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From: mwm@raybed2.msd.ray.com (mwm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Problems with Gateway 2000 386SX
Message-ID: <1980@raybed2.msd.ray.com>
Date: 7 Jan 91 19:08:40 GMT
Organization: Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Mass.
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I'm having a few problems with my Gateway and I'm wondering if anyone
else out there might be experiencing them.

1)  Every once and a while the WD Caviar 80 IDE Hard Drive sounds like
    it's spinning down.  As soon as it stops, it spins back up again.
    It appears that if I'm waiting for disk data, it waits till it's
    spun back up again.  Maybe its the drive but I'd like to know
    if anyone else has had this problem.

2)  This is a problem with the 800x600 svga drivers.  I've had problems
    with this resolution with Windows 3.0, Vuimg (shareware gif viewer),
    and Fractint (shareware fractal generator).  With Windows, when the
    machine is cold (i.e. hasn't been on for a while) this resolution
    causes Windows to lose vertical sync until it warms up.  With
    the other two packages,  when operating in this mode,  I get diagonal
    lines in the bottom portion of the screen.  Any clues?  I've got
    the Gateway "Crystal Scan" monitor.  I've had these problems with
    both the ATI Wonder card with 512k and the newly supplied Diamond
    SpeedStar card with 512k.  Is my monitor good?  

Thanks in Advance,
Mark

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