Matrox G450x4 MMS manual

www .matrox.com/graphics Graphics Solutions for Professionals User Guide 10807- 301-0220 2007.02 .02 Matrox G450 MMS ENGLISH[...]

2 Mat rox G 450 MMS – User Gu ide Overview Thank you for purc hasing a G450 MMS (M ulti-Mo nitor Series) g raphics card. Y our Matro x MMS card i s a high-performance graphics card that pl ugs into an e xpansion slot inside you r personal computer . With thi s card, you can use 2 or 4 compute r monitor s or TVs at a time. Hardwar e supplied Softw[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 3 Har dwar e installat ion This section desc ribes how to install you r M atro x card. For inf or mation s pecific to your co mputer , like how to remove its cov er , see your system manual. 1 Switch to the st andard VGA displ ay driver If you ’r e r unning W indows 2000/XP on y our computer , this step isn ’t [...]

4 Mat rox G 450 MMS – User Gu ide b T urn off your comp uter and all peripherals such as your monitor or printer . c Open the comp uter and remov e your existing graphics card. (If graphics hardw are is built into the mothe rboard of your co mputer , you ma y need to disable it manu ally . For mor e information, see you r system manual.) 3 Choose[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 5 4 Insert you r Matrox card a P o sition yo ur Matro x card ove r the expa nsi on sl ot you ’ ve chosen . b P ush the card in firm ly and evenly u ntil it’ s fully seated in the slot. c Secure the bracket o f your M atrox car d to the co mputer frame.[...]

6 Mat rox G 450 MMS – User Gu ide Connection setu p This section desc r ibes how to c onnect comp uter monitors to your M atro x product. 1 Connect your dual-monit or cables A ttach your M atro x dual-monitor cab les * to the co nnectors on the bracket of yo ur Ma t rox M MS c a rd . Mak e su r e t he connect ors are firmly in place. No t e : W i[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 7 2 Conn ect your monito rs Con nect your p referred monitor to the main DVI conn ec tor o f your mul ti- moni tor cabl e. If you r monitor has a DVI c onnector , connect it directly to the m ain DVI connecto r of y our mult i- moni tor c abl e. If your monitor has an HD-15 connector , use the DV I-to-HD15 adapter [...]

8 Mat rox G 450 MMS – User Gu ide Softwar e in stallation This section desc ribes how to install M atro x softwar e for W indows 2000/X P or NT 4.0 . Y ou ma y need administrator rig hts to install certain software. For mo re information, see W indow s documentation. 1 Install di splay driver W indows detec ts new ha rdware whe n you resta r t. I[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 9 Display setu p W indow s 2000/XP o r NT 4.0 – Y o u r M a t r o x d i s p l a y d r i v e r i n c l u d e s M a t r o x Po w e r D e s k s o f t w a r e . T h i s software helps yo u get the most out of you r M at ro x graphics card. This sec tion has important information on ho w to config ure your dis play se[...]

10 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide W indow s 2000/XP – If you ha ve a Plug-and-Pla y (DD C) monit or , W indows should autom atically use correct settings for your mo ni tor . T o make sure the c orrect monitor is selected in Wind ows: 1 Rig ht-cl ick your Windows desktop back grou nd, then click Pr operties " Settings " Advan ced "[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 11 Mult i-di splay setu p T o set up mu lti-display mo de: W indow s 2000/XP – If multi-di splay mode isn ’t automatic al ly enabled whe n you restart Wi n d o w s : 1 Rig ht-cl ick your Windows desktop back grou nd, then click Pr operties " Settings . 2 Select the disabled di s pla y , enable the Extend m[...]

12 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide T o set up an ad vanced m ulti-displa y deskto p: 1 Click the Matro x QuickDesk ic on ( ) on y our W indows taskbar , then click Matrox Hybr id Display . T o see the QuickDesk ic on in Win dows XP , you ma y need to click the Show hidden icons butto n ( ) on your W indows taskbar . 2 Select Enable a n advanced mul[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 13 Mor e PowerDesk information For more in formation on M atro x P owerDesk: W indow s 2000/XP o r NT 4.0 – For c ontext-se nsitive help wher e available, click the “ ” icon in the title bar , then click the item y ou want help on. Right-click a help t opic for a pop-up menu that lets you print or co py it. ([...]

