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In article <5g7dqr$g3m@godzilla.zeta.org.au>,
Craig Dewick <craig@zeta.org.au> wrote:
>In <5g73mo$atv$1@wave.znet.com> jjb@wave.zNET.com (Jack Bailey) writes:
>
>>I put a new (different) frame buffer card in a sparc 2 and now the
>>monitor doesn't sync.  It's a sun card, although I can't find a model
>>number for it.  I've tried two 17" sun color monitors and a sun
>>monochrome monitor.  Any ideas on how to get it working?
>
>Another possibility is that depending on what you were using originally,
>and what you've installed now, the kernel you are running (if it's not a
>generic kernel, and you are running SunOS 4.1.x instead of SunOS 5.x.x)
>may not be configured to include support for the type of framebuffer you
>now have.

There are no drives attached.  I'm just trying to get to firmware.

>Another possibility which I've only seen once is that the combination of
>framebuffer and monitor may not be using compatible 'sense' signals, or
>the video cable may not include wires for the sense signals. I've found
>this once when trying a Sun 16" colour montior with a non-Sun (known
>working) video cable. As soon as I switched to a Sun-badged video lead,
>everything worked, and the only thing I could think of was the non-sun 
>lead didn't carry the sense signals through.

All the parts are original sun parts.

>Can you give us the Sun part numbers (501-xxxx) of the two framebuffers?
>These will help to identify what you have. 

Yes, the card is 501-1481018087 -01REV.52.  Another tag has SL7733 on it.
The connector is labeled DBML-13W3SAG-21L9.

Thanks again.