Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!skipper!elxsi!maine From: maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Power up PC and NEC 3D Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 90 20:59:45 GMT References: <90030820225699@masnet.uucp> Sender: news@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal. Lines: 17 In-reply-to: stuart.rose@canremote.uucp's message of 3 Mar 90 17:38:00 GMT On 3 Mar 90 17:38:00 GMT, stuart.rose@canremote.uucp (STUART ROSE) said: STUART> The monitor MUST be turned on first for the ATI card to recognize STUART> that the monitor is indeed a VGA type. If turned on last, or there STUART> is a race condition, the ATI VGA Wonder defaults to EGA. STUART> I always turn on my monitor first, and turn it off first. I have my NEC 3D and 25MHzh clone with an ATI VGA Wonder card on the same power strip and never have any such problems. But then, I also used ATI's VSETUP program to setup the ATI card to expect a NEC 3D specifically. This might help. -- Richard Maine maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov [130.134.64.6]