14 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide TV output W it h your Matrox card, you can us e dual- TV -out put cab les ins tead of dua l-m onito r ca bles . With dual- TV -ou tpu t cab les , you can view or record y our displays with TVs or video rec orde rs. W hile using TV output, all yo ur displa ys use TV output settings. If yo u want to use this featur [...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 15 2 Replace your dual monitor cables a Disconnect an y comput er monitor connect ed to your du al-monitor cables. b Detach an y dual-monit or cable from y our Ma t rox c a rd . c Attach your du al- TV - outp ut cabl es to your M atro x graphics ca rd. * 3 Connect video ou tput T o c o n n e c t t o a T V o r a v i[...]

16 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide c Bef ore vi ew ing or rec ordi ng v id eo outp ut di rec tl y fro m your co mpute r , ma ke su re your TV or video reco rder is set up to use line inp ut. For ex ampl e, if your T V has a TV/VIDEO switch, set it to VIDEO ; or if your video rec order has a TUNER/LINE switch, set it to LINE . Optionally , if yo u u[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 17 Soft ware s etu p If a TV or vi de o reco rder is c onne ct ed t o your Matrox pro du ct, you c an use T V out pu t mo de to vi ew or rec ord your di sp lay on you r TV or v ide o re corder . ( T o conne ct vi deo de v ices to your co mpute r , see page 1 4 .) TV settings have lo wer resolution s and refr esh r [...]

18 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide T r oubleshooting Basic procedur es This section explai ns basic proced ures that are referr ed to by some troub leshooting items in this guide . Restarti ng in VGA m ode W hat follows is information on how to restart you r co mputer in VG A m o d e . W indow s 2000/XP o r NT 4.0 – 1 Re s t a r t y o u r co m p [...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 19 2 Cause There m ay be an unsuppo r ted graphics adapter in y our compu ter . ( For M atrox mult i -d is pl ay mod e in W indows NT , all gr aphics cards in your com puter must be M atrox cards supported by the di spl ay driver.) 1 Solut ion If an uns uppo rte d gr aph ic s ca rd is plug ged into an ex pans ion s[...]

20 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Problem After th e startu p screen, or af ter displ ay settings are changed , the screen im age is gar bled or unusab le (blank s creen, r olling or overl apping scr een images) 1 Cause Analog monitors only – The Matro x display driv er may be tr ying to use settings your monit or doesn ’t suppo r t. This can [...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 21 4 R estar t your co mputer normally . 5 W ith the M atro x P owerDe s k Monitor prope r ty sheet, selec t monito r settings for each display , then adjust y our display settings. For mor e information, see the Matro x P owerDesk o nline docume ntation. 6 If necessary , restor e y our ori ginal display settings ([...]

22 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide 4 Aft er removing M atro x softwar e, install the latest displa y driver for your M atro x graphics card. Y ou ma y also need to reinstall othe r Matro x software. More informat ion W e pro vide additional information in help files. No t e : W indo ws 2000 /XP – Y ou ma y ne ed adm inist rato r right s to r emo [...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 23 Extra troubles hooting Graphics The follo w ing troub leshooting item s address problem s related to graphics card s . Pro blem Can’ t use Windows, Wi nd ows r eports a config uration err or , and/or can’t ins tall or uninsta ll dis play dr iver 1 Cause The pro blem ma y be specific to the m otherboard in yo[...]

24 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide 1 Cause Y our moni tor may not be Plug -and -Play. Mo s t n ew mon itor s are Plug -and -Play but many older ones aren ’t. Softwa re can ’t aut omatically detect settings for monito rs that aren ’t Plug- and-Pla y . 1 Solut ion Man ually select your monito r s ettings in the software. For W indows 2000/XP or[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 25 Problem 3D and video programs don’t work 1 Cause Y our co mputer or pr og ram may not w ork well w ith bus mastering. 1 Solut ion Dis able bus mas ter ing : (If y ou want to continue using bus mastering, see the other solutions.) W indow s 2000/XP – 1 A ccess the Matro x P owerDesk Options pro per ty sheet ([...]

