Hardware Installation - Matrox Millennium G550 User Manual

Hardware installation

This section describes how to install your Matrox card. If your Matrox graphics card is already
installed in your computer, skip to
computer, like how to remove its cover, see your system manual.
WARNING:
it to cool before you touch any of its internal parts. Also, static electricity can severely damage
electronic parts. Before touching any electronic parts, drain static electricity from your body
(for example, by touching the metal frame of your computer). When handling a card,
carefully hold it by its edges and avoid touching its circuitry.
Switch to the standard VGA display driver
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If you're running Windows 98/Me/2000 on your computer, this step isn't necessary.
If you're using another operating system (for example, Windows NT 4.0), see its
documentation for how to switch to VGA mode.
Open your computer and
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remove your existing graphics
*
card
Turn off your computer and all peripherals
such as your monitor or printer. Open the
computer and remove your existing
graphics card (if any). (If graphics hardware
is built into the motherboard of your
computer, this graphics hardware should
automatically disable itself after your
Matrox card is installed.)
* With multi-display mode, you may be able to use your existing graphics card. For Windows 98/Me/2000, see Windows
98/Me/2000 online help under "Multiple Display Support". For Windows NT 4.0, only Matrox graphics card models supported
by the Matrox display driver can be used.
2 Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
"Connection setup", page
To avoid personal injury, turn off your computer, unplug it, and then wait for
4. For information specific to your