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Re: G200, Canopus and Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder card problem

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From: tonyseattle
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 00:00
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Thanks!  I will check that out! I do have that option in my BIOS too. My
motherboard is a Matsonic/Mainboard LX.


In article <MPG.1055060ae2dfad7a98968b@news.earthlink.net>,
  dwagner21@earthlink.net (David Wagner) wrote:
> [This followup was posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video and a copy
> was sent to the cited author.]
>
> In article <6s89d5$ldn$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, keic@my-dejanews.com
> says...
> > If you have already have a Canopus for 3D, then you should have gotten the
> > 3DFusion DVD with Mpact 2.  Would have killed 2 birds with one stone, and
have
> > one open slot to boot.  It works great with the Canopus, and with a S-video
> > switch, you can watch DVD AND play games on your TV.
> >
> > http://www.digitalconnection.com
> >
> > Kei
> >
> > In article <6s47h5$sds$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
> >   tonyseattle@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> > > When I use my pass-through cable to connect my G200 to my  Canopus and
then
> > > into my Hollywood Plus DVD decoder my screen turns a lovely shade of
> > > pre-color monitor, (monochrome) green.	Kermit would be proud!	And
> > believe
> > > me it�s NOT easy being green! When I take the decoder card out it�s in
it�s
> > > the normal multi-colored beauty that I love! Neither Sigma or Canopus can
> > > tell why this happens. I have changed the order the pass-through cable and
> > > the PCI slot order.
> > >
> > > My system:
> > > P2 333mhz
> > > 64 megs SDRam
> > > G200 Matrox Millennium 8mg AGP2
> > > Canopus Pure 3DII 12mg
> > > Turtle Beach Montego A3D
> > > Sony CD-R 4X8 SCSI
> > > Hatachi DVD Gen 2k
> > > Hollywood Plus MPeg card
> > > 5 � Bay- Amp with Spkrs/Sub
> > > Optical Drive
> > > 32X CD Rom UDMA
> > > Zip Drive Ext.
> > > 56k Kflex
> > > Intel PCI Nic card
> > > ADI 17� monitor
> > > PC circulator fan
> > >
> > > P.S. Most of these items were purchased at online auctions/stores. Great
> > > places for deals!
> > >
> > > Thank you!!
> > >
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> > >
> >
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> >
> You mentioned everything about your system - except the motherboard. In
> my Asus P2B-S BIOS, there is a VGA Palette Snoop option which, when
> enabled, is supposed to alleviate problems with color on MPEG2 decoder
> boards. I don't know if this is the solution, but it's worth a look.
>

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Subject: Re: G200, Canopus and Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder card problem
Date: 1998/09/01
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