Installing The Cables For Watchdog Functionality - Matrox Helios Series Installation And Hardware Reference

❖ Under Windows 2000/XP, when you boot your computer, Windows'
Plug-and-Play system will detect a new Multimedia Video Device and you will be
asked to assign it a driver. At this point, you should click on Cancel because the
driver will be installed during the installation of Matrox Helios software.
Installing the cables for Watchdog
functionality
If Watchdog functionality
1. Create a custom cable (Cable A) with a standard, 0.1" spacing, 2-pin female
connector at one end, and at the other end, a connector that fits into the Reset
button connector of the chassis (see the subsection System reset connector of the
section for the required board in Appendix B:Technical information).
2. Create a second custom cable (Cable B) with a standard, 0.1" spacing, 2-pin female
connector at one end, and at the other end, a connector that fits into the
motherboard reset connector (see the above-mentioned subsection).
3. Disconnect the end of the Reset button cable currently attached to the Reset
button connector of the chassis, and attach Cable A to this connector instead.
4. Disconnect the end of the Reset button cable currently attached to your
motherboard reset connector, and attach Cable B to this connector instead.
1. Starting from revision 1 of the Matrox Helios XCL PCB; whereas, present on the
Matrox Helios XA PCB as of revision 0.

Installing the cables for Watchdog functionality

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