Installation guide

14 Matrox Graphics Card – Installation Guide
Other software
This section describes how to install Matrox drivers and software for Windows 3.1,
Windows NT 3.51, OS/2 Warp 3.0 and 4.0, AutoCAD for DOS, and MicroStation for DOS.
Windows 3.1
Software installation
1
Restart Windows in VGA mode. For information on how to do this, see Windows
documentation.
2
Insert your Matrox Installation CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.
3
In
Program Manager
, click
File

Run
. Type d:\win31\setup (where “d” is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive), then click
OK
to begin the setup program.
4
Follow the on-screen instructions. The setup program creates a new program group called
MGA
PowerDesk
.
5
If this is a first-time installation, and you don’t have a Plug-and-Play monitor, the
Monitor
Selection
program prompts you to select a monitor from a list. This is to let Matrox drivers know
what settings to use for your monitor. For more information, click
Help
.
6
Select a display resolution and color palette setting for Windows. (Later, you can change this
setting with the
MGA Control Panel
program.)
7
Click
OK
to restart your computer and for changes to take effect.
For more information, double-click
Readme.Win
in the MGA PowerDesk program group.
Online guide installation
1
If Acrobat Reader 2.1 is not already installed on your computer, install it from the Matrox
CD-ROM. From
Program Manager
, then click
File

Run
. Type d:\acro21\setup (where “d” is
the letter of your CD-ROM drive), then click
OK
. Follow the on-screen instructions.
2
From
Program Manager
, then click
File

Run
. Type d:\win31doc\setup (where “d” is the letter
of your CD-ROM drive), then click
OK
. This installs PDF files and creates icons for them in the
MGA PowerDesk program group.
DCI Video for Windows 3.1 accelerator
Included with the installation of Matrox software for Windows 3.1 is an MGA Display Control
Interface (DCI) driver. This driver is Microsoft/Intel-compliant and accelerates the playback of
Indeo- and Cinepak-encoded AVI files and MPEG files. You need
Microsoft Video for Windows 1.1e
to take advantage of this acceleration. To install Video for Windows 1.1e, start the vfw\setup.exe