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From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Problems with SVGA 800x600
Message-ID: <9129@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 27 Feb 91 16:16:42 GMT
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Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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I have bought a NEC MultiSync 2A monitor, but my VGA card
has some trouble with 800x600 modes.

It is a Tseng ET3000 based card with 512K, 8 bits
(a Puretek VGA Ultra) which seems to be Orchid Pro Designer
compatible.

When I put my monitor in 800x600, either 16 or 256 colors,
the monitor clicks and gives a faded, horizontally shrunk
image.

When I load the BIOS into RAM (the TurboVGA.COM program),
800x600x16 works, but still clicks.

The BIOS version is 8.00, both ROM and RAM.

Is there anything I can do to make it work? Perhaps a new
BIOS version? Would it be legal if someone sent me one?

Can the monitor be damaged by using 800x600 modes anyway?


Thanks in advance,

   Michael Schaap
   msschaa@cs.vu.nl