DriverPacks.net Forum - [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (chud) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:59:26 +0000

mr_s : i made own pack and it worked, thanks for your insight though - I'd like to have a play with your idea but projects started and not to keen to mess with somehting that works.

They have a special high density output with cable that splits to 3 vga or DVI sockets (separate cables). They are going to be used for PACS (X-ray) stuff. you have to buy two special 'factory matched' monitors for them (greyscale ones)

They look like Â£10 graphics cards but cost several hundred pounds, the 20 inch monitors greyscales for them are Â£650 each!

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (OverFlow) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:39:18 +0000

cool stuff...

thanks for the good info...
i dont have the oportunity to deal with medical hardware this is all new to me.

nice pickup on the driver mr_smartepants.

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (newsposter) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:01:21 +0000

Unless you're in the business, pretty useless for desktop general purpose use.

The Aurora medical image cards are supposed to be G550 or the newer P690 hardware with a custom BIOS that optimizes the hardware for extremely high-resolution 32 bit grey scale imaging on 2 or 3 monitors. Think of digital xrays & cat/pet scans and geo-shock imaging (oil exploration). I believe that the standard Matrox BIOS upgrade software won't see the cards so it might not be possible to cheat and re-flash the cards to turn them into 'real' PC compatible hardware. In any case, the multi-monitor connector is 'non-standard' meaning you might well need a custom cable designed and built to hook up DVI monitors.

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (mr_smartepants) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:19:36 +0000

Matrox display controller boards for medical imaging and their drivers are generally designed for and available bundled with medical imaging displays from a variety of industry partners. Please contact your vendor for the appropriate/updated driver and technical support. For more information on Matrox Graphics products for medical imaging professionals, please visit the Matrox Medical Imaging home page and/or contact us via our online form.

I don't think we'll be supporting this card anytime soon. If we can't even get ahold of the drivers from the vendor...

@chud, You could try making your own DP and testing it yourself. Considering you have access to the hardware & drivers.
I'll take a look at the NEC drivers anyway. No promises.

*Edit, Ha ha! The drivers are the same as the ones in the G_B DP and the ones we have are newer!
That's funny!
Anyway, try renaming the .inf file in the NEC drivers and add it to the G_B/M1 folder. Also, extract the MtxDrvService.exe file from the NEC .cab file and drag it to M1.
Should work fine.

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (chud) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:11:58 +0000

we got a load of them, come in plain boxes and dont have a driver CD which wasn't very helpful, nor are there any on Matrox's site I could see.
I cant see there would be a problem, nothing special in the driver package, just vanilla drivers.

Re: [REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (newsposter) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:44:47 +0000

Are you sure that both Matrox and NEC are ok with the redistribution of the drivers for that product? Not only are those Aurora cards priced >U$1000, they are usually bundled with some extremely costly medical software whose licensing is tightly controlled.

[REQ] support for Matrox Aurora graphics card

null@example.com (chud) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:06:17 +0000

PCI\VEN_102B&DEV_2538&SUBSYS_3087102B

drivers here
http://www2.necdisplay.com/medical/supp … 220133.zip

thanks