Matrox Millennium P690 Plus LP PCIe x16 manual

User Guide 10818-301-0322 2008.12.01 Matr ox Parhelia Matr ox Millennium P750 Matr ox Millennium P690 Matr ox Millennium P650 ENGLISH[...]

2 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide H a rd w a re i n s t a l l a t i o n This secti on describes how to install your Matro x card. I f your Matr ox graphics card is already installed in y our c ompu ter , skip t o “Standar d (A TX) connection setup ” , page 6 or “Low-profile connectio n setup ” , page 10 . For info rmation specific t o [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 1 Open your computer and remove your existing graphics card * If a graphics card isn ’t already instal led in you r co mpu te r , s ki p to step 2 . a Us i n g Add/Remove Pr ograms in the Wi n d o w s Control P anel , remo ve an y currently installed displ ay driv ers. Restart your co mputer for the changes [...]

4 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Insert your Matr ox card a P osition your M at ro x card ov er the expansion slot y ou’v e chosen. b Push the card in firmly and evenly until it’ s fully seated in the slot. c Secure the brack et of y our Matr ox car d to the c omput er frame. Y our M at ro x card is no w installed. Befo re restart ing y[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 5 Replacing brackets on a low-profile graphics car d Matro x l ow-pr ofile gr aphics cards ship w ith standard (A TX) brackets compatible with most systems. The following explains ho w to change your standard brack et to a low- profile bracket. 1 Re move the standar d bracket from y our Matro x graphics card by [...]

6 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Standar d (A TX) connection setup This secti on describes how to connect y our monito rs to a standard (A TX) Matro x graphics card. Connector overview * Matrox Millennium P650 and P690 products include 2 DVI-to-H D15 adapters, but no dual-monitor cable. For Millennium P650, TV output adapters ar e sold separa[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 7 Step-by-step connection setup 1 Connect the fir st monitor Connect your pr eferred monitor to the main connect or ( A ) on y our M atro x graphics card. If y our monito r has a DVI c onnecto r , connect it directly to the main conn ector of your g ra ph ic s c ard. If your monito r has an HD- 15 conn ecto r , [...]

8 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Connect the second monito r If your secon d moni tor us es a DVI connect or , conn ect it directly t o the secondary connector ( B ) of your graphics card. If your second monitor uses an HD-15 connector , you can use a dual- monitor cable (included with certai n Matro x products) or a DVI-t o-HD15 adapter . [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 9 Y our M atro x card is now installed. Restart your c omput er and install your M atrox softwar e ( see “Softwar e setup ” , page 12 ). No te : If yo ur Matro x product supports stereo output and you w ant to use a stereo-ou tput adapter (provided with some Matro x products), you can connect the adapt er to[...]

10 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Low-pr ofile connection setup This section des cribes how to connect y our moni tors to a low-pr ofile Matrox graphics card. Connector overview * TV output adapters are sold separately (see http:// shopmat rox.com ). Step-by-step connection setup WA R N I N G : Don ’t change monit or connections while y our[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 11 Connecting a low-profile car d 1 Attach the dual-monitor cable A ttach yo ur Matro x dual-monitor cable to the co nnector on the brack et of your M atrox card . Mak e sure the co nnectors ar e properly fastened. 2 Connect the fir st monitor Connect your pr eferred monit or to the m ain DV I connect or ( 1/3 )[...]

12 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Softwar e setup This secti on describes how to install Matro x software for Wi n d o w s 2000 , W indow s Ser ver 2003 , Wi n d o w s X P , W i ndows X P Professi onal x64 , and W indows Vista . Y ou may ne ed a dminis tr ator r ig hts to install c ertain softwar e. For mor e information, see W indows d ocume[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 13 TV output Connection setup 1 T urn off computer Before y ou connect your M at ro x product, make sur e you shut do wn your system and turn off you r co mpu te r . If your Mat ro x produ ct sup por ts TV out put, you can us e the T V output adapter to connect a video recorder or a TV to your M atrox graphics c[...]

14 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Attach TV ada pter Standard (A TX) card – Conn ect the TV outp ut ad apte r to conn ecto r 1 on your dual-monitor cable. If you ’re only using one computer moni tor and a TV , y ou can use a D VI-to-HD 15 adapter to conn ect the TV output adapter to the secondary ( B ) connector on your Mat rox c a rd .[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 15 Optional ly , if you use the composite v ideo and S-video c onnectors o n your M at ro x TV adapter, you can directl y connec t two diff erent v ideo de vices at th e same t ime. To v i e w and reco rd outpu t from th e same M atro x video connect or , you can con nect it to a vi deo reco rder a nd c onne ct [...]

