G450 pop-up question (...and someother questions)

[Symbolic]

Hi,

I have just installed my new Matrox g450 graphics adapter. I have made some adjustment in the Multi Display Controls for the pop-ups... now I can maximize each new window on the monitor I want... I get the dialogs centered in their displays... but still having some problems with pop-ups like:

* the pop-up that comes in Windows 2000 when you press CTRL + ALT + DEL

* The text input window in After Effects (for the basic text filter)
* the window that says: "the system is shutting down, saving your personal setting or whatever"
* the login window at the very beginning in Windows2000

is there a way to get that fixed?

...also I wonder if my card is configured properly.

when I run the "Create Hardware Log" in the MTSTU418.exe... I have found the following line:

[ Display Controller Info ]---------------------------------------
Caption = Matrox Millennium G450 AGP
Description = Matrox Millennium G450 AGP
HorizontalResolution = 2560
VerticalResolution = 1024
VideoMode = Display Adapter Not Configured Correctly
[ END Display Controller Info ]-----------------------------------

what does that mean?...

When I run Maya 4.0 in dual display mode (2560 * 1024)... the mose sometimes leaves a trail (like a low shutter) when it moves... the menus open slow and difficult... why?

how I can be sure that my G450 is optimized for the greates perormance?

system:

* ASUS CUV4x-DSL mother board (onboard duall SCSI + onboard LAN) (via) - very solid
* Matrox G450 32MB AGP
* 13 GB IDE disk (SYSTEM)
* 40 GB IDE disk (VIDEO)
* 40 GB SCSI2 disk (VIDEO)
* SBLive Sound card
* DVRex-M1 video capture device
* Dual PIII-1000
* 3 x 256 RAM

irq list:

IRQ Number Device
9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
9 VIA USB Universal Host Controller
16 Matrox Millennium G450 DualHead - English
16 Symbios Ultra3 PCI SCSI Adapter; 53C1010-33 Device
8 System CMOS/real time clock
13 Numeric data processor
6 Standard floppy disk controller
4 Communications Port (COM1)
3 Communications Port (COM2)
1 Standard 101/102-Key Keyboard
12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse
14 Primary IDE Channel
15 Secondary IDE Channel
17 Intel(R) PRO/100+ Management Adapter
19 Symbios Ultra3 PCI SCSI Adapter; 53C1010-33 Device
19 Creative SB Live! Value (WDM)
10 DVRex-M1

in the bios G450 is on IRQ:11 (no coflicts)

the system works great... but the matrox g450 seems a little bit solow. I have test all properties... all functions work great.

resolution: 2560 * 1024 (duall Sony G200 17" )

monitor 1 = 60 hz
monitor 2 = 85 hz

Force VSync: on
Open GL / Optimezed for speed
Force Bus Mastering: on
Force Bitmap caching: on


need urgent help about this.

[Maggi]

it looks like you're using the old fashioned way of multidesktop in Win2k ...

Make sure you're using the latest drivers and "Add Extra Multi-Display Support" or whatever it reads.

Then you'll be able to define dedicated monitor profiles and settings for each display.

Hope that helps.

[Symbolic]

...the drivers are the latest ones...

what you mean "Add Extra Multi-Display Support"... I have downloaded the new drivers from the matrox site. The drivers that I have setup from the Matox G450 original CD crashed my Win2K... So will that "Add Extra Multi-Display Support" thing come out from the drivers pack that is downloaded from the Matrox site... or should I run it from the MAtrox G450 CD?


thanks for your help...

[Rags]

Did you uninstall the old drivers before installing the new ones? IF you didn't then you need to download the uninstall utility from Matrox's website. Run the uninstall, reboot when asked, when windows detects your card click cancel. Once in windows, go to where you extracted your win2k 5.52 drivers, run the setup.exe and you should get the option to add extra dualhead features during the setup. Reboot when prompted, then once in windows, goto display properties/settings/advanced/dualhead and enable multidisplay and apply, click the multidisplay settings button on that same tab and a box should open up that gives you a couple of options. Choose the one that allows different resolutions, apply and reboot when prompted. Once you reboot, you should have two monitors in display properties, click on the second monitor and check the box "extend my desktop to this monitor". You will now have truly independent displays.

Rags

[Symbolic]

Yes I have also tried this... but what is the adventage?
...also my tsk bar will not extend to the second monitor... right?

thanks for your help...

[Rags]

Errr....if you have tried what Maggi and I have suggested, then you would see what the advantage is. You will have two truly independent displays, where the popups will never come up between monitors, and screens will maximze only to their parent monitors. Seems like what you want.

No, the taskbar won't extend to the second monitor. That's the way windows treats multiple monitors.

Rags

[Maggi]

Hi Symbolic,

I cannot blame you for not knowing what True DualHead is about, because I just had a peek into the enclosed readme ...

- DualHead Multi-Display mode under Windows 2000

If you have a DualHead-supporting graphics card and you apply
"DualHead Multi-Display" mode under Windows 2000, this version of
Windows treats the main and secondary displays of a DualHead-
supporting graphics card as a single display (which the Matrox
display driver divides between two monitors). As a result, these
displays always use the same resolution and color palette
settings. Also, in your Windows desktop, the virtual positions of
these displays are always aligned next to each other.

While in DualHead Multi-Display mode with a computer monitor as
your secondary display, you can't adjust your secondary monitor
with the Windows "Monitor" or the Matrox PowerDesk "Monitor
Settings" property sheets. If your secondary monitor supports
Plug-and-Play (DDC), PowerDesk automatically uses the correct
maximum display resolution and refresh rate. If your secondary
monitor doesn't support Plug-and-Play, make sure that the correct
settings are selected under "Max. secondary resolution" on the
Matrox PowerDesk "DualHead" property sheet.

This is a perfect description of the old fashioned DualHead under Win2k and no word on the technological breakthrough the driver team did ...