HP Vectra VL 5/xxx Series 5 - Manual (Page 51)

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3 Interface Devices and Mass-Storage Drives
Matrox MGA Millennium Graphics Controller Board
Drivers are supplied with the computer. At the time of release, these bear
the following version numbers:
❒ 1.22p for Windows for Workgroups 3.11
❒ 3.17b61 for Windows 95
❒ 2.30 for Windows NT 4.0.
Video BIOS
The Matrox MGA Millennium board has a flash video BIOS that can be
updated like a system BIOS, using a flash utility. This is achieved as follows:
1 Create a DOS boot diskette, and copy the following files to it:
• xxxxxxxx.bin (a binary file whose name depends on the version)
• dos4gw.exe
• progbios.exe
• updbios.bat
2 Switch off the PC, and take out the Matrox board (this is necessary since
the board switches are not accessible whilst it is in place).
3 Set SW-1, on the Matrox board, to ON (BIOS unprotected).
4 Reinstall the Matrox board, insert the boot diskette, and switch on the PC.
5 Run the
updbios.bat command file or progbios.exe -i *.bin .
6 Switch off the PC, and take out the boot diskette and the Matrox board.
7 Set SW-1, on the Matrox board, to OFF (BIOS protected).
8 Reinstall the Matrox board, and switch on the PC.
Executing progbios.exe -d allows the BIOS revision date to be checked.
The video BIOS revision number can be checked by clicking on the MGA
control panel (Display Properties/MGA Settings/Advanced for Windows 95).
1.
1152 ✕ 882 is not preset on HP displays
Number of
Colors
256 64 K
Hi-Color
16.7 M
True-Color
16.7 M
True-Color
Bits per Pixel
8 16 24 32
2 MB 1600 ✕ 1200 1024 ✕ 768 800 ✕ 600 800 ✕ 600
4 MB 1600 ✕ 1200 1600 ✕ 1200 1280 ✕ 1024 1152 ✕ 882
1
8 MB 1600 ✕ 1200 1600 ✕ 1200 1600 ✕ 1200 Not supported