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Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide 15
5 Move the Desktop area (Windows 95) or Screen area (Windows 98) slider down to its
lowest setting, then click
OK .
6 Restart your computer normally.
7 Make sure the correct monitor is selected in Windows (see “Monitor setup”, page 8).
8 Make sure you’re not using inappropriate monitor setting customizations: Access the
PowerDesk
Monitor Settings property sheet (see “Accessing PowerDesk property
sheets”, page 8), then click
Delete all customizations .
9 Restore your original display settings (see steps 4 and 5).
Windows NT 4.0 –
1 Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] Æ [Tab] Æ [Tab] Æ [Enter] Æ [ È ] (down arrow) Æ [Enter] to
restart your computer.
2 From the startup menu, choose Windows NT 4.0 “ VGA mode ”.
3 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.
4 Move the Desktop area slider down to its lowest setting, then click OK .
5 Restart your computer normally.
6 Select a monitor with the Matrox PowerDesk Monitor property sheet, then adjust your
display settings. For more information, see the Matrox PowerDesk online
documentation.
Cause Files on your system may have been deleted or corrupted.
Solution After you’ve made sure that your Matrox hardware is properly installed, try removing the
current display drivers, then install Matrox display drivers.
Windows 95/98 –
1 If your display is currently unusable, press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] twice to restart your
computer. Otherwise, click
Æ Shut Down Æ Restart the computer .
2 Before Windows starts, press [F8] to see a startup menu. (With Windows 98, if [F8]
doesn’t work, instead try pressing and holding [Ctrl].)
3 Select the number for “safe mode”, then press [Enter].
Note: In multi-display mode (see “DualHead Multi-Display setup”), each monitor has its
own monitor settings.
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