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From: a752@mindlink.UUCP (Bruce Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: ATI Problems
Message-ID: <3563@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 90 12:09:59 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> sauron@stretch.cs.mun.ca writes:
> This may be a dumb question, but I've read all the docs I have, and can't
> come up with a solution: I can't get Windows 3 to run in 1024x768x16 mode,
> even though I have a 512K ATI VGA Wonder.  The setup puts a line in the
> CONFIG.SYS, device = c:\win3\EGA.SYS.  There is no such file ANYWHERE on
> my harddrive, nor on my ATI drivers disks.  So, the question:  can anybody
> tell me why this is happening, and help?

     The insertion of the EGA.SYS device line in the config.sys file appears to
be a minor bug in the install program.  The EGA.SYS file is not installed by
the install program, and is not needed by either the regular or high resolution
VGA modes.  The presence of the line in the config.sys file is probably benign,
although your system will probably flash an error message as it boots,
complaining that it can't find the file EGA.SYS.  Use a text editor to remove
this spurious line from your CONFIG.SYS file.  The 1024x768 ATI driver really
does work.  Check however that your board has version 4 or later ROMS
(indicated as V4 during boot-up).  V3 and earlier boards will not work.
--
Did you hear the joke about the scientist whose wife had twins?
    - He baptized one and kept the other as a control.

Bruce Dunn   Vancouver, Canada    a752@mindlink.UUCP