User guide

26 Matrox G450 MMS – User Guide
3 Double-click the name of your Matrox display
adapter to open a properties dialog box. The
type of problem is displayed in the
General tab
Æ Device status area. Check also the Resources
tab
Æ Resource settings list for an Interrupt
Request
.
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Solution Change settings in your computer BIOS setup utility.
If your computer has the options of enabling Plug-and-Play detection, or assigning an IRQ
to a VGA adapter, make sure they’re enabled. If your computer doesn’t have these options,
you may be able to manually assign an IRQ to your graphics card using the BIOS setup utility.
For more information on the BIOS setup utility of your computer, see your system manual
or contact your system manufacturer.
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Cause Your computer’s other BIOS settings may be incorrect.
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Solution Reset your computer BIOS settings to the factory defaults using your computer’s built-in
BIOS setup utility. The factory defaults are usually the “safest” settings. Check your system
manual for more information.
Problem After game for Windows 2000/XP starts, monitor doesn’t display
properly
(blank screen, rolling or overlapping screen images)
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Cause If your game uses a low-resolution (640 × 480 and below), full-screen display mode, your
monitor may not support the refresh rate the Matrox driver is using.
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Solution If the game is still running in full-screen mode and your monitor is unusable, exit the game.
To do this, press [Alt]+[Tab]
once , right-click the name of the game on the Windows taskbar,
then click
Close .
Make sure the correct monitor is selected in Windows (see “Monitor setup”, page 9).
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Solution PowerDesk 5.x – Make sure your Matrox monitor settings are correct:
1 If the game is still running in full-screen mode and your monitor is unusable, exit the
game. To do this, press [Alt]+[Tab]
once , right-click the name of the game on the
Windows taskbar, then click
Close .
2 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Monitor Settings property sheet (see “Accessing
PowerDesk property sheets”, page 9).
3 Click Select customizations from the Matrox list .