Matrox Millenium - Windows NT software; Windows NT 4.0 Driver Installation; Windows NT 3.5 Driver Installation

14 Matrox Millennium Installation Guide
Windows NT software
The MGA Windows NT Display Driver supports 8-bit (256 colors), 15-bit (32 K colors), 16-bit
(64 K colors), 24-bit (16.7 M colors), and 32-bit (true color) display modes under Windows NT 3.5
and 4.0, in resolutions ranging from 640 × 480 to 1600 × 1200. This driver also supports multiple
Matrox Millennium configurations, and comes with a PowerDesk control panel called
MGA Panel
.
For more information about the driver, refer to
readme.nt
on the Matrox CD-ROM.
Windows NT 4.0 driver installation
1
Insert the Matrox CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.
(Windows NT’s autorun feature will start the
mgasetup
program.)
2
Click on
MGA PowerDesk for Windows NT 4.0
list item
Æ
Install
button to start the
PowerDesk
setup
program.
3
The
setup
program will ask you if you want to install MGA PowerDesk (see “MGA
PowerDesk Control Panel”, page 15) and drivers, or if you want to install only the drivers.
Make your choice and click
Install
to begin the installation.
4
The
setup
program will automatically change the display adapter type to MGA mode. This
is done through the Windows NT
Display Properties
dialog box. You’ll be prompted to
restart your system at the end of the installation procedure. Click
Yes
for the changes to
take effect.
Windows NT 3.5 driver installation
1
Open the
Control Panel
Æ
Display
applet in Windows NT.
2
Click on the
Change Display Type
button.
3
In the
Display Type
dialog box, click on the
Change
button.
4
In the
Select Device
dialog box, click on the
Other
button.
5
In the
Install From Disk
dialog box, type
d:\winnt\
for the Matrox CD-ROM.
6
From the displayed list, select a resolution and pixel depth that are supported by your
Millennium card and monitor, then select
Install
. Refer to “Display information” on page 21
to determine the supported resolution and pixel depth combinations.
7
Answer
Yes
in the
Installing the Driver
dialog box.
8
If Millennium drivers are already installed on your system, you will be prompted to choose
between the currently installed drivers or new ones. If you select
New
, you will be prompted
for the path to the new driver files. By default, this is the path that was entered in the
Install
From Disk
dialog box.
9
In the
Display Settings Change
dialog box, you should select
Restart Now
in order for the
new settings to take effect.