If You Already Have A Graphics Card; Choose The Best Installation Position - Matrox Digidesktop Installation Manual And User's Manual

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If you already have a graphics card

Choose the best installation position

Chapter 2, Hardware Installation
If you already have a graphics card in your system, you must switch to the
standard VGA display driver in Windows NT and remove your card before
installing DigiDesktop.
To switch to VGA mode:
1
Choose
Start | Settings | Control Panel,
icon.
Display
2
In the
Display Properties
Display Type button.
3
Click the Change
4
Select
(Standard display types)
compatible display adapter
dialog box, and click
5
Shut down Windows NT and turn off your computer. You will be
removing your card at a later stage in the installation process.
Open your computer and determine, based on the following explanation,
which position is best suited to your type of system.
It's easiest to install DigiDesktop (and to remove your existing graphics
card) from above. For typical desktop systems, this is easy because access
to the expansion slots in such systems is from the top. If, however, you
have a tower-type system and want to insert DigiDesktop from above,
place the computer on its side, as illustrated in the following diagram:
1
Place tower on
its side
dialog box, click the
button in the Display Type
under
under
Display
.
OK
then double-click the
tab, then the
Settings
dialog box.
and
Manufacturers VGA
in the
Change Display
2
Install components
vertically