16 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Software setup If a TV o r v ide o re cord er i s co nn ec ted to you r Ma trox pro du ct , yo u ca n us e T V ou tp ut m ode to v ie w or record your display on your TV or video recorder . (T o connec t vi deo dev ices to your computer , see page 13 .) TV settings hav e low er resolutio ns and refresh rates [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 17 V ideo input Connection setup 1 T ur n of f your computer Before y ou connect your M at ro x product, make sur e you shut do wn your system and turn off you r co mpu te r . 2 Connect your video-i nput adapter Connect the video-input adapt er to the main connect or ( A ) on your g raphi cs card. If a monitor i[...]

18 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Connect your monitor Connect your pr eferred monit or to the m ain connector (DVI) on your video-input adapter . If your mo nitor has a DVI connecto r , connect it directl y to the m ain co nnector (D VI) on yo ur adapter . If yo ur monitor has an H D-15 connector , use the DVI-to-HD15 adapter included with[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 19 Software setup T o capture video wi th your M atrox P arhel ia prod uct, your video-capture software m ust support WDM (W indows Driver M o dule) drivers and you must ha ve the Matro x WDM display driver package installed on y our system . For the lat est M atrox W DM displa y driver pac kage, see the M atro [...]

20 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Ster eo output Y ou can use stereo ou tput w ith OpenGL software that take s advantage of this feature. M atrox products that support stereo output ship with a ster eo-output bracket, a ster eo-output adapter , or both. T o use ste reo output, y ou need to install the st ereo-output brack et and co nnect your[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 21 1 Remove your graphics car d T urn off you r computer and all peripher als such as your monitor or p rinter. Open your computer and remove your exis ting graphics card. 2 Connect the bracket to your graphics car d Connect your ster eo-output brack et to the stereo-output connector on your graphi cs card. The [...]

22 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 4 Connect your ster eo device Connect your stereo dev ice (for example, your 3D glasses) to the stereo c onnector (mini DIN, 3 pins) on your stereo-output bracket. T o conn ect your monit ors, see “Standar d (A TX) connection setup ” , page 6 . After c onnecting y our dev ices , rest ar t your computer. C[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 23 2 Connect your monitor Connect your pr eferred monit or to the m ain connect or (D VI) on y our stereo-o utput adapter . If your m onitor has a DVI c onnector , connect it directly to the m ain co nnector (D VI) on yo ur adapter . If your mo nitor has a n HD-1 5 conne ctor, use the DVI-to-HD15 adapter include[...]

24 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide T roubleshooting Basic procedur es This section explains basi c proc edures th at are ref erred to b y some troubleshootin g items in this guide. Restarting in VGA mode W i ndows 2000/XP/V ist a – W hat follows is in formation o n how t o restart y our com puter in VG A mode . 1 Click Start Æ Shut Down Æ [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 25 2 Solution If graphics hard ware is built int o your co mputer mothe rboard, your syst em may not have autom atically disabled it when you inserted y our Matro x card. Check y our system man ual for instr uctions on how to disable your computer’ s built- in graphi cs hardware. 3 Cause Y our c omputer BIOS ([...]

26 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 5 T ur n off your computer , remove t he ot her g r aphics card, then plug your mo nitor into your M atro x graphics card. 6 Restart your c omputer . Proble m W rong color balan ce, screen imag e off-center , or no pictur e at all 1 Cause Y our monitor v ideo controls may be improperl y set. 1 Solution Ad jus[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 27 1 Solution Mak e sure yo ur monitor supports the display mode currently in use. After installi ng y our Matro x product, your system uses ei ther the preferred dis play mode for your monitor or a display mode of 800 × 600 at 60 Hz. 2 Solution If non e of y our displa ys are a vailable, re install you r Matr [...]

28 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Graphics – Extra troubleshooting The following ar e extra troubleshooting ite ms related t o graphics hardwar e. Proble m Can’t use W indows, Windows r eports a configuration error , and/or can’ t install or uninstall Matr ox display driver 1 Cause The pr oblem ma y be specific to the motherboard in you[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 29 2 Solution T r y m ov i n g y o u r M a t r ox g r a p h i c s c a r d t o a n o t h e r P C I ( o r P C I e d e p e n d i n g o n y o u r p r o d u c t ) slot in your c omput er . For instructions on ho w to safely install your M atro x card, see “Hard ware installation ” , page 2 . Problem After game fo[...]

