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Re: Matrox Millennium: color distortion after screen saver

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From: Michael Glew
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 00:00
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L.B. Irawan wrote:
> 
> In article <3204801B.167EB0E7@unixg.ubc.ca>, "Alden W.H. Chan" <alden@unixg.ubc.ca> shared this wisdom with us:
> >I am also using a Matrox Millennium /w 2MB WRAM (High color mode) and I
> >sometime encounter a strange behavior that when the screen load up after
> >it exits the screen saver (win95). The screen color changes to its
> >negative counterparts when the screen comes up again.
> >
> >Also there is another problem. I see my screen flicks very often. Some
> >part of the screen becomes distorted (like a electrical surge) and then
> >everything turns back to normal. This ususally happens within half a
> >second. But I am suspecting that this is a problem with my monitor
> >rather than the video card. I am using the MAG DX15T (something like
> >that) monitor.
> >
> >I would like to know if anyone encounter a similar problem.
> 
> I don't think it's your monitor. I used to have similar problem before. I am
> using matrox millenium with 2M WRAM and my monitor is a rebadged MAG17. I got
> rid of the problem by downloading the latest display driver for Win95 from MAG
> website ( www.mag.com). Just follow the menu which says download drivers. Just
> be patient, the site can get pretty busy sometimes.
> 

you might want to try http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software.htm, 
this has all the new device drivers and more.

Mike.
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From: Michael Glew <mglew@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Matrox Millennium: color distortion after screen saver
Date: 1996/08/07
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