26 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide 3 Doub le-click the name of you r Matro x displa y adapter to o pen a properties dialog box . The type of problem is dis played in the General tab " Device status area. Check also the Resour ces tab " Resour ce setti ngs list for an Interrupt Requ est . 1 Solut ion Chang e s ettings in yo ur comput er BI[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 27 4 Fro m the Matro x monito r list, select the monitor model you ’r e using. If your monit or model doesn ’t appear in the list, select a monito r that runs at 60 Hz at 640 × 480 (for exam ple, Standard M onit or T y pes " V esa 1024X 768 @60Hz " Next ). Follow the o n- screen instr uction s to com[...]

28 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide 2 Cause The program yo u ’re using may not w or k p roperly with systems using more than one display at a time. 1 Solut ion An up date may be a vailable for the program yo u ’r e using. This updat e may fix pr oblems this program has with multi-display systems. F or more information, con tact the software dist[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 29 1 Solut ion Install the lates t unified displa y driver for y our Matro x g raphics car ds. (A unif ied displa y driver supp or ts more th an one model of gra phi cs card.) This driv er is availab le on the Matr ox T ech nical Su pport W eb site ( www.matrox.com /g ra phics /su ppor t ) . M a k e s u r e t h a t[...]

30 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide 2 Select a displa y and move it ac cord ing to the phy sical position of the monit or it’ s associated with. Problem Screen image defects ap pear , p rogram doesn’t run properl y , or Window s doesn’t work properl y (example: mouse pointe r not drawn pr operly) 1 Cause Some pr og rams may no t work pr operly[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 31 3 Solut ion If possible, update yo ur Matrox display driver . Matro x makes new display driv ers available on the M at ro x T echnical Sup por t W eb site ( www .matro x.com/graphics/suppo r t ). 4 Solut ion W indow s 2000/XP – Disable Matro x hardware accel er ation: 1 Rig ht-cl ick your Windows desktop back [...]

32 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide W indows NT 4.0 – 1 A ccess the Matro x P owerDesk Set tings property sheet ( see “ Ac cessing P owerDesk prop ert y sheets” , page 9 ). 2 Mo v e t h e Desk top area slider until the nu mber of displays used m atches the num ber of monit ors connected, th en click OK to ac cept your changes. ( The displa y y[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 33 W indow s 2000/XP (P ow erDesk 5.x) – # Open pr ogram windows in display # Use CenterP OPUP W indow s 2000/XP (P ow erDesk 2.x) – # Open pr ogram windows # Center dialog bo xes and message box es Wi n d o w s N T 4 . 0 – # Open pr ogram windows in display # Center dialog bo xes 3 Choose whe re you want the[...]

34 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Vi deo The follo wing troubleshooting it ems addr ess problem s related to video files. Problem Video file p layback is jerky (skipp ing frame s) 1 Cause Y our hard disk ma y be too slow. 1 Solut ion Tr y defrag ment ing your hard disk. W indow s 2000/XP – T o d e f r a g m e n t a h a r d d i s k , c l i c k St[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 35 Wi n d o w s N T 4 . 0 – Inst all a DMA dr iver . For mo st comput ers, a DMA dr iver is avail able for W indows N T 4.0 (for example, the “PIIX Bus M aster IDE” d r ive r supports many comp uters). Fo r more information on ho w to get this driver , contact you r system vend or . 2 Cause T oo man y program[...]

36 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Problem Can’t view video 1 Cause Y our displa y sett ings may be t oo hig h. 1 Solut ion T r y lo wering your disp lay settings (res olution, color palett e, and/or refres h rate). Fo r information on ch anging display settings , see “Displ ay setup ” , page 9 . Soun d The follo w ing troubleshooting ite ms [...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 37 Wi n d o w s X P – a Click Start " Settings * " Control P anel " Sound, Spee ch, and Audio Devices * " Sounds and A udio Devices . (* Dependin g on your co nfiguration of W indo ws, this part of the step may not be necessary .) b Enable the “ Place v olume icon in t he taskbar ” check b[...]

