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Hello folks, I’ve updated my TH2G – (digital) to the drivers/GXM and now my center monitor is not the primary monitor. When I go to a single screen game the left monitor is primary.

Can anyone tell me how to correct this please? Last time I had to have Matrox tech support intervene and login remotely to correct. I’m sure it’s easier now right?

Right :) In the new GXM you can
-swap displays until your active single screen is the one you want.
-save your current display config (centered single screen, TripleHead, DualHead...) as a profile.
-assign a hotkey for switching between saved profiles.

Hello folks, I’ve updated my TH2G – (digital) to the drivers/GXM and now my center monitor is not the primary monitor. When I go to a single screen game the left monitor is primary.

Can anyone tell me how to correct this please?

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14184

Right :) In the new GXM you can
-swap displays until your active single screen is the one you want.
-save your current display config (centered single screen, TripleHead, DualHead...) as a profile.
-assign a hotkey for switching between saved profiles.

Wow, I was using this function to try and swap displays while all three monitors were active in 1650X1080...LOL.

Thanks for the hint and Thank You Paddy for the step-by-step info, works Perfect. Thanks Matrox for finally getting my TH2G corrected. Never did the GXM software work with out crashing before now.

Awesome...!

One last point, maybe I need to post somewhere else... in my favorite games GTR2/GTRevo when in 3X1650X1080 the cars are not properly proportional, not for me anyway. The tracks and cars are much to narrow for whatever reason, they actually are more compacted.

Never ran any FPS games yet.

Thanks again'
RKipker

I've been reading the Matrox Compatibility Website and it says "5040x1050 (3x 1680x1050) resolution is available under Windows XP, and under Windows Vista with Nvidia 182 or older driver. Under Windows Vista with the 185 driver the maximum supported resolution is 4320x900 (3x 1440x900)."

Any updates on this? Why is this happening?

I've been reading the Matrox Compatibility Website and it says "5040x1050 (3x 1680x1050) resolution is available under Windows XP, and under Windows Vista with Nvidia 182 or older driver. Under Windows Vista with the 185 driver the maximum supported resolution is 4320x900 (3x 1440x900)."

Any updates on this? Why is this happening?

Yes, im running 190.56 drivers at 5040x1050, youll find more info in this thread :

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16562

After so many tries and updates, I've finally struggled through various micro option changes and now am stable at 5040x1050.

3x Samsung 2433BWs (24" Monitors)
2x GeForce 285's 2gb in SLI
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Nvidia 195.62
Power Desk 2.06.00
TH2Go Firmware 2.3.40.t6.56

Step One:
Save backup of TH2Go Firmware
Update TH2Go Firmware to 2.3.40.t6.56
Did this even though I've done it before

Step Two:
Uninstall all Matrox PowerDesk and Nvidia Drivers

Step Three:
Restart machine
On start up, Windows 7 detected GeForce cards installed old generic Nvidia drivers

Step Four:
Install Nvidia 195.62 drivers

Step Five:
Restart machine

Step Six:
Open Nvidia Control Panel and set SLI mode (you may not need to do this if you have a single video card)

Step Seven:
Install Matrox PowerDesk 2.06.00

Step Eight:
Restart machine

Step Nine:
Allow PowerDesk to detect settings

Step Ten:
Restart machine

Step Eleven:
Open Nvidia Control Panel and Add New Resolution
Horizontal pixels: 5040
Vertical pixels: 1050
Refresh rate (Hz): 58
Color depth (bpp): 32
Scan type: Progressive
Timing -
Standard: Manual
Active pixels: Horizontal - 5040 Vertical - 1050
Front porch: Horizontal - 16 Vertical - 3
Sync width: Horizontal - 16 Vertical - 10
Total pixels: Horizontal - 5152 Vertical - 1080
Polarity: Horizontal - Negative (-) Vertical - Positive (+)
Refresh rate: Horizontal - 64.26 KHz Vertical - 57.500 Hz (I started at 59.000 and went down .500 at a time until I got to 57.500 and it worked)
Test passed

Step Twelve:
Set resolution in Nvidia Control Panel to new 5040x1050 resolution

Step Thirteen:
Access DeviceInfo.ini in Matrol Graphics folder (default C:Program FilesMatrox GraphicsPowerDeskDeviceInfo.ini)
Perform Search for Name=CUST
Added bak3 to end of each found line (there were approximately 20 entries of Name=CUST_MODE or Name=CustomDisplay)
Save ini file

Step Fourteen:
Restart machine

Done! PowerDesk did not ask to be restarted again and did not overwrite the Windows Customer Resolution files. Aero features work fine. PowerDesk features work fine.

AT LAST!!!

Your results may vary based on equipment; but I hope this helps at least one person out there with a similar setup. It took me 2.5 hours to figure out, but I'm glad I was patient and worked through it.

Great Info

Thanks for the help...and it seems I'm almost there...please help (see below)

I did try this by just going to the nVidia panel and setting up a custom resolution at 5040 x 1050 and I had to use 59.500 for the refresh rate. It passed and I was happy :D

Then I rebooted and WAMMO, Powerdesk says that the new display needs to be restarted...so I restart and it then re-sets the resolution to 4080 x 768 Auuuuugh :oops:

So I figured I'd follow ALL of your instructions (instead of just one part) and then I came on a problem. In step 13 you say to edit your Deskinfo.ini file

I don't have one!

I have a DeviceInfo.ini file the directory you listed. (I'm also running Vista 64 with a single nVidia GTX295)

When I look at the DeviceInfo.ini file, there are several places with the line:
Name=CUST but it looks like below (I have 21 of them)

Action=Write
Name=CUST_MODE
Value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

Do I change it from this?

Name=CUST_Mode

to this
Name=CUST_ModeBak3

Wondering if I'm also missing the Deskinfo.ini file
:?

Thanks for all the help

So I figured I'd follow ALL of your instructions (instead of just one part) and then I came on a problem. In step 13 you say to edit your Deskinfo.ini file

I don't have one!

That's my bad; it is DeviceInfo.ini; not DeskInfo.ini. Typo on my part.

When I look at the DeviceInfo.ini file, there are several places with the line:
Name=CUST but it looks like below (I have 21 of them)

Action=Write
Name=CUST_MODE
Value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

Do I change it from this?

Name=CUST_Mode

to this
Name=CUST_ModeBak3

Yes, but be sure to get all of the Name=CUST_MODE and Name=CustomDisplay listings. I said to search for 'Name=CUST' because it should catch and cycle through both.

WOOHOOO

Worked like a charm

Thanks

YOUR DA MAN!

Happy New Year Everyone!!