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From: granroth@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HD interferes with ATI VGA
Message-ID: <1990Jul11.014803.568@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 90 06:48:03 GMT
References: <11438@ingr.com>
Organization: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
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In article <11438@ingr.com>, fordke@ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) writes:
> I just put together a Jameco 80386-20.  It has an ATI VGA1024 video
> card, Seagate ST277R-1 RLL hard drive, and an Adaptec (2732B?) hard/
> floppy controller.  The problem is anytime there is a lot of disk
> activity, like boot up, the video gets messed up.  Looks like stray
> RF.  I've narrowed it down to the card by swapping it with an older
> VGA Wonder I had.  I'm curious if anyone has had this problem and
> found a solution.  Any leads would be appreciated.  Keith Ford.

Hmmm . . . I had noticed video interference during disk activity on
several of our Gateway 2000 systems with the ATI VGA and ESDI cached
controllers.  I haven't taken the time to give Gateway a call about
this yet, but it sounds like the same problem.  (The interference is
definitely noticeable, but not considered serious by the users.)

-Larry    Granroth@IowaSP.physics.UIowa.edu    IOWASP::GRANROTH