User guide

2 Matrox M-Series – User Guide
Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................................2
About this user guide...............................................................................................4
Using this guide.........................................................................................................................................4
More information .....................................................................................................................................4
Overview ...................................................................................................................5
Hardware supplied....................................................................................................................................5
Software available......................................................................................................................................5
Minimum system requirements...............................................................................................................5
Installation overview.................................................................................................................................6
Installing your graphics hardware ...........................................................................7
Before you install your graphics hardware ..............................................................................................7
Step-by-step installation...........................................................................................................................8
Securing the bracket of your Matrox card...............................................................................................9
Replacing brackets on a low-profile graphics card................................................................................10
Replacing brackets on a low-profile DisplayPort graphics card...........................................................11
Connecting your graphics hardware .....................................................................12
Before you connect your graphics hardware .........................................................................................12
Connecting your ATX graphics hardware .............................................................................................13
Connecting your low-profile graphics hardware ..................................................................................14
Connecting your low-profile DisplayPort graphics hardware..............................................................16
Installing your Matrox software ............................................................................19
Before you begin .....................................................................................................................................19
Hardware detection ................................................................................................................................19
Installing your display driver..................................................................................................................19
Matrox PowerDesk software .................................................................................20
Accessing PowerDesk..............................................................................................................................20
Accessing Matrox PowerDesk help.........................................................................................................20