Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 18:46:02 +0100 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk> To: Allan Alford <aa@thinkwell.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old EGA Video Card & Monitor Message-ID: <35A3B05A.23BD8E84@boothman.easynet.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980707182919.9822B-100000@junior>
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Allan Alford wrote: > > > You could well be right. But I can't even get the system to enter it's > > BIOS setup program, so I have no way to change this setting even if > > that's the problem. Another -hardware list member suggested that the > > BIOS setup program may use a VGA font, and that might prevent the setup > > program being used on EGA hardware. > > There is a faint possibility of that, but I have set up fairly modern > systems with Hercules mono cards/monitors when I was desparate. System > fonts usually don't assume vga/ega/etc. You have a menu option on AMIBIOS > to tell it what kind of graphics you have, and you couldn't well toggle > through those options if you can't see the font in the first place. You're right, I'm going to try an SVGA monitor/card back into the system to rule out that hardware from causing the problem. > > What would happen if I booted the machine with no drives? i.e. With > > nothing but a keyboard and video card/monitor? Would the machine enter > > its BIOS setup program OK? These questions may be BIOS specific so my > > BIOS is a AMIBIOS 1992 Version 1.00.03.BS0T > > This it totally doable. Are you getting any keyboard errors, btw? That > might explain the lack of F1 functionality as well. Nope. The keyboard is the original PS/2 GW2k that came with the system when it was new. It works on other systems and the BIOS seems to recognise it's presence when it's plugged in. -- Andrew Boothman <andrew@boothman.easynet.co.uk> http://www.boothman.easynet.co.uk/andrew/ PGP Key available from public servers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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