Installing Your Matrox Software; Before You Begin; Obtaining A Display Driver; Selecting The Proper Display Driver - Matrox Extio F2208 User Manual

Installing your Matrox software

This section describes how to install Matrox software for Windows® 7, Windows® Server® 2008 R2,
Windows® Server® 2008, Windows® Vista®, Windows® XP, and Windows® Server® 2003. The
installation of the display driver is the same for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Before you begin

You may need administrator rights to install or uninstall certain software. For more
information, see Windows documentation or contact your system administrator.
When updating your display driver, we recommend you first uninstall your previous
display driver.
When changing your hardware configuration by adding or removing an Extio or
Expander unit or by adding, removing, or moving an interface card from one slot to
another, you need to uninstall and reinstall your Matrox software.

Obtaining a display driver

If your Matrox product was provided by an OEM, a distributor, or a system integrator,
contact them for the latest display driver. Such a display driver is more likely to be tested
with your computer model.
Matrox makes the latest display drivers available on the Matrox Technical Support Web
site (www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers).

Selecting the proper display driver

Matrox makes available two types of display drivers (XDDM and WDDM). The display driver you
install depends on the operating system you're using and the graphics hardware installed in your
system.

Hardware detection

Windows 7/Vista – Windows detects new hardware when you restart and installs a
standard VGA driver.
Windows XP – Windows detects new hardware when you restart. If Matrox display
drivers haven't been previously installed, Windows prompts you to install a display
driver. When prompted by the
your graphics hardware, click
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wizard to install a display driver for
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