Hardware Installation - Matrox Millennium G400 User Manual

Hardware installation

WARNING:
electronic parts, drain the static electricity from your body. You can do this by touching the
metal frame of your computer. When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching
its circuitry.
Switch to the standard VGA display driver
1
If you're running Windows 95/98 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 remove your existing graphics card
2
Turn off your computer and all peripherals such as your monitor or printer. Open the
computer and remove your existing graphics card.
your computer's motherboard, it should automatically disable itself after your Matrox card
is installed.)
Choose an expansion slot
3
Most computers have different types of
expansion slots. Choose an AGP slot,
depending on the type of Matrox graphics
card you have. Your system manual should
identify the location of each type of
expansion slot in your computer.
* With multi-display mode, you may be able to use your existing graphics card. For Windows 98, see Windows 98 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.
4 Matrox Graphics Card – User Guide
Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Before touching any
*
(If you have a display adapter built into
(Back of computer)
PCI slot
AGP slot
ISA slot