Matrox Video Graphics Card
Installation Guide
GA88-0229-00
Matrox Video Graphics Card
Installation Guide
GA88-0229-00
Before you begin to read this manual, read the Danger Statements in the T221 Flat-Panel Monitor User’s Guide,
GA18-7756.
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Contents
Chapter 1. Installation Guide ...................1
Checking parts ........................1
Installing the Matrox video graphics card................2
Conceptual view of the screen ...................4
Chapter 2. Installing the software .................5
For Windows 2000 .......................5
For Windows NT .......................12
Appendix A. Supplementary Information ..............17
General information ......................17
Limitations .........................17
When using T221 with IntelliStation M Pro 6849 (Pentium
®
4).......17
When using the T221 display driver version 5.80.001 ..........18
Recommended display settings for the 204-ppi monitor ..........19
Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty ...........21
Part 1 - General terms .....................21
Part 2 - Country-unique terms ...................23
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Chapter 1. Installation Guide
This guide contains information on how to install the Matrox Video Graphics Card to the
IBM 9503 Model T221 Flat-Panel Monitor, hereafter called the monitor.
Checking parts
Check the box for the following items. If any items are missing or damaged, contact
your place of purchase immediately.
h Matrox video graphics card h Installation Guide (This book)
h Setup CD-ROM
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Installing the Matrox video graphics card
This chapter describes how to install your Matrox video graphics card.
Notes:
1. Make sure that Windows 2000 Professional or Windows NT Workstation is installed
in your personal computer or workstation.
2. Make sure that your personal computer or workstation has enough power to drive
the Matrox video graphics card. It requires 5 volts, 3.8 amperes.
To install the card, do the following:
1. Power off your computer and all attached devices.
2. Disconnect the power cord, telecommunication cables, LAN cable, and all
interconnection cables from your personal computer or workstation.
3. Remove the computer cover. Refer to the instructions shipped with your computer.
4. Find a PCI slot and remove the existing graphics card.
The placement of the PCI slots may differ by computer. Refer to the manual
shipped with the computer.
AGP slot
PCI slot
ISA slot
5. If a slot cover for that PCI slot is installed, remove it. Save the screw to secure the
card to the computer in the next step. You can use the slot cover to cover an
uncovered slot, if any.
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6. Install the Matrox video graphics card firmly into the PCI slot, and tighten the
screws.
Attention:
Inserting your Matrox video graphics card into a slot other than a PCI slot can
damage your card, your computer, or both.
7. Close the computer cover.
Chapter 1. Installation Guide 3
Conceptual view of the screen
The illustration below shows a conceptual view of the screen divided into four partitions
and the cable connections. Each partition consists of 960 horizontal picture elements
(pixels) and 2400 vertical pixels. The entire screen therefore contains 9,216,000 pixels
(3840 x 2400).
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Chapter 2. Installing the software
This chapter describes how to install the display drivers for the following:
v Windows 2000
v Windows NT
For Windows 2000
To install the display driver, do the following:
1. Power on the monitor, the peripheral units (if any), and the personal computer or
workstation.
2. The following screen appears. Press the F8 key while the operation bar is
displayed.
3. The Windows Extended Option menu appears. Select Make VGA Mode
Effective, using the up and down arrow keys, and press the Enter key
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The Windows 2000 flag logo®screen appears.
Note: A warning message, ″The hardware is changed,″ may appear after the logo
screen is displayed. Ignore this message.
4. Insert the Setup CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your personal computer or
workstation. The Setup program starts automatically. Follow the instructions on the
menu.
Note: If the Setup program does not run automatically, double-click the file
setup.exe in the Win2K folder of the Setup CD-ROM from the Windows
Explorer screen.
5. When the following menu appears, select English and click Next.
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