User guide

Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide 23
1
Cause Your monitor may not be Plug-and-Play. Most new monitors are Plug-and-Play but many
older ones aren’t. Software can’t automatically detect settings for monitors that aren’t Plug-
and-Play.
1
Solution Manually select your monitor settings in the software. For more information,see “Monitor
setup”, page 12.
2
Cause If a monitor was changed or added while Windows was running, the new monitor may not
be detected by the software.
1
Solution Restart your computer. If your monitor is a Plug-and-Play (DDC) monitor, it should be
automatically detected by the software.
3
Cause You may be using BNC connectors with a Plug-and-Play monitor. The Plug-and-Play feature
of a monitor can’t be used with BNC connectors.
1
Solution If there’s an HD-15
connector at the back of
your monitor, use this
connector instead of the
BNC connectors.
Note: Windows 2000/XP – To check if your monitor settings are properly selected:
1 Right-click your Windows desktop background, then click Properties Æ Settings Æ
Advanced Æ Monitor . If you’re using multi-display mode, select a display before
clicking
Advanced .
2 If you see the name of your monitor or “Plug-and-Play”, your monitor settings are
properly selected.
If you see the wrong monitor name or
Default monitor , your monitor settings aren’t
properly selected.
HD-15 connectorBNC connectors