Installation guide

10 Matrox Graphics Card – Installation Guide
Software installation
This section describes how to install Matrox software for Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0.
(For other operating systems, see the readme file in the root folder of the Matrox installation
CD-ROM.)
1 Insert the Matrox installation CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive – the mgasetup program
automatically starts.
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This setup program works with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0,
and detects which operating system you’re using.
2 Select the language you want to use, then click Next.
3 To see notes on the contents of the CD-ROM, click View ReadMe. To continue, click Next.
4 If this is a first-time installation, the setup program lists the software that needs to be installed
to take advantage of your Matrox hardware. To begin the software installation, click
Install.
5 When prompted, choose an installation type:
 To install the complete Matrox PowerDesk
(recommended), click
Typical.
 To customize the PowerDesk installation,
click
Custom.
After you choose, the setup program
automatically installs Matrox software and
drivers. After this is done, leave the CD-ROM in
your CD-ROM drive, then click
OK to restart your
computer and for all changes to take effect.
6 After you restart your computer, the CD-ROM
setup program starts again. The main menu lists other software you can install from the
CD-ROM. To install, select an item, click
Install, then follow the on-screen instructions. After
the installation of an item is finished, you can return to the main menu to install another. Click
Exit when you’re done.
If this is a first-time installation, your display is using a 640 × 480 resolution with 256 colors –
supported by most monitors. To adjust software monitor settings:
 for Windows 95/98, see “Software setup – Windows 95/98”, page 11.
 for Windows NT 4.0, see “Software setup – Windows NT 4.0”, page 14.
* If Windows doesn’t automatically start the setup program, you can start it manually from the root folder of the
CD-ROM.