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- From: shurr@cbnews.cb.att.com (larry.a.shurr)
- Subject: Re: blinking text / vertical lines with ET4000 card in VGA mode. HELP!
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:24:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.122446.19661@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Keywords: ET4000 blinking text black icons
- References: <gershon.715387650@husc10>
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- In article <gershon.715387650@husc10> gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
- }I am running OS/2 2.0 on a generic 386-33 with (what I think) is a
- }Diamond Speedstar VGA with 1meg RAM...
- }Now, at random, vertical lines appear in my text and graphics modes,
- }[and other peculiar onscreen effects also occur. Various problems
- }persist through or occur after reboot].
-
- }Am I experiencing a hardware or software problem? seems like a software
- }problem, considering the after-image that closed windows leave. Any
- }ideas, anyone?
-
- Ethan,
-
- Personally, I suspect your video memory. I had some of the same problems
- right after upgrading my Diamond SpeedStar from 512K to 1M. The dealer
- gave me replacements for the suspect chips and all the problems cleared up
- after I installed them.
-
- Larry
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- Larry A. Shurr (las@cbnmva.att.com or att!cbnmva!las) speaking only for myself.
- EOR (end-of-ramble)
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