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- From: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Distribution Mach32 drivers for GW2000 486-66V SUCK! (Was: Re: Gateway experience (positive to date!))
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.205603.26040@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 20:56:03 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.141633.4847@walter.cray.com> <1992Nov17.083546.4468@u.washington.edu> <1992Nov17.142028.23172@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.142028.23172@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> j_manning@csc32.enet.dec.com (John Manning) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Nov17.083546.4468@u.washington.edu>, tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu writes...
- >>In article <1992Nov16.141633.4847@walter.cray.com> dpp@cray.com writes:
- >>>
- >>>I just bought a Gateway 486-66V myself and have noticed two very fine
- >>>horizontal lines running across my monitor (Mitsubishi Diamond Pro
- >>>17). They are there continuously, not intermittantly. I had assumed
- >>>the monitor was at fault, since the lines look identical using 640x480
- >>>and 1024x768 modes. Does anyone know if the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
- >>>drivers cause this problem, and if so, is the problem addressed in the
- >>>new drivers?
- >>
- >
- >Isn't the Diamond Pro 17 a Trinitron tube? If so, the 2 horizontal lines(
- >about 1/3 and 2/3 of the way down the screen) are normal.
-
- My mistake. This is true. I was so focused on the many problems caused
- by these drivers that I was quick to blame them for any video
- difficulty occuring during their use. My main point was that the
- distribution drivers SUCK, SUCK, SUCK! And I can't say it enough
- times... Really. I can't. Hot machine though.
-
- -- Tad Perry Internet: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
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