30 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Problem Using multiple displays u nder Windows 2000/XP/Vista, pr ogram doesn’t work with your Matr ox product 1 Cause Y o u r m a i n g r a p h i c s c a r d m a y n o t b e c o n t r o l l i n g y o u r p r i m a r y d i s p l a y. T h e g r a p h i c s c a r d t h a t controls y our primar y display is th[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 31 Problem Not all graphics ca rds in the computer ar e fully supported (Software doesn’ t work with a certain graphics card, or another graphics card doesn’t work at all) 1 Cause If you have dif ferent mo dels of gr aphic s cards in your computer, your Matrox displ ay driver may not support all the graphics[...]

32 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Click OK . Proble m Screen image defects appear , pr ogram doesn’ t run properly , or Windows doesn’ t work properly (example: mouse pointe r not drawn pr operly) 1 Cause Some progr ams may not wor k properly w ith so me Matro x accel erati on. 1 Solution W i ndows 2000/XP/V ist a – Pow e r D e s k - [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 33 3 Click Effects and then disable one or more featur es. 4 Click OK Æ OK . 3 Solution W indows Vista – Disable W indows A ero . Rig ht-click your W indows desktop background, then click Personalize Æ Window Color and Appea rance Æ Open classic appearan ce properties for mor e color options . U nder Color [...]

34 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Click OK or Apply for your changes to take effect. W indows Vista – 1 Right-click your W indows desktop background, then click Personalize Æ Display settings . 2 Select the display y ou want to disable, then clear the Extend the desktop onto this monitor check b o x. 3 Click OK or Apply for your changes [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 35 Problem Displa y on digita l monitor app ears blurr y or uses only a po rtion of th e screen 1 Cause Y ou ma y be using a lower displa y resolution than what your digital monitor suppor ts. If your monitor supports displ ay scaling, the image on your screen ma y appe ar blurr y . If display scaling isn ’t s[...]

36 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 3 Solution Mak e sure the drive y ou ’r e using (a hard disk or DVD drive) is using DM A (if your drive supports DMA transfer s). T o use DMA: W i ndows 2000/XP – 1 Click Start Æ Settings * Æ Control P anel Æ Performance and Maintenance * Æ System (double-click*) Æ Hard ware Æ Device Ma nager . (* D[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 37 DVD The foll owing troublesho oting items addres s problems related to DVD . (For general v ideo-rel ated troubleshooting items , see “V ideo ” , page 35 .) Problem DVD video playback is jerky (skipping fra mes) 1 Cause Y our DV D drive may be too slow . 1 Solution If yo ur DVD drive suppor ts DMA transfe[...]

38 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Solution If a video record er is connected t o your M atrox graphics card and the video rec order has a TUNER/LINE switch, set it to LINE . Fo r more information , see you r video reco rder m anual. 3 Cause M atro x software ma y not be set up for TV output. P articularly , the TV standard selected ma y not[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 39 2 Solution If you ’re using a display area larger than 640 × 480, you can use la rger system fonts to make som e tex t mo re re ada bl e: W i ndows 2000/XP – 1 Right-click your W i ndow s desktop background, then click Propert ies Æ Settings Æ Advanced Æ General . 2 Un d e r Font size , select Large F[...]

40 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Proble m Can’t recor d video with a video re corder 1 Cause The video sourc e may be c opy pr otected. Y o ur M atro x product ma y not let you mak e copies of copy-protected v ideo. (Some v ideo sources l et you make a c opy of a v ideo, but you may not be able to mak e a cop y of that copy . ) 1 Solution [...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 41 Sound The following troubleshooting items address problem s related to sound cards. Problem Sound does n’t rec ord, video files play back with no sound, or sound output i s distort ed or too l oud 1 Cause If the sound problem is with a particular device (for example, TV or speaker), the volum e contro l on [...]

42 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 2 Click Options Æ Propert ies . 3 Click t he Recording butt on, enable all c heck bo xes in the lis t box, t hen click OK . 4 For t h e Line In and/or Microphone cont rol s, make s ure the Vo l u m e slider levels ar e okay (if y ou’ re not sure , tr y half lev el), and the appr opriate Select check bo x i[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 43 4 Select Recording and mak e sure all the dev ices you want t o use are listed as working. If a device is listed as not w orking, right-click the device ic on and select Enable . 5 For each device you want to use, double-click the device icon and selec t Levels . Mak e sure the v olume slider value is oka y ([...]

