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Article #3495Re: What Determines Boot-up Video Mode?
From: Jim Erickson
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 15:25
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 15:25
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In article <1993Jan5.231843.26522@mlb.semi.harris.com> sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) writes: > I have a single frequency monitor which needs a 60 Hz >vertical sync frequency. During boot up my computer evidently >uses a 70 Hz vert. freq. so the monitor rolls vertically during >this period. This continues until I can load a driver in CONFIG.SYS >to change the video mode, or until a mode-changing utility can be >invoked in AUTOEXEC.BAT. > > Is there any way I can force a given video mode during >the boot-up phase? Where is the video mode set during the initial >boot? Is some standard mode always used? If so, what mode is it? > > Thanks. > Its probably not the system as much as the video card you have since you can fix it by loading a device driver (which I assume came from the video card maker). See if there are any switches on the card that you can set to force it into a different default setup. ---JRE--- >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Bob Davis, UofALA alum \\ INTERNET: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | >Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | >Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER: K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| >PO Box 37, MS 16/1912 \\ VOICE: (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | >Melbourne, FL 32902 USA \\ FAX: (407) 729-3363 | FOR MYSELF. |_________| > -- Jim Erickson ZZZZ EEEE OO SSSS ZEOS International, Ltd. support@zeos.com INET Z E O O S Technical Support Dept. uunet!zeos!support UUCP Z EE O O SSS 1301 Industrial Blvd. N.E. Any opinions expressed Z E O O S Minneapolis, MN 55413
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Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zeos!jre From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson) Subject: Re: What Determines Boot-up Video Mode? Organization: Zeos International, Ltd Distribution: usa Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 15:25:53 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan06.152553.11992@zeos.com> References: <1993Jan5.214711.24485@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> <1993Jan5.231843.26522@mlb.semi.harris.com> Lines: 36