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From: strike@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Tim Bowser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is anyone using a ATI VGA Wonder card with a Northgate
Message-ID: <1638@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
Date: 18 Feb 90 22:47:43 GMT
Organization: Enterprise Information System, Marquette, MI
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ward@eplrx7.uucp (Rick Ward) writes:


>I have a Northgate Elegance 386-25 with a 150 Meg ESDI hard drive.
>My problem is that I cannot get the $%&*#@ing machine to boot with
>the ATI VGA card in it.  Has anyone out there gotten this video card 
>to work with a Northgate computer?  Northgate seems baffled and I'm 
>getting tired of waiting for them to figure it out.  BTW, the video card 
>worked fine in a Zenith 386-25.

>Rick
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   Check the BIOS of the ATI board.  I have had the same problems with 
this VGA Wonder and machines over 12Mhz in speed.  From conversations 
with the ATI technical department, the revision board I have (1.03, Rev.2 
PC board) is fairly sensitive to emissions from the motherboard.  There 
is a modification available from the factory for this board to make it 
function with noisy high speed motherboards.

   Be forewarned; shipping the VGA Wonder back to the factory is a trial 
in itself.  With Canadian Customs paperwork and UPS international 
shipping, trying to get it there by second-day air will run over thirty 
dollars!  I think I could have driven it across the border for less than 
that.  At any rate, call ATI's tech support people (have the ATI 
worksheet filled out, it saves a LOT of time, and have the board itself 
available when you call), describe the problem, chances are it will be 
taken care of fairly quick.

   I like the ATI card.  I want that beggar back quickly, this CGA card I 
had to plug in for the duration is driving my eyes crazy...
 
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