44 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Display information  Y our M atrox graphics card is 100% V GA co mpatible and sup por ts all VESA standar ds: VBE 2.0 (Super V GA modes), DPMS (energ y saving), and DDC-2B (Plug-and-Play monitor).  Y our M atrox pr oduct supports DualHead features. DualHead featur es control 2 displays at a time.  Ma[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 45 resolution avail able is th e high est resolution suppor ted by both monitors. If one of your monitors supports a higher resolution, it may use display scaling to fill the entire screen. For mor e information on what your moni tors support, see thei r documentati on. Supported VESA modes (main d isplay) In th[...]

46 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide H a rd w a re i n f o r m a t i o n Features – Matr ox Parhelia, Millennium P750, Millennium P650 Matrox Parhelia Matrox Millennium P750 Matrox Millennium P650 Matrox Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI Matrox Millennium P650 PCIe DualHead 99999 Tr i p l e H e a d 99 9 * * T ripl eHead upgr ade kit ava ilable ([...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 47 Features - Matr ox Millennium P690 Digital monitor infor mation Matrox Millennium P690 PCI Matrox Millennium P690 PCIe Matrox Millennium P690 LP PCIe Matrox Millennium P690 Plus LP PCI Matrox Millennium P690 Plus LP PCIe DualHead 99999 T ripleHead ———— — Quad Display ——— 9 * * Quad Display upg[...]

48 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Parhelia (AGP) 6.875 in. / 17.46 cm 4.25 in. / 10 .80 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.36 in. / 0.91 cm[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 49 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Parhelia (PCI) 7.50 in. / 19.05 cm 4.20 in. / 10.67 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.325 in. / 0.83 cm[...]

50 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P750 or P650 (AGP) 5.90 in. / 14.99 cm 4.05 in. / 10.29 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm (Millennium P750 shown) 0.36 in. / 0.91 cm[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 51 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P650 Low-profile PCI 5.20 in. / 13 .21 cm 2.536 in. / 6.4 4 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.325 in. / 0.83 cm[...]

52 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P650 PCIe 6.425 in. / 16.32 cm 4.376 in. / 11.12 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.331 in. / 0.84 cm[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 53 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P690 PCI 0.325 in. / 0.83 cm 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 4.20 in. / 10.67 cm[...]

54 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Millennium P690 PCIe ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.331 in. / 0 .84 cm 4.376 in. / 11.12 cm 6.60 in. / 16 .76 cm[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 55 Maximum card dimensions – Matr ox Mille nnium P690 LP PCIe (x1 and x16) and P690 Plus LP PCIe 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm 2.712 in. / 6.8 9 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm (Millennium P690 LP PCIe (x16) shown) 0.331 in. / 0.84 cm[...]

56 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Maximum card dimensions - Matr ox Millennium P690 Plus LP PCI 6.60 in. / 16.76 cm 2.536 in. / 6.44 cm ≤ 0.75 in. / ≤ 1.91 cm 0.325 in. / 0.83 cm[...]

Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 57 Customer support Matrox W eb Matro x is on the Internet wi th a W orld W ide W eb (WWW) si te. Our W eb site has product literature, press r eleases, technical mat erial, a sales office list, trade show informat ion, and othe r relevant materi al.  V isit the Matro x Graphics W eb site at www.matro x.com/g[...]

58 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Where to get information For d isplay inf ormation: W i ndows 2000/XP/V ist a – 1 Double-clic k the P owerDesk ic on ( ) o n you r W indow s taskbar to ac cess the P owerDesk m ain inte rface. T o see the P ow erDesk ic on in W indows XP /Vi sta, you may need to click the Show hidden icons button ( ) on you[...]

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Matrox graphics car d – User Guide 61 Softwar e license agr eement Single User Products This Matrox software (the “Software”) is copyri ghte d by Matrox Graphics Inc. Al l rights are reserve d. The purchas er is granted a license to use the softwar e only , subject to the following restri ctions and limitations: 1. The license is for the orig[...]

62 Matrox graphics car d – User Guide Index A Adobe Reader 43 AG P 3 B BIOS 25 , 29 , 30 Bus master ing 29 C CD-ROM, Matro x 43 Connection se tup Low-profile card 10 – 11 Standard (A TX) card 6 – 8 Connector 6 , 11 LFH-60 11 Cust omer support 57 – 58 D Display Mod e s 13 Pri ma r y 30 Display information 44 – 45 DVD 37 E Expansion sl ots [...]

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