H132841 - IBM PC360-150 Matrox Millennium Video Adapter Tips TEXT: The IBM PC 360-150, machine type 6598 is a 150Mhz Pentium Pro (Intel P6) Desktop system. The 6598 system does not have integrated video on the system board. All models of the 6598 ship with a Matrox Millennium PCI Graphics adapter installed. Below is a list of 10 items that should be considered when installing a PC 360-150 6598 system and determining monitor and device driver settings. Items 11-13 are early warning tips that pertain to specific operating systems and the PC 360-150. ================================================================= #1 The OS/2 Device Driver for the Matrox Millennium Graphics adapter is not CID enabled (it cannot be remotely installed). The device driver must be installed from the client. This device driver is being updated to enable CID installation. Projected availability is 3/96 from the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #2 There are only a limited number of IBM monitor choices available when installing the Matrox Millennium device drivers for Windows 3.11 and Windows95. These device drivers are contained on the support CD provided with the PC 360. The user selects the monitor type from a list of supported monitor types during the installation process. This step is not required if the monitor is DDC compliant. An updated MGA.MON file for Windows 3.11 and Windows95 will be made available to add additional IBM monitor support. Projected availability is 3/96 from the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #3 A blank screen or corrupted video will be displayed if the customer is using an IBM 8515, IBM 8517 or IBM G40 display set at the 1024 X 768 resolution. Any monitor which required interlaced mode for 1024 X 768 resolution may exhibit this failure when attached to the Matrox Millennium PCI Graphics adapter. The solution is to set the monitor to 640 X 480 mode. Engineering is currently investigating this design characteristic. This tip will be updated with additional information as it becomes available. ================================================================= #4 The Matrox Millennium device driver for Windows95 does not auto-recognize DDC monitors with 85Hz refresh rate capability. The monitor will actually run at 75hz. Use the monitor setup utility in Windows95 to manually select the monitor following the sequence below: A. From the Windows95 Desktop, click the right mouse button. B. Select the "Properties" menu item. C. Select the "Settings" folder. D. Select "Change Display Type." E. Select monitor "Change Type." F. Select "Show All Devices." G. Select the monitor type that is attached, click OK. The device driver for Windows95 will be updated to eliminate this failure. Projected availability is 3/96 from the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #5 The Matrox Millennium device driver for OS/2 WARP does not auto-recognize DDC monitors with 85Hz refresh rate capability. The monitor will actually run at 75hz. Use the monitor setup utility in OS/2 WARP to manually select the monitor following the sequence below: A. Open a DOS Window. B. Change directory by entering "CD\MGA\OS2." C. Enter "MGAMON." D. Select the monitor from the list presented. E. Press ENTER to continue. F. Shutdown the system and reboot. G. Click the right mouse button on the OS/2 Desktop. H. Select "System Setup." I. Select the "System" icon. J. Open the "Screen" folder and select the desired resolution. K. Close the "Screen" folder. L. Shutdown the system and reboot. The device driver for OS/2 WARP will be updated to eliminate this failure. Projected availability is 3/96 from the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #6 During shutdown and restart of OS/2, the display may contain vertical lines overlaying the Shutdown screen dialog box for approximately 1 second. This failure only occurs during a shutdown followed by a restart with the Matrox Millennium device drivers loaded. This is not a functional failure of the hardware or OS/2. No update is planned to eliminate the occurrence of the vertical lines. ================================================================= #7 The bottom portion of an IBM P70 Monitor may be blank or corrupted with Matrox Millennium device drivers for either OS/2 or Windows installed This failure occurs if the monitor is set for 1600 X 1200 resolution. The 1280 X 1024 resolution and below do not exhibit this failure. Engineering is currently investigating the cause of this failure. This tip will be updated with additional information as it becomes available. ================================================================= #8 System hangs may occur while switching rapidly between the OS/2 Desktop and a DOS Full Screen session with the Matrox Millennium device drivers loaded. This failure has only been reported in automated testing at IBM. No customer reported failures have been reported. To reproduce the failure, the actual switching must be done at a rapid pace. The Matrox Millennium OS/2 device driver will be updated to eliminate this exposure. Projected availability is 3/96 on the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #9 Selecting an unsupported video mode may cause a blank display when OS/2 is rebooted. To recover from this situation, perform the following steps: A) Reboot the system with a DOS bootable diskette. B) Enter X: (X=the drive containing OS/2). C) Enter "CD\MGA\OS2" D) Either delete the "MGA.INF file OR enter "MGAMON" and select a supported monitor type. E) Remove the diskette and reboot the system. ================================================================= #10 Internal Processing Error or SYS3175 dialog box may be displayed after rebooting the system following the installation of Novell NetWare Client 2.11 from the WARP Connect CD. This failure occurs only if the Matrox Millennium device drivers for OS/2 are loaded. The Matrox Millennium OS/2 device driver will be updated to eliminate this exposure. Projected availability is 2/96 on the IBM PC Company BBS. ================================================================= #11 IBM G40, G41 or G50 may exhibit screen "wobble" if the display is powered off/on while the system unit power remains on. The "wobble" occurs only if the display is connected to a Matrox Millennium Graphics adapter. To recover from the "wobble", power the system and display off. Power the system unit on THEN power-on the display. ================================================================= -Novell NetWare and Novell UnixWare are trademarks of Novell Inc. -Matrox Millennium PCI Graphics Adapter is a trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. -Windows, Windows95 and WindowsNT are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. -Pentium Pro and Intel P6 are trademarks of the Intel Corporation