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In message <4cruln$1jvc@news.doit.wisc.edu> - rberkley@students.wisc.edu 
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:>mburger@k2nesoft.com writes:

:>>	Hi, Rich.  I have an ATI card, as well.  It seems like your card just forgot 
:>>which settings it needs to use for your screen . . . [snip]
:>
:>Thanks everyone for the helpful comments. I have tried a whole bunch of things
:>and based on the fact that I can boot to dos and *sometimes* get the card to 
:>"remember" that it can do 800x600, and it will work ok for about 1day or so, I 
:>figure the card is defective. I am working on invoking my extended warranty as I 
:>type.
:>After this experience, no more ATI cards for me. Period. The way this "top of the 
:>line" card got dumped from the driver updates list w/in 6mos of my buying it has
:>really ticked me off. Additionally, I am pretty unhappy that it never performed up
:>to the standards that it should have. 'nuff said.

Rich;

As an ATI user, I could not be happier with my GPT.  The symptoms your having 
are similar to some I had a while back, (different card)  when trying to set 
up a monitor.  If I set the refresh & resolution, then re-booted, everything 
worked fine, but if the machine sat unpowered for any amount of time, (say, 
overnight), I would have no video on reboot.  It turned out that I was 
setting the refresh "right on the bubble" for the monitor I had at the time.  
When I changed the driver, the monitor was "warmed up" and could handle it, 
but not from a cold boot.  Double check you refresh settings, (I had to 
revert to 60Hz) to make sure your well within range.  I have noticed that 
just because refresh rate is set at "X", it's not always "X", and can vary by 
a few + or -. (60 becoming 67, 70 becoming 74) In my case the culprit was the 
el-cheap monitor I had, not the video card.  Check it out and see if that can 
help.  Good Luck...

Mark J Mathis
mjmathis@fcol.com
Team OS/2
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