Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!decatl!shlump.nac.dec.com!hpspwr.enet.dec.com!simon From: simon@hpspwr.enet.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Having trouble with MS Windows 3.0 on 386SX clone Message-ID: <13303@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 11 Jul 90 02:07:43 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Distribution: usa Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 20 In article <4921@milton.u.washington.edu>, markad@blake.acs.washington.edu (Mark Donnell) writes... >Well, I have a similar but, I think worse problem. After typing win >(or win /3, to make sure), I get the welcome screen, then the screen goes >blank. and remains that way - for hours. Apparently the system is running >(I can alt-f alt-x to exit, and it does), but the screen stays blank. I got a similar thing. The problem was that I loaded an incorrect video driver for my Paradise VGA card -- my version of the card did not support the resolution that I wanted. I had to re-install Windows and change the driver in the setup. Then it worked. --------- Leo Simon simon@pwrvax.enet.dec.com Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain. -- W. Churchill