General Considerations


Your board is a complex electronic device and can only be repaired by authorized technical personnel with the required equipment. Do not attempt to change or repair any parts of this product. Doing so will render your warranty invalid.
Make sure the SPEA board is firmly seated in its expansion slot, and that it is not touching other boards in your system.

Be sure your monitor cable is properly connected to the SPEA board and that your monitor power switch is on. You may also need to verify your cable pinout, since some monitors use a non-standard configuration.
Recheck your computer's switch and jumper settings.

Make sure other peripherals such as EMS cards, disk controllers or LAN cards are not using the same memory address as the SPEA board. Check with the manufacturer or your user's manual for information about designating exclusions for memory locations when invoking your device driver.
Some other things to think about

Your AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file may contain commands that are interfering with the operation of the SPEA board. Try booting your system without these files. If the SPEA board works properly, identify and remove the conflicting command(s).
Systems with motherboard VGA controllers

If your system has a display controller on the motherboard, be sure to disable it before trying to run the SPEA board. Consult your computer's User Manual for the correct switch or jumper settings your motherboard requires.