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From: risto@tuura.UUCP (Risto Lankinen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: *ebios?!, argggggggh!!
Message-ID: <1014@tuura.UUCP>
Date: 19 Feb 91 07:44:00 GMT
References: <39378@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Nokia Data Systems Oy
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MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr) writes:

>Last night, I dl'd new Paradise drivers from Paradise and installed
>them:  Windows now refuses to run!, but does show logo screen.

>Installing Windows from scratch (original disks) gets me past
>Windows logo screen to the screen with the first dialog box with
>the three check boxes (printers, something and something), and
>the help icon in the lower right of the screen. 

>At this point hitting the "continue" button results in a dump to
>DOS.

>If I try and enter Windows from DOS, at this point (thinking setup
>complete, maybe ;-> ) I get Windows startup logo screen then dumps
>to DOS screen with the following on screen:

>"Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows in
>386 enhanced mode;

> [etc]

Hi!

Did you, at the same time, install any supplemental SVGA-specific drivers
to CONFIG.SYS, or any TSR:s to AUTOEXEC.BAT ?  I once had similar problems
with one other brand, which also uses Paradise chip set.  The cure for my
problem was to *not* use the supplemental program(s), with which you could
re-program the palette, change overscan color, etc.

For the set of drivers I used, I had to run 'VGAPLUS COMP' instead (which
tells the SVGA card to be COMPatible with plain VGA).

Btw, your problem may be even that you've run this kinda program just once:
At least with my SVGA card, the settings made with the VGAPLUS program did
survive a warm boot, so I wonder whether they survive a cold boot with the
newer SVGA:s ...

Terveisin: Risto Lankinen
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