Matrox Electronic Systems G450 MMS - Manual (Page 21)

Matrox G450 MMS – User Guide 21
Problem After game for Windows 2000/XP starts,
monitor doesn’t display properly
(blank screen, rolling or overlapping screen images)
1 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 Matrox driver is using.
1 Solution Windows 2000/XP –
1 If the game is still running in full-screen mode and your monitor is unusable, exit the
game. To do this, press [Alt]+[Tab] once, right-click the name of the game on the
Windows taskbar, then click
Close .
2 Make sure the correct monitor is selected in Windows ( see “Monitor setup”, page 8 ).
2 Solution Make sure your Matrox monitor settings are correct-
1 If the game is still running in full-screen mode and your monitor is unusable, exit the
game. To do this, press [Alt]+[Tab] once, right-click the name of the game on the
Windows taskbar, then click
Close .
2 Access the Matrox PowerDesk Monitor Settings property sheet ( see “Accessing
PowerDesk property sheets”, page 8 ).
3 Click Select customizations from the Matrox list .
4 From the Matrox monitor list, select the monitor model you’re using. If your monitor
model doesn’t appear in the list, select a monitor that runs at 60 Hz at 640 × 480 (for
example,
Standard Monitor Types " Vesa 1024X768 @60Hz " Next ). Follow the on-
screen instructions to complete the selection.
Problem Using multiple displays under Windows 2000/XP or NT 4.0,
program doesn’t work with main graphics card
1 Cause Your main graphics card may not be controlling your primary display. The graphics card that
controls your primary display is the one that first displays information when you restart your
computer.
A program that doesn’t recognize multiple displays may not work with a graphics card unless
it’s controlling your primary display.
Your computer BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) and the slot type (ISA, PCI or AGP – see
“Choose a PCI slot”, page 4 ) of each graphics card help determine which graphics card
controls your primary display.
Using multiple
displays…