38 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Display informat ion ! Y our M at ro x g raphics card is 100% V GA compatible and suppor ts all VESA standards: VBE 2.0 (Super V GA modes), DPMS (energy saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play monitor). ! The disp lay resolu tions availabl e depe nd on your M atro x graphics card, disp lay driver , and software monit o[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 39 Digita l flat panel informa tion M atrox G450 MMS pr oduc ts that support dig ital monitors are fully DVI 1.0 co mpl iant. The following maximum sim ultaneous display settings are supported with d igital flat panels: ! 112 MHz pixel clock ! 1280 × 1024 *† displa y resolutio n (SX GA) ! 60 Hz vertical refresh [...]

40 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Har dwar e information Features T ech nical featur es Vi deo specificati ons G450×2 MMS G450×4 MMS Graphi cs chip m odel Matrox G450 (256 -bi t Du alB us) PCI bridge control ler Hint HB4 or PLX HB 4 RAMD AC 360 MHz (in ter nal) Memo ry typ e DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM Car d ty pe PCI (32-bit, 33 MHZ) # of disp[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 41 Environm ental spe cificati ons Digita l flat panel informa tion ! Mini mum/ max imu m ambi en t op er at ing temp er atu res : 0 t o 5 5 ° C ! Mini mum/ ma ximu m st ora ge temp era tu re: -40 to 75 °C ! Maximum altitude for operation: 3,000 meters ! Maximum al titude for transpor t: 12,000 meters ! Oper a ti[...]

42 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Maxi mum car d dimen sions * * Pic tured is a G450×4 M MS car d . 6.5 i n. / 16.51 cm 4.2 in. / 10.67 cm ≤ 0.75 i n. / ≤ 1.9 0 cm 0.325 in. / 0.826 c m[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 43 Customer supp ort Matrox Web M at ro x is on the Int ernet with a W orld W ide W eb (WWW) site. Our W eb site has pr oduct lit er atur e, press r eleases, tech nical material, a sales office list, trade show information, and other relevan t mat eri al . ! V isit the Matro x Graphics W eb site at www.matrox.com/g[...]

44 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Where to get informatio n For dis play inform ation: ! W indow s 2000/XP o r NT 4.0 – Access t he Info rmat ion prope r ty sheet ( see “ Ac cessing P owerDesk pr opert y sheets” , page 9 ). For syst em information: ! W i nd ows 2000 – Right-click the My Comput er icon on your W indows desk top back grou nd[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 45 W arranty A. Limited W arranty Statement 1. Matr o x Graphics Inc. (“Matrox”) war rants to t he end-user customer , who provides adequa te proof of purchase that Matrox hardware products purchased from Mat rox authorized dealer s will be free from defects in materials and workmansh ip for a p eriod of 3 yea [...]

46 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide C. Limitations of Liability 1. EXCE PT FOR THE OBLIGA T IONS SPE CIFICALL Y SET FORTH IN T HE LIM ITED WARRANTY ST A T EMENT , IN N O EVENT S HALL MA TROX BE LIAB LE FOR : a. any direct, indirect, special, inciden tal, consequent ial, foreseeable or unforeseeable, or punitive dam ages, whethe r based on con tract,[...]

Mat rox G4 50 MMS – Us er Guide 47 Softwar e license agreement Singl e User P roducts This Matrox sof tware (the “S oftware”) is copyrigh ted by M atrox Graphics Inc. A ll rights a re reserved. The purchaser is granted a license t o use the software only , sub ject to the following restrictions and limitations: 1. The licen se is for the o ri[...]

48 Matr ox G450 MMS – User Guide Index B BIOS 19 , 26 , 27 C CD-ROM, Matrox 8 Connect or Digit al 7 LHF-6 0 6 C ustomer sup port 43 – 44 D DDC 9 , 10 , 24 Disk speed 34 Display DOS modes 14 Infor mat ion 38 Pr i mar y 27 E Expansio n slots 4 , 18 , 25 G Gr ap hi cs T roubleshootin g 23 – 33 H Ha rdw ar e Ac ce l e r a t i o n 30 Infor mat ion[...]

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