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Demetri Kolokotronis <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:41:23 -0400
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On Sun, 10 Sep 2000 11:09:43 -0500 Cesar Mendoza <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I have 2 PCs, yesterday I changed my old S3-Virge 2MB PCI video card
> for an SiS6326 8MB AGP video card in one of them, and these strange
> problems surfaced (please note that the SiS card was working
> properly in my other PC, so it is not a faulty hardware problem):
>
> 1. After installing the drivers and rebooting, the screen had little
> waves all over (only in 800x600 resolution), this I fixed by reducing
the
> refresh rate from 75Hz to 72Hz. Strange because my SiS6326 card
> has always ran at 75Hz in my other PC without problems.
>
> 2. The only 2 available modes are 640x480 and 800x600. Strange
> because the SiS card could run at 1024x768 in my other PC.
>
> Any ideas???
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cesar Mendoza

Check that the computer is recognizing SiS driver, and not S3 driver.
Control Panel, Display, Settings.

Demetri Kolokotronis
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