Three messages suggested looking for a jumper or bios setting.  There is no
jumper.  And how can I set up the BIOS when there is no text at all
displayed to the monitor?

This card has a build-in IDE, 72-in simm slots.  It has the traces and
silkscreening for a built in VGA, but this feature is not included on this
board.  There apparently would be a jumper to enable or disable the built in
VGA, but the chips and jumpers are not on the card.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Alan

On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 12:30:43PM -0400, Jim Meagher wrote:
> Many older boards had a switch or jumper that needed to be changed for color
> or monochrome.  I think they stopped that with the 386 generation and
> switched to BIOS settings.  But some of the earlier 486's may have that
> color/mono option.
>
> So there are two things to look for.  A switch/jumper or a BIOS setting.
>
> Jim Meagher
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> > I have taken another step on my quest to build a garbage can
> > computer.
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> > Well, this new board works ok, with a VGA adaptor.  But a hercules adapter
> > gives only a blinking cursor at the upper left corner of the screen.  No
> > text is displayed.

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