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Re: WINOSR2 Problems with Matrox Mystique

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From: Sunny Leung
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 00:00
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Scheldon Pereira <srper1@student.monash.edu.au> wrote:

>Has anyone been able to run Win95 VerB with their Mystique card?
>Is so, can you tell me what version of Powerdesk you are running?
>
>I had problems getting it to work. I am presently running 3.61. I
>managed to get windows starting where previously it used to hang or give
>me an error message saying my video hardware was not configured
>properly, etc.
>What I did was to reinstall Direct X 3.0 and now windows starts using
>the Mystique driver.

Have you tried the 3.63 drivers on Matrox' site? v3.63 is supposed to
solve the hanging problems that some users have experienced.

>BUT when I run the mystique diagnostic feature, it says there is a
>problem with the bus mastering feature and recommends I turn it off.
>I don't want to turn Bus mastering off and lose any performance, so I've
>left it on and everything is running smoothly, however the thought that
>the card is not working smoothly still annoys me.

This could be a problem with your motherboard's busmastering not being
compatible with the Mystique.

Regards
--
Sunny Leung, Sydney Australia
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From: sunnySPAMICIDE@fl.net.au (Sunny Leung)
Subject: Re: WINOSR2 Problems with Matrox Mystique
Date: 1997/08/05
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