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Re: VRAM in a 7500

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From: George Zamroz
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <31EE22F4.37C@atc.alcoa.com>, malkani_hg@atc.alcoa.com says...
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>George Zamroz wrote:
>> 
>> Is there anyway to check how much VRAM a 7500 thinks it has?
>
>Switch your monitor to high resolution (using the control strip, assuming you 
>have the right adapter for on-the-fly switching) and see how many colors you 
>end up getting. On a 17" monitor, if you switch to 1024x768, you should be 
>able to get millions of colors with 4MB Vram, and only thousands with 2MB 
>Vram.  I did that and discovered that my extra 2MB Vram wasn't "seated" 
>properly.
>
>Hope that works for you.

And I should be able to get millions of colours at 1280 x 1024, but it
only allows thousands. :-(

It is recognising as least 3MB of VRAM (1024x768x24-bit colour = 2.25MB).
I will have to check both simms and make sure they are seated properly.
Do you have as much trouble as I do getting the cover off? It is easy
to get at everything once the cover has been removed, but hard to get it
off in the first place.

George
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From: zamroz.george.gb@bhp.com.au (George Zamroz)
Subject: Re: VRAM in a 7500
Date: 1996/07/19
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