Installation guide

24 Matrox Graphics Card – Installation Guide
3 Right-click the Windows desktop background, then click the
MGA Display Properties
menu
item

Settings
tab.
Windows may prompt you that the display settings are incorrect for the current mode; click
OK
to continue.
4 Move the
Display area
slider down to its lowest setting, then click
OK
.
5 Restart your computer normally.
6 Select a monitor with the
Monitor
property sheet, then you can adjust your display settings.
For more information, see the MGA PowerDesk online guide.
Problem: Other device doesn’t work properly after Matrox card is installed
(examples: sound card output distorted, fast modem loses data often)
 Cause – Some computers require that software wait for the hardware to be ready to receive new
data. The Matrox display drivers are not normally set to do this because it slows them down
slightly and it’s not necessary for most computers.
 Solution – Windows 95:
1 Right-click the Windows desktop background, then click the
Properties
menu item 
Settings
tab 
PowerDesk
button 
Performance
tab.
2 Clear the
Use automatic PCI bus retries
check box.
3 Click
OK

OK

Yes
to accept the changes and restart your computer.
 Solution – Windows NT 4.0:
1 Right-click the Windows NT desktop background, then click the
MGA Display Properties
menu item

Performance
tab.
2 Clear the
Use automatic PCI bus retries
check box.
3 Click
OK

Yes
to accept the changes and restart your computer.
Problem: After game for Windows 95 starts, monitor doesn’t display properly
(rolling screen images, overlapping screen images or a blank screen)
 Cause – If your game uses a low-resolution (640 × 480 and below), full-screen display mode,
your monitor may not support the refresh rate the MGA driver is using.
 Solution –
1 If the game is still running in full-screen mode, press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] once for the
Close
Program
dialog box, and then click the
End Task
button.
2 Right-click the Windows desktop background, then click the
Properties
menu item 
Monitor
tab 
MGA Monitor
button.
3 From the MGA monitor list, select the monitor model you’re using. If your monitor model
does not appear in the list, select a monitor that runs at 60 Hz at 640 × 480 (for example,