 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Performance property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk
property sheets”, page 9).
2 Clear one or more check boxes. For more information, see context-sensitive help.
Note: In multi-display mode for Windows 2000/XP and Windows NT 4.0, you may have
limited control over the arrangement of your displays. For more information, see Matrox
PowerDesk documentation.