Matrox Orion Installation And Hardware Reference page 45

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Display Properties dialog box appears. Select the Settings
property page. Set the resolution to one that is supported by
your monitor and click on Apply.
Reinstall the Matrox display driver provided with the Matrox
Orion software.
Device attached to the computer fails to start
When this occurs under Windows NT, your computer will
prompt you to go to the Event Viewer utility to identify the
device that was unable to start.
This could happen due to the following two reasons:
The MIL Orion driver is not installed correctly. This problem
could occur due to too much or insufficient allocation of DMA
memory.
Uninstall and reinstall MIL, and specify the correct DMA
setting. Then, under Windows NT, double-click the
Devices icon under the Control Panel, and scroll
through the list to determine if the driver for the device
has started. Under Windows 2000, check the Device
Manager property sheet in the System utility to
determine if the board was installed correctly. The System
utility is under the Control Panel.
There is a conflict in the BIOS Setup program. This problem
generally occurs when there is a PCI memory mapping error
or when there is an interrupt-line routing error.
Reinstall your previous VGA board and, if possible, update
your computer BIOS. To get the correct BIOS update, you
might need to know the serial number that your computer
displays when it restarts (usually found in the lower-left
corner of the display).
Not enough memory to allocate buffer under Windows
NT 4.0
This is the message that you will receive if you try to allocate
a grab buffer that is greater than the amount of DMA memory
specified during software installation. This problem can be
addressed by increasing the amount of DMA memory on your
Common problems and solutions
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