Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:9539 comp.sys.ibm.pc:55320 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!shutton@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu From: Scott K. Hutton Subject: Unusual VIDEO (?) Bug Message-ID: <1991Jun8.234429.19510@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Phone: (812) 855-8506 Sender: Organization: Indiana University Date: Sat, 8 Jun 91 18:44:20 EST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Division: Support Services Office: Helpdesk @ 17th Street Lines: 24 I just finished building a 286-compatible computer and ran across an odd bug and the fix today. However, I don't know why at all the fix works. Perhaps someone out there does? What would occur was that I would receive the video BIOS notification (Pheonix VGA compatible BIOS etc.), but, after that, any text that would normally be written to the screen would not appear. The cursor *would* move, however, and I was able to do some simple things based on where I knew the cursor would be. This seemed to occur at random times. I was able to find no common denominator except for the motherboard and my multi-IO card. Swapping the video card did not help. Finally, at wits end (and jokingly) I tried turning off my printer to see if it would help; it did! Turning on the computer with the printer on caused this problem. I could turn on the printer later and would be fine. What could the printer and video output have in common? They're on different cards. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scott K. Hutton, KA9WTR Internet: SHutton@UCS.Indiana.edu UCS Support Services SHutton@Bronze.UCS.Indiana.edu Indiana University Bitnet: SHutton@IUIS, SHutton@IUBACS