Matrox Millenium - Before Installing MGA PowerDesk Software for Windows 95

6 Matrox Millennium Installation Guide
Before installing MGA PowerDesk software for Windows 95
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If you’re installing PowerDesk for Windows 95 for the first time, select the description
below that applies to you and follow the pre-installation steps.
If you’re running Windows 95
1
If your Millennium card is not already installed, turn off your system and install it. See
“Quick hardware installation” on page 3 for complete instructions on this procedure.
2
Restart your computer.
3
After restarting, Windows 95 will be in standard VGA mode (640 × 480 resolution,
16 colors) and will report it has found new hardware:
Choose the “
Do not install a driver
” option. Later, you install the drivers and MGA
PowerDesk software at the same time. (If you prefer, you can install the drivers immediately
from the Matrox CD-ROM, but you should still install the MGA PowerDesk software later.)
4
Go to “Installing MGA PowerDesk software for Windows 95” on page 7 and follow the
instructions.
If you’re upgrading to Windows 95 from Windows 3.1
1
Switch to
VGA
display mode through the Windows 3.1
Windows Setup
program.
2
If Windows 3.1 MGA PowerDesk is installed on your system, remove it using the
MGA Uninstallation
program in the MGA PowerDesk group window.
3
If your Millennium card is not already installed, turn off your system and install it. See
“Quick hardware installation” on page 3 for complete instructions on this procedure.
4
Restart your computer.
5
Run the Windows 95
setup
program to install Windows 95.
During Windows 95 installation, a hardware detection process will detect an
Oak
Technology Super VGA
card. There’s no cause for alarm – your computer will restart in
standard VGA mode (640 × 480 resolution with 16 colors), which is supported by the