From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 22 14:42:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA00658 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aeffle.Stanford.EDU (sequence.Stanford.EDU [171.65.76.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA00650 for ; Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by aeffle.Stanford.EDU; id AA19248; Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:07 -0700 Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 14:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew To: Jeffry Komala Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diamond video card In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 21 May 1996, Jeffry Komala wrote: > > This is not a question specific to freeBSD, but since it involves a very > popular brand name, I thought a lot of people would be interested. > > Does anybody ever encounter a problem with Diamond Stealth 64 PCI > Graphics 2000 series (DRAM version)? > If you have one, try run it under 800x600x 16bit resolution and see if > you encounter a blank screen. > It happens to me on two different new video cards on three different > motherboards: a generic 486DX4-100, an Intel Zappa, and a generic > Triton-based motherboard. > The cards I am using are the OEM version. > > If you also have a blank screen while running the above video mode, then > my theory is correct that every Stealth 64, at least the 2000 Graphics > series, has a serious hardware bug. Timing or interrupt problem? > > Btw....the particular model uses Trio64 graphics chip. > > Jeffry Komala > Hmmm.... Are you using the S3 chipset with the S3 X-server? Have you tried it with a different monitor? Can you log in on another terminal, run X, get the blank screen, and see if it outputs any error message? Does killing the X process recover the screen back or does the system just hang? ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping