Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.system:3063 comp.sys.mac.misc:8185 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Why does my startup screen come up in 1-bit mode ** Solved ** Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 15:05:20 GMT References: <1991Feb4.193244.23829@cs.uoregon.edu> <1991Feb5.115214.8078@cs.uoregon.edu> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 24 In comp.sys.mac.system, article <1991Feb5.115214.8078@cs.uoregon.edu>, mkelly@cs.uoregon.edu (Michael A. Kelly) writes: < < In message <21899102051030espen@math.uio.no> espen@math.uio.no < (Espen J. Vestre) writes: < < >I had a similar problem (the startup screen was _just_ b/w) after my IIx < >was at service. The problem disappeared by setting the numbers of colors < >to 256. Of course, 256 colors were already selected, but selecting it < >once more probably tidied things up. < < Sure enough, it worked. I set the number of colors to 16, then to 256, then < restarted. Everything is back to normal now. I had recently removed the < video card, and replaced the monitor cable. Anyone know why this happens? < Are some settings getting zapped in the card or the monitor? < The video card information is also recorded in the "scrn" resource in the System file. If this doesn't match the PRAM data and the card positions (most commonly, when you move the video card to a different slot), the screen gets reset when booting. -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de /(o\ Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(0700-2330) \o)/