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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: identification of graphics card
Message-ID: <15090016@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Oct 90 20:40:20 GMT
References: <2065@jura.tcom.stc.co.uk>
Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>I am looking for a way to discover what sort
>of grahics card (ie. EGA, VGA etc) in installed
>in a PC either through s/w (BIOS calls etc) or
>at the DOS prompt.
>
>Quick history: friends board goes off for repair,
>and upon return some graphics applications no
>longer work, any ideas ?

If the situation is to determine if your friend got the right card
back then a physical examination of the card is the simplest
method. There should be a square chip, usually the largest one
on the board, with words like VGA or EGA on it. 

Otherwise you do not need an identification program. You need a diagnostic
program.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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