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- TITLE: After installing s3 svga the system boots to a black
- screen w/ blinking cursor.
-
- DESCRIPTION OF SYMPTOMS:
-
- Systems will boot to a black screen w/ a blinking cursor
- in the upper left hand corner when:
-
- 1. There is a hardware conflict meaning two or more device are
- sharing the same irq, i/o address, and/or dma
- parameters.
- 2. The latest drivers are not being used or if another vender's
- drivers, that are not supported, are in use.
- 3. An unsupported video mode is installed.
-
- SUMMARY OF RESOLUTION:
-
- 1. Make sure there are no hardware conflict as explained above.
- 2. Make the correct s3 drivers are in use.
-
- DETAILS OF RESOLUTION:
-
- 1. Reboot the system from the A drive and get to the
- command prompt using the os2 boot diskettes.
- 2. Run either "set vga" or "rspdspi" to set the system back to
- vga.
- 3. Reboot the system. The desktop should now appear.
- 4. Verify that no devices are sharing the parameters described
- above(irq, dma, i/o address). Video devices usually use
- irq 2/9 and i/0 address 02e8. Network cards often use
- these same parameters. Do not use this as a rule
- of thumb, the paramenters could vary from system to system.
- 5. Make sure you have the correct os2 drivers to install.
- The correct drivers would be the latest version of the
- driver that is supported. If the service pak or a release
- containing the drivers is installed then those drivers that
- came w/ them must be utilized.
- 6. Reinstall the s3 drivers using the "dspinstl" command.
- 7. Reboot.
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