2 Matrox C-Series – User Guide
Contents
About this user guide ............................................................................................. 4
Using this guide ....................................................................................................................................... 4
More information .................................................................................................................................... 4
Overview ................................................................................................................. 5
System requirements ................................................................................................................................5
Installation overview ...............................................................................................................................5
Installing your graphics hardware .......................................................................... 6
Before you begin ......................................................................................................................................6
Preventing damage to your graphics hardware .......................................................................6
Step-by-step installation ..........................................................................................................................7
Replacing brackets on your graphics card .............................................................................................. 8
Low-profile graphics cards .......................................................................................................8
Installing multiple graphics cards ...........................................................................................................9
Interconnecting multiple graphics cards (Framelock) ............................................................9
Connecting your monitors .................................................................................... 11
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................11
Step-by-step connection setup .............................................................................................................. 12
Matrox C680 or Matrox C420 ................................................................................................12
Installing your Matrox software .......................................................................... 13
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................13
Obtaining a display driver ......................................................................................................13
Hardware detection ............................................................................................................................... 13
Matrox PowerDesk software ................................................................................ 14
Accessing PowerDesk ............................................................................................................................. 14
Accessing Matrox PowerDesk help .......................................................................................................14
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 15
What to do if you have a problem .........................................................................................................15
Common problems and solutions ........................................................................................................15
Product information .............................................................................................. 24
Specifications .........................................................................................................................................24
Environmental .......................................................................................................................................25
