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"Jose E. Dominguez" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Feb 1998 18:32:39 -0500
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Mike Buraczewski wrote:

> Try finding an old ISA bus video card and putting it in the machine to see
> if it works like that.  I just finished setting up a machine with a PCI
> video card (source is Joytech???) came with a Zenon machine.  Anyway, Win95
> would startup, give me the normal startup information on the screen and then
> as soon as the Win95 splash screen came up the monitor would go blank and
> forever stare back at me.  I put in the old ISA card and the system works
> perfectly.  Obviously I will have to replace that ISA card at some point.
>
> Mike Buraczewski
> [log in to unmask]

I'm curious, was the PCI card bad or is it the motherboard that's bad? PCI video
cards are probably cheaper than ISA video cards, and the performance boost is
very noticeable.

Jose

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