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Re: What Determines Boot-up Video Mode?

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From: Jim Erickson
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. 

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From: jre@zeos.com (Jim Erickson)
Subject: Re: What Determines Boot-up Video Mode?
Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 15:25:53 GMT
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