Re: System Upgrade Problems

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From: George Vlahoulis
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00

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brharris@umr.edu wrote:
> In <3tdc8a$fe0@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU>, s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Vlahoulis) writes:
> >George Vlahoulis (s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:

> >> PS: is there a way to change the video driver without having os2 accessing that 
> >> dos program which determines the hardware? I cant change my video driver I am 
> >> stuck with vga and 16 colors.

> I had this problem and called OS/2 tech support.  Their answer:  open a 
> full screen DOS session and run svga.exe -status in the \os2 directory.
> This will tell you the chipset of your display card.  Then, if the EXACT 
> chipset is not supported within OS/2, you must get the drivers from the
> manufacturer.  Usually you can call the manufacturer's BBS to download
> these drivers.  Otherwise the display will say "Unknown hardware 
> configuration" and you'll be stuck in standard VGA mode with 16 colors.

> Of course, in order to access svga.exe, you must get your DOS session problem
> fixed first.

> Good luck to you.

Thanks well I am changing my motherboard to an AMI one so I really hope 
all problems will go away. 

And I was thinking to spend my two weeks off school programming os2.

Oh well!

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From: s9312643@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Vlahoulis)
Subject: Re: System Upgrade Problems
Date: 1995/07/17
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