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README.SET MATROX GRAPHICS INC. December 22, 1995
MGA Millennium Setup and Utilities
Revision 1.04.016
This disk contains the MATROX MGA setup and utilities programs.
Disk contents:
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README.SET This file
INSTALL.EXE Install program
FILES1.ZIP Product files
ENGLISH.ZIP English localization files
PKUNZIP.EXE File decompression utility
Product files:
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SETUP.EXE Setup program
MGA.MON Monitor file
DOS4GW.EXE DOS extender for SETUP
UPDBIOS.BAT Flash Eprom update batch file.
PROGBIOS.EXE Flash Eprom programming utility.
*.BIN Video bios binary file(s).
VBETSR.COM VBE video parameter customization TSR.
VBESETUP.EXE Required for VBETSR.COM.
PCISPY.EXE PCI memory space checker.
Installation:
------------
To install the setup and utility programs, type a:\install. and select
"Utilities and Setup program" from the installation menu.
The default path for the installation is C:\MGA\SETUP\.
Setup program (SETUP.EXE):
-------------------------
The SETUP utility program allows to you to "optimize" your
board/monitor configuration. It allows you select a monitor from
our list of supported monitors and to perform graphics testing to
validate your selection.
Once you have finished, your selection will be saved in a file called
MGA.INF. This file is used by all the MGA drivers to determine monitor
timing information.
Monitor file (MGA.MON):
----------------------
This file contains the monitor information required by the SETUP program.
It contains video timings for a variety of monitors and should cover most
monitors. It includes support for monitors such as Hitachi, IDEK, NEC,
Nanao, MAG, NOKIA, Phillips, Viewsonic, and other multi-scan monitors.
UPDBIOS.BAT Utility:
-------------------
IF YOU HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW BOARD, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO
RUN THIS UTILITY.
This batch file is used to update the flash bios on your MGA
Millennium to the latest revision at the time of release.
It is necessary to run this utility only if you receive this
software as part of an upgrade package.
Should you need to use this utility, follow the procedure below :
1) power down your system
2) remove the MGA Millennium
3) locate the dip switches
4) set the bios protection switch to "BIOS UNPROTECTED"
5) install the MGA back in the system and power-up
6) go to the C:\MGA\SETUP directory and simply type "UPDBIOS"
7) once the utility has finished, power-down your system
8) remove your MGA and set the bios protection switch back
to the "BIOS PROTECTED" position
9) power-up your system and you are now ready to try your updated
bios
10) repeat the procedure if you have more than one MGA in your system
NOTE : This program may not work properly if invoked from a Windows
DOS window (neither windowed or full-screen). It is recommended
that this program be run directly from DOS.
VBESETUP.EXE and VBETSR.COM Utilities:
-------------------------------------
The VBETSR.COM/VBESETUP.EXE utilities allow the VESA VBE modes supported
by our video bios to use the same video parameters as used by our drivers.
This is a two step process. First, you must run VBETSR.COM by going to
\MGA\SETUP and typing VBETSR. Second, from within the same sub-directory,
you must run VBESETUP.EXE by simply typing VBESETUP. This program will
load the video parameter information to be used by VBETSR.COM. These
programs can be run from within your autoexec.bat by simply adding the
following lines :
C:\MGA\SETUP\VBETSR
C:\MGA\SETUP\VBESETUP
NOTE that VBESETUP must be re-run every time you modify your monitor
configuration. In other words, every time you switch monitor or modify
the video timings in any way.
PCISPY.EXE Utility:
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PCISPY is intended for usage in PCI systems where we suspect problems
arising from the way MGA devices are being mapped. It replaces the PCIMAP
utility found on previous releases.
Usage of this utility is as follows and can be obtained by simply
going to C:\MGA\SETUP and typing PCISPY :
usage : pcispy [-l]
[-c]
[-r DeviceNumber Offset]
[-w DeviceNumber Offset Data]
[-d DeviceNumber Start_Offset End_Offset]
where
[-l] list PCI device information
[-c] automatic conflict resolution involving MGA
[-r] read byte from "Offset" (hexbyte) for "DeviceNumber"
[-w] write byte "Data" to "Offset" (hexbyte) for "DeviceNumber"
[-d] dump bytes from "Start_Offset" to "End_Offset" (hexbytes)
for "DeviceNumber"
**** Switches are mutually exclusive.
VESA MODES SUPPORTED (VBE Core 1.2/2.0):
---------------------------------------
The following VESA modes are supported by the MGA MIllennium.
| Colors Supported
Resolution | 16 256 32K 64K 16.8M
------------+----------------------------------------------
640 x 400 | VGA mode 100 NA NA NA
640 x 480 | VGA mode 101 110 111 112
800 x 600 | 102 103 113 114 115
1024 x 768 | NA 105 116 117 118(*)
1280 x 1024 | NA 107 119(*) 11A(*) 11B(*)
1600 x 1200 | NA 11C 11D(*) 11E(*) NA
(*) Requires 4Mb of Video Memory
Note that the 1600x 1200 numbers are picked arbitrarily since the VBE spec does not define the
mode numbers. So they are only gauranteed to work with our board.
Bug Fixes:
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BIOS:
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Bugs with the following games which are related to the bios have been fixed
in this release:
- Shock
- Dagger Fall
- Civil War
- Canon Fodder