User guide

10 Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
Troubleshooting
Basic procedures
This section explains basic procedures that are referred to by some troubleshooting items in this
guide.
Restarting in safe mode
What follows is information on how to restart your computer in
safe mode
(or
VGA mode
).
If your primary display is
usable
:
Windows 95/98/2000 or NT 4.0 –
1 Restart your computer:
#
Windows 95/98 – Click
"
Shut Down
"
Restart
"
OK
.
#
Windows 2000 – Click
"
Shut Down , select Restart , then click OK .
#
Windows NT 4.0 – Click
"
Shut Down
"
Restart your computer
"
Yes
.
2 Windows 95/98/2000 –
Before
Windows starts, press [F8] for the Windows startup
menu to appear. (With Windows 98, if [F8] doesn’t work, instead try pressing and
holding [Ctrl] before Windows starts.)
3 Select “safe mode” or “VGA mode”, then press [Enter].
If your primary display is
unusable
:
Windows 95/98 –
1 Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] twice to restart your computer.
2
Before
Windows starts, press [F8] for the Windows startup menu to appear. (With
Windows 98, if [F8] doesn’t work, instead try pressing and holding [Ctrl] before
Windows starts.)
3 Select “safe mode”, then press [Enter].
Windows 2000 –
1 Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]
"
[Tab]
"
[Tab]
"
[Enter]
"
[
$
] (down arrow)
"
[Enter] to
restart your computer.
2
Before
Windows starts, press [F8] for the Windows startup menu to appear.
3 Select “safe mode”, then press [Enter].
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