User guide

30 Matrox M-Series – User Guide
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Solution Uninstall the WDDM display driver and install XDDM (Windows XP Display Driver Model)
display drivers for all your graphics cards. Windows Vista supports multiple XDDM display
drivers running at once.
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Solution Disable or remove any graphics cards not supported by the driver you want to use.
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 card that supports three
monitors). Display numbering depends on the types of expansion slots used in your
computer (PCI and PCIe) and the BIOS settings of your computer.
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Solution Windows 2000/XP/Vista – Move the displays in Windows.
1 Windows 2000/XP – Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click
Properties Æ Settings .
Windows Vista – Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Personalize
Æ Display Settings .
2 Select a display and move it according to the physical position of the monitor it’s
associated with.
3 Click OK .
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 Windows 2000/XP/Vista – Disable Windows effects:
Windows 2000 –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Effects .
2 Disable one or more features under Visual effects .
3 Click OK Æ OK .
Windows XP –
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Appearance Æ
Effects .
2 Disable one or more features.